Stay Informed!
Every Monday
6pm IISC meetings in Room 20 @ 741 Valencia. All students welcome.
Every Wednesday
1-3pm New College Community Pot-luck and Info-share in the Cultural Center
This Thursday November 1st
12-2pm School-wide Meeting - Law School – 50 Fell St.
This Thursday November 1st
7pm Gathering to Discuss the Transformation of Community Space. Food, Drink, Discussion, Information, Art, Dialogue, Vision, Murals, Chalkboards, Bulletins, More.
741 Valencia St. Rooftop.
Monday November 5th
5-6pm Potluck & Free Food Share in the Café, all welcome.
organized by Student Support Network
(more info below)
Student Council Report Back 10-29-07
Present:
Alex, Writing & Consciousness
Kirsten, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
Lizzy, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
Will, Law School
Neil, Media Studies
Jeremiah, Alumni: Teacher Education Program
Tony, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
Topics:
*Begin to formulate our own Student Directory. Phone numbers, email addresses and department
-Broken down by department? Asking program directors for student contact info
-Facebook brought up as a possible tool
*Student Support Services
-a group of students organizing to provide mutual aid to one another during this time of accelerated stress (both financial and emotional)
-to join the listserv, send an email to ncstudentsupport- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com
-some ideas we threw out about this plan included cook-outs, community dinners, getting in-kind food donations from local grocers/vendors, freebox, tenants rights information, squatting casa loma if people are being displaced.
*Follow-up to School-wide meeting. It was very inspiring to see that many people showing up for New College. There was sentiment expressed about the desire to see that momentum continue, possibly by holding a School-wide meeting every other Friday. Also proposed was Student Council sponsored Forums: This is an idea for the Student Council to do something public demonstrating how we’re trying to engage in a dialogue with others about what’s happening at new college right now. We asked if Matt could make up some new posters for another school-wide meeting for Friday the 9th 4-7pm.
*Updates Needed from Student Reps on Presidential Search Committee (Animal, Pamela, Sarah, who else?).
Student Council needs to remain in contact with those students who hold seats at the committee.
We need a report from you as well as continued dialogue to ensure that you are representing the interest of students (or at least attempting to, to the best of our ability as an Interim Student Council). Students have a significant voice on the committee, so we should make sure we have a clear idea of what our goals are.
This is a 3-part request coming from those present at the last two IISC meetings:
Please send us a report on the meetings you’ve been having around selecting a new Interim President. Also, please let us know your thoughts, perspectives, decision making process, political process, debates, etc. Also, please try to attend the next student council meeting on Monday.
*Creamery - multi-purpose classroom with radio broadcast facilities and sound system
We want to know - is it going up for sale or not?
What can we do to increase student engagement with the space and facilities?
*Jeremiah visited the meeting. He has solid experience in student council building, organizing and reform. He said he’d look over our charter and help where he can.
Forwarded Message: more info about Monday’s Free Food Share - Please help spread the word ( ! )
Hello Hungry Students,
It looks like some people will be doing free food/food share beginning
on Monday, hopefully in the cultural center. The space is not
confirmed yet but I will post it when I hear.
Students from the Social Movements class talked about this last night.
Anyone who wants to bring food is welcome (pot-luck). Anyone is
welcome to come and eat. If we can do this often, it may help some
students (or staff/faculty, if they want to come) cut down on food bills.
I think that ideally we could do this mon, wed, fri. every week until
we don't need to do it any more. But let's just start with Monday and
see how it goes from there.
ABOUT ASKING FOR DONATIONS:
Asking bakeries for day-old bagels and bread, asking markets for food
donations, is all good. To be honest with potential donors, I would
suggest NOT asking for donations on behalf of New College, but rather
on behalf of an independent person (you), a student. Unless people
would like to go ahead and talk with admin and get the 501c3 tax ID#
for the school and a letter on letterhead explaining the situation.
But of course if you don't want to do all that you can just say to a
potential donor that students are doing pot-luck dinners because our
financial aid is on hold because New College is being audited by the
DOE and our funds are temporarily frozen. So that people understand
the parameters of our cause, you might let them know that we expect to
be doing this only temporarily (about 5 weeks), until (hopefully!)
funds are released.
I write this because I am wary of a situation that could start a panic
in our community; I just think we should take care to deliberately
explain our situation in a way that lets any potential food donor
understand what's going on.
SO HERE'S THE IDEA:
MONDAY 5 PM
Free Food/Potluck (bring something!)
