Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees minutes

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - December 16, 1971

63-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, December 16, 1971. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding faculty appointments, George Huffman's letter to the Board, and resolutions on the Cooperative Board--Academic Personnel Relations agreement, the Drug Abuse Information Committee policy, sabbatical leave requests; reports from student government, Washington Association of Community College Student Governments (WACCSG), TCC Association (TCCA), TCC Staff Association, Student Services, Instruction, Community Services, Occupational Education, Instructional Resource Center, Administrative Services, Planning and Program Development, the President's Office, and trustee comments; information. Attachments include letter from the attorney representing several part-time faculty members, memo from Paul Jacobson regarding part-time hiring practices; letter from Metropolitan Development Council (MDC) Executive Director William G. Seline regarding an agreement with MDC on an educational research project; letter from Washington State University Director of Admissions Stan Berry regarding WSU accepting TCC students with Associate degrees as juniors; letter from the Higher Education Personnel Board forwarding the Notice of Certification making the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) the bargaining representative for classified staff; letter from TCCA President Luther Jansen requesting release time for the TCCA President role; letter from Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing Assistant Director Patricia Thomas ending their relationship with TCC for their nursing program; letter from the TCCA regarding the Cooperative Board Academic Personnel Relations agreement, with copy of resolution 71-21 on the agreement and the current agreement itself; recommended supplementary faculty lists; resolution approving the Drug Abuse Information Committee's policy; resolution approving Dr. Ronald Magden's sabbatical leave and attached memo from Magden requesting the leave; letter from TCC Federation of Teachers President George Huffman requesting an election to decide the bargaining agent for academic employees; resolution adopting the TCC-Council of Higher Education sabbatical guidelines, with attached policy; letter from TCCA regarding sabbatical policy concerns; memo from Bob Rhule forwarding a report to the State Board on the occupational programs; memo from Paul Jacobson regarding the experimental education project with the Metropolitan Development Council.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - November 18, 1971

57-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, November 18, 1971. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Revised agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding the drug abuse information proposal, resolution on the Cooperative Board-Academic Personnel Relations agreement; resolutions on the holiday schedule, permission to use funds for a green house, leave requests; supplementary faculty appointments; reports from student government, Washington Association of Community College Student Governments (WACCSG), TCC Association (TCCA), TCC Staff Association, Student Services, Instruction, Community Services, Occupational Education, Instructional Resource Center, Administrative Services, Planning and Program Development, President's Office, and trustee comments; information on campus events including the Science Building dedication, the Titan Boosters, and sabbatical leaves. Attachments include letter from State Board for Community College Education Deputy Director John Terrey to TCCA President Luther Jansen regarding TCCA's resolutions on Management by Objectives (MBO); resolution approving moving forward on developing a drug abuse information program, with attached memo from the Drug Abuse Committee regarding their proposal outline; resolution extending the Cooperative Board--Academic Personnel Relations agreement, with attached copy of the agreement; resolution approving the classified personnel holiday schedule variance, attached; resolution authorizing a request to include a greenhouse facility in a current capital project request; resolution approving a leave of absence for Sheldon Gilman, with attached memo requesting the leave; supplementary faculty recommendations lists; Library-Media Services annual report for 1970/71; letter from Jitendra Shah praising instructor Tim Keely; tentative program for the Science Complex dedication; press releases for two concerts, the Drama Department production of Ten Little Indians; TCC-Council on Higher Education (CHE) sabbatical leave policy, memo from Assistant Attorney General Robert Patterson forwarding a memo from Assistant Attorney General Richard Montecucco regarding CHE sabbatical leave guidelines; flow chart and list of objections relating to the proposed drug abuse information center.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - October 28, 1971

