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.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
minutes from 8/20 meeting
Minutes from 8/20/07
20 August 07 Student Council Meeting as written by Paméla Tate-Roger
In attendance were:
Michael Boyd, Law School
Gillian Chachere, Grd Psych
Janet Ector, MFA – Writing Consciousness
James Sheldon, Grad ASC
Paméla Tate-Roger, MA Humanitites and Leadership
Sara Zesmer, ASC
Animal Prufrock, MFA -- Creative Inquiry
Facilitator: Janet Ector
Agenda:
1. Updates on Meeting with Acting President Molina
2. Charter
MOLINA MEETING 8/14/07 @11am
Janet discussed the meeting with Acting President Molina, Abigail Wick and herself. Written minutes were unavailable, but Janet gave the following highlights from memory.
1. The meeting was very positive and Molina and the students shared mutual concerns regarding Financial Aid, Student Representation of the Board of Trustees and transparency.
2. President Molina was receptive and approved the IISC requests for the following:
a. Student representation on the Board of Trustees
b. Student representation on the Hiring Committee
c. Outreach to all students and all campuses (they are currently putting together an email list of all students). Teachers will make announcements of in their classrooms.
d. A student link on the main web page for New College entitled Meet the Students (note this link is already up and operational).
HIRING COMMITTEE MEETING 8/20/07 @ 4pm
Janet informed us that she attended the Hiring Committee Meeting after receiving a call from Acting President Molina on Saturday, August 18, 2007. Janet was unable to contact IISC Members so she attended the meeting. Animal Prufrock and Paméla Tate-Roger agreed to attend the Hiring Committee Meetings and Sara Zemer will serve as back-up in case one of the two selected representatives are not available. As the discussion progressed, it was decided that Sara Zemer will attend the Hiring Committee meetings with Animal and Paméla. The next meeting is on August 27, 2007 at 4pm in Room 7. We also discussed getting student input on questions.
Our next meeting will be August 27, 2007 at 6pm at 741 Valencia Street in the Art Studio.
********
Please see the minutes below from the original transcription from Kendall Donovan:
Presidential Search Committee Notes
Monday, August 20, 2007
Next meeting: Monday, August 27 at 4 pm (distance folks will use the same conference call in code.)
Participants:
Jane S- BOT (chair)
Phillip- BOT
Janet- student council- MFA WC
Millie Henry- Faculty BA Hum
Linda James Meyers- Dean of Grad Psych
Mitch – Dean of the School of Humanities
Kathy V- Director of Alumni and assistant to the President
Craig Rasmussen- Enrollment services
Kendall- NB BA director and faculty (notes)
Today’s Agenda:
Role of the Interim president
Timeline/process for hiring
Potential candidates
Process to finding additional candidates
Future agenda items:
Specific process for selecting the interim pres
Job description and purpose of interim president
How long is interim term?
Agenda Items
Role of the president:
General brainstorm ¬ A person who can bring sound organizational systems to
New College within the mission of New College; a person who can take action
to address the issues identified by WASC; coalition builder, able to deal
with the dire financial issues and PR issues; healer; confidence to
lead us into the full compliance with all of the WASC standards for accreditation.
Proposed Timeline:
Week 1 (8/20) – Research places to find interim presidents; cost and time of listings
(Mitch) for cost analysis; creating job announcement
Week 2 (8/28) – Post job announcement to listing sites; create detailed job
description and set interviewing and hiring process
Week 4-5 (9/3) – Receive applications and pursue contacts
Week 5-6 (9/10) – Interviews and send recommendations to the BOT
Week 7 (9/24) – BOT hires Interim President
Potential Candidates:
Luis will ask Ralph Wolfe for recommendations. He has already recommended two people that Luis will pass on to us. Luis will give us the information about the Registry for College and University Presidents (http://www.registry-online.org/default.asp)
FC may have a list of 2 or 3 people. We may ask for ideas from faculty, staff, and students.
Places to post the job listings:
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• New York Times
• Inside Higher Ed
• Idealist.org
• Registry for College and University Presidents
Mitch will contact each to find out the cost and timing of announcements.
Discussion on Process for hiring:
• Screening process to select interviewees and vote on the interviewee group
• Hiring criteria
• Interview questions
• Identify an interview team
• The interview process –
- set maximum number of interviews (5-8)
- round 1 (committee members) and round 2 (BOT executive group)
- hiring team and interview dates
- hiring criteria/rubric chart for scoring interviewees
- interview questions
- individual vs panel interviews?
- interview process observer
- ranking process for selecting the 2-4 people we will recommend to the BOT.
Action Items:
• Mitch will research the places we can do listings for costs and time considerations.
• Linda, Kathy, and Phillip will work on the process for communicating to NC community and posting on web via Edwardo. This communication will include the names of the committee participants and an email contact for the committee (Craig will monitor). .
• Jane will send notes on to the committee and work on a job announcement that she will email out for our feedback over the next week.
• All- give feedback to Jane about job announcement over the next week.
20 August 07 Student Council Meeting as written by Paméla Tate-Roger
In attendance were:
Michael Boyd, Law School
Gillian Chachere, Grd Psych
Janet Ector, MFA – Writing Consciousness
James Sheldon, Grad ASC
Paméla Tate-Roger, MA Humanitites and Leadership
Sara Zesmer, ASC
Animal Prufrock, MFA -- Creative Inquiry
Facilitator: Janet Ector
Agenda:
1. Updates on Meeting with Acting President Molina
2. Charter
MOLINA MEETING 8/14/07 @11am
Janet discussed the meeting with Acting President Molina, Abigail Wick and herself. Written minutes were unavailable, but Janet gave the following highlights from memory.
1. The meeting was very positive and Molina and the students shared mutual concerns regarding Financial Aid, Student Representation of the Board of Trustees and transparency.
2. President Molina was receptive and approved the IISC requests for the following:
a. Student representation on the Board of Trustees
b. Student representation on the Hiring Committee
c. Outreach to all students and all campuses (they are currently putting together an email list of all students). Teachers will make announcements of in their classrooms.
d. A student link on the main web page for New College entitled Meet the Students (note this link is already up and operational).
HIRING COMMITTEE MEETING 8/20/07 @ 4pm
Janet informed us that she attended the Hiring Committee Meeting after receiving a call from Acting President Molina on Saturday, August 18, 2007. Janet was unable to contact IISC Members so she attended the meeting. Animal Prufrock and Paméla Tate-Roger agreed to attend the Hiring Committee Meetings and Sara Zemer will serve as back-up in case one of the two selected representatives are not available. As the discussion progressed, it was decided that Sara Zemer will attend the Hiring Committee meetings with Animal and Paméla. The next meeting is on August 27, 2007 at 4pm in Room 7. We also discussed getting student input on questions.
Our next meeting will be August 27, 2007 at 6pm at 741 Valencia Street in the Art Studio.
********
Please see the minutes below from the original transcription from Kendall Donovan:
Presidential Search Committee Notes
Monday, August 20, 2007
Next meeting: Monday, August 27 at 4 pm (distance folks will use the same conference call in code.)
Participants:
Jane S- BOT (chair)
Phillip- BOT
Janet- student council- MFA WC
Millie Henry- Faculty BA Hum
Linda James Meyers- Dean of Grad Psych
Mitch – Dean of the School of Humanities
Kathy V- Director of Alumni and assistant to the President
Craig Rasmussen- Enrollment services
Kendall- NB BA director and faculty (notes)
Today’s Agenda:
Role of the Interim president
Timeline/process for hiring
Potential candidates
Process to finding additional candidates
Future agenda items:
Specific process for selecting the interim pres
Job description and purpose of interim president
How long is interim term?
Agenda Items
Role of the president:
General brainstorm ¬ A person who can bring sound organizational systems to
New College within the mission of New College; a person who can take action
to address the issues identified by WASC; coalition builder, able to deal
with the dire financial issues and PR issues; healer; confidence to
lead us into the full compliance with all of the WASC standards for accreditation.
Proposed Timeline:
Week 1 (8/20) – Research places to find interim presidents; cost and time of listings
(Mitch) for cost analysis; creating job announcement
Week 2 (8/28) – Post job announcement to listing sites; create detailed job
description and set interviewing and hiring process
Week 4-5 (9/3) – Receive applications and pursue contacts
Week 5-6 (9/10) – Interviews and send recommendations to the BOT
Week 7 (9/24) – BOT hires Interim President
Potential Candidates:
Luis will ask Ralph Wolfe for recommendations. He has already recommended two people that Luis will pass on to us. Luis will give us the information about the Registry for College and University Presidents (http://www.registry-online.org/default.asp)
FC may have a list of 2 or 3 people. We may ask for ideas from faculty, staff, and students.
