Raritan Valley Community College

Minutes March 26, 2008

The Forum Steering Committee met at 3:30 p.m. in room C205 on March 26, 2008.

Present: Mike Fagan, Chairman, Evelynne Blatt, Mary Ann Balut, Cyndee Geoffroy, Ellen Lindemann, Barbara Luby, Nan Moore, Laurie Reynolds, David Ross, Annette Skov, John Wheeler, and Reinhold Woykowski.

The Steering Committee reviewed the agenda for the April Forum Meeting. The following committee chairs will give reports: Reinhold Woykowski (Safety Committee), David Ross (Front Door Committee), and Barbara Luby (Student Services Program Committee and CUBIT).

John Trojan will be asked to provide an update on campus construction and parking issues.

Ellen Lindemann will report on the feedback she received from the request she made at the March Forum Meeting for input regarding committee structure, consolidation, responsibility, meeting times, decreasing committees and/or increasing college hours. Patti Hulsen, Melanie Morris and Karen Gaffney provided Ellen with some suggestions. Melanie offered to write up a plan for consolidating committees; Ellen will follow up on this. The Steering Committee made other suggestions, like an annual review of Ad Hoc Committees, shrinking the number of committees but broadening their scopes, and reaching out to current and past committee chairs for guidance in the restructuring process.

The Steering Committee requested that Student Government leaders offer monthly updates of their activities at Forum Meetings and follow-up with hard copies including details like dates, times and locations. Also, the committee discussed the importance of using a campus-wide calendar (one is in place but not everyone knows how to access it).

Several committee members will make campus activity announcements at the meeting. The announcement period is also a good time to introduce new employees.

The period for nominating new Forum Steering Committee members ends Friday. We need a nominee for Senior Staff, but other positions each have at least one nominee per position.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

C. Geoffroy

Forum Secretary