NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Special Meeting
Monday, November 1, 2004
6:00 p.m., Great Lakes Campus, Hagerty Center, Conference Room D

CALL TO ORDER
The special meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chair Cheryl Follette.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The agenda was approved on a motion by Elaine Wood, seconded by Jack Stegenga.

PUBLIC INPUT
There was no public input.

NAME ACTING SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Elaine Wood made a motion, seconded by Ted Mattis, that Jack Stegenga be named Acting Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the special meeting on Monday, November 1, 2004. Motion passed.

RESOLUTION TO EXEMPT TAXES
Ross Childs made a motion, seconded by Ted Mattis, that the resolution to opt out/exempt Northwestern Michigan College taxes from the Downtown Development Authority district proposed by Acme Township be adopted as presented. Motion passed. (Attachment A)

RESOLUTION TO TENTATIVELY DETERMINE PROPOSED REGULAR ELECTION DATE
Elaine Wood made a motion, seconded by Ross Childs, that the resolution to tentatively designate the regular election date and give notice of a hearing in connection with the establishment of the date be adopted as presented. Motion passed. (Attachment B)

LEARNING AND SERVICE EFFECTIVENESS UPDATE
Craig Mulder, Executive Director of Learning Resources and Technologies, along with Darby Hiller, Coordinator for Institutional Research, and Stephen Siciliano, Vice President for Educational Services presented to the board an update on the Learning and Services Effectiveness strategic goal. They described what is being done in these areas:

• Implementation of the Institutional Effectiveness model
• Response to the Higher Learning Commission request for a progress report on support of General Education outcomes
• The mechanism that are being developed to provide the data and tools that our community, board, faculty, and staff need for decision making and planning.

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.

Recorded by
Karen Sabin