Places to post the job listings:
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• New York Times
• Inside Higher Ed
• Idealist.org
• Registry for College and University Presidents
Mitch will contact each to find out the cost and timing of announcements.
Discussion on Process for hiring:
• Screening process to select interviewees and vote on the interviewee group
• Hiring criteria
• Interview questions
• Identify an interview team
• The interview process –
- set maximum number of interviews (5-8)
- round 1 (committee members) and round 2 (BOT executive group)
- hiring team and interview dates
- hiring criteria/rubric chart for scoring interviewees
- interview questions
- individual vs panel interviews?
- interview process observer
- ranking process for selecting the 2-4 people we will recommend to the BOT.
Action Items:
• Mitch will research the places we can do listings for costs and time considerations.
• Linda, Kathy, and Phillip will work on the process for communicating to NC community and posting on web via Edwardo. This communication will include the names of the committee participants and an email contact for the committee (Craig will monitor). .
• Jane will send notes on to the committee and work on a job announcement that she will email out for our feedback over the next week.
• All- give feedback to Jane about job announcement over the next week.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
draft of mission statement for comments
sent in by: sarah zezmer
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 institution for students, faculty, and staff.
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 institution for students, faculty, and staff.
minutes from 8/6/07
06 August 07 Student Council Meeting
Pamela Tate Roger: Reported on formation of the Interim Independent Student Council. Fielded suggestions for revision from those present.
James Sheldon: Presented models for decision-making processes:
1. Parliamentary Procedure/Majority Voting
2. Consensus Decision-Making
3. Modified Consensus Models
Council: Unanimously approves adoption of the modified timed consensus model, with a simple majority vote (if necessary) at the meeting’s end. This decision making model applies only so long as the council remains ad hoc, without a ratified charter and without elected representatives from each department.
Katie Paul: Student Council structural models:
1. Spokesperson Model
2. Parliamentary Model
3. New School Senate Model
4. Anarcho-Syndicalist Model
Council: Unanimously approves adoption of the anarcho-syndicalist model. This student council structure applies only so long as the council remains ad hoc, with a ratified charter and without elected representatives from each department.
Anarcho-Syndicalist Model:
1. Any one who wants to speak, speaks.
2. Any one who wants to vote, votes (given that they are currently or previously enrolled students).
3. One person, one vote (whether or not you are an elected representative from your department).
4. Static facilitator positions will be on a rotating basis.
5. Static treasurer and secretary positions can, if people want, be set.
Sarah Zesmer: Discusses original student council mission statement.
Next Meeting: 13 August 2007, 6:00 p.m.
Next Week’s Facilitator: James Sheldon
Next Week’s Agenda:
1. Draft charter based on anarcho-syndicalist model with modified, timed consensus-based decision making, with a simple majority vote at the meeting’s end, if necessary.
2. Discuss publicizing meetings—posting the meeting on the New College of California home page, flyering the 777 Valencia campus, promoting meetings when we meet with our departments.
3. Funding: New College should give us an office and offer financial support for the council
4. Facilitator training: New College should pay for all interested council members to attend facilitator training, so that we can better conduct meetings.
5. Mission statement.
Pamela Tate Roger: Reported on formation of the Interim Independent Student Council. Fielded suggestions for revision from those present.
James Sheldon: Presented models for decision-making processes:
1. Parliamentary Procedure/Majority Voting
2. Consensus Decision-Making
3. Modified Consensus Models
Council: Unanimously approves adoption of the modified timed consensus model, with a simple majority vote (if necessary) at the meeting’s end. This decision making model applies only so long as the council remains ad hoc, without a ratified charter and without elected representatives from each department.
Katie Paul: Student Council structural models:
1. Spokesperson Model
2. Parliamentary Model
3. New School Senate Model
4. Anarcho-Syndicalist Model
Council: Unanimously approves adoption of the anarcho-syndicalist model. This student council structure applies only so long as the council remains ad hoc, with a ratified charter and without elected representatives from each department.
Anarcho-Syndicalist Model:
1. Any one who wants to speak, speaks.
2. Any one who wants to vote, votes (given that they are currently or previously enrolled students).
3. One person, one vote (whether or not you are an elected representative from your department).
4. Static facilitator positions will be on a rotating basis.
5. Static treasurer and secretary positions can, if people want, be set.
Sarah Zesmer: Discusses original student council mission statement.
Next Meeting: 13 August 2007, 6:00 p.m.
Next Week’s Facilitator: James Sheldon
Next Week’s Agenda:
1. Draft charter based on anarcho-syndicalist model with modified, timed consensus-based decision making, with a simple majority vote at the meeting’s end, if necessary.
2. Discuss publicizing meetings—posting the meeting on the New College of California home page, flyering the 777 Valencia campus, promoting meetings when we meet with our departments.
3. Funding: New College should give us an office and offer financial support for the council
4. Facilitator training: New College should pay for all interested council members to attend facilitator training, so that we can better conduct meetings.
5. Mission statement.
Monday, August 6, 2007
MEETING REMINDER AND
MONDAY AUGUST 6th - at 6pm
due to the closure of room six as a room...
we will meet at the cafe at 6pm -
if we decide on a different room we will post it clearly
in the cafe.
tonights focus: THE CHARTER
also - i would just like to say in reference to the comment that i am going to delete, which i will print and bring to the meeting so that there is transparancy in what i chose to delete - i do not think it is appropriate to accuse someone of
sexual mis-conduct on the blog in general and especially to then sign off anonymously - and say it is based on a rumor...thats really irreponsible and dangerous and not what we are here for.
more on this later...
due to the closure of room six as a room...
we will meet at the cafe at 6pm -
if we decide on a different room we will post it clearly
in the cafe.
tonights focus: THE CHARTER
also - i would just like to say in reference to the comment that i am going to delete, which i will print and bring to the meeting so that there is transparancy in what i chose to delete - i do not think it is appropriate to accuse someone of
sexual mis-conduct on the blog in general and especially to then sign off anonymously - and say it is based on a rumor...thats really irreponsible and dangerous and not what we are here for.
more on this later...
Thursday, August 2, 2007
minutes from 8/1 meeting
In attendence were:
Susie Sherman, Grad Psych,
Katie Paul, Grad Psych,
Karen C, 2005 Alum,
Lynn Burnett, 2005 Alum,
Sheila Norman, Humanitites and Leadership MA,
Pamela Tate-Roger,
Kirsten Brydum,
Alexander Friend,
Nicole Henares,
Sara Zesmer,
Roshni Chabra,
Animal Prufrock
Abigail Wick
01 August 2007, NCoC Interim Independent Student Council Minutes
Formation of Council:
We must follow proper steps for its formation in order to be recognized by other councils as legitimate. The first step will be the creation of a charter (we’re looking at charter models from UC Santa Cruz and New School in New York, which we will then revise to reflect the spirit of NCoC).
Proposal for skeletal organizational model for NCoCSC:
Two elected representatives from the school’s thirteen programs = 26 elcted representatives (with one mandatory presence per council meeting). Each program will exercise jurisdiction over the appointment of representatives. Additional slots open for one elected representative from the following: adjunct faculty council, core faculty council, alumni, staff. This would total 30 council members.
**The interim council supports cross-representation—students representatives present at other council meetings, other council representatives present at student council meetings.
What must be decided:
1) How many seats on council—should this be proportionately representational? One mandatory rep from each council! These should be voted on by each department.
2) How decisions are made—modified consensus
3) Leadership roles
4) Mission statement
5) Governmental structure
6) Funding—part of being an official body of the school is receiving funding from the school
7) Will all our meetings be open?
8) Grievance procedure
9) Position descriptions
We need from the 30 council members the following static positions:
1) Board of Trustees representative from the student council
2) Representative to the adjunct council
3) Representative to faculty council
4) Secretary (minutes)
5) Communication person (post blog, send out notices for meetings)
6) Treasurer
Charter articles proposed for discussion at next meeting:
1) Mission
2) Membership
3) Static Positions
4) Meetings
5) Elections
6) Decisions Process
7) Amendments
Next meeting will be:
06 August, 6:00pm
Agenda for next week, chaired by Katie Paul:
1) Pamela Tate Roger will synopsize how the NCoC Interim Independent Student Council was created
2) Susie Sherman (or her representative) will educate the council about different decision-making processes.