42-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, October 28, 1971. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Revised agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding the resolutions on the Cooperative Board-Academic Personnel Relations agreement and the adoption of the student government budget; the drug abuse information proposal; supplementary faculty appointments; resolutions amending the 1971-72 allotment, regarding the Bus Manager contract; contract for heating control services; reports from student government, Washington Association of Community College Student Governments (WACCSG), TCC Association (TCCA), TCC Staff Association, Student Services, Instruction, Community Services, Occupational Education, Instructional Resource Center, Administrative Services, Planning and Program Development, the President's Office, and trustee comments; information on the Board recognition dinner. Attachments include letter from Trustee Robert Yamashita to attendees of the Board dinner; resolution on the Cooperative Board--Academic Personnel Relations agreement and related letter from TCCA President Luther Jansen to TCC President Thornton Ford; resolution accepting the student government budget, with attached co-curricular and annual budgets; memo from the Drug Abuse Committee with a proposal outline; recommended supplementary faculty lists; resolution amending TCC's requested allotment from the State Board; resolution authorizing the president to execute a contract with Honeywell for a heating contract, and attached contract; resolution authorizing the president to execute a contract with Bus Manager Mike Schafer; memo from Jerry Vaughan regarding the status of the General Adult Training and Education (GATE) program; list of minority acquisitions by TCC Library for June through September; memo from Dick Falk regarding the accreditation self-study preliminary visit.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - September 23, 1971

80-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, September 23, 1971. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Revised agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence regarding guidelines on sabbatical leaves; unfinished business regarding the resolution the Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations agreement; supplementary faculty appointments; equipment bids; maintenance contract for office equipment; resolutions regarding the St. Joseph's Hospital respiratory care program and use of facilities, final acceptance of the Maintenance and Science Building, the student government budget; reports from student government, Washington Association of Community College Student Governments (WACCSG), TCC Association (TCCA), TCC Staff Association, Student Services, Instruction, Community Services, Occupational Education, Instructional Resource Center, Administrative Services, Planning and Program Development, President's Office, trustees; information on the October Board dinner. Attachments include memo from John Terrey on the Council on Higher Education's position on sabbatical leaves and accompanying professional leave guidelines, report on professional leaves, memo from the Council on Higher Education to the Legislative Budget Committee regarding professional leave guidelines, chart of professional personnel on sabbatical leave in Washington community college districts, vote results for guidelines at the Council on Higher Education conference, letter from Terrey to Legislative Budget Committee Chairman Senator Frank Foley regarding the guidelines; letter from Tacoma Public Utilities Light Division Superintendent J. D. Cockrell regarding electrical distribution improvements near TCC; letter of notification of the formation of TCC Federation of Teachers Local 2196 of the American Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO) from TCCFT President George E. Huffman; resolution extending the Cooperative Board--Academic Personnel Relations agreement, with accompanying copy of the agreement; supplementary faculty recommendations; invitation to bid, returned bids, and awards for audiovisual equipment, athletic supplies; memo from E. W. Hazelton regarding a maintenance contract for the college's IBM typewriters; resolutions authorizing the president to execute contracts with health care agencies for employees, facilities, and equipment for TCC health programs; resolution of final acceptance for Maintenance Building No. 21 and Science Complex Addition Building No. 10, with memo from Dr. Richard Falk and letters from architect Lyle Swedberg regarding the buildings passing final inspection, resolution authorizing additional funds to the construction contract for these buildings, contract change order and cost estimate detail sheet; resolution authorizing a preliminary student government budget until the 1971-72 operating budget is approved; memo from President Thornton Ford forwarding Public Information Officer Dale Wirsing's reflections on a community college legislative relations workshop; memo from Ford regarding the summer project for Task Force C; orientation session ratings for faculty, staff, and administrator training on operating and managing by objectives (MBO) and accompanying comments, schedule for MBO workshops.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - August 26, 1971