OPEN TO ALL
Space to eat, talk about student emergency support ideas, space to
talk about what's going on in general at the school, etc.
Student Council meets Mondays at 6pm so hopefully that group will
GROW, too. All interested students are invited to take the time to
check out those meetings as well, conveniently happening right after
this dinner.
Be in touch through the list about this... hopefully we will get a
good group of people together for Monday!
-brooke
brookelober@ yahoo.com
ncstudentsupport- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
updates!!
Notices
Every Monday
6pm IISC meetings in Room 20 @ 741 Valencia. All students welcome.
Every Wednesday
1-3pm New College Community Pot-luck and Info-share in the Cultural Center
This Friday, October 26th
4-7pm School-wide Meeting (& Coffee). Information session with the Acting President.
November 14th (although possibly sooner)
WASC Visit. Expect to find WASC informants sitting in on classes, evaluating and interviewing. A complete audit of files and credit-awarding procedures will be conducted.
Interim Independent Student Council (IISC) Meeting Notes from 10.22.07
Present:
Clayton, Law School
Zak, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
Kirsten, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
Tony, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
Matt, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
*Last Monday those present decided that the IISC should hold meetings every Monday in this time of rapid changes and in response to the need to involve more students.
*New IISC posters were made by Matt, who works with the school’s letterpress. They look really great.
*We spent some time going over what’s been happening lately. Clayton gave us a update on the state of the law school. He said they had a meeting on Thursday. Teachers possibly still have not been paid. At least one class was cancelled. Molina reported that there is a struggle to submit financial aid documents on time. They are dealing with missing information and poor organization of files.
*We talked about the role of the student body in the midst of the struggle between WASC and the Administration. Kirsten voiced opinion that the student council should work to keep the school’s authenticity in the face of changes coming from the school’s need to meet WASC demands. Clayton agreed, stressing the importance of meeting WASC requirements. Zak conferred saying that we should support all efforts to satisfy WASC requirements, but not at the expense of the students, the school’s mission statement, the radical freedom of expression and exploration, nor the goals of social and institutional change.
Instead, we should all (students, faculty, staff, administration, board) work together to find solutions that both satisfy WASC demands but sustain the New College that brought us all here, the New College that is so vitally important in our age.
*This brought us to discussion about the need to voice positive feedback to WASC. “Why is New College essential?” might be a good conversation to have, and then report the findings to WASC.
*Also discussed was the need to garner support for the school from the students themselves. Zak commented on the general sense of apathy and disdain amongst students nowadays toward New College. There is little student faith/confidence in the institution at this point, a fact that could severely harm us during the upcoming WASC visit.
*Then, we talked about the need to communicate freely about all meetings that occur between students and administration and to communicate to more students about IISC meetings.
Proposal for Process of communications:
Report-back to Student Council listserv
Summarize for Communiqués to be handed out to students around campus
Send to Animal to post to the website www.newcollegestude ntcouncil. blogspot. com
*Outreach – Student Council should seek to provide information and communication about what we learn (about what’s going on at new college) to as many students as possible. We should also outreach about our organizing efforts and publicize more broadly about weekly meetings.
-flyers
-posters
-communiqués/ leaflets
-emails
-encourage program directors to take a more active role in communicating
*Then we talked about Board Meetings. Many feel that students and faculty need to be present at these meetings. Keeping us out until after the major, controversial decisions have already been made defeats the point of us being there. Proposed was a plan to again request admission to these meetings: two seats for faculty, two seats for students. As we’ve stated before, we will be content with merely advisory seats for now. If no response is awarded to this request, a plan to occupy the meeting was proposed.
*Finally, we talked about the need for understanding the plight of teachers. We could all be forming alliances with faculty, building strength through solidarity. Please invite your teachers to the meeting this Friday.
*Since many of you were not present at this meeting, we invite continued discussion of any of the points raised in these notes at the next meeting.
Tasks bottom-lined:
Zak- 1st communiqué from the IISC
Kirsten- finding out about upcoming board meetings
Clayton- researching policies about and seeking access to school’s financial statements
Each of us- spreading the word about this Friday’s meeting to fellow students and teachers
Every Monday
6pm IISC meetings in Room 20 @ 741 Valencia. All students welcome.
Every Wednesday
1-3pm New College Community Pot-luck and Info-share in the Cultural Center
This Friday, October 26th
4-7pm School-wide Meeting (& Coffee). Information session with the Acting President.
November 14th (although possibly sooner)
WASC Visit. Expect to find WASC informants sitting in on classes, evaluating and interviewing. A complete audit of files and credit-awarding procedures will be conducted.
