Vancouver Community College • Volume 1, Number 10- April 20,1993

Board asked

to approve
Transition
Controller,

A potpourri of items in tins week's
Exchange newsletter;

* The College Board will be asked on
Thursday to approve the contract appoint¬
ment of a Chartered Accountant who is being
recommended as Transition Controller.

new institutions must both be educationally
and eeonomically viable. Thus, the new Tran¬

sition Controller will help make sure that
there is a fair and impartial division of the

capital assets, the financial assets and liabili¬
ties, and any deficits which may need to be
carried forward. The Controller will also help

after

2:30 pm

with the government members before the

* President John Cruickshank told the
TC that he and VCC Faculty Association
President Dalton Kremer will meet very soon

to begin mapping out a tri-partite plan to
position VCC ashavingtwo Centres of Excel¬
lence, Said Cruickshank: "This is an important
opportunity for VCC to achieve adequate
funding as well as gaining a strong sense of
direction for our programming."

which is a term contract until June 30,1994,

VCC's planning process.

* Following a thorough selection proc¬
ess, the VCC Steering Committee has con¬

Presidents of Instruction and Student Serv¬

Three phases have been identified for
the planning effort: In the first phase, VCC
will develop the process and establish a VCC
Planning Committee; the second phase will

ices for City Centre and KEC. Although the

see the development of vision, mission and

* The Board also will receive recommen¬

7099

four-hour session to talk about College issues

tracted with Wayne Penny and John Dickinson
of Pacific Leadership Incorporated to assist in

dations on the appointments of two new Vice

updates

will have 45 minutes out of the scheduled

to ensure that both Langara and VCC have
sound administrative and financial systems in
place when separation occurs on April 1,
1994.
The Transition Controller's position,
will be funded by the Ministry.

news

could become an annual event. The College

MLAs meet with others from the community.

When the Board agreed to the separa¬
tion of the College it was agreed that the two

Presidents

a government caucus meeting has been held at
the College, although it's understood that it

names of the two successful applicants also

values statements, and during the final step

can not be released until after the Thursday
Board meeting, the candidates include Jackie
Sandy and Linda Martin for City Centre, and
Betty Nobel, Dale Dora and Jean Cockell for

the new vision will be implemented.
Cruickshank said that the committee

KEC. We'll have more information available
on all of the appointments as soon as possible,

believes in open communications.

"The first phase will involve a great deal
of information gathering, including a broadly
based Issues Forum involving a large number

* Monday's Transition Council meeting

of VCC employees," said Cruickshank, "The

was told that the NDP caucus will meet at
Langara on May 8, This will be the first time

Forum will be held sometime in mid to late
May. As well, the Committee will send a

Continued on the other side..

questionnaire to allVCC employees asking for
their thoughts on the future of the College."
If you wish to contact a member of the
Steering Committee with your ideas, they

include: Dennis Gumming of the VMREU,

this particular program-which would be en¬

tirely paid for with a capital grant from the
Ministry—is the largest single undertaking to
date.

TTie program calls for the replacement

Angela Julienfrom the Board, Dalton Kremer

of all the florescent tubes in the college with

of the VCCFA, Donald Oakes from the CE

a new tube called a T8 tube. The T8 comes

Program Co-ordinators, Richard Pearce of

close to producing a full a spectrum light, so

the Executive Committee, Pauline Reaburn
from the B.C. Nurses' union, Gail Rochester

everything will look more natural, including,

representing the Administrators and Abby

in combination with electronic ballasts and

Rose and Manuel Salinas of the City Centre

reflectors which will be installed where ap¬

and KEC student associations respectively.
* The Administration and Finance Com¬
mittee has recommended that the Board ac¬
cept a proposed $1.2 million Powersmart

Energy Program which will affect all three
campuses.

The College has been involved in
Powersmart for a number of years, although

of course, ourselves. As a cost saver, the T8s,

propriate, mean substantial savings in electri¬
cal power. The savings achieved over about
four to five years will equal the cost of the
project.

Hie work will take about a year and
much of it will be done at night and on week¬
ends to avoid disruptions to employees and
students.

If you have any comments or questions, please send them to Chuck Poulsen,

Manager of The Exchange, in care of College Administrative Services.