1 1 2 SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 3 ------------------------------------------X 4 SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 5 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING ------------------------------------------X 6 December 14, 2006 7 9:00 A.M. 8 Suffolk County Community College, Ammerman Campus, 9 Alumni Room - Gymnasium Building 10 Selden, New York 11 12 13 14 B E F O R E: 15 WILLIAM D. MOORE, Chairman 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC. 6 FRANCES LANE 25 PORT JEFFERSON, NEW YORK 11777 631-331-3753 2 1 2 A P P E A R A N C E S: 3 4 WILLIAM D. MOORE, Trustee/Chair 5 WALTER C. HAZLITT, Trustee/ Vice Chair 6 JERRY KANE, Trustee/Secretary 7 FRANK C. TROTTA, Trustee 8 DAVID OCHOA, Trustee 9 JOHN L. KOMINICKI, Trustee (Not present) 10 ERNESTO MATTACE, JR., Trustee 11 DENNIS McCARTHY, Trustee (Not present) 12 BELINDA ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN, Trustee 13 AVETTE D. WARE, Student Trustee 14 DR. SHIRLEY PIPPINS, President, SCCC 15 16 A L S O P R E S E N T: 17 18 TERRI KOPP, President's Office 19 DR. JAMES CANNIFF, V.P. Academic & Student 20 Affairs 21 GEORGE GATTA, V.P. for Workforce & Econ. Dev. 22 GEORGE TVELIA, Associate Dean 23 ILENE KREITZER, Executive Director of Legal 24 Affairs 25 ET AL ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 3 1 2 (Whereupon, the public 3 session commenced upon the 4 conclusion of the executive 5 session at: 9:46 a.m.) 6 MR. MOORE: We thank you 7 all. Is there anybody else I 8 didn't recognize? I do apologize. 9 I'm not real good at this, as you 10 know. I'm coming from the East 11 End, you know. I don't see 12 everybody that often. 13 I'm going to take a moment 14 and give some thanks. 15 Trustee Groneman, on behalf of the 16 Board, has a few thank-you's that 17 she'd like to share. We'll do it 18 now, and then we'll move to our 19 meeting. How's that? 20 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: 21 Sure. 22 MR. MOORE: Okay? Were you 23 not ready for that, or do you want 24 to do it at the end? 25 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: No, ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 4 1 2 I was ready. 3 MR. MOORE: Okay. 4 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: Just 5 a little presentation that we'd 6 like to make to Dr. Pippins on 7 behalf of the Board. 8 DR. PIPPINS: Thank you. 9 Happy holidays. 10 (Applause.) 11 DR. PIPPINS: Thank you. 12 Thank you very much. 13 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: A 14 lot of good things in there, 15 Dr. Pippin. 16 DR. PIPPINS: Yes, very 17 interesting. It's been a 18 wonderful year. Some of you don't 19 know, I have been in my new place 20 two years. I bought furniture 21 this year. So I have something. 22 (Laughter.) 23 MR. MOORE: She believes 24 she'll be around for a little 25 while longer. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 5 1 2 DR. PIPPINS: I have a 3 five-year contract, I can add 4 these things to my home. Thank 5 you very much. 6 MR. MOORE: Thank you. 7 DR. PIPPINS: I'll invite 8 you all after a Board meeting 9 soon. 10 MR. HAZLITT: Let the 11 record show it's under $75. 12 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: 13 Absolutely. 14 MR. OCHOA: Including 15 taxes, huh? 16 MR. HAZLITT: Especially if 17 I have anything to do with it. 18 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: And 19 we also -- Dr. Pippins, I don't 20 know if you were aware, but the 21 Board, as a whole, we actually 22 donated for a Thanksgiving basket, 23 if you will, for Sister Mary-Anne. 24 So on behalf of the Board, I have 25 to say thank you, thank you, thank ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 6 1 2 you, donating the Thanksgiving 3 bags of love. 4 DR. PIPPINS: Thank you. 5 MR. MOORE: Belinda, I want 6 to thank you for taking charge of 7 this and spearheading it. You're 8 terrific at that, and thank you. 9 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: 10 You're welcome. 11 MR. MOORE: Appreciate 12 that. 13 All right. Happy holidays 14 and all that great stuff. 15 Back to work. Entertain a 16 motion to approve our minutes of 17 our October 19th meeting. 18 MR. HAZLITT: So moved. 19 MR. HAZLITT: Second. 20 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 21 ALL: Aye. 22 MR. MOORE: Help me, Ilene. 23 We've got an item E, "Discussion." 24 What are we up to there? 25 MS. KREITZER: Actually, we ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 7 1 2 don't have anything. 3 MR. MOORE: Okay. Up and 4 down. 5 MS. KREITZER: Unless you 6 had discussion about the 7 resolutions. 8 MR. MOORE: All right. 9 Everyone's had a chance to review 10 their resolutions. We have seven 11 items. They're the pink sheet, 12 right? 13 MR. OCHOA: Right. 14 MR. MOORE: Okay. Unless 15 there's any questions, I'll 16 entertain a motion to approve 17 resolutions 200695 through 18 2006101. 19 MR. OCHOA: So moved, 20 Mr. Chairman. 21 MR. MOORE: Second? 22 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: Aye. 23 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 24 ALL: Aye. 25 MR. MOORE: Entertain a ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 8 1 2 motion to adjourn our Trustees 3 meeting and put on our hats as 4 directors of the Association. 5 MR. MATTACE: So moved. 6 MR. HAZLITT: Second. 7 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 8 ALL: Aye. 9 MR. MOORE: And wearing 10 those hats, we've got two 11 resolutions. Entertain a motion 12 to approve 2006.A18 and 2006.A19. 13 MR. OCHOA: Move for 14 approval. 15 MR. TROTTA: Second. 16 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 17 ALL: Aye. 18 MR. MOORE: Okay. And 19 motion to adjourn our Director's 20 meeting -- oh, I'm sorry. One 21 last resolution. 22 I wasn't following. That's 23 right. One more motion to approve 24 our October 19th Director's 25 meeting for the Association. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 9 1 2 MR. OCHOA: So moved. 3 MR. TROTTA: Second. 4 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 5 ALL: Aye. 6 MR. MOORE: Okay. At this 7 point, we'll receive a report from 8 Vice President Canniff with the 9 Association finance report. 10 MR. CANNIFF: All of you 11 have a copy of the report. One of 12 the changes in format for this 13 report that we initiated is that 14 we've listed a lot of the 15 different activities that are 16 involved across the three colleges 17 that are supported by the 18 Association. You'll see that 19 their athletics -- campus 20 activities of which there are a 21 numerous amount. The theatre, the 22 art gallery, the music. I wanted 23 the Board to understand and to 24 continue to get a flow each month 25 as we do this report for the kind ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 10 1 2 of activities that we're engaged 3 and that our students are engaged 4 in across the three campuses. I 5 think it's very important. 