Interim Independent Student Council (IISC) Meeting Notes from 10.22.07
Present:
Clayton, Law School
Zak, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
Kirsten, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
Tony, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
Matt, Undergrad Wkday Humanities
*Last Monday those present decided that the IISC should hold meetings every Monday in this time of rapid changes and in response to the need to involve more students.
*New IISC posters were made by Matt, who works with the school’s letterpress. They look really great.
*We spent some time going over what’s been happening lately. Clayton gave us a update on the state of the law school. He said they had a meeting on Thursday. Teachers possibly still have not been paid. At least one class was cancelled. Molina reported that there is a struggle to submit financial aid documents on time. They are dealing with missing information and poor organization of files.
*We talked about the role of the student body in the midst of the struggle between WASC and the Administration. Kirsten voiced opinion that the student council should work to keep the school’s authenticity in the face of changes coming from the school’s need to meet WASC demands. Clayton agreed, stressing the importance of meeting WASC requirements. Zak conferred saying that we should support all efforts to satisfy WASC requirements, but not at the expense of the students, the school’s mission statement, the radical freedom of expression and exploration, nor the goals of social and institutional change.
Instead, we should all (students, faculty, staff, administration, board) work together to find solutions that both satisfy WASC demands but sustain the New College that brought us all here, the New College that is so vitally important in our age.
*This brought us to discussion about the need to voice positive feedback to WASC. “Why is New College essential?” might be a good conversation to have, and then report the findings to WASC.
*Also discussed was the need to garner support for the school from the students themselves. Zak commented on the general sense of apathy and disdain amongst students nowadays toward New College. There is little student faith/confidence in the institution at this point, a fact that could severely harm us during the upcoming WASC visit.
*Then, we talked about the need to communicate freely about all meetings that occur between students and administration and to communicate to more students about IISC meetings.
Proposal for Process of communications:
Report-back to Student Council listserv
Summarize for Communiqués to be handed out to students around campus
Send to Animal to post to the website www.newcollegestude ntcouncil. blogspot. com
*Outreach – Student Council should seek to provide information and communication about what we learn (about what’s going on at new college) to as many students as possible. We should also outreach about our organizing efforts and publicize more broadly about weekly meetings.
-flyers
-posters
-communiqués/ leaflets
-emails
-encourage program directors to take a more active role in communicating
*Then we talked about Board Meetings. Many feel that students and faculty need to be present at these meetings. Keeping us out until after the major, controversial decisions have already been made defeats the point of us being there. Proposed was a plan to again request admission to these meetings: two seats for faculty, two seats for students. As we’ve stated before, we will be content with merely advisory seats for now. If no response is awarded to this request, a plan to occupy the meeting was proposed.
*Finally, we talked about the need for understanding the plight of teachers. We could all be forming alliances with faculty, building strength through solidarity. Please invite your teachers to the meeting this Friday.
*Since many of you were not present at this meeting, we invite continued discussion of any of the points raised in these notes at the next meeting.
Tasks bottom-lined:
Zak- 1st communiqué from the IISC
Kirsten- finding out about upcoming board meetings
Clayton- researching policies about and seeking access to school’s financial statements
Each of us- spreading the word about this Friday’s meeting to fellow students and teachers
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Friday, August 31, 2007
minutes from 8/27/07
Minutes from 8/27/07
27 August 07 Student Council Meeting as written by Paméla Tate-Roger
In attendance were:
Michael Boyd, Law School
Sheila Norman, MA Humanitites and Leadership
Belinda Sifford (spelling?) Adjunct Faculity School of Law
Paméla Tate-Roger, MA Humanitites and Leadership
Sara Zesmer, Grad Psych (on leave)
Animal Prufrock, MFA?
-- Creative Inquiry
Facilitator: Animal Prufrock
Agenda:
1. Charter
2. Selection Committee Meeting
The group reviewed the New College of California Interim Student Council Charter draft
and after a general discussion and corrections to the draft, the motion was made to accept
the following Charter. The motion was made by S. Zemer, seconded by A. Prufrock and
unanimously accepted.
New College of California Interim Student Council Charter
(New College Of California Interim Student Council)?
Statement of Purpose?
?
The Student Council of New College of California shall serve as an organized creative body
through which the students of New College shall have a democratic voice and a vehicle for
developing school policies and their implementation. ?
?
The purpose of the New College of California Student Council is to provide a forum and a
basis for representing and organizing New College Students from all of the college's
academic and professional programs to participate in decision-making at the school in
order to insure that the college hold a dignified place in the community as a just,
sustainable, respectful, democratic and progressive institution for students, faculty, and
staff.?
