OPERATIONS
Summary of Meeting
December 11, 2008
2:00-4:00 PM
President’s Conference Room
Present: Dr. Michael Mumper, Ms Andrea Benton-Maestas, Dr. Don Johnston, Ms Heather
Heersink, Ms Dianne Machado, Mr. Ken Marquez, Mr. Mike Nicholson, Dr. Frank Novotny, Mr.
Mark Schoenecker, Mr. Erik van de Boogaard.
Absent: Dr. Diana Wenzel.
Previous Meeting Progress Report:
November 13 Meeting Summary: Distributed via email prior to the meeting.
Campus Building Rates/Daniel’s Fund: Provost Mumper has received names of individuals to
serve on this committee, and is ready to convene the group for a meeting.
San Luis Valley Community College: Provost Mumper announced that the campus will have to
build consensus, faculty groups will be established to do this. He will visit with Grand
Junction’s president to find out what they have done, and what has worked for them. He also
stated that the Title V Grant Proposal is a positive avenue for pursuing this concept.
Lightening Round:
Academic Affairs: Dr. Novotny announced that the academic areas are planning new attractive
General Education courses, three will be offered this spring. The General Education Committee
(GECC) is proposing to offer these courses for 3.0 hours Gen Ed credit on a one-time basis. The
Women and Literature course will discuss Michelle Obama, Sarah Pahlin, and Hilary Clinton. A
Psychology course is being planned to discuss prominent court cases going on in society.
Another course is being planned in the School of Business for Obama’s First 100 Days. ENG
101 continues to meet HLC's Student Learning Outcome standard, only they are planning to
change the content between each section to focus on specific topics. He reported that this time of
year is faculty evaluation time and he’s been busy reviewing evidence folders. Spring
registration has gone well; although, there are some concerns with enrollment.
Communications: Mr. Schoenecker announced the recent marketing survey that went out to 420
employees, 155 responded. Julie Waechter will review responses and compile results. He has
met with Dr. Johnston regarding marketing for HPPE, the Library, and the Graduate School.
They are looking at various social networking systems and surveys. They are also promoting a
strong campaign using student videos. He demonstrated the new Flip Camera, a digital camera
that has been purchased in the Communications Office to produce video clips for Utube.
Computing Services: Mr. Nicholson requested that a conversation on Room Numbering be
placed on the Tactical Agenda. Computing Services is conducting storage network testing of
home directories. He announced that when creating new computer accounts, the Google
Calendar will be included. By May, Alumni accounts will be set up. They are adding another 30
