President's Council Meeting Summary
Present: Dene Thomas,
Absent:
Calendar Review
Calendars
for March and April were distributed noting President’s travel and major campus
events.
President’s Report
Native
American Awareness Week is March 8 through 12.
President Thomas encourage Council members to
attend conference sessions as well as the Friendship banquet. The
President Thomas serves on the
executive board for the Office of
College
and university presidents met with Governor Kempthorne
on Tuesday. The 2% issue was discussed
with
Brad Foltman, Director of the Division of Financial Management. Governor Kempthorne
is not shifting on his recommendation.
He claims higher education has the flexibility to absorb the 1% that was
not included in his recommendation.
House Bill 768 will be considered today.
Representative Mitchell believes the house will vote to restore the
2%.
Randy
Nelson, Associated Taxpayers of Idaho, met with Presidents’ Council. Mr. Nelson served on the committee charge
with review of the state tax exemptions.
Mr. Nelson indicated there was so much disagreement that no
recommendation will be forthcoming for changes to the exemptions.
The Presidents’ Council
discussed the Information Technology Resource Management Council (ITRMC)
requirements for exemptions from the technology standards set forth in
law. Institutions of higher education
have been categorized with the other state agencies which are required to
request exemptions for products that are not on the standards list.
The North
Idaho Oversight Committee met on Tuesday and agreed to a needs assessment that
would include professional-technical programs plus four-year professional-technical
programs. The needs assessment should identify
Provost and Vice Presidents’
Reports
Provost:
·
Provost Fernández attended the installation ceremony for
Boise State University President Bob Kustra on Friday, February 27.
·
The academic
budget process is ongoing. Provost Fernández is meeting with deans and division chairs
regarding allocations.
Administrative Services: Sewer work for the
Student Affairs: Electronic devices thefts have
increased.
Direct
Reporting Units
Information Technology: The transfer to the new internet provider XO
Communications was successful. The changeover will more than double our bandwidth to the
Internet. The Center for Arts and
History is without service, but the cause is not related to the IP
transition.
Institutional Research and Planning: There was a recent Professional-Technical
reporting workshop in
The EITEC Dean of Instruction will visit campus later
in March to discuss strategic planning formats, truck driver training,
information technology and institutional research functions.
Other Reports
Nominations are being accepted for the Professional
Staff Organization officer election on March 24.
The Classified Staff Organization silent auction is on
March 4.
Faculty: A
representative from AAUP will meet with the
faculty next Wednesday. The Budget
Liaison Committee recommendations will be presented to the Faculty Senate for
approval.
Around The Table
CDA student
government representatives will meet with
Polly Blasko attended advancement services workshops
offered at the CASE District VIII conference.
College Communications has arranged for a photographer to
attend the March 24 meeting. Photographs
of Council members will be posted on the Web for local media use.
The State Board of Education has signed institutions up
for National Students’ Clearinghouse Services.
Institutions will not pay annual fees and will receive information not
previously subscribed.
The new Ilumina Report will
examine the impact of non-credit courses and how to track non-credit course
registration/data.
The next President's Council will be on Wednesday, March
24, at