douglas college
Inter Office Memo Date: August 21, 1986. @

 

 

To: DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD

 

From: GORDON W. GILGAN

 

Re: ACTING PRESIDENT'S REPORT

 

A. External Matters - Municipal

 

The termination of the lease between IDEAFEST and the College has
consumed a lot of administrative time. The principals of Ideafest
have not been able to raise sufficient financial support to complete
the removal of the sets. This work has been undertaken by the College
and is now near completion. Costs for the removal will come from
the performance monies deposited with the College in the original
contract.

The negotiations between the City of New Westminster and Douglas

College regarding use of city parks and specifically Simcoe Park

have been concluded with the final agreement appearing on the Agenda

this evening. This represents the culmination of several years

of negotiations involving Bill Day, Dr. Terry Clement, Bill Morfey

and other College staff. The 25 year agreement should provide us oO
with the access we require to playing fields in the future.

The College was invited to participate in the last run of the
Sampson-V before it reached its final mooring place. This was a
delightful evening in which the Rotary $45,000 barrel was test
launched. The barrel will be lauched officially in Lytton on August
29th and a lottery is being held to determine the arrival time in
New Westminster.

The City of New Westminster held a reception for a delegation from
its sister city Moriguchi. The students from Momoyama were invited
to attend as well. It was an interesting evening with entertainment
provided by our guests. Members of the delegation were taken to
homes in the area after the reception to see a Canadian home.

B. External Matters - Education

Momoyama Visit - Douglas College was proud to host 5 members of
the faculty, the parents support group, and also the President of
Momoyama (St. Andrews) University. The delegation was able to meet
with Douglas College Board Members; the Mayor of New Westminster,
and the Aldermen; the President and Vice-President of SFU. We had
very productive discussions with the delegation and will, as a result,
have more students from Momoyama studying here in the future on
a regular basis.

 

The College received a response from the Ministry of Post Secondary
Education to the revision to the 5-Year Plan. This letter a copy
of which is in the correspondence package, is very affirming of
the College's direction, and is a clear indication of support from
the Minictrv.