MELA Meeting Minutes 2018

Office

College/Association

Name

President

PRCC

Kimberly Ellis

President Elect ICC

Denise Gillespie

Secretary

JCJC

Ashley Beard

I.

Call to order 8:15 am

II. Approval of August Minutes- Buffy Matthews made the motion to approve the August minutes. Kim Harris seconded. Motion carried

III. Approval of September Agenda—Buffy Matthews made the motion to approve the September agenda. Joseph McKee seconded. Motion carried

IV.

Unfinished Business

V.

New Business

Krista LeBrun—eBook update from President’s meeting--Dr. Stewart presented the eBook issue of not receiving funds for vendors when schools provide instruction for hosted students. Surveys indicated that twelve of the fifteen schools are currently using ebooks in some fashion. Input from bookstores, financial aid, business offices, etc. are encouraged. Dr. Stewart will coordinate a user group with no emphasis on making changes until next year. Members of the working group will be presented at the September President’s meeting. MELA members may express interest in serving on the committee. Krista stated that she would update the group about the eBook working group after the September MACJC meeting so that anyone who was not in attendance at the retreat will know.

VI.

Action Items

1. Shalon Farris: ET Feature Requests

Two new feature requests.

1. When student reaches the maximum number of allowed absences, automatically send email notification immediately to warn students. (This feature was previously voted on but additional information was needed).

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