?
?
Objectives and Functions:?
1. ?
The mission of the New College of California Student Council is to confer with, advise, and
communicate with the Administration, The Board of Trustees of New College of California
(Board Of Trustees), Core Faculty Council (FC) and Adjunct Faculty Government, and
Alumni/Alumnae as is appropriate, with regard to matters of interest to the Students and
other matters of school-wide importance.?
2.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council will seek to advise the Board Of
Trustees and others on modifications of current school-wide policies and the development
of new school-wide policies of concern to the Students.?
3. ?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council will seek to represent the needs of
students by having 2 voting seats on the Board of Trustees as well as 2 representatives
sitting on all existing and newly formed committees.?
?
4. The New College of California Interim Student Council seeks to create a permanent
student lounge for the purpose of social and academic support, and to create community
at each campus.
II. ?
Organization: ?
1.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council shall be comprised of all Students
from the Valencia Street, the East Bay, the North Bay and the Law School Facilities.
Members must be currently enrolled or students on leave from New College of California.?
?
2.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council shall elect, by a simple majority of
members attending, a chair for the next will be chosen at the end of each meeting. The
chair will be a rotating position – although if necessary a person may chair 2 consecutive
meetings – but then must wait 2 meetings before being eligible to chair again.?
?
3.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council may elect other representatives, as
necessary, in accordance with its bylaws.?
?
4.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council shall record minutes of meetings
and make them publicly available to the entire New College Community, together with any
necessary exhibits or attachments on the New College Of California Interim Student
Council blogsite/website. ?
?
III. ?
Operations:?
1.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council shall adopt its own bylaws. The
bylaws shall provide for regular stated meetings of the Council, which shall be held at
various locations to be determined until a permanent meeting space is assigned by New
College.
2.?
Decision making will be done by modified timed consensus – and then simple majority.?
?
3.?
Records of the activities of the New College Of California Interim Student Council shall be
kept and transmitted to the appropriate successor officers of the New College Of California
Interim Student Council.?
?
4.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council shall adopt and operate in
accordance with the New College Policy on Rights, Grievances and Community Conduct.?
?
IV. ?
Ratification and Amendment of the Charter?
1.?
This Charter shall be presented by the Charter Formation Committee to attending Student
Council Members. The Charter shall become effective upon its ratification by a two-thirds
majority.
2.?
An amendment to the Charter may be introduced to the New College Of California Interim
Student Council by any member of the New College Of California Interim Student Council;
and approved by a simple majority (see III, point 3) of the attending membership of the
New College Of California Interim Student Council.?
?
3.?
The Charter shall become effective upon its ratification by a two-thirds majority.
Please see the attached minutes from the original transcription of the Search Committee
Minutes.
SEARCH COMMITTEE MINUTES OF AUGUST 27, 2007 MEETING
Present: Jane Swan (BOARD OF TRUSTEES), Sarah (Student on leave), Debbi Grenn (Faculty),
Animal Prufrock (Student), Debrina Madison (Dean), Linda James-Myers (Dean), Phillip
Knowlton (BOARD OF TRUSTEES), Milly Henry (Faculty), Pamela Tate-Roger (Student), Mitch
Hall (Dean), Jennie Lim (Faculty), Craig Rasmussen (Staff), Kathy Voutyras (Staff), Ernest
Brown (BOARD OF TRUSTEES), Dan Cassidy (Faculty)
Introductions were made to welcome and inform members who were not at the first
meeting.
Jane gave an overview of the discussion from the previous meeting (see last weeks
minutes)
New Business
Mitch Hall gave a presentation about the Registry for College and University Presidents
http://www.registry -online.org. This is a service which has a pool of potential presidents
who are available on an interim basis. The Registry defines interim as 1-12 months.
They have placed over 200 interim presidents; they have a pool of +/- 110 potential
candidates. The Registry investigates each candidate, checks references, verifies CV's, etc.
Once they receive a list of our expectations they forward us 6-8 "potential" candidates.
They look to us to narrow it down to 3 who then come for a formal interview process. All
potential candidates visit the school the same day and the Registry facilitates the interview
process. Salaries are negotiable, the school pays not benefits, but is charged a 33% "fee"
by the Registry.
Registry candidates are not allowed to apply for the permanent position. There is a 30 day
"escape" clause in the event the job is finished earlier than first determined.
The Registry wants an exclusive agreement if we use them, meaning we would not be able
to do other recruiting.