6 In terms of financially, 7 we're on target in terms of the 8 overall Association, and I 9 continue to look at this on a 10 monthly basis. As I reported to 11 you in October, I said that as we 12 look at the Association, as we 13 look at particularly childcare, 14 the bulk centers here on the 15 Ammerman campus and on the Grant 16 campus. If we need to make 17 changes during the year, we will 18 make some changes so that -- in 19 January, I'll be bringing to you 20 some recommended changes, and 21 there'll be three of them. One of 22 them will be, we will raise the 23 fee to be charged to faculty 24 beginning with the spring 25 semester, and staff will use the ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 11 1 2 childcare center. 3 Number two, we will be 4 initiating a materials fee on a 5 sliding scale basis that will be 6 charged to everyone. 7 Number three, we will be 8 looking at -- and, also, I'll have 9 a recommendation for you for a 10 minimum number of hours that 11 participants will have to pay for 12 during the week. For example, it 13 might be 14 hours, 15 hours, 14 16 hours. If they use 12, they 15 would still pay for 16. This is a 16 common practice as we looked at 17 other centers, private centers 18 around the area. 19 Now, during this spring 20 semester of '07, a couple of 21 things we're going be looking at 22 related to the childcare centers. 23 Number one, the possibility of 24 adding a room to the Ammerman 25 campus. We're reaching capacity a ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 12 1 2 lot of the time, and we're going 3 to see if, two ways, 4 programmatically and financially 5 it makes sense to do that. In 6 addition, on the Grant campus, we 7 are also going to be looking at -- 8 there's a room there that's 9 underutilized, and we're going to 10 see if that room could be 11 reconfigured to possibly get 12 better utilization for the various 13 age groups. So there's a lot of 14 activity taking place and looking 15 at the childcare centers, making 16 sure that we use them to the best 17 of our ability to support our 18 students and support our faculty 19 and staff who want to use these 20 centers. 21 And, again, I want to say 22 to you, as I did in October, 23 programmatically, these are very 24 fine centers, both of them. 25 They're very, very good, and I get ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 13 1 2 that feedback from faculty and, 3 also, people who know this 4 particular business. So that's 5 where we are in terms of 6 childcare. 7 MR. OCHOA: Dr. Canniff, I 8 appreciate your report. 9 Especially because it impacts on 10 the notion that we are, in fact, 11 one college, and I think that's 12 related to the issue of the kind 13 of future we face in reference to 14 commencement, in terms of being 15 one college, one Board responsible 16 for the whole, and your report on 17 the Association's finances 18 reflects that kind of reality and 19 thinking. Specifically, though, 20 on the issue of childcare, what's 21 the status of that program at the 22 East End? The reason I ask the 23 question, my memory was jogged by 24 saying I thought it was declining 25 in population at that campus. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 14 1 2 MR. CANNIFF: It was, and 3 that center, I believe -- 4 MR. GATTA: Closed. 5 MR. CANNIFF: -- I'm going 6 to say, a year ago, closed. 7 MR. OCHOA: Okay. 8 MR. CANNIFF: So we only 9 have centers at the Ammerman 10 campus -- 11 MR. OCHOA: Right. 12 MR. CANNIFF: -- and at the 13 Grant campus. 14 MR. OCHOA: I know that I 15 would speak for my colleagues, the 16 issue of childcare is an important 17 issue if we are serious about 18 outreach to the community, 19 especially the adults and 20 returning adults. So your report 21 is appreciated, and I look forward 22 to continuous reports on the issue 23 of childcare for our family. 24 Thank you. 25 MR. GATTA: Any other ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 15 1 2 questions? 3 MR. MOORE: Any other 4 questions? 5 DR. PIPPINS: Dr. Canniff, 6 did you speak to the rationale 7 behind the increase in fee for 8 faculty? 9 MR. MOORE: Behind the 10 what? 11 MR. CANNIFF: The rationale 12 to increase the fee for faculty. 13 We also have been looking 14 at -- the goal financially for the 15 childcare center is to break even. 16 That's our goal. One of the ways 17 of looking at that goal is to 18 raise the fee for charge to 19 faculty and staff in a competitive 20 way. In other words, we've looked 21 at other centers and we've looked 22 at what they've charged, and this 23 is a competitive rate that we're 24 going to be recommending. It's 25 not an exorbitant rate. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 16 1 2 DR. PIPPINS: Isn't there a 3 difference in the way they're 4 reimbursed? 5 MR. CANNIFF: Yeah, the -- 6 DR. PIPPINS: That's the 7 point I was making. 8 MR. CANNIFF: I'm sorry. 9 The reimbursement from the State 10 university is for children of 11 students, not for children of 12 faculty. So the more that we 13 balance this, the more children of 14 faculty that we take, we're going 15 to get less of a reimbursement 16 from SUNY. Now, we have hired a 17 lot of faculty in the last three 18 or four years, young faculty who 19 come here with families and, you 20 know, they look at this -- when we 21 recruit faculty, one of the things 22 we talk to them about is the 23 availability of this high-quality 24 childcare, so we're trying to 25 balance both sides of this. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 17 1 2 Any other questions? 3 (No response.) 4 DR. PIPPINS: Thank you. 5 MR. MOORE: Thank you. 6 Now, at this point, we'll 7 entertain a motion to adjourn our 8 Board of Director's meeting of the 9 Association and return to our 10 Trustees meeting. 11 MR. TROTTA: So moved. 12 MR. HAZLITT: Second. 13 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 14 ALL: Aye. 15 MR. MOORE: Okay. John 16 Bullard is going to step in and 17 give us our college finance 18 reports. Chuck is not with us 19 today. 20 MR. BULLARD: Good morning. 21 MR. MOORE: Good morning, 22 John. 23 MR. BULLARD: Two things to 24 report to you. For the current 25 year, for '06/'07, our revenues ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 18 1 2 are still running about a million 3 dollars above budget. More than a 4 million dollars. That's primarily 5 due to our strong enrollment for 6 the fall and winter inter-session. 7 Still early for spring yet, so 8 we'll have to see, you know, where 9 that goes. But right now, we're 10 hopeful that that will be above 11 projection, also. 12 For expenditures, we're 13 currently on budget. The adjunct 14 overall are running a little bit 15 above budget, but the permanent 16 salaries, the savings there, are 17 more than making up for that. 18 The second thing to report 19 to you for '05/'06, last year, the 20 auditors are in right now 21 reviewing our records, and, 22 hopefully, another month or two 23 we'll have the financial 24 statements and official word from 25 our expenditures and revenue. