Special Insert

November 17/95

The Board of Governors

The Board of Governors is a
corporation and, in a legal sense, is
“the College.” The Board functions as
a Crown agency and is accountable
through the Minister of Skills,
Training and Labour to the people of
British Columbia. Its four major
responsibilities are:

- to establish the College purpose and
direction;

- to ensure that the College is
effectively and efficiently managed;

- to establish policies which have
College-wide application;

- to promote effective communication
with the College community.

Each Board of Governors of a
college, institute or agency comprises
at least fourteen members, twelve of
whom are voting members.

Voting members are:

a) eight or more persons appointed by
the Lieutenant Governor in Council

b) one faculty member, elected by the
faculty

c) two students, elected by the
students

d) one member of support staff,
elected by support staff.

Non-voting members are:
a) the president
b) the chair of the Education Council

’ Terms of Office:

Appointed members are, in practice,
appointed for one, two and three year
terms, and may be re-appointed for an
additional period under certain
circumstances. Under normal
circumstances, a governor will not
ordinarily serve more than three
consecutive terms. Elected faculty and
staff members serve a three-year term
and may be elected to further terms.
Elected students serve a one-year term
and may be elected to further terms.

Effective services to students, and
efficient administration of institutional
programs, are facilitated by clear and
open communication between the

Board and the Education Council. Clear
expectations of the roles of each, and an
openness to sharing perspectives
relating to College programming, are
essential. The president, as a member of
both bodies, can serve as an essential
communication link, or the Board may
appoint a representative on the
Education Council.

The Education Council

The College and Institute
Amendment Act, 1994 requires that
each college, university college, or
institute have a formally constituted
Education Council, comprising at least
20 voting members as follows:

- 10 must be faculty members elected
by the faculty members

- four must be students elected by the
students

- four must be educational
administrators appointed by the
president

- two must be support staff elected by
support staff

The president is a non-voting
member and the Board may also appoint
one person as a non-voting member.

The Education Council has:

a) advisory responsibilities on matters
of educational policy;

b) powers for setting policy concerning
instruction and student evaluation;

C) joint authority with the Board, on
matters relating to transfer of courses
and to other matters agreed to by both
the Council and Board.

Members of the Education

Council at Capilano College:
Dileep Athaide, Gordon Bailey,
Joanna Banks, Mark Battersby, Jim
Bizzocchi, Diane Blaney, Bob
Camfield, Linda Denley, Sarah Dixon,
Stephanie Forsyth, Joyce Gee, Bill
Gibson, Reid Gilbert, Kerry Hall,
Dianna Larsen, Greg Lee, Richard
Longworth, Annette Lorek, Carol

_McCandless, Carol McQuarrie, Anita

Roach, Colleen Rudy, Chris Ryce,
John Waters, and Barry Williamson. i

Fall By-Election
Results

The ballots of the 1995 fall by-election
have been tabulated with the following
results:

I. Education Council By-Election
Results:

1. Elected to Two Open Student
Positions

(Representing University Transfer and
Post-Baccalaureate Program students)
Elected: Joanna E. Banks (162 yes
votes; 43 no votes); Kerry Hall (128
yes votes; 55 no votes). Defeated:
Peter Vander Woude (116 yes votes;
50 no votes).

2. Elected to One Open Student
Position

(Representing all Career, Community,
ABE, ESL Program students)
Elected: Chris Ryce (194 yes votes,
22 no votes).

3. Elected to One Open Faculty
Position

(Representing Visual and Performing
Arts faculty)

Elected: Joyce Gee (11 yes votes, 4
no votes).

II. Educational Policy and
Curriculum Committee (EPCC) By-
Election Results:

1. Two Open Faculty Positions
(Includes Animation, Media
Resources, Communications,
Information Technology, Graphic
Design and Illustration, Business
Administration, Recreation/Tourism,
APMC, Music Therapy, Early
Childhood Care & Education, Health
Programs, Horticulture, Applied
Business Technology Programs, Legal
Assistant, ASE, ESL, Extensions
Faculty).

No nominations received. Two
EPCC representative positions
remain unfilled.

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