Motion: P. Knowlton moved that we evaluate the Registry, make a proposal to the Board of
Trustees, negotiate a salary range and validate the Registry's services.
Discussion
Concerns were raised about the demographics of the Registry's pool of applicants. Cost
was also a concern in light of the recent layoffs of staff and faculty. Whether the Registry
was a non-profit or for-profit entity was raised as a concern. Finding a candidate who is
able to facilitate the necessary changes, build coalitions and work within the school's
mission was identified as a priority.
Vote: Motion passed unanimously.
Action Item: Jane, Mitch & Sarah will approach the Registry for more information; a
demographics profile of potential candidates; references from other progressive schools
that have used their services; a range of salaries of Presidents placed in similar sized
schools; and any other information that we need to make an informed decision.
Motion: P. Knowlton moved that we pursue online advertising and PR opportunities.
Mitch gave an overview of his investigation into print/online advertising in traditional and
alternative academic venues.
Discussion
There was discussion about the time lag time and cost for placing advertisements if the
committee would conduct it's own search. Animal has experience in using online PR at low
cost and effort. The possibility that this effort could also be the first step in the search for
a permanent President was raised.
Concerns were raised that the response could be overwhelming and consume too much of
the committee's time. There was discussion about this also being a good way for better PR
for the school, a way to balance the discourse. The benefits and drawbacks of pursuing
Board of Trusteesh (Registry and our own) searches simultaneously were discussed. It was
pointed out that we would probably have to end our own search if we entered into an
agreement with the Registry. Sarah raised the possibility of negotiating a fee to the
Registry if we found a candidate outside their process.
Vote: Motion passed 12-2
Discussion: The committee discussed what would constitute a valid vote: consensus,
simple, or super majority. After some discussion and given the size of the committee there
was tacit agreement for a simple majority.
Action Item: Animal, Linda, Phillip & Kathy will prepare materials and investigate outlets
for our advertising/ PR campaign.
Miscellaneous:
1. Jane asked us to think about different subcommittees that may need to form and which
areas we would be interested in serving.
2. Animal to start a Yahoo group for the committee to facilitate the flow of information.
3. Proxies: The issue of sending a proxy if a member were going to miss a meeting was
raised. It was decided that those members who represent a particular group should have
that group choose the proxy. Other could arrange one on their own.
4. Meeting time: The current meeting time did not work for any Law School faculty or
Administration. We agreed to change the permanent meeting time to Monday at 1pm.
Given next Monday is Labor Day, that meeting was rescheduled to Wednesday 9/5 at
9:30am.
This discussion also explored some questions around the makeup of the committee. The
point was made that the professional schools were not represented among the Faculty
Council representatives, although the Deans from each School at New College were on the
committee. All seemed to appreciate the diversity of perspectives represented among the
group members, and were happy about student participation. It was also agreed that,
though mindful of the needs of particular constituencies, committee members should
represent the school in general. It was noted that given the size of the group, adding
members would make it more difficult to reach decisions. No actions were taken regarding
these issues.
27 August 07 Student Council Meeting as written by Paméla Tate-Roger
In attendance were:
Michael Boyd, Law School
Sheila Norman, MA Humanitites and Leadership
Belinda Sifford (spelling?) Adjunct Faculity School of Law
Paméla Tate-Roger, MA Humanitites and Leadership
Sara Zesmer, Grad Psych (on leave)
Animal Prufrock, MFA?
-- Creative Inquiry
Facilitator: Animal Prufrock
Agenda:
1. Charter
2. Selection Committee Meeting
The group reviewed the New College of California Interim Student Council Charter draft
and after a general discussion and corrections to the draft, the motion was made to accept
the following Charter. The motion was made by S. Zemer, seconded by A. Prufrock and
unanimously accepted.
New College of California Interim Student Council Charter
(New College Of California Interim Student Council)?
Statement of Purpose?
?
The Student Council of New College of California shall serve as an organized creative body
through which the students of New College shall have a democratic voice and a vehicle for
developing school policies and their implementation. ?
?
The purpose of the New College of California Student Council is to provide a forum and a
basis for representing and organizing New College Students from all of the college's
academic and professional programs to participate in decision-making at the school in
order to insure that the college hold a dignified place in the community as a just,
sustainable, respectful, democratic and progressive institution for students, faculty, and
staff.?
?
?
Objectives and Functions:?
1. ?