3) Katie Paul will look at three radically different charters for student councils (UC Santa Cruz, New School of New York, + one other, to be determined)
4) General Discussion of: What we want to accomplish, mission statement discussion: Board representation, that the administration acknowledge the WASC report as an impetus for the creation of a student council, what sort of binding right to power will we have after our official formation, how can we receive acknowledgement as a council, write a letter to the students letting them know what we’re all about
5) After this meeting we can present to WASC a draft of our charter for NCoCSC!
Method of communication for NCoC Interim Independent Student Council:
New College Students Yahoo group, which Jeremy moderates
Susie Sherman, Grad Psych,
Katie Paul, Grad Psych,
Karen C, 2005 Alum,
Lynn Burnett, 2005 Alum,
Sheila Norman, Humanitites and Leadership MA,
Pamela Tate-Roger,
Kirsten Brydum,
Alexander Friend,
Nicole Henares,
Sara Zesmer,
Roshni Chabra,
Animal Prufrock
Abigail Wick
01 August 2007, NCoC Interim Independent Student Council Minutes
Formation of Council:
We must follow proper steps for its formation in order to be recognized by other councils as legitimate. The first step will be the creation of a charter (we’re looking at charter models from UC Santa Cruz and New School in New York, which we will then revise to reflect the spirit of NCoC).
Proposal for skeletal organizational model for NCoCSC:
Two elected representatives from the school’s thirteen programs = 26 elcted representatives (with one mandatory presence per council meeting). Each program will exercise jurisdiction over the appointment of representatives. Additional slots open for one elected representative from the following: adjunct faculty council, core faculty council, alumni, staff. This would total 30 council members.
**The interim council supports cross-representation—students representatives present at other council meetings, other council representatives present at student council meetings.
What must be decided:
1) How many seats on council—should this be proportionately representational? One mandatory rep from each council! These should be voted on by each department.
2) How decisions are made—modified consensus
3) Leadership roles
4) Mission statement
5) Governmental structure
6) Funding—part of being an official body of the school is receiving funding from the school
7) Will all our meetings be open?
8) Grievance procedure
9) Position descriptions
We need from the 30 council members the following static positions:
1) Board of Trustees representative from the student council
2) Representative to the adjunct council
3) Representative to faculty council
4) Secretary (minutes)
5) Communication person (post blog, send out notices for meetings)
6) Treasurer
Charter articles proposed for discussion at next meeting:
1) Mission
2) Membership
3) Static Positions
4) Meetings
5) Elections
6) Decisions Process
7) Amendments
Next meeting will be:
06 August, 6:00pm
Agenda for next week, chaired by Katie Paul:
1) Pamela Tate Roger will synopsize how the NCoC Interim Independent Student Council was created
2) Susie Sherman (or her representative) will educate the council about different decision-making processes.
3) Katie Paul will look at three radically different charters for student councils (UC Santa Cruz, New School of New York, + one other, to be determined)
4) General Discussion of: What we want to accomplish, mission statement discussion: Board representation, that the administration acknowledge the WASC report as an impetus for the creation of a student council, what sort of binding right to power will we have after our official formation, how can we receive acknowledgement as a council, write a letter to the students letting them know what we’re all about
5) After this meeting we can present to WASC a draft of our charter for NCoCSC!
Method of communication for NCoC Interim Independent Student Council:
New College Students Yahoo group, which Jeremy moderates
Monday, July 30, 2007
VERY IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ!!!!
I received this from greg tanaka this morning.
Dear All:
I had promised to let you know on Monday mornings what transpired the previous week and what is forthcoming. Let me state the forthcoming part first, as it is critical and one of the very things you have all asked for. This coming Tuesday, July 31st, the New College Board of Trustees will be having a board meeting from 5 to 8pm somewhere to be announced (and most likely the biggest room available). The board has specifically set aside the first 30 minutes of this meeting for students to come and tell them whatever they would like and to ask questions. So this is an important step in opening up communications and at least one of you might tell them "thanks" so that this kind of thing will keep happening.
At this meeting, the Board will inform you personally of the outcome of a meeting of a contingent of New College representatives with the two top officers of WASC at the WASC headquarters in Alameda, CA on Friday last week. This was a superb, direct, face-to-face meeting and all parties learned a lot. Great clarity was achieved in understanding exactly what is expected of New College as it takes significant steps to restructure itself to retain full accreditation. One way to characterize this is to say that as one of the individuals attending this meeting, it seemed like a good sign that WASC was willing to take so much time (2 1/2 hours) to state each and every step the college and board must take to retain accreditation. A second positive sign was that one of the top officers offered to come to the New College campus later in August to meet face-to-face with students, faculty and staff. So everyone who is interested in saving the accreditation for New College will want to come and show support and participate in that August event.
One of the most important things WASC said was that all courses that students will take at New College this 2007-2008 academic year will be accredited and transferable. The rule is that courses are accredited up until such time that an accreditation is formally revoked, should it be revoked, and that a major decision like a revocation would not happen for an institution like New College until June, 2008 at the earliest. So all courses this year remain valid and accredited.
In addition, WASC extended the first deadline for data gathering by New College from August 6th to August 10th. This is very helpful to all faculty and staff working on those documents, and we are very grateful to WASC for that.
The rest of what occurred at this meeting will be addressed by the Board at its meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5pm (at a place to be announced), so please come and bring others who are interested.
Respectfully reported,
Greg Tanaka (for the New College WASC Response Team of Dr. Martina Ayala, Dr. Francisco Leite, Professor Adam Cornford and Professor Stephanie Adraktas)
Dear All:
I had promised to let you know on Monday mornings what transpired the previous week and what is forthcoming. Let me state the forthcoming part first, as it is critical and one of the very things you have all asked for. This coming Tuesday, July 31st, the New College Board of Trustees will be having a board meeting from 5 to 8pm somewhere to be announced (and most likely the biggest room available). The board has specifically set aside the first 30 minutes of this meeting for students to come and tell them whatever they would like and to ask questions. So this is an important step in opening up communications and at least one of you might tell them "thanks" so that this kind of thing will keep happening.
At this meeting, the Board will inform you personally of the outcome of a meeting of a contingent of New College representatives with the two top officers of WASC at the WASC headquarters in Alameda, CA on Friday last week. This was a superb, direct, face-to-face meeting and all parties learned a lot. Great clarity was achieved in understanding exactly what is expected of New College as it takes significant steps to restructure itself to retain full accreditation. One way to characterize this is to say that as one of the individuals attending this meeting, it seemed like a good sign that WASC was willing to take so much time (2 1/2 hours) to state each and every step the college and board must take to retain accreditation. A second positive sign was that one of the top officers offered to come to the New College campus later in August to meet face-to-face with students, faculty and staff. So everyone who is interested in saving the accreditation for New College will want to come and show support and participate in that August event.
One of the most important things WASC said was that all courses that students will take at New College this 2007-2008 academic year will be accredited and transferable. The rule is that courses are accredited up until such time that an accreditation is formally revoked, should it be revoked, and that a major decision like a revocation would not happen for an institution like New College until June, 2008 at the earliest. So all courses this year remain valid and accredited.
In addition, WASC extended the first deadline for data gathering by New College from August 6th to August 10th. This is very helpful to all faculty and staff working on those documents, and we are very grateful to WASC for that.
The rest of what occurred at this meeting will be addressed by the Board at its meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5pm (at a place to be announced), so please come and bring others who are interested.
Respectfully reported,
Greg Tanaka (for the New College WASC Response Team of Dr. Martina Ayala, Dr. Francisco Leite, Professor Adam Cornford and Professor Stephanie Adraktas)
Friday, July 27, 2007
minutes from 7/25 meeting
thanks to abigail for this -
these were her personal notes which i didn't edit...
she took these on the spot
and she sent this message...
"Next Wednesday, I will use a formal,
public-ready format to transcribe our discussion."
from abigail wick - interim secretary
In attendance were:
Janet Ector,
Karen C,
Pamela Tate-Roger,
Sarah Zesmer,
Jeremy Zimmer,
Nicole Henares,
Judith Davisdon,
Tara Leigh Wagner,
Elaine Brotherton,
Animal Prufrock,
Kirsten Brydum,
Alexander Friend,
Abigail Wick
Interim Independent Student Government Meeting:
• WASC looking for a student government
o Must create/implement a charter
o Call for open bookkeeping; financial oversight committee
• No WASC penalization will occur this fall.
o We are simply on probation right now—their next step is show-cause.
o The school won’t lose accredidation.