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 19 1 2 Preliminarily, our expenditures 3 were about a million dollars below 4 budget last year, and our revenues 5 were about $700,000 below budget. 6 So we had a pretty good position 7 last year. 8 MR. MOORE: 700,000 below. 9 MR. BULLARD: Yes. And 10 that was due to less than 11 projected enrollment last fall. 12 DR. PIPPINS: We worked 13 really hard in turning that 14 around, but the initial proposal 15 projection that the spring might 16 be down, so I've held the line on 17 any hiring, additional hiring, 18 until I see what those spring 19 numbers look like, and that also 20 contributes to where we are 21 financially, because we were given 22 a number of positions in the 23 budget this year, but we were 24 given no additional money for 25 those positions. So I didn't ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 20 1 2 feel comfortable starting the 3 hiring process until I saw what 4 the enrollment numbers looked like 5 for the spring. And once we see 6 the enrollment numbers for the 7 spring, we will gradually take 8 another look at bringing on 9 additional personnel. 10 MR. MOORE: Any questions 11 on the financial part? 12 (No response.) 13 MR. MOORE: Thank you, 14 John. 15 Okay, my turn. A couple 16 items on my list of things to talk 17 about this morning. The first is 18 Board self-assessment, and you 19 have received, a couple times over 20 the last year, material describing 21 Board self-assessment and the 22 value of doing it, and, hopefully, 23 you're convinced of the value of 24 doing a Board self-assessment, and 25 with the help of Ilene, we put ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 21 1 2 together a proposed first cut at a 3 Board self-assessment survey to 4 talk about today. If you like it, 5 we'll put it in place, and we'll 6 work on it this winter and assess 7 ourselves, and if you don't like 8 it, we'll work on it this winter 9 and fix it and assess ourselves. 10 So you get the sense we're going 11 to do Board self-assessment, 12 right? 13 It's a good thing to do 14 because it forces you to stop and 15 look and see what you're doing, 16 how you're doing it, and how you 17 can do it better. You know, you 18 go up to the ACCT meetings and you 19 go t the NYCCT meetings, and you 20 listen to Middle States folks, and 21 everybody encourages us to do 22 this, and it's not just a process, 23 it's not just pushing papers, it's 24 -- I think it would be a valuable 25 tool, and we can focus on our ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 22 1 2 weaknesses and improve on our 3 strengths. 4 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: I 5 think it's excellent. 6 MR. OCHOA: Bill, on 7 Section 1, I would recommend that 8 we might have some indices there 9 added on the issue of government 10 relations and advocacy. 11 MR. MOORE: Okay. 12 MR. OCHOA: The court has 13 ruled on the matter of Plan C, and 14 it's a very serious matter before 15 the Board, and in the issue of 16 government, I believe we're going 17 to have a higher level of 18 accountability, not just to the 19 SUNY relationship, to my County 20 colleagues who have a partnership 21 with us now, and the accreditation 22 process. So the issue of 23 government, government relations, 24 advocacy, is a role that we've 25 taken seriously, and now, with the ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 23 1 2 support of the court on the Plan C 3 matter, it's a matter that's going 4 to be placed on the table with 5 even a higher level of importance 6 and measurable outcome. I think 7 if we could reflect that, that 8 would be my only recommendation in 9 Section 1. 10 MR. MOORE: That's doable. 11 We have great resources out there 12 where this was drawn from, and 13 we'll put our ladle back in the 14 well again, and we'll add to that. 15 Thank you. 16 With that being said, we'll 17 add some indices there, and this 18 will be out to you in January, and 19 the goal will be for us to assess 20 ourselves -- did I say our 21 February meeting in my memo -- 22 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: Yes. 23 MR. MOORE: -- or March? 24 February? Okay. 25 MR. OCHOA: You said ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 24 1 2 January. 3 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: 4 January. 5 MR. MOORE: January to -- 6 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: 7 February. 8 MR. MOORE: We'll hand out 9 our tool. We're going to add some 10 indices, as you recommended, and 11 we'll have this ready to 12 distribute to you at the January 13 meeting -- 14 MR. OCHOA: Okay. 15 MR. MOORE: -- with a 16 request that you have it all back 17 for discussion at our February 18 meeting. We'll have an open 19 discussion of what we're doing 20 right, and what we're doing wrong, 21 and what we can do better and go 22 from there. Okay? 23 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: I'm 24 sure people that are sitting here 25 on the steering committee will be ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 25 1 2 very happy to hear that. They can 3 report back. 4 DR. PIPPINS: She's 5 smiling. 6 MR. MOORE: Yes, the Middle 7 States folks will be very happy to 8 know that it is one of the 9 yardsticks they use to see how an 10 institution takes itself seriously 11 and advances this cause. 12 MR. TROTTA: I've already 13 assessed myself. Now I have to 14 reassess my assessment. 15 MR. MOORE: Wow. You were 16 quick. All right, good job. 17 We'll see if it changes. We're 18 going to add a few more questions 19 in Section 1, or points to engage. 20 The second item you have, 21 it's another thing highly 22 recommended when you go up to 23 the -- George Lance, I go up to 24 these seminars and take a whole 25 bunch of notes, come back with all ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 26 1 2 kinds of materials and they say, 3 He's going again. I'm happy to 4 say that we are a tremendously 5 ethical body. We have not had 6 anyone suggest that we are 7 otherwise. We don't have any 8 issues, and so we don't need this, 9 but it's appropriate 10 institutionally to have a code of 11 ethics and a policy formally in 12 place so that none of us will 13 stray from our appropriate course 14 of conduct, and any newcomer to 15 our Board will be given a heads up 16 right from the very beginning of 17 what's expected so that there's no 18 misunderstanding of what it is to 19 come on board as a Trustee. A 20 code of ethics and conduct like 21 this is appropriate to have, so. 22 MR. OCHOA: Is this the 23 first cut at a code of ethics for 24 this Board? 25 MR. MOORE: I think this ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 27 1 2 is -- where's my helper? I think 3 this is the second cut. A first 4 draft was kicked around, oh, six 5 or eight months ago at least. 6 Probably longer. 7 MR. OCHOA: My question 8 really goes to the issue of 9 history. Has there been a code of 10 ethics document before this Board 11 before? 12 MR. MOORE: I don't recall 13 one. No. 14 MR. OCHOA: It's not been 15 adopted before? 