President's Council Meeting Summary
August 29, 2001
Present: Dene Thomas, Karen Evans, Renee Hofeldt, Gary Hunter, Rob Lohrmeyer, Kathy Martin, Deacon Meier, Rita Morris, Jody Oftelie, Whitney Pugh, Dan Regan, Ray Sanders
Absent: Dean Froehlich
Discussion Items
President's Charge to the Council
The President’s Council will serve as an advisory body to the president for both external and internal issues. This is a consulting, communication body. Council members are asked to submit agenda items to the President’s Assistant. President Thomas will review submissions and set the agenda. Submitted items should have the appropriate review by the reporting line. The Council will meet each Wednesday at 9:00 a.m., in the Alumni Board Room, and the meeting minutes will be posted to the president’s web page.
Notices of Intent
Educational Opportunity Center Principal Investigator: Pat Clyde/Mary Emery
Funding Source: Dept. of Education Request Amount = $366,332 Match = 0
President Thomas approved the Notice of Intent. Attention must be given to the space issue when developing the full proposal.
Improving Results Subgrant Principal Investigator: Tom McFarland
Funding Source: Idaho Dept. Of Education Request Amount = $10,000 Match = 0
President Thomas approved the Notice of Intent.
Two Percent Holdback
President Thomas was notified of a permanent two percent budget holdback affecting all Idaho State agencies. The holdback is effective September 1. Agencies and institutions are required to submit their plan by September 24. There is no hiring freeze. For LCSC, the two percent for allocated resources for the General Education and the Professional-Technical budgets will be approximately $300,000 (plus).
Information Items
MGT Equity Study
The college and universities presidents met in Boise on Monday, August 27, to discuss a compromise on the funding equity study. LCSC will do fine with the compromise; the real issue is among the other institutions. The presidents have agreed on principles, but are waiting to review the numbers as it applies to the principles. The presidents will submit their recommendation to the State Board of Education for approval.
Differential Fees
The college and universities provosts will finalize a white paper on differential fees this week for submission to the State Board of Education. The Board should make a decision soon as whether or not differential fees can be charged at any of the state's higher education institutions. LCSC is against charging such fees. This issue will be on the agenda for discussion at the September State Board of Education meeting.
State Board of Education Policy Changes Update
The State Board of Education has approved several revisions to their governing policies. Those changes will necessitate revision to our institutional policies addressing the same topics. Provost Morris is in charge of the internal policy review.
Athletic Director
Katherine Noble has been selected as the Athletic Director, and will begin early in October.
Organization Task Force
Thomas will continue with the Organization Task Force, and plans to convene the Task Force soon. The Task Force membership will be provided at the next Council meeting. Chet Herbst will chair the Task Force. The issues of structure will be viewed from a campus-wide perspective. The Task Force may look at desirable goals and then address how to achieve the goals. They also will examine configurations.
Strategic Planning Steering Committee and Subcommittees
President Thomas, Rita Morris and Chet Herbst will meet this afternoon to review the next steps in the strategic planning process. Chet Herbst will chair the Strategic Planning Steering Committee.
Meeting Adjourned
The next President's Council will be on Wednesday, September 5, at 9:00 a.m., in the Alumni Board Room.