• Everybody enrolled right now will have a degree conferred upon them. We have a semester to get things rolling, while there is no change in status.
• Between WASC and the school, there is a requirement that current students are being served.
• If we are forced to transfer our credits, many won’t be accepted by other universities.
• Appoint a student representative to the Adjunct Council.
• Appoint a media representative:
o Jeremy Zimmer has agreed to take on this role.
• Form a charter sub-committee.
o All student councils have a charter, full of bylaws, statement of purpose, necessary for an official student government. WASC wants to see that we have a functioning student government. Rather than hierarchical roles, we develop organic functional roles. A council with duties, rather than titles. We should first confirm what the WASC requirements are for the council: must we have an official president. We can use semantics, calling somebody the president, but these are only reflective of our duties. Who assumes responsibility for what?
• UC Santa Cruz Council might be a model that dovetails with the NC spirit and ethos. Can we find a copy of their charter?
• Regular meetings at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays.
o Next Wednesday will be the charter meeting.
o We should review the charter, come next week with annotation and suggestions.
• Communication Networks:
o newcollegestudentcouncil.blogspot.com
o groups.yahoo.com/group/nc-students
o lists.riseup.next/takenewcollegeback (archives of past postings)
o stopsilence.net (includes WASC findings)
• What does WASC want? Can we get a copy of their findings? Why will they axe accredidation?
o Administration must be replaced in order for us to survive—these five just shuffle themselves around. There is a certain amount of money that the school is supposed to have—unauthorized purchase of hotel, $200,000 software and Roxy—depleted our account.
o Student council must have a seat on the Board of Trustees.
• The five core administrators have lovers and relatives on the Board of Trustees.
• There is also no student representative on this Board.
• None of this could have happened if this were a transparent environment.
• Why buy new buildings or new software without consent from others? This takes the money from our school.
• Job description issue
• What are WASC’s key points?
o Arbitrary grading
o Lack of student oversight and representation
o Suspect allocation of funding
• Student Council
o Long-term student voice, representation
o Student reps from each department should be appointed
o We need to reach out to heads of department:
o Nominate a representative from each cohort, a fully representational body
• Let WASC know what our recommendations are as a student body.
• Send this to them. WASC wants instant communication.
• Let faculty know that we have a media rep, that we’re willing to use our media rep, that we have a fully-functioning student government.
• Who will be our rep to the adjunct council (Animal ready and willing to fill this position)
• Core Faculty
• Adjunct Faculty
• Nascent independent alumni association
• Coalition: all the stakeholder groups enter into communication
• Animal Prufrock, elected temporary “Council Representative” of interim independent student council
• Jeremy Zimmer, elected temporary media representative
• Abigail Wick, elected temporary “secretary”
• Reported at coalition meeting:
• Interim independent student council has been formed
• Charter meeting will be radically inclusive, come next Wednesday
• Board of Trustees has hired three (who) as consultants. They are ticking off, one by one, all of the concerns by August 6. WASC insisted this be done by the faculty. Contract was signed yesterday. Greg Tanaka; Martin Ayala; Francisco Leite (former president of university in Brazil, total expert on financial matters; has no prior relationship with Martin or anybody else on board)
• They are student-centered. Ask that there be a student, faculty and staff member on Board of Trustees.
• Martin Hamilton will step down in a year. He wants to preside over the transition.
• Want there to be a full, professional, external search for president based on a committee comprised of students, faculty, staff. A job description will be formed by September or October, probably sent out to a professional search firm. This is what happens everywhere else, especially for top positions. We are hoping to guide the board to double their size, comprised of outside people.
• They will do development of operations, faculty governance, oversight.
• They are an objective, external board.
• Can student body appoint a liaison to this oversight group? Yes!
• The two academic vice presidents have stepped down.
• August 6; September 1; early December reports due to WASC.
• Faculty has been asked to nominate a few names to nominate two new vice-presidents; they will come from our own ranks. (Carolyn and Randall?)
• Coalition Meeting:
• We need a Human Resources person.
• We need job descriptions for the unoccupied vice presidential positions.
• There are no institutional channels for reporting grievances. (Illustrative of lack of organizational channels overall.)
• The current Board of Trustees (they don’t have a charter, but they have bylaws, which should be transparent)
• On Friday, when Greg sees WASC, he must tell them that the Board of Trustees is being replaced, should be filled with those who have financial expertise, so that the school can begin raising money to fill our depleted resources.
• Student, staff, faculty and alumni should be on Board of Trustees
• Why aren’t alumni giving to New College? Why isn’t there a formal alumni association, in which alumni have their own governance?
• External, professional search for a new president: this three-person team will set up this process.
• Faculty has huge task of creating reports for WASC. We can’t expect immediate results.
• Board of Trustees meeting last night: ten board members present out of twelve. Where are they listed?
• Lack of clear communication channels. Can Greg, Francisco, and Martin make a report every week about developments at the college that are accessible to everyone. The purpose of this document should be information sharing, it should have no stance, objective. “These are the latest developments,” without editorializing.
• Greg, Francisco, Martin—hired by Martin Hamilton—report directly to the Board of Trustees. They are setting up an operating committee. They will work with existing staff to implement better control mechanisms on spending.
• New College owns the buildings, presumably the trustees do, who have a fiduciary duty. Where are the Board of Trustees bylaws—where are they hidden?
• School operating at a loss because of all these unapproved expenses. Money for buildings sold should go to a reserve account. These three will make firm decisions to the Board.
• Greg has a six week contract. Martin has a three month contract. Hiring outside consultants has been a pattern when trouble with WASC crops up. Faculty, still, is skeptical of these outsiders. This is a healthy skepticism. Faculty have never been allowed to share power. This seems to them like another way to circumvent the possibility of power endowment to faculty. Such as asking faculty to be applicants for the vice-presidential positions—Adam Cornferd and Stephanie Vertail (of the law school). The three asked that the two current positions to be filled from within the faculty ranks. The faculty is waiting for a job description and they are going to name some names.
these were her personal notes which i didn't edit...
she took these on the spot
and she sent this message...
"Next Wednesday, I will use a formal,
public-ready format to transcribe our discussion."
from abigail wick - interim secretary
In attendance were:
Janet Ector,
Karen C,
Pamela Tate-Roger,
Sarah Zesmer,
Jeremy Zimmer,
Nicole Henares,
Judith Davisdon,
Tara Leigh Wagner,
Elaine Brotherton,
Animal Prufrock,
Kirsten Brydum,
Alexander Friend,
Abigail Wick
Interim Independent Student Government Meeting:
• WASC looking for a student government
o Must create/implement a charter
o Call for open bookkeeping; financial oversight committee
• No WASC penalization will occur this fall.
o We are simply on probation right now—their next step is show-cause.
o The school won’t lose accredidation.
• Everybody enrolled right now will have a degree conferred upon them. We have a semester to get things rolling, while there is no change in status.
• Between WASC and the school, there is a requirement that current students are being served.
• If we are forced to transfer our credits, many won’t be accepted by other universities.
• Appoint a student representative to the Adjunct Council.
• Appoint a media representative:
o Jeremy Zimmer has agreed to take on this role.
• Form a charter sub-committee.
o All student councils have a charter, full of bylaws, statement of purpose, necessary for an official student government. WASC wants to see that we have a functioning student government. Rather than hierarchical roles, we develop organic functional roles. A council with duties, rather than titles. We should first confirm what the WASC requirements are for the council: must we have an official president. We can use semantics, calling somebody the president, but these are only reflective of our duties. Who assumes responsibility for what?
• UC Santa Cruz Council might be a model that dovetails with the NC spirit and ethos. Can we find a copy of their charter?
• Regular meetings at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays.
o Next Wednesday will be the charter meeting.
o We should review the charter, come next week with annotation and suggestions.
• Communication Networks:
o newcollegestudentcouncil.blogspot.com
o groups.yahoo.com/group/nc-students
o lists.riseup.next/takenewcollegeback (archives of past postings)
o stopsilence.net (includes WASC findings)
• What does WASC want? Can we get a copy of their findings? Why will they axe accredidation?
o Administration must be replaced in order for us to survive—these five just shuffle themselves around. There is a certain amount of money that the school is supposed to have—unauthorized purchase of hotel, $200,000 software and Roxy—depleted our account.
o Student council must have a seat on the Board of Trustees.
• The five core administrators have lovers and relatives on the Board of Trustees.
• There is also no student representative on this Board.
• None of this could have happened if this were a transparent environment.
