TO:

DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD June 23, 1988.

Today, June 23rd, Mr. Denis Therrien, Superintendent of the Maple
Ridge School District, and I, met with the Hon. Elwood Veitch,
Minister of State for the Lower Mainland Region; the Hon. Tony
Brummet, Minister of Education; the Hon. Stan Hagen, Minister of
Advanced Education & Job Training, regarding the "Telosky Project"
- a proposed development of facilities in Maple Ridge involving the
Municipality, Douglas College, and the School District. It was a
valuable meeting, and all three Ministers expressed support in
principle for the plan. The first step is land acquisition, and
the team of Municipal, School and College officials doing the staff
work has been directed to devise aways and means plan for land
acquisition. Much of the educational staff work on the plan, from
the College's point of view, has been carried out by Jim Doerr and
Bill Morfey. The integration of educational plans with facilities
assumptions has been carried out by Hank Naylor, of our
Construction Management Program. Hank did much of the baseline
planning for the present New Westminster Campus, and it isa
pleasure to see him once again most ably coordinating activities.

Internal Matters - General

A Retirement Luncheon and Reception was held for persons retiring,
and former retirees of the College, on June 14th. The presence of
Board Members Mrs. Pat Cook, Rev. Gordon Hoeflicker, Mrs. Myrna
Popove, Mr. Cliff Murnane, and Mr. Gerry Trerise, as well as Mr.
Steward Graham, a retired Board Member, was appreciated. There was
special interest at that event regarding the announcement of the
formation of the Douglas College Alumni Association - a report on
which is being presented to the Board tonight. There was some
discussion on the possibility of retired employees of the College
becoming members of the Alumni Association.

A formal search is now under way for a replacement for Bill Morfey,
as Bursar and head of the administrative division of the College.
It is difficult to imagine Douglas College without Bill Morfey, who
has been Bursar since the College's founding in the Fall of 1969.

Dr. Gerry DellaMattia has been granted a two-year Leave Of Absence
in order to develop central services for a community college system
in the United Arab Emirates. This is a wonderful opportunity for
Gerry, and it is a credit to Douglas College that we have had
personnel of the calibre. Gerry's leave commences August 1, 1988,
by which time I expect to be able to announce arrangements for his
replacement during the next two years.