Journalism Association of Community Colleges Board of Directors Summer Meeting June 14, 2008: 12:30-6:30 p.m. June 15, 2008: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Lake Tahoe, Calif.
SUMMARY
- The JACC Board of Directors, on the Tuesday prior to this meeting, in keeping with the JACC constitution, voted to remove the NorCal student president due to non-performance of duties. The student vice president had admitted to plagiarizing and fabrication in his campus newspaper. The vice president position is now open, and the state student president and the SoCal vice president will be responsible for finding a replacement.
- Cameron is looking into moving the JACC database to a commercial server from its current location at Los Medanos College. The cost will probably run about $1,000 a year. Cameron is re-working the database, moving it from Filemaker 5 to Filemaker 9.
- College Publisher, which many JACC colleges use as a template for their Web sites, has a new version of its software, and it will take about a year to install at all colleges. No JACC colleges have the new software yet.
- The annual convention will be held at the Doubletree in Sacramento in 2009, 2011 and 2013. It will be held at the Wilshire Grand in L.A. 2010. The location for the 2012 convention is open, but will take place in southern California, perhaps in Burbank or Ontario.
- The next meeting of RJE (Rethinking Journalism Education) will be at Cal Berkeley, Oct. 10
- The NorCal regional conference will be at SJSU on Oct. 11. The SoCal regional conference will be at Fullerton State on Nov. 14-15. The faculty conference and Blue Heron pre-conference will be held at the Inn at Morro Bay on Jan 23, 24, 24.
- No action was taken on a perceived behavior violation at the 2008 state convention since convention leaders were unable to confirm whether there had been a violation.
- The final budget for the convention is not yet complete; Poeppelman said that it will probably break even. Cameron said it was important to set a cut-off date for the budget, with a carryover to the next fiscal year.
- The board discussed how Team Feature 2.0 (multimedia) worked out at the state convention and decided to try it again next year. Poeppelman addressed other concerns about the convention.
- The board discussed the importance of members of the board serving staggered terms for continuity. One option is for one of the presidents to serve for three years for one time only. This would have to go to the General Assembly for approval.
- At the convention, the NorCal faculty voted to asked the board to reconsider the equity of both regionals paying an equal surcharge, since NorCal is smaller than SoCal. Edwards will discuss this with the SoCal members.
- The board adopted a policy about publicizing names of colleges in the event of behavior violations at the convention. If there is a violation, the name of the college and number of students will be identified in the minutes. If the investigation is ongoing, the region will be identified. If no violation has been found, no identification will be given.
- New procedures for students elections were set in place.
- The board will appoint a parliamentarian to over see student meetings.
- There will be a presentation on the bicentennial year of the Latino press at the regional conferences.
- Seidel will create a JACC how-to manual.
- The board will bring to a General Assembly vote three changes to the JAC constitution, clarifying reasons for removing members for the board of directors, requiring directors to adhere to the JACC Canons of Journalism, and clarifying how member schools may remove officers. The board voted to change the word "endorses" to "adopts" in regard to JACCs relationship to the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists.
- The board acknowledged that some faculty have concerns that the state student president has access to the faculty listserv, and they reaffirmed the importance of the student president having access.
- Edwards volunteered to be the "Loose End Coordinator" at the end of the next state convention.
- The board will pursue grant opportunities for JACC.
MINUTES
Present: State Faculty President Jay Seidel (Fullerton College) State Student President Ali Kirkham (Fullerton College) NorCal Faculty VP Dympna Ugwu-Oju (Fresno City College) SoCal Faculty VP Danny Edwards (Bakersfield College) SoCal Student VP Aaron Dobruck (El Camino College) Communications Director and JACC of All Trades Rich Cameron (Cerritos College) Events Coordinator Timi Poeppelman (CSU Sacramento) Secretary Beth Grobman (De Anza College)
Absent: Treasurer: Melissa Korber (Las Positas) NorCal Student VP (vacant)
- Call to Order Seidel called the meeting to order. Edwards/Ugwu-Oju moved to approve the April 2008 JACC Board of Directors minutes. Minutes approved.
- Reports
- State Faculty Report (Seidel) On Tuesday prior to this meeting, the Board of Directors, in keeping with the JACC constitution, voted by e-mail to remove the NorCal student vice president due to non-performance of duties. The vote was 4-1-1. The Nor Cal student vice president had admitted to plagiarizing and fabrication in the April 16, 2008 issue of the Fresno College campus newspaper. Several JACC members had asked the board to take action on this matter, and the JACC faculty president consulted with legal counsel before taking action. Student officers will need to fill the vacancy.
- State Student Report (Kirkham) Kirkham will bring up a proposal to clarify student elections. Students had contacted her with their concerns about the state convention since there were no evaluations at the convention and no place for comments about the convention on the Web site. A main (and usual) concern was not enough comments from judges on the judging sheets. Since some of the judging sheets were blank, there was a concern from students that the entries weren't seen by judges. Kirkham suggested that if judges don't have time for comments, that at least the judging sheets get initialed so students can see that their entries were judged.
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- State Faculty Report (Seidel) On Tuesday prior to this meeting, the Board of Directors, in keeping with the JACC constitution, voted by e-mail to remove the NorCal student vice president due to non-performance of duties. The vote was 4-1-1. The Nor Cal student vice president had admitted to plagiarizing and fabrication in the April 16, 2008 issue of the Fresno College campus newspaper. Several JACC members had asked the board to take action on this matter, and the JACC faculty president consulted with legal counsel before taking action. Student officers will need to fill the vacancy.
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