Meeting Minutes

Delhi College Senate Minutes September 22nd, 2008

Meeting called to order by Presider, Julee Miller

Quorum established at 4:24 pm

Present:  David Brower, Donna Dougherty, Cindy Elston, Susan Greenwood, Terry Hamblin, Kim MacLeod, Kathleen Ogborn, Angela Rhodes, Shannon Shoemaker, Jennifer Smith, John Taylor, Jack Tessier, Carolyn Tolley, Allen Wachter, Mary Wake,

Absent: Glenda Bolton, Jack Burgess, Linnea Burwood, Steve Dixon, Joan Erickson, Barrett Meckel, Clark Nelson, Thomas Philion,  Jeff Stedman, Linda Weinberg

The minutes from the September 8th meeting were approved.

Elections for Intercollegiate Athletic Board

• Senate voted Glenda Bolton, Mary Wake, Shawn Brislin, and Ursula Herz to IAB

Elections for other Senate Committees

• Open call for nominations to go out again
• Elections to occur October 27^th

Promotion and Term Appointment Term Limits

• Presider sent Deans e-mail about rotating committee service amongst faculty
• Master list needed of committee membership and chairs; need to rotate out those who have served over four years
• T. Hamblin made a motion to table the discussion until the next meeting to hear from the Deans; J. Taylor seconded, all in agreement

ATAC/ADTAC Merger

OLD SECTION 6: Section 6. Comprehensive Technology Planning Committee

The Comprehensive Technology Planning Committee is divided into three subgroups:

A. Executive Technology Council
B. Academic Technology Committee (ATAC):
C. Administrative Technology Committee (AdTAC):

NEW SECTION 6:

Section 6. Technology Advisory Group

This committee will provide technical and operational assessment to determine a project Readiness Ranking for all IT related enhancements and projects. This includes impact of emergency and mandatory initiatives. Second this committee will also identify owners, sponsors, and product managers for enterprise-wide technology services/systems and provide communication and consultation as to the readiness of specific projects.

Membership: composition of the TAG should be a diverse cross section of the campus. Membership should include those with a broad campus perspective and understanding, rather than a technical focus. One member from each of the following areas except for academics with 2 members:

• Academics
• Enrollment
• Administration ( Purchasing, Student Accounts, College Advancement, HR, facilities)
• Student Life
• Health, Safety & Security
• Academic Support (Library and Learning Center)
• Cabinet Liaison

Motion to accept the new Section 6 with grammatical changes (deleted-strikethrough, added-underlined).  The motion was seconded and approved with one abstention (T. Hamblin). 

Barnes and Noble Issues

• Ask functional areas about problems that have occurred; try to come up with solutions as well
• Are the problems growing pains or the corporation not able to adapt to the needs of the College?
• Can the Senate rep on the CADI board look at the contract?
• Creation of a Confluence page to allow everyone to comment would be useful; J. Tessier to work on it-will e-mail all active members when ready

The meeting was adjourned at 5:08 p.m.

Next Meeting:  Monday October 27^th, 2008