67-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, August 26, 1971. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Revised agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding resolutions the Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations agreement, adoption of the revised budget, regarding the Operating Engineers Local 286 labor agreement; faculty appointments; resolutions regarding a data processing contract, negotiations, the agreement for McNeil Island Penitentiary educational services, faculty contracts, and Dr. Blankenship's contract; reports from student government, Washington Association of Community College Student Governments (WACCSG), TCC Association (TCCA), TCC Staff Association, Student Services, Instruction, Community Services, Occupational Education, Instructional Resource Center, Administrative Services, Planning and Program Development, President's Office, trustees; information. Attachments include resolution extending the Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations agreement, with copy of the agreement; resolution empowering the president to execute an agreement with the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 286 of Tacoma, Washington, with accompanying copy of agreement; probationary faculty appointments and supplementary faculty recommendations; project application form for "Intervention in Low Income Housing Communities" in cooperation with Conifer Developments Inc. and the Tacoma Model City program, with position descriptions for Assistant Director for Research and Evaluation, Adult Basic Education Instructor; resolution empowering the president to execute an agreement with United States Computers, Inc., with accompanying contract for computer services; resolution ratifying and accepting the agreement with TCCA; memo from President Thornton Ford on negotiations with TCCA; memos from TCCA regarding items for discussion and negotiation, with salary schedules and policy, and a salary and wage proposal; negotiation meeting minutes for August 3, 1971; memo from Ford regarding recommendations for Board action on items negotiated with TCCA; memo from George Van Mieghem regarding Budget Advisory Committee recommendations and Ford's response; resolution empowering the president to renew the annual agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons for educational services at McNeil Island Penitentiary, and accompanying contract renewal; resolutions authorizing the president to complete faculty contracts and Dr. Blankenship's consultant contract; memo from Admissions and Records Officer Joseph Kosai regarding ethnic demographics in applications; list of schools attended by applicants for fall quarter; memo from Kosai forwarding a letter from Seattle University regarding their full acceptance of TCC's Associate of Arts degree.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - July 22, 1971

42-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, July 22, 1971. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding resolutions on renewal of negotiations with TCC Association (TCCA), amending Board bylaws; resolutions authorizing the president to execute and agreement regarding low-income educational services, regarding the assignment of a room for student government; supplementary faculty appointments; labor agreement with the Operating Engineers Union; study session scheduling; parking lot paving bids; reports from student government, Washington Association of Community College Student Governments (WACCSG), TCCA, TCC Staff Association, Student Services, Instruction, Community Services, Occupational Education, Instructional Resource Center, Administrative Services, Planning and Program Development, President's Office, the trustees; information. Attachments include memo from the Trustees Association regarding a seminar; resolution extending the Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations agreement, with copy of the agreement; resolution empowering the president to execute an agreement with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for low-income housing community educational services; resolution amending the Board bylaws regarding regular meetings; supplementary faculty recommendations; resolution making Building 15 Room 8 available as a student lounge and student government space; resolution authorizing acceptance of the low bid for parking paving, with list of returned bids; accreditation calendar; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding negotiations with TCCA; memo from Ford to TCCA regarding items for discussion and negotiation; salary schedule information; revisions of the administrative negotiations proposal; memos from TCCA regarding negotiable items, salary and wage proposals; Board of Trustees roster for the 1971-72 academic year.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - June 24, 1971

41-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, June 24, 1971. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business; supplementary faculty appointments; resolutions regarding resignations, leave requests, appointments, preliminary revenue package and allotment request, admissions criteria for foreign students; renewal of negotiations agreement with the TCC Association (TCCA); change in Board bylaws; reports from student government, Washington Association of Community College Student Governments (WACCSG), TCCA, TCC Staff Association, Instruction, Student Services, Community Services, Administrative Services, Instructional Resource Center, Planning and Program Development, President's Office; information. Attachments include the Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations agreement between the Board and the TCCA; letter from President Thornton Ford to the American Association of University Professors Washington State Conference Secretary-Treasurer regarding the Association's resolution on faculty participation and financial exigency; copy of the resolution; announcement and order form from B. Lamar Johnson and Frederick C. Kintzer of the UCLA Junior College Leadership Program regarding their publication of reports on junior college boards; letter from the National Institutes of Health Nursing Division to Assistant to the President Dr. Richard Falk with notice of recommendation of his grant application for a nursing program; supplementary faculty recommendations; resolutions accepting the resignations of physical education instructor Susann L. Skrivseth and mathematics instructor Patricia A. Dyer, with accompanying letters of resignation from them; resolution granting leave of absence to German instructor Dedre Marriott with accompany request from her; resolutions approving the appointments of Monty B. Jones as evening school supervisor and Robert R. Rhule as Director of Occupational Education; resolution approving and submitting to the State Board a preliminary revenue package and allotment request, with attached estimated revenue; resolution approving the recommendation of the Foreign Student Admission Committee, memo from Foreign Student Admission Committee regarding admission requirements; resolution authorizing the president to complete employment contracts with administrative and support personnel; memo from Joe Kosai regarding preliminary summer quarter 1971 registration; library minority acquisitions for March 24, 1971-June 10, 1971.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - May 27, 1971