• Why buy new buildings or new software without consent from others? This takes the money from our school.
• Job description issue
• What are WASC’s key points?
o Arbitrary grading
o Lack of student oversight and representation
o Suspect allocation of funding
• Student Council
o Long-term student voice, representation
o Student reps from each department should be appointed
o We need to reach out to heads of department:
o Nominate a representative from each cohort, a fully representational body
• Let WASC know what our recommendations are as a student body.
• Send this to them. WASC wants instant communication.
• Let faculty know that we have a media rep, that we’re willing to use our media rep, that we have a fully-functioning student government.
• Who will be our rep to the adjunct council (Animal ready and willing to fill this position)
• Core Faculty
• Adjunct Faculty
• Nascent independent alumni association
• Coalition: all the stakeholder groups enter into communication
• Animal Prufrock, elected temporary “Council Representative” of interim independent student council
• Jeremy Zimmer, elected temporary media representative
• Abigail Wick, elected temporary “secretary”
• Reported at coalition meeting:
• Interim independent student council has been formed
• Charter meeting will be radically inclusive, come next Wednesday
• Board of Trustees has hired three (who) as consultants. They are ticking off, one by one, all of the concerns by August 6. WASC insisted this be done by the faculty. Contract was signed yesterday. Greg Tanaka; Martin Ayala; Francisco Leite (former president of university in Brazil, total expert on financial matters; has no prior relationship with Martin or anybody else on board)
• They are student-centered. Ask that there be a student, faculty and staff member on Board of Trustees.
• Martin Hamilton will step down in a year. He wants to preside over the transition.
• Want there to be a full, professional, external search for president based on a committee comprised of students, faculty, staff. A job description will be formed by September or October, probably sent out to a professional search firm. This is what happens everywhere else, especially for top positions. We are hoping to guide the board to double their size, comprised of outside people.
• They will do development of operations, faculty governance, oversight.
• They are an objective, external board.
• Can student body appoint a liaison to this oversight group? Yes!
• The two academic vice presidents have stepped down.
• August 6; September 1; early December reports due to WASC.
• Faculty has been asked to nominate a few names to nominate two new vice-presidents; they will come from our own ranks. (Carolyn and Randall?)
• Coalition Meeting:
• We need a Human Resources person.
• We need job descriptions for the unoccupied vice presidential positions.
• There are no institutional channels for reporting grievances. (Illustrative of lack of organizational channels overall.)
• The current Board of Trustees (they don’t have a charter, but they have bylaws, which should be transparent)
• On Friday, when Greg sees WASC, he must tell them that the Board of Trustees is being replaced, should be filled with those who have financial expertise, so that the school can begin raising money to fill our depleted resources.
• Student, staff, faculty and alumni should be on Board of Trustees
• Why aren’t alumni giving to New College? Why isn’t there a formal alumni association, in which alumni have their own governance?
• External, professional search for a new president: this three-person team will set up this process.
• Faculty has huge task of creating reports for WASC. We can’t expect immediate results.
• Board of Trustees meeting last night: ten board members present out of twelve. Where are they listed?
• Lack of clear communication channels. Can Greg, Francisco, and Martin make a report every week about developments at the college that are accessible to everyone. The purpose of this document should be information sharing, it should have no stance, objective. “These are the latest developments,” without editorializing.
• Greg, Francisco, Martin—hired by Martin Hamilton—report directly to the Board of Trustees. They are setting up an operating committee. They will work with existing staff to implement better control mechanisms on spending.
• New College owns the buildings, presumably the trustees do, who have a fiduciary duty. Where are the Board of Trustees bylaws—where are they hidden?
• School operating at a loss because of all these unapproved expenses. Money for buildings sold should go to a reserve account. These three will make firm decisions to the Board.
• Greg has a six week contract. Martin has a three month contract. Hiring outside consultants has been a pattern when trouble with WASC crops up. Faculty, still, is skeptical of these outsiders. This is a healthy skepticism. Faculty have never been allowed to share power. This seems to them like another way to circumvent the possibility of power endowment to faculty. Such as asking faculty to be applicants for the vice-presidential positions—Adam Cornferd and Stephanie Vertail (of the law school). The three asked that the two current positions to be filled from within the faculty ranks. The faculty is waiting for a job description and they are going to name some names.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
this just in - from WASC response team
i just received this from the WASC response team
"Please find attached public announcement from the Board of Trustees at New College of California. Thank you for your input. We hope these steps are moving in a positive direction from your perspective.
Please, continue to give us your views and opinions.
Dr. Greg Tanaka
Dr. Martina Ayala
Dr. Francisco Leite
Prof. Adam Cornford
Prof. Stephanie Adraktas
WASC Response Team
Public Information, Board of Trustees – New College of California (July 26, 2007)
At a meeting of the board of trustees of New College of California,
eight motions carried that respond concerns raised by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accrediting board (WASC). These actions reflect the continuing desire of the board and college to satisfy all required standards, work closely with WASC, and address the needs of students and employees.
1) The board of trustees voted to increase the number of board members to have enough for a minimum of four members on all the trustee standing committees necessary to provide full oversight of the college and be in full compliance with the four WASC standards ensuring quality education. This will mean a significant increase over time leading approximately to a doubling of the current size of participating members.
2) To initiate this expansion, two outside citizens were approved for immediate addition to the Development Committee and will be approved as soon as possible for full board of trustee membership under proper procedures, complement the strengths of existing board members and provide new perspectives that will further guarantee high academic quality.
3) The board passed a motion to specifically acknowledge the creation of a faculty council and pledged to work jointly with that council to immediately (a) strengthen the academic quality of the college and (b) enhance the structures of shared governance. The board voted to express its congratulations to the faculty council for quickly moving to name two representatives to the WASC response team and for building its future capacity for self-governance by pledging to nominate several members from its own ranks as final candidates for interim academic vice president.
4) The board voted to direct its Personnel Committee to make recommendations to the board concerning how and when to facilitate the addition of one member each to the board of trustees, as ex officio members, and come from the faculty, staff and student body.
5) The board voted to form a presidential search committee that will work in the coming year to conduct a thorough, careful search for a new president for New College. This committee shall reflect the values of New College, include faculty, staff and student representatives, and seek significant input from the entire New College community.
6) The board voted to invite WASC to work with president Martin Hamilton and the New College “WASC response team” and assist the college in planning the most ideal process for leadership transition in a way that preserves the values of the institution while ensuring full compliance with the WASC standards.
7) The board also voted to name Dr. Francisco Leite interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to help bring the college into full WASC compliance on financial matters and promote the long term sustainability of the College.
8) Finally, the board directed New College to take immediate action to assist in the investigation of a recently filed grievance concerning discrimination and harassment and to do so in a manner that protects both parties. Further the college shall take steps to strengthen its internal mechanisms for responding expeditiously to all complaints related to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and other protected areas.
"Please find attached public announcement from the Board of Trustees at New College of California. Thank you for your input. We hope these steps are moving in a positive direction from your perspective.
Please, continue to give us your views and opinions.
Dr. Greg Tanaka
Dr. Martina Ayala
Dr. Francisco Leite
Prof. Adam Cornford
Prof. Stephanie Adraktas
WASC Response Team
Public Information, Board of Trustees – New College of California (July 26, 2007)
At a meeting of the board of trustees of New College of California,
eight motions carried that respond concerns raised by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accrediting board (WASC). These actions reflect the continuing desire of the board and college to satisfy all required standards, work closely with WASC, and address the needs of students and employees.
1) The board of trustees voted to increase the number of board members to have enough for a minimum of four members on all the trustee standing committees necessary to provide full oversight of the college and be in full compliance with the four WASC standards ensuring quality education. This will mean a significant increase over time leading approximately to a doubling of the current size of participating members.
2) To initiate this expansion, two outside citizens were approved for immediate addition to the Development Committee and will be approved as soon as possible for full board of trustee membership under proper procedures, complement the strengths of existing board members and provide new perspectives that will further guarantee high academic quality.
3) The board passed a motion to specifically acknowledge the creation of a faculty council and pledged to work jointly with that council to immediately (a) strengthen the academic quality of the college and (b) enhance the structures of shared governance. The board voted to express its congratulations to the faculty council for quickly moving to name two representatives to the WASC response team and for building its future capacity for self-governance by pledging to nominate several members from its own ranks as final candidates for interim academic vice president.
4) The board voted to direct its Personnel Committee to make recommendations to the board concerning how and when to facilitate the addition of one member each to the board of trustees, as ex officio members, and come from the faculty, staff and student body.
