INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 7, 1989 e A New Approach to Governance Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Members: Cathy Bissett, Jim Davies, Velma Smith, Joan Wenman, Des Wilson. The Ad Hoc Committee on Governance was formed from a general meeting of faculty called to consider the problems of governance at Douglas Col- lege. The committee framed a questionnaire which was then sent out to all faculty. A sample of the questionnaire follows on page 11 along with a summary of the answers to questions. It is generally agreed that governance is not working. This consensus is reflected, we believe, in the president’s call- Foundation Fair Update Flea Market Items for the Flea Market are trickling in. Already, we have received a variety of things, ranging from dishes to a pot-bel- lied stove. Watch the time! There’s only one week before the Flea Market to give the things you no longer use to a good cause. Keep it coming, and plan to drop by the Flea Market. Contact: Dave Dalcanale, local 5317 Robin Ryan, local 5332 Cathy Elson, local 7070 or call the Douglas College Foundation office at 4813. swap Your Day for Bill's Day Just a reminder that raffle tick- ets are now on sale in the Foundation Office (rm. 4800) for a chance to put your feet on the biggest desk in the college. Tickets are $.50 each or three for $1.00. The draw will take place at 12:00 pm. on Wednesday, March 8 on the concourse. The big swap is scheduled for Monday, March 13th from 8:30 am. to 4:30 pm. to kick off the start of the Foundation Fair. All proceeds go directly to the student aid endowment fund. E- eaiaies FOUNCATION ing of a meeting on governance and in the input of repre- sentatives at that meeting. Our questionnaire statistically fur- ther documents this fact. The practical question natural- ly emerges "How are we to solve the problems of gover- nance?" We offer what we think is a new and workable ap- proach to governance which will solve the basic problems in- herent in present theory and practice. There are two main principles in the proposed solu- tion: 1) governance decisions would be focussed at the departmental level. 2) a college senate would be instituted. 1) GOVERNANCE DECISIONS AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL It is our conviction that gover- nance decisions about curriculum are best handled by the people most professionally competent to deal with them and those persons are discipline and departmental members, It is felt, in the current system, that a significant part of the problems of governance results from the attempt to solve curricular is- sues at the divisional and college levels where expertise for the particular areas is not present. How can an anthropologist be an authority on physics and vice versa, or child care on physical educa- tion? We believe that such continued on page 9