42-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, May 27, 1971. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding State Board allocations and legislative action discussion, sabbatical leaves; election of Board chair and vice chair; resolutions regarding recommendations of the Administrative Organization Committee, regarding 1971-72 catalog changes, commending the TCC golf team; new faculty and supplementary faculty appointments; reports from the student government, Washington Association of Community College Student Governments (WACCSG), TCC Association, TCC Staff Association, Instruction, Student Services, Community Services, Administrative Services, Instructional Resource Center, Planning and Program Development, the President's Office; information on commencement. Attachments include memo from Community Services regarding the high school completion program; letter from District 32 Toastmasters Governor Boyd Roth regarding their winter conference hosted by TCC; letter from Tacoma Public Schools Board of Directors President Michael J. Sterbick thanking the Board for levy support; letter from TCC President Thornton Ford to Tacoma School District No. 10 Superintendent Dr. Angelo Giaudrone regarding the adult high school completion program; memo from Washington State Board for Community College Education Acting Director John N. Terrey regarding salary increases and increments; summary of bills passing the 1971 legislature of interest to the community colleges; memo from the Sabbatical Leave Committee regarding 1971-72 leave recommendations and accompanying memos from requesters; resolution approving the Administrative Organization Committee (AOC)'s recommendations, memo from Ford regarding the AOC's recommendations, AOC May 5 meeting minutes, memo from the AOC to the faculty regarding organizational recommendations to the Administrative Council with organizational chart and descriptions of the Instructional Council, Instructional Council Executive Committee, and Dean of Instruction; faculty appointment, supplemental faculty, and summer contract recommendations; resolution authorizing changes to the 1971-72 college catalog; memo from Public Information Officer Dale Wirsing regarding planned changes for the 1971-72 college catalog; resolution commending the golf team; Resource Center report; memo from Richard Falk regarding people willing to serve on occupational advisory committees.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - April 22, 1971

43-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, April 22, 1971. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding the 1971-72 college calendar and sabbatical leaves; resolutions endorsing Tacoma Public Schools special levy, commending the forensics team, relating to Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) membership; supplementary faculty appointments; the TV distribution system; a change in Associate Degree requirements; reports from the student government, Washington Association of Community College Student Governments (WACCSG), TCC Association, TCC Staff Association, Instruction, Student Services, Community Services, Administrative Services, Instructional Resource Center, Planning and Program Development, the President's Office; information on commencement. Attachments include letter from Tacoma - Pierce County Senior Centers Inc. Executive Director Mary Ann Truitt regarding Community Services courses; letter from the Higher Education Personnel Board forwarding their Findings, Conclusions, and Recognition Order of the custodial/maintenance personnel bargaining unit, and accompanying Notice of Certification; memo from State Board for Community College Education Acting Director John N. Terrey regarding budget-related legislative actions; resolutions adopting the academic calendar, endorsing the Tacoma School District No. 10's special levy, commending the Forensics Team, empowering the president to apply for NWAACC membership; preliminary 1971-72 calendar; recommended supplementary faculty; letter from Washington state Department of General Administration Architectural Assistant Frederick R. Mott forwarding a letter from Consulting Engineer Kenneth Williams, Jr. recommending rejection of a construction bid, and accompanying letter from the department to bidder rejecting the bid; list of bids for the TV distribution system project; text on TCC Associate Degrees with changed sections marked with a handwritten notes; NWAACC application form; memo from Richard Falk reporting the status of developing programs and related activities; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding Senate appropriations.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - November 19, 1970

39-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, November 19, 1970. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding the revised statement of institutional objectives, the statement of institutional priorities, a resolution on a revised parking fees schedule, the administrative tenure proposal; report on the trustees retreat; equipment bids; resolutions on Building 17A and relocatable buildings; reports from the student government, TCC Association, TCC Staff Association, Instruction, Community Services, Student Services, Administrative Services, Instructional Resource Center, Planning, President's Office; information. Attachments include memos from the Public Information Office regarding the upcoming drama production of The Crucible, the fall United Good Neighbor fund campaign; TCC statement of objectives; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding 1971-73 biennium priorities for the college; statement of objectives for TCC by Trustee Don Anderson; resolution on parking fees; an administrative personnel tenure proposal; invitation to bid, returned bids, and award for floor wax; resolutions to move Building 17A to repurpose it for student activities offices, to authorize purchase of a relocatable building for additional dining and multipurpose use; occupational instruction status report; memo from Richard Falk forwarding material relating to community college students and occupational programs; article "Occupationally Oriented Students" by K. Patricia Cross from the Junior College Research Review (November 1970); brochure of available TCC speakers for fall 1970; position statement from the community college presidents regarding enrollments and funding; letter from Washington state Legislative Auditor Gerald L. Sorte to State Board for Community College Education Assistant Director Roger J. Bassett regarding student tuition and fees.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - October 22, 1970