16 MR. MOORE: No. 17 MR. HAZLITT: It was 18 stolen, David. 19 MR. OCHOA: Well, I think 20 it's a great idea, especially in 21 terms of the growing role of 22 governances as Board members, so I 23 think it's imperative, and it's a 24 very good draft. 25 MR. HAZLITT: But you are ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 28 1 2 subject to a code of ethics, even 3 though you don't formally present 4 it. 5 MR. OCHOA: Well, you're 6 right, the ten commandments are 7 out there, Walter, but. 8 MR. MOORE: But this is a 9 State -- 10 MR. HAZLITT: Yes, you're 11 right. 12 MR. MOORE: -- requirement. 13 But this is worth doing, and I had 14 some really clever areas I'd like 15 to comment, but it's gone. 16 MR. HAZLITT: You lost it. 17 MR. MOORE: I lost it. You 18 know, it can't have been that 19 good. No, I know what it was. 20 Part and parcel of having Board 21 assessment and the tools and the 22 questions it asks to think of 23 yourself as a Board member and as 24 a Board itself and a code of 25 ethics and a policy manual we have ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 29 1 2 is going to be a package we're 3 going to do for new Trustee 4 orientation. The student Trustees 5 have worked to put together over 6 the last couple Trustees, through 7 their cycle, getting the Trustee a 8 leg up. That poor soul has one 9 year to figure out what we have 10 either seven or nine years to get 11 squared away. So the orientation 12 for the new Trustee is critical, 13 and I'm so glad that's up and 14 progressing, and we're going to do 15 the same for ourselves, because as 16 Walter is happy to say, it takes 17 at least a year to find the 18 bathrooms on the campuses, let 19 alone understand the budget 20 process, and the contracts and all 21 the kinds of things that we're 22 expected to know, so as part of 23 being a more professional Board -- 24 MR. TROTTA: That's a great 25 idea. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 30 1 2 MR. MOORE: -- it's all 3 going to blend in. There's some 4 great material. Sal, in his day, 5 gave me a tremendous input on the 6 Board of governance. It's a model 7 that I have jumped on big time and 8 really try and use, and I think 9 that book can be something we'd 10 hand out to Trustees so they 11 really get an understanding of how 12 they fit as part of the Board, our 13 institution and part of the whole 14 system of doing it, so. It's all 15 very exciting. 16 If you have any comments on 17 this ethics and conflict of 18 interest policy, get them to us; 19 otherwise, we'll present that for 20 adoption at the January meeting as 21 well. 22 MR. HAZLITT: Final 23 comment. On my reappointment, I 24 had to sign an affidavit that I 25 read the State code of ethics, and ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 31 1 2 that being, I would say, a 3 superior jurisdiction, we would be 4 more bound by that than anything 5 we do here by ourselves. 6 MR. OCHAO: That's right. 7 Yes. 8 MR. MOORE: Unless ours is 9 more restrictive. 10 MR. HAZLITT: Unless ours 11 is more restrictive. 12 MR. OCHOA: Have we 13 reviewed that in relation to this? 14 MR. MOORE: Ilene, do we 15 have any conflicts there? 16 MR. OCHOA: Some maybe we 17 should. 18 MR. MOORE: That wraps up 19 my report. Any other issues 20 around the table that Trustees 21 want to share with one another or 22 with the community at large? 23 MS. WARE: I just would 24 like to make a comment. 25 MR. MOORE: Sure. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 32 1 2 MS. WARE: I'd like to 3 thank the Board for taking to 4 heart what was mentioned about the 5 concern that the student 6 government had at the three 7 colleges. I saw one of the 8 college students address the fact 9 that safety is now on board about 10 enforcing the 50-foot smoking law 11 for the buildings, and I actually 12 had two calls from students who 13 were just well-wishers and also 14 saying that they've noticed how 15 safety is taking that seriously. 16 And they were happy about that, 17 so. 18 MR. TROTTA: That's great. 19 MS. WARE: Yes. 20 MR. MOORE: Any other 21 issues, burning or otherwise, you 22 want to share? 23 (No response.) 24 MR. MOORE: No? Okay. 25 Dr. Pippins, it's all ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 33 1 2 yours. 3 DR. PIPPINS: Two reports, 4 both of importance of new, 5 exciting development for the 6 campus and, George, would you just 7 talk a little bit about the dual 8 enrollment, please? 9 MR. TVELIA: Sure. 10 DR. PIPPINS: George 11 Tvelia, I'm sorry. 12 MR. TVELIA: Good morning. 13 I'm George Tvelia, and I'm the 14 associate dean for faculty 15 professional advancement. It's my 16 privilege to lead the charge on 17 our dual enrollment program this 18 year. We've named our dual 19 enrollment program the Excelsior 20 Program. Are you familiar with 21 dual enrollment? 22 MR. MOORE: Give us a 23 reminder -- 24 MR. TVELIA: Dual -- 25 MR. MOORE: We should know, ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 34 1 2 but -- 3 MR. TVELIA: Dual 4 enrollment programs are designed 5 so high school students can take 6 college courses onsite at their 7 high school and get credit for 8 both the college course and high 9 school credit at the same time. 10 It's really designed for seniors 11 in high school, because college 12 bound students that are in the 13 regents track who are also active 14 in band or chorus or other 15 extracurricular activities 16 oftentimes, by their senior year, 17 have satisfied nearly all of their 18 units for graduation. Many of you 19 probably were in that same case 20 when you were seniors in high 21 school, and I know in my case, my 22 senior year all I needed was 23 English to graduate, and for the 24 first time in all my high school 25 career I was faced with a series ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 35 1 2 of study halls one after another 3 to fill out the day. And so when 4 I graduated I really was not 5 prepared for college activity the 6 following semester because I 7 partied too hard my senior year. 8 So dual enrollment programs 9 are really designed for those 10 seniors and allow them to then 11 take some more rigorous electives 12 during their senior year with the 13 hopes that they'll be well 14 prepared come fall for college 15 work. So what we did, we had a 16 meeting in early October, and we 17 invited all the high schools to 18 join us to announce the Excelsior 19 Program. We had 20-some odd 20 districts that came to our 21 meeting, and we presented the 22 program to them, and they were 23 very excited about getting 24 involved in our program, so we 25 knew we had to give them a year's ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 36 1 2 advanced notice for budgetary 3 planning. And so our program was 4 designed to begin in the fall, and 5 we have several schools who are 6 very excited and talking directly 7 with me in terms of getting their 8 courses ready for the fall to 9 enroll their students in Suffolk 10 courses. East End schools have 11 been very active in this 12 conversation, and very, very 13 interested, and they're now 14 developing courses for us in 15 conjunction with our courses. 