President’s Report highlights -August

I have contacted the Mayors of the five
cities and municipalities contained within
School District #43 (Coquitlam) with the
aim of making a coordinated appeal for
student aid support (scholarships and
bursaries) targeted for the new Pinetree
Campus. I had a lengthy and informative
visit with Coquitlam’s Mayor Sekora on
July 18, in order to discuss future fund-
raising activities.

I have received and dealt with three
Student Appeals/Complaints. The Board
should be aware that a radically increasing
number of individuals involved in appeals
are choosing to appeal to my office
following the finding of the constituted
Appeal Committee. This increasingly
litigious response is subtly, but
powerfully changing the role of the
Appeals Committee, and the office of the
President itself. It is worth noting that the

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Assistant to the President now spends
approximately 10 percent of her time
dealing with appeals against the Appeals
Committee.

Since June 19, I have had six meetings
and presentations to recruit volunteers to
our Pinetree Capital Campaign. I have
made three direct requests for substantial
aid and made three presentations to
groups whom we calculate will be of
assistance to us in the future.

On July 4, Jim Doerr and I met with
Tom Harris, District Superintendent of
Schools for Coquitlam, in order to discuss
succession arrangements, in light of the
complex and strategic agreements we
have with that School District.

From July 10-12, incoming-President
Susan Hunter-Harvey was in attendance at
the College, meeting with various
personnel. Dr. Hunter-Harvey and I met

and discussed at length a number of
activties to which the College was
committed and that would involve her
over the fall and winter.

As approved by the Board, I will be
spending my last day on the job at
Douglas College on Thursday, August 31.
I will formally leave the employ of
Douglas College on October 15,
following my holidays.

I will be naming an Acting CEO prior
to the end of August who will bridge the
two-week period between my departure
and Dr. Hunter-Harvey’s assumption of
her new role. Dr. Hunter-Harvey has
requested that I continue, for the
immediate future and in a volunteer
capacity, to work with the College
Foundation on the Capital Campaign. I
intend to do so. I

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Alex Albrecht of the Douglas College Coaching program is one of the
workers completing the new building at 720 Carnarvon Street (story

page 1).