52-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, October 22, 1970. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding institutional objectives; a resolution regarding the TCC Association; supplementary faculty; equipment bids; program priorities; reports from student government, TCC Association, TCC Staff Association, Instruction, Student Services, Community Services, Administrative Services, Instructional Resource Center, Planning, and the President's Office; information on Project CHANGE and Administrative Organization Committee reports. Attachments include resolution recognizing TCC Association as fulfilling comparable services to a faculty senate; budget chart comparing biennium expenditures, requests, enrollments; 1971-73 community college system capital project requests; memo from the Administrative Organization Committee regarding a review of the 1968-69 administrative reorganizations and further recommendations, with minutes from July 13, July 28, August 4, September 1, and September 8, 1970 meetings and 1970 report; statement of objectives for TCC; memo from State Board for Community College Education Publications Director Robert G. Wark regarding the Trustees Association State Board retreat, with retreat agenda; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding a proposal for discussion of institutional objectives; supplementary faculty recommendations; invitation to bid, returned bids, and award for a printing press, audiovisual equipment, a P.A. system; memo from Ford regarding priorities for the college in the 1971-73 biennium.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - September 23, 1970

45-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, September 23, 1970. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding equipment bids; new equipment bids; supplementary faculty appointments; a proposed session for legislators; discussion of institutional objectives statement, proposal on administrative tenure; reports from TCC Association, student government, TCC Staff Association, Community Services, Instruction, Student Services, Administrative Services, Planning, Resource Center, and the President's Office; information. Attachments include memo from State Board for Community College Education Director A. A. Canfield regarding the role of students in college governance, with report entitled "The Role of Students in College Governance in the Washington State Community College System"; returned bids on calculators; invitation to bid, returned bids on scientific supplies, audiovisual equipment and supplies; list of fall quarter 1970 supplementary faculty; faculty appointment recommendation; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding a possible meeting with Pierce County legislators regarding TCC, with proposed letter to legislators; memo from Ford regarding a proposal for discussing institutional objectives; administrator tenure proposal; status report on occupational education programs.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - August 31, 1970

48-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, August 31, 1970. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding the revised adult education contract with Peninsula School District No. 401, proposals for campus security; equipment bids; supplementary faculty appointments; resolutions on a portable building for the bookstore, a contract with Dr. James Blankenship; approval of a contract with McChord Air Force Base; reports from the TCC Association, student government, TCC Staff Association, Community Services, Instruction, Student Services, Administrative Services, Planning, Resource Center, and the President's Office; information. Attachments include a resolution to accept the modified agreement with the Peninsula School District regarding adult education, with copy of the revised portion; memo from Keith Brightwell regarding campus security; invitation to bid, returned bids for athletic supplies, color photo ID system, carpeting; invitation to bid for typewriters, calculators; list of recommended Community Services supplemental faculty; resolution on authorizing the administration to acquire a portable building for the bookstore; contract with McChord Air Force Base for educational services and recommendation to approve it; contract with Dr. James Blankenship for campus medical services and resolution to approve it; memo from Joe Kosai regarding fall quarter 1970 applications and projected enrollment; memo from Dr. Richard Falk regarding the development of occupational programs.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - June 25, 1970