16 Students that would be 17 eligible for this program in the 18 high schools are students that 19 have a B average or better in the 20 discipline that they'll be taking 21 with us or students who are 22 underperforming, below that B 23 average, but the high school 24 instructors and principals know 25 that they're capable of doing ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 37 1 2 college work and they recommend 3 students to enroll in these 4 programs will also be accepted. 5 There's tremendous benefits for 6 the students. Better preparation 7 for college work by the time they 8 graduate. The really good 9 students can actually achieve 10 almost a semester's worth of 11 college credit. It's not uncommon 12 for students to graduate from high 13 school with 12 or 18 college 14 credits in these enrollment 15 programs. And that saves them, 16 the household, a semester's worth 17 of tuition, which is a big 18 savings. 19 The other benefit is to us, 20 and that benefit is we're very 21 confident that when we get 22 students enrolled in these 23 programs and they become a Suffolk 24 student, they will have a Suffolk 25 ID card, and we invite them to ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 38 1 2 come to our campuses, they will 3 see the tremendous resources we 4 have and they'll make Suffolk 5 their first choice to go for the 6 first two years, and then complete 7 their associate degree with us. 8 So we're very confident about this 9 program. It has tremendous 10 potential. Syracuse University is 11 the leader nationwide in this 12 program. They began dual 13 enrollment programs in the 1970s, 14 and Syracuse has 6,000 high school 15 students nationwide who have been 16 involved in this program. It's a 17 tremendous program. 18 We hope, over the course of 19 another five years, that this 20 program will be very poplar and 21 successful for stressing that 22 partnership with the high schools. 23 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: 24 Could you tell me what other 25 schools, high schools that are ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 39 1 2 involved, that are interested in 3 the program? 4 MR. TVELIA: Hampton Bays, 5 Southold, Mattituck, Bayport, 6 Bluepoint, Sayville. Those 7 districts I've met with and 8 discussed all the details 9 necessary to get involved in the 10 program. We're actively in 11 discussions. 12 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: My 13 other point to you is that -- 14 well, yes, we just started a 15 partnership with the Brentwood 16 High School or Suffolk County 17 Community College, and I believe 18 -- it's not the dual enrollment, 19 it's more of a part of the honor's 20 society piece, as well as -- 21 MR. TVELIA: Right. 22 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: You 23 know, they just have 25 students. 24 MR. TVELIA: Correct. 25 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: In ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 40 1 2 the spring semester, actually in 3 January, hopefully, we're going to 4 be starting this partnership with 5 the East Islip High School. The 6 reason I mention that was because 7 there's one student at East Islip 8 High School that I'm aware of that 9 he said he was to graduate, and if 10 he passes all his other classes, 11 he doesn't have the -- I don't 12 think he's going to still to be 13 able to graduate. Not unless he 14 meets college credits. So what 15 you're saying is that this program 16 is actually going to start in the 17 fall of next year 2007, not in 18 January? 19 MR. TVELIA: We're building 20 new pilot programs in the spring, 21 so -- 22 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: 23 That's what I'm saying. 24 MR. TVELIA: If your friend 25 would like to make contact with ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 41 1 2 me, we can get into some 3 discussion and see what's 4 necessary to -- 5 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: 6 Right, right now, it's somebody 7 that's in East Islip High School. 8 MR. TVELIA: Okay. 9 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: 10 Okay. But you are willing to do 11 that -- 12 MR. TVELIA: Oh, 13 absolutely. Absolutely. So to 14 get the students registered, so 15 that would help me if you could 16 get that. 17 MR. TROTTA: There are high 18 schools now that are 19 participating, correct? 20 MR. TVELIA: No. 21 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: Not 22 in the dual enrollment. 23 MR. TVELIA: Not in dual 24 enrollment, yes. We have bridge 25 programs which we offer high ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 42 1 2 schools. 3 MR. GATTA: The thing that 4 distinguishes a dual enrollment is 5 this. The course is tried by a 6 faculty member in the high school 7 in conjunction with a faculty 8 member in one of our departments, 9 if it's English or if it's 10 mathematics. The other types of 11 programs that we have, for 12 example, with Bay Shore, they 13 physically bring the students to 14 the Grant campus. That course is 15 taught by a Suffolk County 16 Community College faculty member. 17 In the program with Bell Port that 18 we had a couple of years ago, 19 seniors came to this campus and 20 took courses as part of their 21 senior year, again, getting back 22 to the point that George made, of 23 enriching the senior year. So we 24 have a variety of -- 25 MR. TROTTA: Does that ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 43 1 2 program exist, then, with Bell 3 Port? 4 MR. TVELIA: I don't know 5 where -- I think it does. 6 MR. TROTTA: Okay. Because 7 I was told by the high school, 8 when I was complaining that they 9 weren't participating, they sent 10 me an e-mail and said they had 11 about 15 students and I was 12 floored. 13 MR. TVELIA: Yes. It's a 14 small number. 15 MR. TROTTA: Pleasantly. 16 MR. TVELIA: We have from 17 Three Village. And also on the 18 Grant campus there's a major 19 program with Deer Park High 20 School, where they're bringing 21 students in again, and they're 22 taking courses with other college 23 students. These programs are 24 beginning to expand, and that's 25 why I'm very excited about this ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 44 1 2 other part of this dual enrollment 3 program, which exists in many 4 community colleges across the 5 state. 6 DR. PIPPINS: George has 7 really taken the leadership in 8 terms of putting this new 9 initiative on that. Remember, 10 this is part of the most recent 11 union negotiation that we 12 completed. We've worked out a way 13 to move this concept forward 14 involving our faculty. George was 15 responsible for making all of that 16 stuff come together. He's done a 17 really, really fine job. And it's 18 important for us because what's 19 happening is other schools are 20 coming into Suffolk and offering 21 this dual enrollment and drawing 22 students and enrollments from the 23 college. Theoretically, at the 24 state level, in order for a school 25 to come in and offer a program, ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 45 1 2 they have to ask me is it okay. 3 Well, when we didn't have a 4 structure for doing it ourselves, 5 we couldn't say anything, but now 6 that George is moving forward with 7 that, I plan to say no and see if 8 we can offer it ourselves. 