The mission of the New College of California Student Council is to confer with, advise, and
communicate with the Administration, The Board of Trustees of New College of California
(Board Of Trustees), Core Faculty Council (FC) and Adjunct Faculty Government, and
Alumni/Alumnae as is appropriate, with regard to matters of interest to the Students and
other matters of school-wide importance.?
2.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council will seek to advise the Board Of
Trustees and others on modifications of current school-wide policies and the development
of new school-wide policies of concern to the Students.?
3. ?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council will seek to represent the needs of
students by having 2 voting seats on the Board of Trustees as well as 2 representatives
sitting on all existing and newly formed committees.?
?
4. The New College of California Interim Student Council seeks to create a permanent
student lounge for the purpose of social and academic support, and to create community
at each campus.
II. ?
Organization: ?
1.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council shall be comprised of all Students
from the Valencia Street, the East Bay, the North Bay and the Law School Facilities.
Members must be currently enrolled or students on leave from New College of California.?
?
2.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council shall elect, by a simple majority of
members attending, a chair for the next will be chosen at the end of each meeting. The
chair will be a rotating position – although if necessary a person may chair 2 consecutive
meetings – but then must wait 2 meetings before being eligible to chair again.?
?
3.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council may elect other representatives, as
necessary, in accordance with its bylaws.?
?
4.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council shall record minutes of meetings
and make them publicly available to the entire New College Community, together with any
necessary exhibits or attachments on the New College Of California Interim Student
Council blogsite/website. ?
?
III. ?
Operations:?
1.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council shall adopt its own bylaws. The
bylaws shall provide for regular stated meetings of the Council, which shall be held at
various locations to be determined until a permanent meeting space is assigned by New
College.
2.?
Decision making will be done by modified timed consensus – and then simple majority.?
?
3.?
Records of the activities of the New College Of California Interim Student Council shall be
kept and transmitted to the appropriate successor officers of the New College Of California
Interim Student Council.?
?
4.?
The New College Of California Interim Student Council shall adopt and operate in
accordance with the New College Policy on Rights, Grievances and Community Conduct.?
?
IV. ?
Ratification and Amendment of the Charter?
1.?
This Charter shall be presented by the Charter Formation Committee to attending Student
Council Members. The Charter shall become effective upon its ratification by a two-thirds
majority.
2.?
An amendment to the Charter may be introduced to the New College Of California Interim
Student Council by any member of the New College Of California Interim Student Council;
and approved by a simple majority (see III, point 3) of the attending membership of the
New College Of California Interim Student Council.?
?
3.?
The Charter shall become effective upon its ratification by a two-thirds majority.
Please see the attached minutes from the original transcription of the Search Committee
Minutes.
SEARCH COMMITTEE MINUTES OF AUGUST 27, 2007 MEETING
Present: Jane Swan (BOARD OF TRUSTEES), Sarah (Student on leave), Debbi Grenn (Faculty),
Animal Prufrock (Student), Debrina Madison (Dean), Linda James-Myers (Dean), Phillip
Knowlton (BOARD OF TRUSTEES), Milly Henry (Faculty), Pamela Tate-Roger (Student), Mitch
Hall (Dean), Jennie Lim (Faculty), Craig Rasmussen (Staff), Kathy Voutyras (Staff), Ernest
Brown (BOARD OF TRUSTEES), Dan Cassidy (Faculty)
Introductions were made to welcome and inform members who were not at the first
meeting.
Jane gave an overview of the discussion from the previous meeting (see last weeks
minutes)
New Business
Mitch Hall gave a presentation about the Registry for College and University Presidents
http://www.registry -online.org. This is a service which has a pool of potential presidents
who are available on an interim basis. The Registry defines interim as 1-12 months.
They have placed over 200 interim presidents; they have a pool of +/- 110 potential
candidates. The Registry investigates each candidate, checks references, verifies CV's, etc.
Once they receive a list of our expectations they forward us 6-8 "potential" candidates.
They look to us to narrow it down to 3 who then come for a formal interview process. All
potential candidates visit the school the same day and the Registry facilitates the interview
process. Salaries are negotiable, the school pays not benefits, but is charged a 33% "fee"
by the Registry.
Registry candidates are not allowed to apply for the permanent position. There is a 30 day
"escape" clause in the event the job is finished earlier than first determined.
The Registry wants an exclusive agreement if we use them, meaning we would not be able
to do other recruiting.
Motion: P. Knowlton moved that we evaluate the Registry, make a proposal to the Board of
Trustees, negotiate a salary range and validate the Registry's services.
