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NORI'H SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE COORDINATillG COMMITI'EE
MINUTES OF A MEETING of the North Shore

Community College Coordinating Committee,
held on Tuesday 9 Janu&ry 2Jrd 9 1968, at
4:JO porno in the North Vancouver School
Board Administrative Officeso

PRESENT:

Mro DoHo Campbell
Mro F.D. Ross

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Mr. T. Jo MacDonald

, Mro ToBoM. Fougberg
Mro NoJo Decker .
Mrsa M.I. Marchant
Mr. P.,C. Wilson
Mr. W.P. Malcol.~
, Mr. HoCe Ferguson
Mrs. E. Ross
Mrs. A. Radcliffe
Mr. RoWo Keyes
, ·-Mt--o W.Eo I.ucas
Mr. P. Powell
Dr. G~B. Wilson
~ Mro CoPo Jones (Chaiman)
' Mr. Lo Brooks (Secretary)

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Mro MacDonald openad the meeting by prese~ting the draft
inter-Board agreement which he had prepared and discussed with Mro Espley~
a copy of which was given to each committee member. Mro Espley vetoed
section "A", stating that the college should avoid subsidizing &ny students.,
M1•. MacDonald therefore recommended that section "9" be adopted. 0 using e
uniform mill rate for capital costs/ and a pro-rated mill rate based. on the
Grade XII enrolment of each of the school districts for operating costs /
There was a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of this plarl,
and it was suggested that the agreement should contain the following
provisos:

(1) equality of entrance opportunities to students from all
participating school districtso
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provision for adjustment of the agreement if the college
enrolment from a given school district was more than 0 say 0
10~ either way of the number of students provided fore
MOVED by Mr. Powell; seconded by Mr. Malcolm.:
That the capital costs and service to capital
be distributed among the participating Boards

on a unifom mill rate besis.

CARH.IEDo

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MOVED by Mr., Powell; s econded by Mr? Malool.m:
That the operating costs be shared on tha basis
of Grade XII enr olments as at the ~ of October
in the "1aar preyious.,
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CARRIED ..

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It was pr~
the meri1bers that Mr., MacDonald dratv a
further draft inter-Board agreement, incorporating the above two motions ,
to be presented at the next meeting for consider ationo

Mrs., Ross distributed the proposed rental agreement between. t he
college and West Vancouver Senior Secondary School, prepared by the West
Vancouver School Boardo
MOVED by :-1ro Jonas; seconded by Mrs .. Ross:

That for purposes of budget• this rental agreement
be acceptedo
CARIUEDo
Howeverp it was agreed that this rental agreement be looked at
by the Secretary-Treasurers and compared with the operating costs of t he

schools 1n their districts o

Mro Brooks presented a statement of estimated operating costs
of the college for the period September to Deeamber 9 1968, a copy of which
was handed to each member ..
MOVED by Mr .. Powell; seconded by Dr .. Wilson:
That the aforesaid statement be tentatively
accepted ..

CARRIED..

MOVED by Mro Malcol.'11; seconded by Mro Fougberg:
That distribution of the sum of $20 8 000
required for the college committee, based
on school assessments .in ~ach district, be
approvedc

CAiliUED ..

MOVED by Dr. Wilson; seconded by Mr .. Powell:
That for budget purposes 0 the sum of
.$80,000 for library be considered as a
capital cost and distributed accorclingiy ..

CARRIEDo .

MOVED by Mr. Fougberg; seconded by Mro Wilson:
That the distribution of the remainder of
the 1968 budget be on the basis of anl'Olments
as at October 15th, 19670

CARRIED..

Mr. Parkes submitted a .proposal on a public information
campaign to be launched at least six weeks prior to the plebiscite., Toe
estimated cost of this campaign 1s $10,000 (actual total of amounts
mentioned, t9,500). One of the first things to be done would be to set
up a public information committee of, possiblyp four. to approve all material

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released to all mediao Next would be to set ~pa citizen's committee in
each of the .four school districts'!> composed of three or four, to select
the individuals in each district, outside the field of education, whose
voices carry weight with the public, and enlist their support of the college.
Dr. Wilson volunteerad to try to get the names and addresses of parents of
babies born during the past four years from the Lions Gate Hospitalo
Mro Parkes emphasized the importance of reaching all ~rents, and suggested
we inquire into ways and means of getting all parents onto the voters'

list.
The next meeting will be held on Saturday. January 27th• 1968~
at 10:00 a.m. in the North Vancouver School Board Administrative Offices.
Respectfully submitted,

Lesl e D.Go Brooks,
Secretary,
North Shore Community College
Coordinating Committeeo
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