5) The board voted to form a presidential search committee that will work in the coming year to conduct a thorough, careful search for a new president for New College. This committee shall reflect the values of New College, include faculty, staff and student representatives, and seek significant input from the entire New College community.
6) The board voted to invite WASC to work with president Martin Hamilton and the New College “WASC response team” and assist the college in planning the most ideal process for leadership transition in a way that preserves the values of the institution while ensuring full compliance with the WASC standards.
7) The board also voted to name Dr. Francisco Leite interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to help bring the college into full WASC compliance on financial matters and promote the long term sustainability of the College.
8) Finally, the board directed New College to take immediate action to assist in the investigation of a recently filed grievance concerning discrimination and harassment and to do so in a manner that protects both parties. Further the college shall take steps to strengthen its internal mechanisms for responding expeditiously to all complaints related to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and other protected areas.
Students Organize Amidst Turmoil at Bay Area School
from jeremy zimmer - IISC Media Contact
San Francisco, CA, July 25, 2007:
In response to the WASC letter of
action, as well as ongoing structural
and policy issues, students at
New College of California have
organized an interim independent
student council to ensure that
the needs of students are properly
addressed in the changes which
are taking place at the school.
In addition, this council seeks
to create a more permanent
representative body to advocate on behalf of students.
In many colleges and universities,
a seat on the board of trustees is
reserved for a student representative.
The lack of formal student representation
at New College is symptomatic of the crisis in
leadership and governance articulated by the WASC report.
Creating fair and inclusive structures of representation
will be crucial in restoring students' trust in the school,
and establishing a safe and
positive learning environment
in the long term.
The Interim Independent Student Council
has issued a public statement, following
the Adjunct Council's call for new
administrative leadership, and the core
faculty's vote of no confidence in New College
of California President Martin Hamilton:
We the Interim Independent Student Council,
ask for the participation of our peers,
in the charter and formation of a student body
organization, which is inclusive of and responsive
to the needs of all New College students.
We ask for the support of faculty and
staff in this endeavor, and commit to working
with the Faculty Council and Adjunct Council
to achieve our mutual goals. We support
the public statement of the Adjunct Council,
and reiterate the call for new administrative leadership,
and the immediate replacement of the President,
Academic Vice Presidents, and the Board of Trustees.
Further, we call for the process of appointing
new administrative leadership to be inclusive of student,
staff and faculty voices, and that all meetings,
decisions and official correspondence in this
process to be made available, without delay,
to the entire New College community.
In our own organizing efforts, we aim to be
radically inclusive and completely transparent,
and we appreciate the patience and
understanding of our fellow students as we
overcome the difficulties in communication inherent
in a programmatically diverse, multi-campus
institution.
Lastly, we reiterate our call for the involvement
and participation of all New College students,
as we work to save our school.
----
IISC Media Contact
Jeremy Zimmer
San Francisco, CA, July 25, 2007:
In response to the WASC letter of
action, as well as ongoing structural
and policy issues, students at
New College of California have
organized an interim independent
student council to ensure that
the needs of students are properly
addressed in the changes which
are taking place at the school.
In addition, this council seeks
to create a more permanent
representative body to advocate on behalf of students.
In many colleges and universities,
a seat on the board of trustees is
reserved for a student representative.
The lack of formal student representation
at New College is symptomatic of the crisis in
leadership and governance articulated by the WASC report.
Creating fair and inclusive structures of representation
will be crucial in restoring students' trust in the school,
and establishing a safe and
positive learning environment
in the long term.
The Interim Independent Student Council
has issued a public statement, following
the Adjunct Council's call for new
administrative leadership, and the core
faculty's vote of no confidence in New College
of California President Martin Hamilton:
We the Interim Independent Student Council,
ask for the participation of our peers,
in the charter and formation of a student body
organization, which is inclusive of and responsive
to the needs of all New College students.
We ask for the support of faculty and
staff in this endeavor, and commit to working
with the Faculty Council and Adjunct Council
to achieve our mutual goals. We support
the public statement of the Adjunct Council,
and reiterate the call for new administrative leadership,
and the immediate replacement of the President,
Academic Vice Presidents, and the Board of Trustees.
Further, we call for the process of appointing
new administrative leadership to be inclusive of student,
staff and faculty voices, and that all meetings,
decisions and official correspondence in this
process to be made available, without delay,
to the entire New College community.
In our own organizing efforts, we aim to be
radically inclusive and completely transparent,
and we appreciate the patience and
understanding of our fellow students as we
overcome the difficulties in communication inherent
in a programmatically diverse, multi-campus
institution.
Lastly, we reiterate our call for the involvement
and participation of all New College students,
as we work to save our school.
----
IISC Media Contact
Jeremy Zimmer
CHARTER SKELETON
i am posting this charter example only as a PLACE TO START...
please feel free to deconstruct it entirely
as discussed in the meeting, and in alignment
with the intention of our school...
it would be wonderful to come up
with a way of laying out duties
with non-hierarchal leadership
this charter example was pulled
from two different charters i found on the
internet...the only thing ive changed
so far was filling in our school's name
the comments are open -
please write suggestions so that by the meeting next week
we have a solid foundation to start from...
here is the charter example...
NEW COLLEGE Student Council Charter
New College of California
Article I: Our Purpose
The NEW COLLEGE Student Council (NCSC) of the New College of California advocates on behalf of students to represent the interests and concerns of students to the New College and New College community. The NCSC is a group of elected and appointed students that represents the student body to the faculty and administration, and provides a conduit between the student body, faculty, and administration. Through the NCSC, students address with faculty and
administration issues that include, but are not limited to, academic programs and curricula, courses, professional development, and long-range goals of the school. Through the service of its officers and representatives, NCSC aims to improve the quality of student life at the NEW COLLEGE
The main purposes of NSSC are:
1) To facilitate communication between New College students, faculty, and administration.
2) To represent the interests and concerns of New College students to the New College community.
3) To improve the quality of student life at the New College
4) To facilitate and develop a student activities program.
Article II: Membership
All elected or appointed students in the New College shall be
members of the NCSC.
All students in the New College shall have the right to attend all
general assembly meetings of the NCSC.
Article III: Executive Committee
The NCSC is led by five executive officers:
A. Executive commitee is comprised of:
1. President
2. Vice President
3. Parliamentarian
4. Treasurer
5. Secretary
Their purposes are as follows:
1. PRESIDENT
A. Preside over meetings of the SC, except during times when he/she are unable to attend
i. In times of absence or when he/she is incapable or presiding over meetings the duties will fall to the members of the SC Executive Board as follows: Vice President, Parliamentarian, Treasurer, and Secretary.
B. Preside over meetings of the E-Board.
C. May vote in those cases when his/her vote would affect the outcome of the decision, or in a secret ballot.
D. Prepare the Agenda for all SC meetings in consultation with the E-Board.
E. Prepare and report to the SC and the University Community via the SC official website, before the first meeting of the Fall semester a “State of the Student Council Address”, outlining the objectives and progress made by the SC to date, as well as the directions to be taken for the remainder of the year. Prepare and report to the SC and the University Community, at the year’s last meeting a final report outlining the accomplishments of the SC during the year.
F. Report at each SC and E-Board meeting concerning his/her activities as President.
G. Act as formal spokesperson for the Student Council whenever deemed necessary.
H. Employ whatever office staff he/she feels is necessary to conduct business, subject to the approval of the Executive Board. The President may discharge an employee in accordance with University Student Employment Guidelines.
I. Have the power to appoint any special committee deemed necessary.
J. Perform any other duties as are prescribed by the SC, as long as they are not in conflict with these Bylaws.
VICE PRESIDENT
A. Assist the President in the performance of his/her duties.
B. Be an ex-officio member of all Executive Committees.
C. Nominate the student representatives to all Executive Committees, University
Committees, and Academic Senate Committees, in consultation with the
Executive Board, subject to the approval of the SC, and remove same for just cause, subject to appeal to the SC,
i. Exception is granted to the Student Council Program Board, where
The Program Board Chairperson will appoint members to that
committee.
ii. Exception is granted to the Governmental Affairs Committee, where the Governmental Affairs Director will appoint members to that committee.
iii. Exception is granted to the Community Affairs Committee, where
The Community Affairs Director will appoint members to that committee.
iv. Exception is granted to the Budget Committee, where the Treasurer shall appoint members to that committee.
D. Activate all Executive Committees when a need to convene arises.
E. Nominate members to the Student Center Advisory Board and the Student Newspaper Publications Board, in consultation with the Executive Board, subject to the approval of the SC.
