THE MAD HATTER
A Douglas College Newsletter
published weekly during the spring
and fall semesters, bi-monthly in
the summer semester
by
Douglas College Technical
_ and Vocational Institute
P.O. Box 2503, New Westminster, B.C.
Editor: Judie Steeves, Surrey campus
Telephone: 588-4411, loc. 283

 

 

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NEWS BULLETIN

College council chairman John Sutherland
announced this morning the first admin-
istrative level under the reassignment
of administrative personnel.

The decisions were finalized at a full
meeting of college council Monday after-
noon.

Mr. Sutherland said he was pleased at

the positive approach »f the adminis-—
trative personnel during the difficult
period of this decision-making and he

had particular praise for the advisory
committee of college council and faculty
representatives, as well as the work done
by the personnel committee of college
council.

The seriousness with which council ap-
proached the task was reflected in the
fact that it met on three different
occasions to discuss the personnel com-
mittee's recommendations, he noted.

George Wootton commented on the thorough-
ness with which council studied the pos-
sible alternatives before arriving at

the final, unanimous decision. He also
had praise for the work done by the ad-
visory committee.

 

The first level of reassignment is:
Bill Day, New Westminster Campus Prin-
cipal; Bob Lowe, Surrey Campus Prin-
cipal; Ken Moore, Langley Campus Prin-
cipal; Don Porter, Richmond Campus
Principal; Reg Pridham, Educational
Services Dean; Marilyn Smith, Student
Services Dean; Sheilah Thompson,
Coquitlam Campus Principal; and Georg
Wootton, College Principal.

Work will begin immediately on reassign-
ment to the seven vice-principal and
four director positions, Mr. Sutherland
said, with the general procedure to be
the same as in the first level of re-
assignment.

"Dr. Wootton will hold discussions in
the next week with administrators inter-
ested in reassignment to one of these
positions, and the advisory committee
will begin its deliberations by mid-
March. :

"It is hoped council will be able to
make its final decision before the first
of April," he added.

"Because of our decision at the beginning
to take on the responsibility of making
the final decision on reassignment, we
recognize that not only George and the
senior administration, but everyone in
the college, has been under a strain.

"We hope that with the coming decisions
on the final level of reassignment, we
will all be able to resume our momentum
toward development of the college's
services and facilities throughout our
region," he concluded.