President’s R eport To Douglas
College Board, Sept. 15, 1983

A, EXTERNAL MATTERS - mUNICIPAL

A revised plan for the development of the
New Westminster waterfront has been pres-
ented to the New Westminster City Council
by the First Capital City Development Com-
pany. Apparently, City Council has ex-
pressed support of the revised plan, which
calls for a group of relatively small par-
cels of land to be developed along the wat-
erfront, rather than a large development by
a single developer.

I beleive that the acceptance of this new
plan will increase the pressure on the City
to resolve the issue of the 5 Acres that
have been reserved on the waterfront for
Douglas College use, as opposed to the al-
location of Simcoe Park to Douglas College.

B. EXTERNAL MATTERS - EDUCATION

Mr. Les Canty, Assistant to the Deputy Min-
ister of Education, paid an informal visit
to the college on September 6. Mr. Canty
was familiarizing himself with the Doulgas
College facilities and present programs at
the request of the Deputy Minister. The
Deans, the Bursar, and I hosted Mr. Canty
for lunch, and spent a very useful hour in
discussing the provincial educational scene.

Qn September 12, I participated in the Coun-
cil of Principal's Executive Committee meet-
ing, in order to plan a number of policy |
meetings during the fall - mostly relating
to the implications of Bill 20 and the pro-
posed new forula financing system.

On September 14, the Educational Policy &
Planning Committee met, and has commenced
development of a proposed policy statement
for the consideration of the Board on fund-
ing alternatives in credit programs and
courses.

On September 15, Mr. Ted Killough, District
Superintendent of Schools for Maple Ridge,
and I met, in order to discuss the implica-
tions of Bill 20 in regard to the long
range relationship of Maple Ridge School
District and Douglas College.

 

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A further meeting has occurred between
Gordon Thom of BCIT, and Gordon Gilgan and
Bill Day, regarding possible program
shifts. Within the next two weeks, both
institutions will have exchanged comment-

aries. Grant Fisher is being kept fully
informed.
C. INTERNAL MATTERS - EDUCATION

Ms. Randi Duke, Community Resource Devel-
opment Officer, was welcomed to the col- ,
lege two weeks ago, and is completing an
initial round of orientation meetings, both

inside and outside the college.

She has spent two days at Malaspina Col-
lege, and is working with Ms. Joy Leach of
Malaspina College on a provincial confer-
ence on Youth Employment, to be held at
Douglas College late this month.

All applications for the position of Dean
of Applied Programs have been reviewed,

and a short-list established for an initial
round of interviews which are expected to
be completed by the end of September.

D. INTERNAL MATTERS - LABOR RELATIONS

Negotiations with the BCGEU have been con-
cluded, and this evening a recommended con-
tract will be presented to the Board.

Negotiations with the Faculty Association
are expected to resume soon.

E. INTERNAL MATTERS - GENERAL

A report will be made later this evening

by Mr. Gl DellaMattia regarding student
registration. It is clear that there has
been a very considerable increase in stu-
dent enrollment at Douglas College, within
the framework of considerably reduced fac-
ulty and staff complement, using last Sept-
meber as a base.

It is a pleasure to publicly acknowledge
the spirit of cooperation that was clearly
evident during the entire registration pro-
cess, during which faculty, staff, admin-
istrators and the Student Society went to
extraordinary efforts to accommodate a rec-
ord number of student applicants.