F. Nominate student representative and alternates to the Board of Governors Committees, in consultation with the Executive Board, subject to the approval of SC, and remove same for just cause, subject to appeal to the SC.
G. Seat all representatives within two SC meetings of request made by Committee Chair.
H. Report four (4) times a semester to the SC on the activities of those University Committees on which the SC has representatives.
I. Perform any other duties as prescribed by the SC, so long as they are not in conflict with these Bylaws.
PARLIMENTARIAN
A. Act as the official SC Parliamentarian during all meetings, serving as a resource for proper procedures and conduct.
B. Preside over meetings during removal from office, or reinstatement
proceedings unless he/she is being removed or reinstated
B. And in such case as a tie results, he/she shall cast the deciding vote when
presiding.
D. Shall be responsible for maintaining records of all petitions brought to SC regarding anything involving the Bylaws and Charter.
E. Shall provide a written decision or interpretation based on the Bylaws and
Charter from any petition brought forth.
F. Preside over a Parliamentary/Judicial committee that is responsible for overseeing and revising the Bylaws and Charter.
G. Must make any necessary revisions to the Bylaws and Charter by the first meeting in September.
H. Maintain up-to-date records in which the Charter, Bylaws, special rules of
Order, standing rules, with any amendments to these properly recorded and to
Have the current records on hand at each meeting.
I. Must be able to provide an updated copy of the Bylaws on the SC official website.
Section 7
TREASURER
A. Keep accurate records of all moneys received and distributed in regards to the SC Budget.
B. Make expenditures as authorized in ARTICLE VI, Section 7.
C. Submit reports as requested. However, in all cases, he/she shall submit a written Bi-weekly report on the status of the SC budget to the SC.
D. Serve as an ex-officio member of the Budget Committee, but is required to attend all meetings.
E. Represent the SC on the Presidential Advisory Budget Committee and appoint an alternate representative to the Presidential Advisory Budget Committee.
F. Perform any other duties as prescribed by the SC, so long as those duties are not in conflict with these Bylaws.
G. Have the sole responsibility of preparing the SC Budget, in coordination with the committee chairs.
Section 8
SECRETARY
A. Be responsible for the minutes of all SC and Executive Board meetings.
B. Maintain a file of all reports, committees, officers, and College Boards.
C. Maintain the official Membership Roll, and call the roll when it is required.
D. Enforce and maintain office hours as outlined and maintain records of
member’s event participation as outlined in Article V, Section 5.
E. Provide any minutes, records and reports to members upon request.
F. Have on hand at each meeting, a list of all existing committees and their membership.
G. Transmit certified copies of the corrected Minutes to the SC official website and any persons who require or request them.
H. In the absence of the President, Vice President, Parliamentarian, and Treasurer, call meetings to order and immediately preside over an election of a Chair Pro Tempore.
I. Utilize the office staff to assist his/her duties, subject to the approval of the Executive Board.
J. Perform any other duties as prescribed by the SC, so long as those duties are not in conflict with these Bylaws.
Article IV: Service Officers
In addition to the executive committee, there are additional service officers who are appointed or elected
to serve specific purposes. Their purposes are as follows:
The Alumni Representative is responsible for coordinating efforts with Alumni Affairs, representing
NSSC on alumni-related issues, and attending alumni events. The Alumni Representative may also
coordinate Alumni/Student events. If the Alumni Representative is unable to attend new college School sponsored
alumni events, the Representative should choose a proxy to fulfill these duties.
The Technology Advisory Representative is responsible for representing student views on technological issues as related to the New College
Article V: Program Area Representatives
Program Area Representatives are responsible for gathering
feedback on issues and concerns from students in their respective academic program area and
representing those views to NCSC. Program Area Representatives should actively solicit input from or meet with students in their program at least once a semester, and should inform students regularly of their availability as Representatives.
Article VI: Meetings
There shall be at least two general assembly meetings during each semester of the academic school year.
All Executive, Service, and Program Area Representatives are required to attend, nominate a proxy to attend, or give notice to their governing executive officer. Notice of such meetings shall be given to the
entire student body at least three days before the meeting. Meetings are open to all members of the NEW COLLEGE of Califronia
There shall be twice-a-month meetings of the Executive and Service Officers during the academic school year. Notice of such meetings shall be given at least three days before the meeting.
Article VII: Elections
Election committee. An election committee composed of the Treasurer/Secretary, Representative Coordinator, and another officer appointed by the Treasurer/Secretary shall conduct elections, according to procedures set up in the charter: 1) Elections will be by secret ballot; 2) all NEW COLLEGE students will each have one vote; 3) elections will take place during the month of November of each year, or as necessary in the case of vacant positions.
Voting procedures. The elections committee shall conduct all voting procedures. It is the duty of this
committee to: 1) request nominations for each elected office; 2) create and disseminate a list of
nominated members running for an election position; 3) conduct the election and announce the newly
elected officers.
Term of Office. Officers shall be elected for a term of two semesters to serve from the spring following
the elections through the subsequent fall semester.
Transition of Administration. There shall be a meeting of the Executive Committees following the
election, at the end of the fall semester. It should include the outgoing and incoming officers and any
other persons deemed necessary. All new business and files are turned over to the newly installed
Executive Director who then becomes the presiding officer.
Article VIII: Amendments
The Executive Committee may amend this Charter from time to time. It may be amended or revised by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the officers and representatives present at a meeting.
Article IX: NCSC and NEW COLLEGE
The New College Student Council shall adhere to the Student Guide and other laws, rules, and
regulations governing the New College and its students.
please feel free to deconstruct it entirely
as discussed in the meeting, and in alignment
with the intention of our school...
it would be wonderful to come up
with a way of laying out duties
with non-hierarchal leadership
this charter example was pulled
from two different charters i found on the
internet...the only thing ive changed
so far was filling in our school's name
the comments are open -
please write suggestions so that by the meeting next week
we have a solid foundation to start from...
here is the charter example...
NEW COLLEGE Student Council Charter
New College of California
Article I: Our Purpose
The NEW COLLEGE Student Council (NCSC) of the New College of California advocates on behalf of students to represent the interests and concerns of students to the New College and New College community. The NCSC is a group of elected and appointed students that represents the student body to the faculty and administration, and provides a conduit between the student body, faculty, and administration. Through the NCSC, students address with faculty and
administration issues that include, but are not limited to, academic programs and curricula, courses, professional development, and long-range goals of the school. Through the service of its officers and representatives, NCSC aims to improve the quality of student life at the NEW COLLEGE
The main purposes of NSSC are:
1) To facilitate communication between New College students, faculty, and administration.
2) To represent the interests and concerns of New College students to the New College community.
3) To improve the quality of student life at the New College
4) To facilitate and develop a student activities program.
Article II: Membership
All elected or appointed students in the New College shall be
members of the NCSC.
All students in the New College shall have the right to attend all
general assembly meetings of the NCSC.
Article III: Executive Committee
The NCSC is led by five executive officers:
A. Executive commitee is comprised of:
1. President
2. Vice President
3. Parliamentarian
4. Treasurer
5. Secretary
Their purposes are as follows:
1. PRESIDENT
A. Preside over meetings of the SC, except during times when he/she are unable to attend
i. In times of absence or when he/she is incapable or presiding over meetings the duties will fall to the members of the SC Executive Board as follows: Vice President, Parliamentarian, Treasurer, and Secretary.
B. Preside over meetings of the E-Board.
C. May vote in those cases when his/her vote would affect the outcome of the decision, or in a secret ballot.
D. Prepare the Agenda for all SC meetings in consultation with the E-Board.
E. Prepare and report to the SC and the University Community via the SC official website, before the first meeting of the Fall semester a “State of the Student Council Address”, outlining the objectives and progress made by the SC to date, as well as the directions to be taken for the remainder of the year. Prepare and report to the SC and the University Community, at the year’s last meeting a final report outlining the accomplishments of the SC during the year.
F. Report at each SC and E-Board meeting concerning his/her activities as President.
G. Act as formal spokesperson for the Student Council whenever deemed necessary.
H. Employ whatever office staff he/she feels is necessary to conduct business, subject to the approval of the Executive Board. The President may discharge an employee in accordance with University Student Employment Guidelines.
