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DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD _——_$——— March 15, 1984.

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On March 14th, I attended a Policy Development Meeting at the
University of British Columbia, in preparation for a meeting with
the Secretary of State and his senior officials, on Friday, March
16th. I have been asked to represent Canadian Community Colleges at
this meeting which has been convened by the Canadian Association for
Adult Education and the Department of the Secretary of State, in
order to discuss the role of that department in post-secondary and
adult education. The Department of Secretary of State is a major
indirect and direct funder of social education and projects across
the country.

Internal Matters - Education

 

Two major issues have surfaced during the past month which are of
major educational concern to the College - both of which will involve
consideration by Board committees and of staff presentations. These
are the matter of "privatization" as enunciated in letters from the
Minister and the Assistant Deputy Minister Post-secondary, over the
past month, and the previously mentioned matter of withdrawal of
Function 5 funding for Community and Continuing Education. Staff
work has been carried out by the Deans and Directors, and documents
will be presented to the Board in due course.

On February 21st, an in-house workshop on Formula Funding was held
for all College managers, and representatives of the unions. Our

Comptroller, Peter Greenwood, made an extremely clear and helpful

presentation.

On March 13th a "brainstorming" session was held with a number of
community and College people on the subject of education for
entrepreneurship. Mr. Gordon Gilgan, Dean of Academic and Acting
Dean of Applied Programs, chaired the meeting. Mr. Gilgan feels
that a very promising beginning has been made in an exciting new
program field.

On March 15th, Mr. Jim Doerr, Dean of Community Programs and Services,
and I had the pleasure of attending the Adult Basic Education
graduation at the Maple Ridge Centre.

Internal Matters - General

On February 28th, I met with the Mid-Managers and the Deans of the
College in order to discuss administrative operations, and means by
which the mid-managers of the College can be enabled to work with
maximum effectiveness. Further meetings will be held, following
completion of an internal study on administation processes which is
currently underway.

On March 2nd, Mr. Andy Adrews, Director of Program Development, had
a retirement farewell party. Mr. Andrews has worked for the College