THE ST. CLAIR COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY

M I N U T E S

of the

329th MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

	HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2000

in the Board Room, South Campus, 2000 Talbot Road, Windsor, Ontario at 7:30 p.m.

P R E S E N T:		Mr. J. Belanger
Ms. K. Bevan
		Mr. R. Feldmann
		Mr. S. Funtig, Chair
		Ms. J. Harris
		Ms. G. Leslie
		Ms. D. Livneh
		Ms. L. McGeachy Schultz
Mr. R. Marentette
Mr. R. McMaster
Ms. C. Pare
Mr. R. Pollock
Mr. D. Richardson
Ms. P. Williams
Mr. R. Williams
Mr. J. McGee, President
Ms. D. Desjardins, Corporate Secretary and Executive Assistant to the Board of Governors

Also present were:
Ms. K. Gill-Gore, Executive Assistant, President’s Office
Dr. R. Donovan, Vice President, Academic
Mr. B. Harvey, Vice President, Business Development
Ms. L. Logan, Vice President, Corporate Services
Mr. R. Erwin, Administrative Staff Association
Ms. Ruth Hicks, Faculty Observer
Ms. P. McMahon, Dean, Health & Applied Arts
Ms. V. Barker, Student Governor Elect
Ms. S. Sharon, Support Staff Observer

A B S E N T: 		Ms. M. Bearfoot-Jones

A quorum of the Board of Governors being present, and notice of the meeting and the agenda having been duly sent to all Board members, the meeting was declared to be regularly constituted.  A copy of the Notice of Meeting and Agenda is attached as Appendix  A.

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Mr. Funtig chaired the meeting and Mrs. Desjardins was Secretary.  

1.0	ADOPTION OF AGENDA AND DECLARATION OF INTEREST

		The President requested Item 4.1 be deleted from the agenda.

RESOLVED THAT the agenda be adopted as amended.

2.0	APPROVAL OF MINUTES 

Copies of the minutes, with appendices, had been previously distributed to all members of the Board of Governors.

RESOLVED THAT the minutes of the 2000 03 28 meeting of the Board of Governors be adopted as circulated.

	At this point the Chair recognized the hard work of Ms. Gill-Gore and Ms. Desjardins for last Thursdays dinner for Mr. McGee.  He extended the Board’s appreciation and thanked them for the great job.

3.0	POLICY DEVELOPMENT

	3.1	Human Resources Management Post-Diploma Certificate

Dr. Donovan noted this is a post-diploma program that the College has been offering since 1996.  When a request was made for a certificate, it was discovered the Board had not formally approved the program.  Dr. Harvey explained that the colleges have been the delivery agents for this program for a long time.  It is a common certificate program delivered through the Continuing Education Divisions across the province and does not require Ministry approval but is within the purview of the Board.  Dr. Donovan continued by advising that the administration is working with the Continuing Education people to look at every offering to ensure there is approval from the Board.  

RESOLVED THAT the Human Resources Management (Post Diploma) Certificate Program be approved.

Mr. McMaster abstained.

4.0	MONITORING REPORTS

There were no monitoring reports.
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5.0	INFORMATION REPORTS

	5.1	Call for Nominations for Chair and Vice Chair 

The Chair referred to the nomination form attached to the agenda.  Nominations can be submitted to the Secretary prior to the next meeting.  In addition nominations will be accepted from the floor at the meeting.  

	5.2	ICEED Conference

A copy of the report is attached as Item 5.2.  Dr. Harvey advised the College will host this conference in mid-July.  It is anticipated there will be a couple of hundred guests from the countries involved. 

	5.3	Collaborative College-University Nursing Program

		A copy of the background information is attached as Item 5.3.  In response to an inquiry about funding for upgrading faculty, Ms. McMahon advised that there is money available starting in 2001/02 for faculty who are working in collaborative programs to update their credentials to the Masters level.  She further added that tuition would be deregulated within Ministry guidelines.   This report was received for information.

6.0	CONSTITUENT REPORTS

Ms. Sharon, President of the Support Staff Union, took this opportunity to introduce herself.  Also, Ms. Bevan advised that four students won medals in a recent Skills Canada competition.  St. Clair students won a gold medal in baking, a silver medal for team mechatronics and two bronze medals, one in mechanical CAD and one in plumbing apprenticeship.  The silver and gold medal winners will be going on to the national competition in Quebec City.  Dr. Donovan also advised that St. Clair students beat the University of Michigan to win a first in the Concrete Canoe competition in the overall design category.

7.0	DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The next meeting of the Full Board will be on Tuesday, June 20, 2000, in CHATHAM.