Discussion
Concerns were raised about the demographics of the Registry's pool of applicants. Cost
was also a concern in light of the recent layoffs of staff and faculty. Whether the Registry
was a non-profit or for-profit entity was raised as a concern. Finding a candidate who is
able to facilitate the necessary changes, build coalitions and work within the school's
mission was identified as a priority.
Vote: Motion passed unanimously.
Action Item: Jane, Mitch & Sarah will approach the Registry for more information; a
demographics profile of potential candidates; references from other progressive schools
that have used their services; a range of salaries of Presidents placed in similar sized
schools; and any other information that we need to make an informed decision.
Motion: P. Knowlton moved that we pursue online advertising and PR opportunities.
Mitch gave an overview of his investigation into print/online advertising in traditional and
alternative academic venues.
Discussion
There was discussion about the time lag time and cost for placing advertisements if the
committee would conduct it's own search. Animal has experience in using online PR at low
cost and effort. The possibility that this effort could also be the first step in the search for
a permanent President was raised.
Concerns were raised that the response could be overwhelming and consume too much of
the committee's time. There was discussion about this also being a good way for better PR
for the school, a way to balance the discourse. The benefits and drawbacks of pursuing
Board of Trusteesh (Registry and our own) searches simultaneously were discussed. It was
pointed out that we would probably have to end our own search if we entered into an
agreement with the Registry. Sarah raised the possibility of negotiating a fee to the
Registry if we found a candidate outside their process.
Vote: Motion passed 12-2
Discussion: The committee discussed what would constitute a valid vote: consensus,
simple, or super majority. After some discussion and given the size of the committee there
was tacit agreement for a simple majority.
Action Item: Animal, Linda, Phillip & Kathy will prepare materials and investigate outlets
for our advertising/ PR campaign.
Miscellaneous:
1. Jane asked us to think about different subcommittees that may need to form and which
areas we would be interested in serving.
2. Animal to start a Yahoo group for the committee to facilitate the flow of information.
3. Proxies: The issue of sending a proxy if a member were going to miss a meeting was
raised. It was decided that those members who represent a particular group should have
that group choose the proxy. Other could arrange one on their own.
4. Meeting time: The current meeting time did not work for any Law School faculty or
Administration. We agreed to change the permanent meeting time to Monday at 1pm.
Given next Monday is Labor Day, that meeting was rescheduled to Wednesday 9/5 at
9:30am.
This discussion also explored some questions around the makeup of the committee. The
point was made that the professional schools were not represented among the Faculty
Council representatives, although the Deans from each School at New College were on the
committee. All seemed to appreciate the diversity of perspectives represented among the
group members, and were happy about student participation. It was also agreed that,
though mindful of the needs of particular constituencies, committee members should
represent the school in general. It was noted that given the size of the group, adding
members would make it more difficult to reach decisions. No actions were taken regarding
these issues.
Monday, August 27, 2007
charter ratified tonight!!!
hi everyone,
congratulations to all students -
we ratified the charted at tonight's meeting!
the finalized charter and minutes will be posted
in the next couple of days -
thank you pamela for doing the minutes and all of your work
gathering the questions, etc...
3 of us attended the presidential search commitee meeting today
and speaking for myself - i feel really positive about the progress the school is making so quickly!
please spread the word about the council - we won't be meeting labor day
but will continue the following monday at 6pm!!
thanks again to everyone,
animal
congratulations to all students -
we ratified the charted at tonight's meeting!
the finalized charter and minutes will be posted
in the next couple of days -
thank you pamela for doing the minutes and all of your work
gathering the questions, etc...
3 of us attended the presidential search commitee meeting today
and speaking for myself - i feel really positive about the progress the school is making so quickly!
please spread the word about the council - we won't be meeting labor day
but will continue the following monday at 6pm!!
thanks again to everyone,
animal
Sunday, August 26, 2007
charter draft
i put this together using the adjunct's charter
and made some changes...
what do y'all think...
New College of California Interim Student Council Charter (NCSC)
Statement of Purpose
The Student Council of New College of California shall serve as an organized creative body through which the students of New College shall have a democratic voice and a vehicle for developing school policies and their implementation.
The purpose of the Student Council is to provide a forum and a basis for representing and organizing New College Students from all of the college’s academic and professional programs to participate in decision-making at the school in order to insure that the college hold a dignified place in the community as a just, sustainable, respectful, democratic and progressive institution for students, faculty, and staff.
Objectives and Functions:
1.
The mission of the NCSC is to confer with, advise, and communicate with the Administration, The Board of Trustees of New College of California (BOT), Core Faculty Council (FC) and Adjunct Faculty Government, as is appropriate, with regard to matters of interest to the Students and other matters of school-wide importance.
