Prologue
There are a number of very exciting
things happening at Gila Community College that I believe the tax payers of the
county should know. The local newspaper has not been reporting most of these
historic happenings. Since
they are important to the educational future of this community, I am making
this effort to inform you of these and future happenings.
Now a Step Backwards
By Tom Loeffler
GCC Board Member
The last article on Gila Community College’s
progress referred to the three steps needed to become an independent community
college. But today we talk about a step backwards.
The GCC Governing Board had scheduled their May meeting for
Thursday, May 16, 2013. This schedule was set at the January organizational
meeting. Two days before the May 16th meeting the board president,
Larry Stephenson, had to cancel the meeting because the three board members
from the Globe area all had doctor’s appointments and could not make the
meeting.
Now each of the three board members knew of the date and
offered no excuse at the April board meeting. Because there are only five
members to the board, a quorum of three members are required to be present to
transact any business or vote on any proposal.
Items that were to be covered at the meeting were:
Accreditation, New Policies, Tuition Research, Search for College Lobbyist and
the 2013-14 School Budget. One or more of these items may have prompted one or
more of the Globe members to schedule a doctor's appointment rather than have
to vote on a particular item.
Several of the agenda items are necessary to begin the
accreditation process and the meeting cancellation will now delay the process.
Once the accreditation process is started the college has only two years to
complete the first step of the process. If not completed the funds devoted to
the process would be lost.
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