59-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, June 25, 1970. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding parking fees, a telephone proposal, and the student code; equipment bids; ratification of adult education contracts with Tacoma School District 10, Peninsula School District 401; agreement with McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary; faculty appointments in Instruction and Student Services; reports from the TCC Association, student government, TCC Staff Association, Community Services, Instruction, Student Services, Planning, Administrative Services, and the President's Office; information. Attachments include proposal for a college-operated communications system; a resolution adopting student code and Washington Administrative Code (WAC) sections as permanent rules; memo and WAC sections from Dr. Robert Lathrop regarding student rules and regulations; invitation to bid, received bids, and awarded bids for audiovisual equipment; resolution recognizing instructor Doris Bennett; agreement between TCC and Tacoma School District No. 10 regarding adult education, and recommendation to approve it; contract with McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary and recommendation to approve amendments to and renew it; recommended supplementary faculty; Community Service Enrollment Report 1969-70; memo from Jerry Vaughan to Robert Rhule regarding a partnership with the Junior League of Tacoma Inc. for courses; letter from a researcher requesting TCC participation the training Mental Health Expediters for a grant-funded Community Mental Health Expediter Program; letter from McChord Air Force Base regarding TCC programs there; memo from Joseph Kosai regarding summer 1970 enrollment; memo from Dr. Richard Falk regarding faculty participant selection for a Summer Instructional Improvement Workshop; Study of Institutional Responsibility for Occupational Education -- 1970; recommendation that the Board give administration power to develop campus parking services.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - April 23, 1970

18-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, April 23, 1970. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; election of officers; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding the ratification of building bids, the co-curricular budget, and a National School Boards Association fee; a new Minority Affairs Officer position; tenure policy; summer school faculty; an insurance broker; reports from TCC Association (TCCA), student government, Community Services, Instruction, Student Services, Planning, Administrative Services on budget, President's Office including the Consortium budget. Attachments include memo from Robert Lathrop regarding co-curricular activity budgeting; a draft job description for a Minority Affairs Officer; memo from the TCCA Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities on tenure procedure; summer quarter supplementary faculty; college revenue estimate; comparison of the 1969-1970 budget allocation with the 1970-1971 budget request; community colleges expenditures, allocations, and budget requests.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - March 26, 1970

45-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, March 26, 1970. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding the sabbatical leave recommendation (handwritten addition); the capital projects request; academic programs and Community Services supplementary faculty; New Careers program contract; co-curricular activities account; building bids; reports on the TCC Association, student government, Community Services, Instruction, Student Services, planning, and the President's Office, including budgets and allocations; information on the Friends of the Library annual dinner and book drive. Attachments include memos from Paul Jacobson regarding leave recommendations; memo and accompanying project descriptions from Dr. Richard Falk on the 1971-1973 biennium capital projects request; list of supplementary faculty for spring quarter 1970; invitation to bid and desired specifications for a cash register; agreement between TCC and the Washington State Office of Economic Opportunity regarding the New Careers program; memo from Dr. Robert Lathrop regarding co-curricular activity budgeting; summary budget proposal and budgetary request for the Puget Sound Regional Minority Affairs Consortium, with appendices on the proposals for sharing print and non-print resources, to develop an Afro-American bibliography, for a consortium applicant and talent pool, and for a statewide student services in-service program.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - February 26, 1970

11-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, February 26, 1970. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; unfinished business regarding the sabbatical policy; a resolution on the Minority Affairs Consortium; sabbatical leave recommendations; reports from the TCC Association, student government, Community Services, Instruction, Student Services, and the President's Office; information on the Friends of the Library annual dinner and a Student Services study session. Attachments include the TCC Association tentative sabbatical policy; a resolution endorsing the Minority Affairs Consortium; memos from Paul Jacobson regarding recommendations for sabbatical leave, instructional activities of the previous month; flier for spring quarter non-credit Community Services classes.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - October 23, 1969

18-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, October 23, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports to the Board on a Europe trip, the TCC Association, student government, Community Services, instruction, Student Services, planning progress, the Auditor Report; unfinished business; supplementary faculty; the Community Services Council; a data processing contract; information on an emergency faculty assignment proposal. Attachments include document entitled "Suggested Distribution of Funds Allocated to OBI Society for Scholarships and Grants"; Community Services enrollment for fall quarter; memo from Paul Jacobson regarding a request to form a Community Service Council and accompanying proposal; memo from Joe Kosai regarding enrollment numbers; memo from Dean Richard Falk providing a progress report on institutional planning; lists of part-time faculty in Community Service program, supplementary faculty; agreement between TCC and National Bank of Washington, Tacoma, Washington regarding financial services, with handwritten edits; document entitled "A Plan for Faculty Assignments Under Conditions Caused by Low Student Enrollment at TCC."

