ANNOUNCEMENT

On November 18, 1982, the College Board ratified a
re-negotiated agreement with the Douglas/Kwantlen Faculty Assoc-
jation.

In summary, this agreement provides for 5 days leave
without pay for Douglas College faculty during this fiscal year.
The College guarantees employment to August 31, 1983 for all
Douglas College regular faculty.

I have requested the Deans and Bursar to take appropriate
action immediately, in order that programs, activities and courses
that would otherwise have been affected may be programmed and
scheduled. :

This arrangement leaves the College in very difficult
financial circumstances next year. On the other hand, it will
allow for a methodical development of our criteria for college
priorities, and cooperative exploration of alternatives to layoff
of faculty and staff during these difficult times.

LOWER MAINLAND COOPERATIVE PLANNING GROUP

 

The Lower Mainland Cooperative Planning Group consists of
the Principals/Presidents of Kwantlen, Douglas, Vancouver and
Capilano Community Colleges (Fraser Valley maintains observer
status), and the Principals/Presidents of PVI and OLI (BCIT, Emily
Carr and the Justice Institute are observers). :

The group members have agreed to establish a Programme
Inventory for all subsidized programs provided by their respective
institutions.

The purpose of this study is to initiate a common, shared,
comprehensive information base on all instructional programs offered
in the Lower Mainland.

The intent of the study, as it develops, is to identify
programme areas where discussion of cooperative planning by
institutional representatives might be pursued from a common
information base.

The study is not a decision-making mechanism; it is a fact-
finding mechanism.

Once sufficient information is assembled, it is anticipated
that, under the direction of the Boards of the institutions and with
the participation of appropriate personnel from each cooperating
institution, discussion of actions of a cooperative nature might be
more effectively pursued than in the absence of a common, shared,
comprehensive information base.

I have assigned the responsibility for developing, maintaining
and communicating the Douglas College segment of this work to Ed
Redmond. He will be working with all educational administrators in
developing the information. It will be provided to all governance
committees, as well as to the Lower Mainland Cooperative Plannina
Group.

Bill Day