9 So with the support of our 10 faculty -- George can tell you 11 more about that. Do you want to 12 talk a little bit about that? 13 MR. TVELIA: Well, with the 14 agreement with the faculty 15 association with the dual 16 enrollment, we have what we call a 17 faculty sponsor who would be 18 assigned to work with the high 19 school teacher that would be 20 teaching the course. So, for 21 example, Mattituck is looking at 22 geology and astronomy to offer 23 come the fall. And so my job is 24 then to hook them up with a 25 faculty member who can then guide ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 46 1 2 them in terms of what is required 3 in the course, the resources that 4 are needed for those particular 5 courses and all the other 6 standards that are necessary in 7 that department and help that 8 department for the faculty member. 9 And it's not that the sponsor will 10 be sitting in all the classes, but 11 they're a mentor, and they're 12 really engaging in dialogue with 13 the high school teacher in terms 14 of how to teach that college 15 course, according to our 16 standards. 17 And this is not uncommon 18 with our partnerships with the 19 high schools. One of the things I 20 found out when I was assistant 21 dean of science over at the 22 eastern campus. Oftentimes, the 23 high school teachers that I was 24 hiring for mathematics, for 25 example, always came into my ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 47 1 2 office after class to discuss the 3 great things that happened in 4 their class. I was getting a 5 great amount of dialogue going on 6 by their interaction with me, and 7 I was able, then, to bring to the 8 department and so we can have some 9 real conversation about academics. 10 And this is another benefit of the 11 dual enrollment program, bringing 12 the high school faculty together 13 with the college faculty to really 14 talk about the art of teaching, 15 and it works. 16 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: If 17 you have a high school and some of 18 the cost factors -- 19 MR. TROTTA: It's hard. 20 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: It's 21 hard. 22 MR. TVELIA: The high 23 schools truly are struggling at 24 the moment, because they do have 25 to build it into their budget. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 48 1 2 Books have become an issue. Who's 3 going to pay for the books? So 4 there's discussion about that. In 5 the case of geology, for example, 6 at the East End school, it's 7 become an issue because they need 8 to have all the resources that we 9 have here to offer to teach the 10 course. So I had to send them a 11 complete list of all the specimens 12 to purchase to allow that course 13 to work. So the budget is 14 definitely a problem. 15 MR. HAZLITT: Bottom line 16 question is, the local school 17 district bears the expense -- 18 MR. TVELIA: Yes. Except 19 the tuition. The tuition is paid 20 by the students. That's the real 21 benefit in this program. We're 22 offering three credit courses in 23 the dual enrollment for a tuition 24 of $150, which is a little bit 25 greater than one third of the cost ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 49 1 2 for students on campus, onsite 3 here. So it's a tremendous 4 benefit for the high school 5 seniors, juniors to get involved 6 in this program, because they can 7 really save a lot of money. 8 Any other questions? Great 9 program. I'm very happy to be 10 leading it, and I'm sure it's 11 going to be very successful five 12 or six years away. 13 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: 14 Excellent. 15 MR. TVELIA: Thank you. 16 DR. PIPPINS: Another piece 17 of it, as you will see, is a 18 little wrinkle that Ellen and I 19 have worked out once we feel 20 comfortable that the faculty are 21 moving forward and the high 22 schools are going to be teaching 23 the courses at the appropriate 24 level, those same mentors will be 25 available to work with adjuncts, ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 50 1 2 and that's an area we had concerns 3 in terms of support for the larger 4 of adjuncts that we have. I think 5 in a sense, we have a national 6 model here. I don't know anybody 7 else that's done what we came up 8 with on the subsequent necessary 9 spot, and we'll watch that to see 10 how that kind of develops as we 11 move forward. 12 MR. MOORE: Sounds 13 exciting. Thank you, George. 14 DR. PIPPINS: Jim, you want 15 to come forward and talk about the 16 October meeting. 17 MR. CANNIFF: At the 18 October meeting, the Trustees were 19 asked to have a report on our 20 efforts with articulation with 21 four-year colleges and 22 universities, and we have a -- we 23 look at this in a pretty 24 comprehensive way. I've prepared 25 a PowerPoint for you, and I'll ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 51 1 2 give each of the Board members a 3 copy of the PowerPoint at the 4 conclusion. 5 We have four types of 6 agreements. There are 7 articulation agreements, joint 8 admissions, jointly registered 9 programs and a unified program, 10 and I'll explain them. The 11 articulation agreements are 12 institution to institution. 13 Suffolk to Stony Brook, student 14 graduates from Suffolk, good 15 academic standing, goes to Stony 16 Brook, all of their credits are 17 applied towards a degree. 18 Joint admissions. Use 19 Stony Brook again. Student comes 20 to Suffolk County Community 21 College and knows when they walk 22 in this door that they would like 23 to go to Stony Brook. We have a 24 joint admissions arrangement with 25 them so that they will get -- the ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 52 1 2 student will get -- when they get 3 their letter admitting them to 4 Suffolk County Community College, 5 they will also get a letter from 6 Stony Brook indicating that they 7 will be admitted there upon 8 successful completion of their 9 work here at Suffolk County 10 Community College. Now, the good 11 thing about this joint admissions 12 is during the time that the 13 student is here, they receive 14 counseling and advice from the 15 four-year college that they are 16 going to enter. 