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - September 25, 1969

45-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, September 25, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports to the Board on the TCC Association, student government, Community Services, Student Services, instruction, institutional planning, the Higher Education Civil Service Personnel Committee meeting, the State Board meeting; unfinished business regarding security contracts, insurance; adult education contracts; part-time faculty; information on the Faculty Wives' Tea. Attachments include minutes from the September 20-21 student senate meetings; full time faculty and students statistics; document entitled "Model for Long Range Planning, Tacoma Community College"; bids for security police service; memo from the State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) regarding Community College Week; letter from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands regarding students from this region studying in the United States; letters from the State Attorney General regarding TCC's legal contact in the office, charges and structure for services; agreement between TCC and Tacoma Security Police for campus security services; memo from Farron Insurance Agency regarding annual insurance coverage; agreements with Peninsula School District No. 401 and Tacoma School District No. 10 regarding adult education; list of fall quarter supplementary faculty.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - August 28, 1969

36-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, August 28, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports to the Board on the TCC Association, student government, architectural plans, instruction, Student Services, Community Services, and the State Attorney General's Office; unfinished business regarding security contracts, insurance specifications; new faculty appointments; Adult Education contracts; equipment bids; information on Board dinners, a Faculty Wives tea, return to regular hours, and the TCC Foundation. Attachments include enrollment statistics; "Resolution Re Disorders in Schools, Colleges and Universities" from the American Legion; memo on instructional activities data, including new courses, new faculty; blank security contract; rules and regulations for security police at TCC; list of new faculty; invitations to bid, tabulations, and bids on athletic supplies, typewriters, furniture, cleaning equipment, wall partitions, library card catalogs.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - May 29, 1969

120-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, May 29, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence, including the Obi Society's demands; reports to the Board on legislation, the TCC Association, student government, the budget, administrative reorganization, accreditation progress, and Student Services; the Obi Society; resolutions on honors and thanks; salary discussion; results of a security practices survey; new Community Services positions; new appointments; educational specifications for new buildings; leave requests; bids; information on commencement, a planning grant, and summer school; announcements. Attachments include minutes of a May 9 study session focused on the Obi Society's 11 demands; minutes of a May 22 study session on the budget; memo from President Thornton Ford responding to recent concerns from students; a letter from the TCC Association responding to allegations of bigotry against three instructors, signed by numerous faculty; letter from TCC students and veterans requesting legal action against students disrupting campus "brought about by racial misunderstandings," signed by 54 students; list of demands from students in response to the Obi Society's demands, signed by 77 students; letter from the Director of the State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) closing out the legislative session, and accompanying "Legislative Wrapup" document; recommendations from the Administrative Organization Committee regarding student involvement; document entitled "Progress Report for Accreditation Prepared by the Staff and Administration 1968-69"; letter from the accrediting organization regarding the progress report; "Leave Other Than Sick or Sabbatical Leave" policy; "Faculty Contracts 1969-70" policy; description of TCC degree programs; minutes for May 13-16 and May 20 Obi Society, faculty, and student body meetings; proposal for a "Workshop on Modification of Standard Course Content to More Accurately Reflect Black Americans"; memo from Ford to the Board regarding the Obi Society's demands; letter from the Board to the student government affirming support of the Obi Society using their funds for financial aid to students; report on survey of community college campus security practices; position descriptions for Assistant to the Dean for Community Development, Educational Program Specialist; recommendations on administrative and faculty appointments; document entitled "Educational Specifications for a Science Complex at Tacoma Community College: A Report of Educational Space Requirements by the Science Building Planning Committee"; document "Educational Specifications for a Maintenance Building at Tacoma Community College"; recommendations for faculty building specifications; invitations to bid and tabulations for photographic equipment; document "Package Proposal for Faculty Contracts and Salary Relationship 1969-70"; explanation of administrative salary calculations; policy for student-invited speakers.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - February 27, 1969

31-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, February 27, 1969. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence, including a state House resolution on campus violence; reports to the Board on legislation, the TCC Association, student government; unfinished business; discussion of authority for appointing Lyle Swedberg and Associates as architects for TCC capital improvement program; contract awards; sabbatical leave proposals and leave applications; information on 1970 capital budget requests. Attachments include Washington state House of Representatives Resolution No. 69-13 regarding recent violence on college campuses; letter from Pacific Lutheran University professor Jens W. Knudsen regarding TCC students' donation to the Tacoma Zoological Society for an educational display; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding capital project planning; invitations to bid and tabulations for photography equipment, tape recorders, musical instruments and related furniture; memo from music instructor Robert Dezell regarding purchase of a grant piano; a sabbatical leave policy proposal; memo from the Sabbatical Leave Evaluation Committee regarding recommendations for the following academic year.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - August 22, 1968

