SACS REAFFIRMATION OF ACCREDITATION

STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING

June 10, 2002

Attendance:
Michael Hummel (p)
Jackie Robinson (p)
Keith Blundell (p)
Jerry Scheerer (p)
Peggy Brockenbush (p)
Joe Sekul (a)
Marty Domke (p)
Fred Spaulding (a)
Larry Garrett (p)
Marjorie Stewart (p)
Gary Hall (p)
Jennifer Yancey (p)
Mary Hall (p)
Mark Zafereo (a)
Mark Henry (p)

Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 1:05 p.m.

Hummel announced that Fred Spaulding is no longer a member of the Committee. Spaulding resigned and has taken a position at Tarrant County College. Stewart and Hummel met with Spaulding to get his SACS materials. If necessary, Spaulding stated that he would come back for a day or two to help with this transition. Hummel will consult with Goodson for suggestions on who will take over Spaulding's section. Spaulding left the report in good order and made all revisions from the last critique of the section.

Critique of Section II: Committee completed review of the final version for Section II. The content was good though there was some rewording and changes to the works cited. The following is the Recommendation change.

Recommendation 2 B: That the Mission Statement and Planning Document Review Sub-Committee review the College's Goals to consider the inclusion of distance education.

Change to: That the Planning and Assessment Subcommittee review the College's Goals to consider the inclusion of distance education.

Critique of Section III: The Committee critiqued the final version of Section III through Subsection 3 C . Many thought the Introduction was rather lengthy but Domke explained why it was more appropriate to include that information there than elsewhere. The Committee agreed with the explanation but then offered some rewording. Additionally there were some grammatical changes and deletion of content. There were no Recommendations or Suggestions to address.

Adjustment of Critiquing Schedule: Tomorrow the Committee will finish review of Section III, starting with Subsection III D. G. Hall and M. Hall reviewed Garrett's section and made mostly grammatical corrections with some rewording. Critique of Garrett's section will begin tomorrow as well.

Other Business: Hummel added that as the Committee finishes the final critique of each section, the draft would be available to the College for viewing and comments. It was agreed that the best way to do this is to post each section on the web as a pdf document. Each draft will have its own link and will be marked with a draft watermark in the file or will be saved as a draft. Scheerer and Boyd will take care of this.

Once the College reviews the sections, the Committee will reconvene to address comments made.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 3:57 p.m.