2.
The NCSC will seek to advise the BOT and others on modifications of current school-wide policies and the development of new school-wide policies of concern to the Students.
3.
The NCSC will seek to represent the needs of students by having 2 voting seats on the board of trustees as well as 2 reps sitting on all previous and newly formed committees.
II.
Organization:
1.
The NCSC shall be comprised of all Students from the Valencia Street Campus, the North Bay Campus and the Law School Campus. Members must be current or previously enrolled students. of New College of California.
2.
The NCSC shall elect, by a simple majority of members attending, a chair for each meeting at the previous meeting. This chair will be a rotating position – although if necessary a person may chair 2 consecutive meetings – but then must wait 4 meetings before being eligible to chair again.
3.
The NCSC may elect other representatives, as necessary, in accordance with its bylaws.
4.
The NCSC shall record minutes of meetings and make them publicly available to the entire New College Community, together with any necessary exhibits or attachments on the NCSC website.
III.
Operations:
1.
The NCSC shall adopt its own bylaws. The bylaws shall provide for regular stated meetings of the Council, which shall be held at various locations.
2.
Decision making will be done by modified timed consensus – and then simple majority.
3.
Records of the activities of the NCSC shall be kept and transmitted to the appropriate successor officers of the NCSC.
4.
The NCSC shall adopt and operate in accordance with the New College Policy on Rights, Grievances and Community Conduct.
IV.
Ratification and Amendment of the Charter
1.
This Charter shall be presented by the Charter Formation Committee to attending Student Council Memebrs. The Charter shall become effective upon its ratification by a two-thirds majority.
2.
An amendment to the Charter may be introduced in the NCSC by any member of the NCSC; and approved by a simple majority of the membership of the NCSC.
3.
The Charter shall become effective upon its ratification by a two-thirds majority.
and made some changes...
what do y'all think...
New College of California Interim Student Council Charter (NCSC)
Statement of Purpose
The Student Council of New College of California shall serve as an organized creative body through which the students of New College shall have a democratic voice and a vehicle for developing school policies and their implementation.
The purpose of the Student Council is to provide a forum and a basis for representing and organizing New College Students from all of the college’s academic and professional programs to participate in decision-making at the school in order to insure that the college hold a dignified place in the community as a just, sustainable, respectful, democratic and progressive institution for students, faculty, and staff.
Objectives and Functions:
1.
The mission of the NCSC is to confer with, advise, and communicate with the Administration, The Board of Trustees of New College of California (BOT), Core Faculty Council (FC) and Adjunct Faculty Government, as is appropriate, with regard to matters of interest to the Students and other matters of school-wide importance.
2.
The NCSC will seek to advise the BOT and others on modifications of current school-wide policies and the development of new school-wide policies of concern to the Students.
3.
The NCSC will seek to represent the needs of students by having 2 voting seats on the board of trustees as well as 2 reps sitting on all previous and newly formed committees.
II.
Organization:
1.
The NCSC shall be comprised of all Students from the Valencia Street Campus, the North Bay Campus and the Law School Campus. Members must be current or previously enrolled students. of New College of California.
2.
The NCSC shall elect, by a simple majority of members attending, a chair for each meeting at the previous meeting. This chair will be a rotating position – although if necessary a person may chair 2 consecutive meetings – but then must wait 4 meetings before being eligible to chair again.
3.
The NCSC may elect other representatives, as necessary, in accordance with its bylaws.
4.
The NCSC shall record minutes of meetings and make them publicly available to the entire New College Community, together with any necessary exhibits or attachments on the NCSC website.
III.
Operations:
1.
The NCSC shall adopt its own bylaws. The bylaws shall provide for regular stated meetings of the Council, which shall be held at various locations.
2.
Decision making will be done by modified timed consensus – and then simple majority.
3.
Records of the activities of the NCSC shall be kept and transmitted to the appropriate successor officers of the NCSC.
4.
The NCSC shall adopt and operate in accordance with the New College Policy on Rights, Grievances and Community Conduct.
IV.
Ratification and Amendment of the Charter
1.
This Charter shall be presented by the Charter Formation Committee to attending Student Council Memebrs. The Charter shall become effective upon its ratification by a two-thirds majority.
2.
An amendment to the Charter may be introduced in the NCSC by any member of the NCSC; and approved by a simple majority of the membership of the NCSC.
3.
The Charter shall become effective upon its ratification by a two-thirds majority.
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