Vancouver Community College • Volume 1, Number 7 • March 23,1993 Two College-wide councils proposed through period of transition For The on-going issue of who will be rep¬ the council Groups mentioned included rep¬ resented on the Transition Council took a resentatives of student groups at each cam¬ different direction Monday with a suggestion pus, the Administrators' Assoaation, the that two separate councils be established. Linda Holmes, Acting Langara Princi¬ pal, told the TC meeting that Langara Coun¬ cil has discussed the formation of two Col¬ B C. Nurses' Union, and an additional per¬ son to raise to two the representation from KEC-City Centre. Otherwise, Wayne Martin, Acting Di- lege-wide bodies—one to deal with issues of "rector of Employee Relations, reported on separation between VCC and Langara, and the main issues in the tentative agreement the second to handle the day-to-day govern¬ ance and administration of the College b&tw^en the VCC Faculty Assoaation and "The proposals to add members to the the College The highlights of the tentative agreement are • Transition Council are directed at govern¬ * A two-year term from April 1, 1992 to ance (throughout transition) and not separa¬ March 31, 1994 tion," said Holmes "The Transition Council * A salary increase of 2 7 per cent, raising was set up to deal with issues of separation the top step to parity with the Langara and I think we should stick with that man¬ Faculty Association at $60,000 date." * The elimination of the first two steps in She said that her interpretation of the the 10-step salary structure which, in December 4, 1992 Letter of Understanding effect, raises the salary of those at the low between the LFA and the College Board end of the pay scale. * Workload provisions of the old agree¬ "addresses only the issue of separation through creation of the Transition Council." ment will remain unchanged, with two The letter, in part, reads. "The Board special committees being struck These will appoint a Transitional Council committees will report by Oct 31,1993 which...will make recommendations to the For the first committee, the parties daily Board regarding policy, procedures, plan¬ agreed to a tripartite process that includes the ning, budget allocation and other institu¬ Ministry, VCCFA and College Board/Ad- news tional concerns through the transition pe¬ mimstration for developing Centres of Ex¬ riod. The Council will follow the model that cellence. updates phone 7099 after 3:30 pm was arrived at during the past year by govern¬ Through the second committee, the ment, administration and union representa¬ College and the VCCFA will develop a de¬ tives in the so called Tripartite process." tailed plan to ensure that in 1995/96 and With John Cruickshank away, amotion subsequent fiscal years the actual FTEs will was passed to table the discussion until next equal or exceed Ministry funded FTEs within week. the budgeted dollars The plan will involve a During its March 8 meeting, the TC had variety of creative and educationally sound thrown open the question of which and how innovations such as the use of laboratories, many groups will be officially represented on Continued on the other side... other technologies and all other means of within VCC to fill their positions All acting delivering and/or scheduling quality instruc¬ positions were intended to last only until tion that is acceptable to the parties and in¬ December 31, 1992, at which time a perma¬ creases the number of scheduled annual SCHs nent organizational structure was supposed to per instructor, as required * Effective December 1,1993, the rates have been established As you know, many events in 1992—including the LFA strike and of pay for auxiliary instructors will be merged the demand to separate Langara from VCC-- onto the single salary grid. conspired against this permanent structure "Now it's hoped that a permanent struc¬ ture will be one of the results of the VCC and In news outside Monday'sTC meeting, Langara planning activities, and that by April College employees recorded 1847 calls into 1,1994 bothinstitutions will have permanent the Exchange Line for the week of March 15- structures with permanent appointments 21 This was more than double the previous week's activity, due no doubt to employees "Secondly, a KEC caller phoned to say seeking information on the possibility of job she was concerned that the separation might action affect her access to materials in the Langara library Just as importantly, the number of ques¬ tions and comments being left on the 7099 "I want to emphasize that my and the Exchange Line is continuing to grow. Here's College Board's mandate through the transi¬ John Cruickshank's reply to two of the most tion process is to establish two viable institu¬ often-asked questions around the College: tions without a loss of service to either one This means that services must either be dupli¬ "First, a caller asked why there are so cated, or that they must continue to be shared many administrators serving in an acting ca¬ until such time as there is funding to create the pacity. Acting means temporarily assuming the duties of another When Max Fleming, Lawrence Fast and others left our organiza¬ new services To repeat, there will be no loss of services to anyone at VCC or Langara as a result of separation " tion I was content to appoint people from If you have any comments or questions, please send them to Chuck Poulsen, Manager of The Exchange, in care of College Administrative Services.