Vancouver Community College Volume 1, Numbers • March 9,1993 Two new Hie Transition Council was told Mon¬ day that VCC will soon begin an internal search for two Acting Vice Presidents of In¬ separation (of Langara and VCC). Havingtwo members on the council is a bare minimum." Vice Ibis drew araft of motions from council struction and Student Services, one each at members that others also be considered, in¬ Presidents KEC and City Centre. cluding representatives of student groups at President John Cruickshanktold the TC planned for that he had recommended the new positions tion, the B.C. Nurses Union, and an addi¬ the College Board at its February meeting. tional person to raise to two the representa¬ KEC-City toIf approved by the Board's Co-ordinating tion from KEC-CC. Committee, the search for candidates could TC members decided to take all of Centre begin as early asnext week. The new positions theseThe suggestions for expanded membership each campus, the Administrators' Associa¬ would replace the Principal's position during the interim planning period. The Vice Presidents would play key roles in identifying critical issues facing the to their constituent groups for discussion, and to return with recommendations for the March 22 meeting. future of VCC, setting strategies and assum¬ ing responsibility for all instructional pro¬ grams and student services at the campuses. Cruickshank added that the Board pro¬ posal calls for three Deans to report to each Vice President A decision regarding the Deans will be made at the conclusion of consultation with the Administrators' Association and the VCC Steering Committee John Cruickshank announced that the steering committee responsible for getting VCC's planning process under way will hold its first meeting on March 12. Steering com¬ VCCFA. mittee members include: Angelajulien (Board member), Dennis Cumming (VMREU), Dalton Kremer (VCCFA), Gail Rochester TC to expand? (CE Co-ordinators) and Richard Pearce (on behalf of the original members of the College (Administrators' Association), Donald Oakes The TC has thrown wide open the issue of-which and how many groups will be oflidally represented on the council. The question of representation was ini¬ Executive Committee). First Nations' Education tially raised Monday by Jim Gorman of the VMREU, who suggested that there be a sec¬ ond VMREU member on the TC, this one from Langara. Currently, Jo Hansen of KEC is the only VMREU rep. groups for their input. The policy proposal Said Gorman; "It's our members who stresses that the college increase the number will be the most directly impacted by the The TC voted to send a "Policy Frame¬ work for First Nations' Education" to the campus councils, unions and other interested Continued on the other side... For daily news updates phone 7099 of aboriginal students to at least the national average, and that steps be taken to improve their success rate at the college. Shirley Joseph, Native Education Co-ordinator, pointed out that while the national postsecondary participation rate of native students was 15 per cent (as of 1990), the figure for VCC is only one per cent. after 3:30 p.m. Library Services The TC received a motion from the KEC Council asking that library services for KECCC be maintained at their current level through the transition process. TheTC voted to place the request in what was termed a "parking lot" with the many similar concerns that are anticipated. They would then be addressed at the appropriate time during the transition process. Otherwise... In news outside of the TC meeting, it was announced that negotiations between the College and the VCCFA would resume March 10-11. The two major outstanding issues are salary parity with the LFA and workloads. If you have any comments or questions, please send them to Chuck Poulsen, Manager of The Exchange, in care of College Administrative Services.