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The Board will be interested to know that the College now has
formal representation in all the Chambers of Commerce in our
region - Dr. Terry Clement, Burnaby; Mr. M.H. (Bill) Morfey,
New Westminster; Ms. Randi Duke, the Coquitlams; Mr. Larry
Davies, Maple Ridge. I expect that over the next year, the
College will be actively engaged with social partners on
questions of job creation, and local economic development in
all of our municipalities.

EXTERNAL MATTERS - EDUCATION

O¢tober 16, the College hosted the first formal meeting of
School District officials in order to address matters of common
educational concern and opportunity. The Board will remember
that this process is occuring under the direction of the College
Board and the four school districts in the College region - the
intent being, to maximize educational resources in the region,
to the public benefit, and to maintain a continuing working
relationship with our educational partners.

The initial meeting consisted of a round-table discussion
between myself and the four district Superintendent of schools.
We have identified three major areas of concern and potential
mutual benefit that stem from matters discussed by the joint
meeting of the Boards and the College Board last spring. Over
the next month there will be a meeting of senior officials

from the four districts and the College to discuss these three
areas of interest, in order to assess feasibility and to define
more precisely the nature of the proposed cooperation. I expect
that by the end of November, we will be convening a meeting of
the designated trustees and College Board members in order to
present to them an interim report and recommendation. if our
report and recommendation is found acceptable, it wiil be
presented to the five Boards for ratification. Our tarcet

date for implementation is September 1, 1985, as per the cycle
of consultation and decision making outlined in the origina!
multi-lateral agreement.

| continue tu be active on two committees sponsored by the
Council of Principals - on the one hand. a joint committee
established at the request of the Pritish Columbia Association
of Colleges on public information and on the other, a new
committee developed to devise and sponsor management develop-
ment educational activities for College administrative personnel.
In the latter case, I] am working with a group of deans repres-
enting various regions, and educational fields.

INTERNAL - EDUCATION

Work on the Five Year Plan continues. Qur program profile
request, and rationale has been provided to the Ministry by the
deadline requested. Dr. DellaMattia will be providing additional

information to the Board in a separate report.

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