27-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, August 22, 1968. Contains revised agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports to the Board on the TCC Association, student government, projected fall enrollment, progress with the Obi Society Black student organization; appointment of the Director of the Instructional Resource Center; recommendations on permanent building signs expenditure; proposal regarding night security; equipment bids; acceptance of a third phase mechanical contract; information on capital projects requests to the state office. Attachments include fall enrollment numbers; document recommending the appointment of Doreen Faure Amoroso as the Director of the Instructional Resource Center; a campus map marked with proposed security gates along perimeters, with accompanying drawing of proposed gate and sign for night closures of campus; invitation to bid and tabulations for library furniture, drawing tables and boards, paper products, portable cassette tape recorders, cookware; letter from architect Lyle Swedberg confirming the satisfactory final inspection of mechanical construction on campus, with accompanying change order form; list of capital needs for 1967-71 biennium.

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - March 28, 1968

78-page packet for the special meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, March 14, 1968. Contains minutes and attachments (no agenda). Minutes includes review of correspondence relating to several approved grants; reports to the board on the Preliminary 1968-69 Budget Allocation Request, the summer school salary schedule, new faculty and supplementary faculty appointments, approval of the cooperative programs with St. Joseph's Hospital and Tacoma General Hospital for health education; discussion of a data processing committee, deferment of salary negotiations; sharing information on the committee to set up rules and regulations governing student conduct, the next Board meeting. Attachments include documents describing the cooperative associate degrees for nurses and x-ray technicians with St Joseph's Hospital Schools of Nursing and X-Ray Technology and Tacoma General Hospital School of X-Ray Technology; list of the Health Careers Advisory Committee members; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding salaries for the next academic year; an agreement with Seattle University regarding the Head Start Supplementary Training Program; the policy for student-invited speakers; tabulation and alternate proposal for landscaping bids; document entitled "Specifications for Soil Preparation and Landscape Contract at Tacoma Community College"; recommendation for certain administrators to be exempt under the Washington State Civil Service Act; document entitled "Allocation of Funds for State Support of Community Colleges During Fiscal Year 1968-69" from the State Board; TCC 1967-68 revenue, with handwritten notes on reverse; estimated general fund expenditures for fiscal year 1967-68, with definitions; an allotment expenditure report through February 1968; a letter from President Ford to the Tacoma Mayor and City Council regarding a rezoning request by the Weyerhaeuser Corporation; summer school salary schedule.

Special meeting of the Board of Trustees - March 14, 1968

78-page packet for the special meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, March 14, 1968. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; landscape bids; recommended exemptions under the Washington State Civil Service Act; data for next meeting; the budget study session. Attachments include a recommendation for certain administrators to be exempt under the Washington State Civil Service Act; memo from Trustee Charles Edmunds regarding notes taken during the Annual Convention of the American Association of Junior Colleges; a thank you from Associated Students representatives regarding the student speaker policy; letter from President Thornton Ford to the Capitol District, Washington State Federation of Gardens accepting its offer of assistance to establish an arboretum; letter from Ford forwarding enrollment information to demonstrate anticipated issues with the planned state funds allotment; tabulation and invitations to bid for gym bleachers, ice machines, vacuums; list of new faculty hired for the 1968-1969 academic year; list of supplementary faculty for spring quarter; the proposed summer session calendar; announcements of those appointed to the new Director of Student Services and Evening Program Supervisor positions; report by Paul Jacobson entitled, "A Progress Report Regarding the Data Processing Needs of the College"; agenda for the State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) March 7 meeting and minutes for the January 4 meeting, with attachments; memo from Dean Richard Falk regarding student discipline; letter of approval for federal expenditures relating to the Work-Study Program and related letter from Senator Warren Magnuson; letter from the State Commission regarding a successful grant and related scoring information; document entitled "Preliminary 1968-69 Budget Request with Supporting Data and Narrative."

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