I. Have the power to appoint any special committee deemed necessary.
J. Perform any other duties as are prescribed by the SC, as long as they are not in conflict with these Bylaws.
VICE PRESIDENT
A. Assist the President in the performance of his/her duties.
B. Be an ex-officio member of all Executive Committees.
C. Nominate the student representatives to all Executive Committees, University
Committees, and Academic Senate Committees, in consultation with the
Executive Board, subject to the approval of the SC, and remove same for just cause, subject to appeal to the SC,
i. Exception is granted to the Student Council Program Board, where
The Program Board Chairperson will appoint members to that
committee.
ii. Exception is granted to the Governmental Affairs Committee, where the Governmental Affairs Director will appoint members to that committee.
iii. Exception is granted to the Community Affairs Committee, where
The Community Affairs Director will appoint members to that committee.
iv. Exception is granted to the Budget Committee, where the Treasurer shall appoint members to that committee.
D. Activate all Executive Committees when a need to convene arises.
E. Nominate members to the Student Center Advisory Board and the Student Newspaper Publications Board, in consultation with the Executive Board, subject to the approval of the SC.
F. Nominate student representative and alternates to the Board of Governors Committees, in consultation with the Executive Board, subject to the approval of SC, and remove same for just cause, subject to appeal to the SC.
G. Seat all representatives within two SC meetings of request made by Committee Chair.
H. Report four (4) times a semester to the SC on the activities of those University Committees on which the SC has representatives.
I. Perform any other duties as prescribed by the SC, so long as they are not in conflict with these Bylaws.
PARLIMENTARIAN
A. Act as the official SC Parliamentarian during all meetings, serving as a resource for proper procedures and conduct.
B. Preside over meetings during removal from office, or reinstatement
proceedings unless he/she is being removed or reinstated
B. And in such case as a tie results, he/she shall cast the deciding vote when
presiding.
D. Shall be responsible for maintaining records of all petitions brought to SC regarding anything involving the Bylaws and Charter.
E. Shall provide a written decision or interpretation based on the Bylaws and
Charter from any petition brought forth.
F. Preside over a Parliamentary/Judicial committee that is responsible for overseeing and revising the Bylaws and Charter.
G. Must make any necessary revisions to the Bylaws and Charter by the first meeting in September.
H. Maintain up-to-date records in which the Charter, Bylaws, special rules of
Order, standing rules, with any amendments to these properly recorded and to
Have the current records on hand at each meeting.
I. Must be able to provide an updated copy of the Bylaws on the SC official website.
Section 7
TREASURER
A. Keep accurate records of all moneys received and distributed in regards to the SC Budget.
B. Make expenditures as authorized in ARTICLE VI, Section 7.
C. Submit reports as requested. However, in all cases, he/she shall submit a written Bi-weekly report on the status of the SC budget to the SC.
D. Serve as an ex-officio member of the Budget Committee, but is required to attend all meetings.
E. Represent the SC on the Presidential Advisory Budget Committee and appoint an alternate representative to the Presidential Advisory Budget Committee.
F. Perform any other duties as prescribed by the SC, so long as those duties are not in conflict with these Bylaws.
G. Have the sole responsibility of preparing the SC Budget, in coordination with the committee chairs.
Section 8
SECRETARY
A. Be responsible for the minutes of all SC and Executive Board meetings.
B. Maintain a file of all reports, committees, officers, and College Boards.
C. Maintain the official Membership Roll, and call the roll when it is required.
D. Enforce and maintain office hours as outlined and maintain records of
member’s event participation as outlined in Article V, Section 5.
E. Provide any minutes, records and reports to members upon request.
F. Have on hand at each meeting, a list of all existing committees and their membership.
G. Transmit certified copies of the corrected Minutes to the SC official website and any persons who require or request them.
H. In the absence of the President, Vice President, Parliamentarian, and Treasurer, call meetings to order and immediately preside over an election of a Chair Pro Tempore.
I. Utilize the office staff to assist his/her duties, subject to the approval of the Executive Board.
J. Perform any other duties as prescribed by the SC, so long as those duties are not in conflict with these Bylaws.
Article IV: Service Officers
In addition to the executive committee, there are additional service officers who are appointed or elected
to serve specific purposes. Their purposes are as follows:
The Alumni Representative is responsible for coordinating efforts with Alumni Affairs, representing
NSSC on alumni-related issues, and attending alumni events. The Alumni Representative may also
coordinate Alumni/Student events. If the Alumni Representative is unable to attend new college School sponsored
alumni events, the Representative should choose a proxy to fulfill these duties.
The Technology Advisory Representative is responsible for representing student views on technological issues as related to the New College
Article V: Program Area Representatives
Program Area Representatives are responsible for gathering
feedback on issues and concerns from students in their respective academic program area and
representing those views to NCSC. Program Area Representatives should actively solicit input from or meet with students in their program at least once a semester, and should inform students regularly of their availability as Representatives.
Article VI: Meetings
There shall be at least two general assembly meetings during each semester of the academic school year.
All Executive, Service, and Program Area Representatives are required to attend, nominate a proxy to attend, or give notice to their governing executive officer. Notice of such meetings shall be given to the
entire student body at least three days before the meeting. Meetings are open to all members of the NEW COLLEGE of Califronia
There shall be twice-a-month meetings of the Executive and Service Officers during the academic school year. Notice of such meetings shall be given at least three days before the meeting.
Article VII: Elections
Election committee. An election committee composed of the Treasurer/Secretary, Representative Coordinator, and another officer appointed by the Treasurer/Secretary shall conduct elections, according to procedures set up in the charter: 1) Elections will be by secret ballot; 2) all NEW COLLEGE students will each have one vote; 3) elections will take place during the month of November of each year, or as necessary in the case of vacant positions.
Voting procedures. The elections committee shall conduct all voting procedures. It is the duty of this
committee to: 1) request nominations for each elected office; 2) create and disseminate a list of
nominated members running for an election position; 3) conduct the election and announce the newly
elected officers.
Term of Office. Officers shall be elected for a term of two semesters to serve from the spring following
the elections through the subsequent fall semester.
Transition of Administration. There shall be a meeting of the Executive Committees following the
election, at the end of the fall semester. It should include the outgoing and incoming officers and any
other persons deemed necessary. All new business and files are turned over to the newly installed
Executive Director who then becomes the presiding officer.
Article VIII: Amendments
The Executive Committee may amend this Charter from time to time. It may be amended or revised by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the officers and representatives present at a meeting.
Article IX: NCSC and NEW COLLEGE
The New College Student Council shall adhere to the Student Guide and other laws, rules, and
regulations governing the New College and its students.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
welcome to the offical blog of...
"the independent; interim, student council
of the new college of california"
(referred to below as: NC-II-SC)
we had a very productive meeting this morning
i will post the minutes as soon as i receive them
from our interim secretary
an independent interim student council now exists.
*** the meeting to draft the charter of the
NC-II-SC is WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1st
@10 AM room 6 ***
this is huge step towards the creation
of a long term student governance at the new college
which is a critical step in retaining our accreditation with WASC.
again - next week - student council will meet -
wednesday august 1st 10AM - room 6
ALL those who identify as STUDENTS
of the new college (past or present)
welcome to attend.
this meeting
is for the specific purpose
of creating a charter for the student council
i feel really hopeful after our meeting this morning
and the subsequent meeting of the "coalition" - there is another
coalition meeting - this "coalition" is staff, faculty, students, alumni, etc.
to keep the channels of communication flowing
and information sharing between the adjunct council ,the faculty council,the student council, the staff and alumni...
***the NEXT meeting of the coalition is WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1st at 12pm in room 6***
of the new college of california"
(referred to below as: NC-II-SC)
we had a very productive meeting this morning
i will post the minutes as soon as i receive them
from our interim secretary
an independent interim student council now exists.
*** the meeting to draft the charter of the
NC-II-SC is WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1st
@10 AM room 6 ***
this is huge step towards the creation
of a long term student governance at the new college
which is a critical step in retaining our accreditation with WASC.
again - next week - student council will meet -
wednesday august 1st 10AM - room 6
ALL those who identify as STUDENTS
of the new college (past or present)
welcome to attend.
this meeting
is for the specific purpose
of creating a charter for the student council
i feel really hopeful after our meeting this morning
and the subsequent meeting of the "coalition" - there is another
coalition meeting - this "coalition" is staff, faculty, students, alumni, etc.
to keep the channels of communication flowing
and information sharing between the adjunct council ,the faculty council,the student council, the staff and alumni...
***the NEXT meeting of the coalition is WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1st at 12pm in room 6***
meeting #1 - student council forming
new college student council
july 25th 2007
10AM rm 6 777 valencia
july 25th 2007
10AM rm 6 777 valencia
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