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PRESIDENT'S REPORT TO THE
COLLEGE BOARD, October 21, 1982

A. EXTERNAL MATTERS -— MUNICIPAL

The College Administration and represent-
atives of the College Board were invited
to a very pleasant informal luncheon by
the Westminster Club.

Mr. Doug Manning, New Westminster City
Administrator, is continuing to work on
the draft agreement between Douglas Col-
lege and the City of New Westminster re-
garding Simcoe Park. Mr. Dick Wright

of First Capital City Development Campany
Limited assures me that the matter is
continuing to be actively pursued by his
organization.

I had a discussion with Mr. Brian Hulme,
of Carlberg Jackson Partners, regarding
our need to move into the new building

as early as possible. The architects
had been convinced of the desirability

of a move after the entire building had
been completed, for a number of excellent
technical reasons.

I have made clear to Mr. Hulme the finan-
cial pressures that the College is ex-
periencing, and the fact that the College
simply cannot delay a move as quickly as
possible, even though it is technically
the less desirable approach. Mr. Hulme
assured me that the architects will co-
operate to the fullest in achieving this
end.

I have informed Mr. Dale Alexander of the
Simon Fraser Association for the Mentally
Retarded (Beacon Industries) that the re-
moval of Douglas College from the McBride
Site is now imminent, and with the forth-
coming likely dispersal of the buildings,
our cammitment to Beacon Industries of a
gift of buildings from this site is
therefore one that will shortly no longer
be sustainable.

B, EXTERNAL MATTERS -
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT

The last meeting of the Council of Princi-
pals continued to be concerned primarily
with budget implications of the current
Restraint Program, with especial emphasis
on the impact of "Restraint II" direct-
ives.

At the last meeting of the Lower Mainland
Co-operative Planning Committee, of CEO's
of Institutes and Colleges, the Cammittee
agreed to 3 substantial actions. Chair-
men of the Boards of the participating
institutions are being invited to a dinner
at the end of this month at which time
they will be brought up to date, and the
Means by which the Boards can have an ef-
fective role in co-operative planning will
be discussed. A proposal in principle was
accepted regarding academic summer school
offerings. A recommendation in this re-
gard is forthcoming fran the Management
Committee. Thirdly, the organized assembly
of information on program activities fran
all the Lower Mainland institutions has
now been completed, and work is now under
way to assess the criteria by which coord-
ination of activities can occur, ina
shrinking financial environment.

Our Academic Dean, Mr. Gordon Gilgan, at-
tended a meeting at UBC, called by the
Dean of Applied Science, regarding a pro-
posed offering by the B.C. Cammnity
Colleges of first year applied sciences
(engineering). It seems that it is very
possible that Douglas College will be pro-
viding such an entry program in the near
future. We seem to be in an excellent
position to do so, at little or no in-
creased cost, because of our present cur-
riculum and faculty.

On behalf of the Council of Principals, I
attended a meeting of the Deans and

Directors of Continuing Education for B.C.
Colleges. It is clear that the discrim -