17 MR. TROTTA: How does that 18 happen? On our campus or -- 19 MR. CANNIFF: They put -- 20 yes, on our campus. In other 21 words, they send their counselors 22 over. 23 Jointly registered programs 24 are programs that are involved 25 with teacher certification. Any ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 53 1 2 program that involves licensure by 3 the State has to be jointly 4 registered. The most prominent 5 one that we have is with 6 St. Joseph's College, and we send 7 a significant number of students 8 to St. Joseph's College. When a 9 student comes in here and enrolls 10 in the early child study program, 11 they know the exact requirements 12 that we have, but they also know 13 the requirements for St. Joseph's, 14 and they go directly from here 15 into St. Joseph's, they do their 16 internship. And, of course, 17 St. Joseph's is very happy with 18 us. I mean, I was over there in a 19 meeting, and I said, "Well, how 20 large is your teacher education 21 program?" And the dean over there 22 said to me, "800," and she said, 23 "500 of them are your students." 24 So we send a significant number of 25 students over to that institution. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 54 1 2 And they have a very high quality 3 program. They're viewed by the 4 school districts very fondly. 5 A unified program is where 6 we get together with the 7 institution and we, in essence, 8 say, "First two years, here's 9 what's going to happen at Suffolk 10 County Community College. Last 11 two years, here's what's going to 12 happen at Stony Brook or at 13 Oneonta." And we publish the 14 eight semesters. The four years 15 the student knows right from the 16 beginning. Now, the important 17 part of this program is that 18 neither institution can make a 19 change without talking to the 20 other, and, again, that's a good 21 protection for our students. So 22 that's another one of our 23 programs. 24 How do we manage these 25 programs? Priscilla Jackson, who ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 55 1 2 is my assistant, chairs the 3 articulation committee, and on 4 that committee is our dean for 5 enrollment management, our 6 associate dean for curriculum 7 assessment, transfer counselors. 8 Now, we have a full-time transfer 9 counselor on each campus so that 10 if John Smith, who is at the Grant 11 campus and decides that he would 12 like to go SUNY purchase, we have 13 an individual on there that is 14 very familiar with these 15 agreements, and, also, they get 16 information from admissions 17 counselors. Now, one point I want 18 to make is this. We take a lot of 19 time with these agreements, and 20 when I say that, here's what I 21 mean. Hofstra, for example, wants 22 to come in and do a joint program 23 in accounting. We require that 24 our faculty and their faculty sit 25 down and talk about what they're ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 56 1 2 teaching, what the curriculum is. 3 What happens, typically, is we do 4 a visit here, and then we do a 5 visit at the institution, at the 6 transfer institution. We find 7 that this is very, very important 8 to get that faculty to faculty 9 discussion. 10 Now, another part of this 11 that's important, one of the 12 things that we've discovered is 13 that when you talk about 14 influences in terms of where a 15 student transfers, faculty have a 16 great deal of influence about 17 where students transfer. They get 18 a lot of questions from students 19 about where to go. For example, 20 when I was teaching my management 21 course in the evening and it would 22 come around April, students would 23 say to me, "Well, I want to go on 24 in management, where could I go?" 25 If they go to Hofstra, faculty get ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 57 1 2 a lot of those questions. We have 3 agreements. These are some of the 4 agreements, and I'll just show you 5 Stony Brook's. No, that's not the 6 one. Stony Brook's -- 7 technology's great when it works. 8 When it doesn't, we have to print 9 a copy for you, so don't worry 10 about it. 11 Anyway, what the slide will 12 show you are the different 13 programs that we have with Stony 14 Brook. I'll go on to the next. 15 These are some of the agreements 16 that we have with private 17 colleges. Delphi we're very, very 18 active with. In fact, there was a 19 luncheon yesterday with Delphi and 20 our transfer counselors. You can 21 see LLU and Queens College, Paul 22 Smith, those are just -- St. 23 John's is another one where we 24 have agreements. Okay, next. 25 And, again, how do students learn ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 58 1 2 about these? There's transfer 3 counselors on each campus, again, 4 the faculty, we have college 5 fairs, we have a transfer 6 brochure, which I believe you have 7 a copy of in your packets. Also, 8 we have a transfer Web site on our 9 Web page where students can go and 10 find out a lot of information 11 about where they can transfer. 12 And just to let you know in 13 terms of what we're doing now, 14 currently, we've got agreements in 15 various stages with Cornell. I 16 just met with the associate vice 17 president from Fordham about three 18 weeks ago. They came up to talk 19 with us about liberal arts. St. 20 Francis College, Fredonia. We 21 even had an inquiry from the 22 Netherlands about our culinary 23 program, doing internships over 24 there. 25 Where do our students ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 59 1 2 mostly go? Stony Brook is the top 3 institution to which our students 4 transfer. That should not be any 5 surprise to anybody in this room. 6 St. Joseph's is the second. And 7 going down the line to Dowling 8 Sunny in Westbury and variety of 9 colleges. 10 Okay, I'll answer any 11 questions that anybody has about 12 transfer agreements and that 13 process. 14 MR. OCHOA: When was the 15 last time we issued a press 16 release on this -- on something 17 like this? And maybe it's 18 something that we might consider 19 doing, the issue of just 20 celebrating the achievement and 21 good things. And a lot of times 22 we do it in a defensive fashion. 23 It could be a moment that we take 24 a moment to move forward on. Just 25 a suggestion. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 60 1 2 MR. CANNIFF: No, I think 3 it's a good suggestion. In the 4 past, we have had president to 5 president signings and have a 6 photo opportunity for that, and 7 that could lead to a press 8 release, but that's a good 9 suggestion, because it's another 10 way for us to talk about Suffolk 11 County Community College and our 12 successes and where our students 13 would go when they leave here. 14 MR. OCHOA: It certainly 15 fits with the notion of our goal 16 of academic excellence, and it's 17 just a building block. 18 The other item is to you, 19 Mr. Chairman. This is something 20 that I've thought about in the 21 past and I've not shared it, and I 22 don't know -- because of time 23 constraints that we have, but 24 there might be some wisdom to this 25 Board on entertaining the ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 61 1 2 possibility of Board to Board 3 meetings, even on a social basis, 4 with Boards, other Boards of 5 Directors in our community, Boards 6 of Trustees. I know that Dr. Hill 7 at St. Joseph must have a sense of 8 appreciation for the pipeline that 9 we've established. 