Vancouver Community College • Volume 1, Number 1 f Transition Council With a spirit which was described as of the whole which are each happier with "Impressively co-operative", members of the themselves and each other than they were as one. 0to new Transition Council have held the first of what will be weekly Monday meetings to determine the structures ofVCC and the new be heard in this process. Money considera¬ impressively Langara College, tions must be made with a clear criteria and co-operative' The TC is comprised of the regular membership of the old College Executive cast widely to the college community." Committee (CEC), plus a representative from each major VCC union. The TC now in¬ A guiding consideration for the coun¬ cil's discussions over the next 14 months cludes: VCC President John Cruickshank, (Langara will separate on April 1,1994) will be how much—if any—additional money will Added Kremer: "Everyone's voice must reliable data. And our decisions must be broad¬ Acting Langara Principal Linda Holmes, Act¬ ing KEC/City Centre Principal Joan Horsley, Richard Pearce, Acting Director of College Resources, Acting Continuing Education Di¬ be available from the ministry to accomplish rector Gail Rochester, Tom Toulson, Direc¬ ing of advanced education, Warren and others tor of International Education and Contract called for a "fair and equitable" approach to the split, Services and Acting Bursar Fred Wylie, In addition, Langara Faculty Association Presi¬ the task. Although the government is stress¬ ing "zero-inflationary" increases in the fund¬ dent Lawrence Warren, VCC Faculty Asso¬ "Both of the institutions which are about ciation President Dalton Kremer and Van¬ to be formed must stand on a strong financial couver Municipal and Regional Employees Union representative Jo Hansen join the group. suffers a loss, they must also know that they foundation," said Warren. "When one part will make a gain in another area." It was also noted that the separation has a solid legal basis with approval in principle from both the ministry and cabinet. Cruickshank said he saw TC as a "hop¬ per" into which all of the concerned constitu¬ encies would place information, ideas and In an opening comment, Holmes asked concerns. TC would then refine the input and H/lQOtlil&S that past quarrels be left behind in favour of a present subsequent decisions to the College Board for approval. to be held Monday "I hope we will develop a process that not only appears to be fair, but, in fact, will be fair," said Holmes, "AH of the people of both parts (KEC-CC and Langara) need to be in¬ volved and we all need to pull together. At the end of this exercise, I hope we have two pieces The first TC session was devoted largely to a philosophical view of the issues, but several specific resolutions were adopted to support the "fair and equitable" approach. Continued on the other side... Among those: • Concerns from students and the general public must be actively sought and accepted. (It was decided that student representatives would not sit on the TC, but that a mechanism to involve them would be constructed, as a priority). • Provide for total participation of all college constituencies in the process of developing two colleges from one. • The emphasis would be on "open" meetings ofTC. Private sessions will be kept to a minimum. Contributions to meetings from administration members and union staff will be welcomed. • There will be full communications of TC discussions and actions to all constituents: employees, students, government and the public. • To ensure that fair treatment occurs in each college and centralized service area relative to release time, professional development funding, curriculum development funding and other common elements, the budgetary allocation process will be based on clear criteria and concise data. • Cruickshank will chair the TC, with deputy chairpersons acting on a rotating basis.