10 MR. MOORE: Interesting 11 idea. 12 MR. OCHOA: It's a Board to 13 Board moment. There's a new 14 president at Dowling, who's very 15 familiar with the mission of this 16 college, having been the chief 17 executive of -- 18 MR. MOORE: That was in 19 today's paper, or yesterday's 20 paper, I think, yes. 21 MR. OCHOA: So there's that 22 Board. And I know we don't need 23 another assignment, but just a 24 thought about a moment in the life 25 of this Board to meeting with ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 62 1 2 other colleagues, other peers. It 3 would be harder to do at Stony 4 Brook because that's a statewide 5 government structure, but just a 6 suggestion. 7 MR. MOORE: Interesting 8 idea. 9 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: I 10 would say Nassau County Community 11 College as well. 12 MR. MOORE: Great idea, 13 David. Thank you. 14 Thank you, Dr. Canniff. 15 Appreciate the update. 16 DR. PIPPINS: Just quickly, 17 George, can you give us the most 18 recent on A-fact. 19 MR. TVELIA: Gratefully 20 give this report. For the past 21 six months, as we were attempting 22 to have the capitol budget 23 appropriating resolution 24 appropriated, which takes an act 25 of the County Legislature, in the ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 63 1 2 process of moving that forward, 3 there was some issues raised by a 4 local trade union within the 5 region about the facility, and the 6 resolution was tabled for a while, 7 and then it was withdrawn, and 8 then we convinced the executive 9 to resubmit it for legislature, 10 which he did. There was a proviso 11 included within that resolution 12 that required a memorandum of 13 understanding between the college 14 and the trade union prior to the 15 expenditure of any funds on the 16 construction of the facility. We 17 did have several meetings with the 18 County Executive labor 19 representative within his office 20 and, also, the labor commissioner 21 of the County with the union, and 22 we had great support from the 23 industry and our partner the 24 Institute of Long Island and a 25 number of contractors. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 64 1 2 We discussed it in front of 3 the legislature a number of times 4 and, again, we had great 5 representation from the industry 6 from many of the largest, all 7 which are unionized, and many of 8 their members work for this 9 particular union that had the 10 concerns. And to make a long 11 story short, within the past two 12 weeks we've received a signed 13 memorandum of agreement with this 14 union, which basically says that 15 our program is not an 16 apprenticeship program, and, in 17 fact, it isn't. It is not a 18 pre-apprenticeship program, it is 19 an educational program, and at 20 this point, we are now poised to 21 move forward. The facility is in 22 design, and at this point, once 23 the design's complete, we can fit 24 it and move forward with 25 construction. ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 65 1 2 DR. PIPPINS: When George 3 brought this in, all these 4 documents come by my desk, and I 5 do try and -- I read them, but 6 when I saw this, I said to George, 7 "This is not a routine exam," 8 because getting this agreement 9 with the union leader situation 10 was no small act. I think many 11 people thought it wouldn't happen, 12 and George was just masterful in 13 moving it forward. The first 14 renditions we got back were not 15 something we could live with, and 16 I want to just thank George and 17 congratulate him for this final 18 step of that process, and now we 19 really can move that building 20 forward, so. 21 (Applause.) 22 DR. PIPPINS: That 23 concludes the president's report. 24 MR. MOORE: Okay. Do we 25 have anything for executive ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 66 1 2 session at this point? I don't 3 think so. 4 Yes, we do. I've got a 5 note here. As you all recall, our 6 bylaws provide for public 7 participation, and we've had a 8 request from Phyllis Steffek to 9 address the Board for a couple 10 moments. So with that -- 11 MS. STEFFEK: I'm just here 12 because the Dolton Food Company 13 that has been contracted by 14 Suffolk County Community College 15 has totally ignored us as a new 16 shop, totally ignored giving us 17 any food to us, including medical 18 benefits, which have become a big 19 issue. We also filed a 20 discriminatory letter with the 21 NAACP. One black lady who worked 22 for us, was out no more than any 23 other white person and she was let 24 go. In fact, she attends the same 25 church as Dr. Pippins, and I think ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 67 1 2 she was going to speak to you at 3 one time, but I don't know if she 4 did. 5 We've also had illegals 6 working for us. That was last 7 year. Lovely people. I never 8 said a word about it. This year, 9 we have somebody on disability, 10 full disability being paid with or 11 without checks. The union, 1102, 12 has worked drastically to try and 13 get Mr. Yamali to come to some 14 kind of agreement, and it has 15 failed totally. The employees 16 there, as you can tell, need 17 medical insurance and much of them 18 are really hurting very bad. Mr. 19 Yamali just can't seem to move on 20 it, and that has been a real 21 problem for us. So we came here 22 asking your help to see if you can 23 move Mr. Yamali into some kind of 24 decent contract for us. It's been 25 over a year of nothing for us, and ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 68 1 2 that's what I've come to ask, and 3 I thank you. 4 MR. MOORE: Thank you. 5 MR. OCHOA: Mr. Chairman, I 6 am very concerned, as a Board 7 member, of the workplace 8 conditions for all of our 9 employees, and I'm equally 10 concerned about our relationships 11 with venders, so I appreciate very 12 much your report, and please know 13 that we take your report very 14 seriously, and we'll find ways to 15 make sure that we remain informed, 16 and your taking time to be here 17 today to share your views is 18 important. I want to thank you. 19 MR. MOORE: Thank you. I 20 don't believe we have anything for 21 executive session. That being 22 said, looks like the next thing on 23 our agenda is a tour. 24 (Whereupon, this proceeding 25 was concluded at: 10:37 a.m.) ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753 69 1 2 C E R T I F I C A T E 3 4 I, MICHELLE SCOTTI, a Notary Public in 5 and for the State of New York, do hereby 6 certify: 7 THAT the witness whose testimony is 8 hereinbefore set forth, was duly sworn by me; 9 and 10 THAT the within transcript is a true 11 record of the testimony given by said witness. 12 I further certify that I am not related, 13 either by blood or marriage, to any of the 14 parties in this action; and 15 THAT I am in no way interested in the 16 outcome of this matter. 17 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set 18 my hand this 14th day of December, 2006. 19 20 21 22 MICHELLE SCOTTI 23 24 25 ACCURATE COURT REPORTING SERVICES, INC., 631-331-3753