COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES June 9, 2011

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1020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES June 9, 2011 Members Present: Robert Mallat, Kristie Palestino, Harvey Hill, Katharine Shields, Craig Lawler, Richard Heath, Esteban

1 1020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES June 9, 2011 Members Present: Robert Mallat, Kristie Palestino, Harvey Hill, Katharine Shields, Craig Lawler, Richard Heath, Esteban Lopez, Ned Densmore, Ron Rioux, Claudette Mahar, William Marcello, Allison Lanza, David Paquette, Ann Torr, Connie Roy-Czyzowski, Richard Gustafson, Lucille Jordan, Katharine Eneguess, Will Arvelo, Lynn Kilchenstein, Steven Budd, Susan Huard, Mark Edelstein, and Michael Power. Paul Holloway arrived just prior to the non-public session. Regrets: Melanie Levesque, Nick Halias, Charles Annal, Robert Duhaime, Jeremy Hitchcock, Steve Guyer, Kim Trisciani, Virginia Barry, Tara Reardon, and Governor Lynch. Note: 1 vacancy - Business & Industry I. Call to Order The business meeting was called to order at 12:45 p.m. at NE Delta Dental, Concord, NH by Vice-Chairperson, Harvey Hill. President Jordan introduced Allison Lanza who is the new Student Board of Trustee from Nashua Community College. Ms. Lanza is a nursing student, a member of the student council and active on student activities. II. Adoption of Minutes VOTE: The Board, on motion of Mr. Mallat, seconded by Mr. Paquette, voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the April 14, 2011 meeting as presented.

2 1021 III. Nominations A. Lakes Region CC President No nomination at this time. B. CCSNH Chancellor No nomination at this time. Search continues for both positions. Isaacson Miller continues to conduct reference and background checks. IV. Emeritus Nomination Dr. Gustafson noted that it was the intent of Chair Holloway to bring forward the nomination of Dr. Edelstein for President Emeritus. VOTE: The Board, on motion of Mr. Hill, seconded by Mr. Mallat, voted unanimously to convey the status of President Emeritus to Dr. Mark Edelstein upon his retirement from Lakes Region Community College. All applauded. Dr. Edelstein noted the privilege and pleasure to serve as President of Lakes Region CC for five years, working with Presidents, System staff and the Board. It has been the best way to complete his career. He complimented the Board for its commitment and dedication. V. Advisory Committee Reappointments Chancellor Gustafson requested Board approval of the Advisory Committee reappointments, as submitted by Presidents. VOTE: The Board, on motion of Mr. Paquette, seconded by Mr. Mallat, voted unanimously to approve the following college advisory committee reappointments for a term ending June 30, 2014, as presented, as follows NHTI Ken Lurvey CHAIR City of Concord 41 Green St.

3 1022 Concord, NH Director, Business Development Coordinator Helmut Koch EXACOM Inc. 99 Airport Rd. Concord, NH President David Luneau ClassCo Inc. 99 Airport Rd. PO 669 Concord, NH President Sandra Brien 27 So. Bow Dunbarton Rd. Bow, NH Vice President of Human Resources, Havenwood Heights William A. Jones 76 Moran Rd. Hopkinton, NH Manager of Application Dept., Comcast, Manchester, NH RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Thomas Dowling, CHAIR Keene Chamber of Commerce 49 Central Square Keene, NH Executive Director LAKES REGION COMMUNITY COLLEGE Edna Hansen PO Box 76 Tower Hill Sanbornton, NH Professor Emeritus

4 1023 Alan Robichaud 67 Durrell Mountain Rd. Belmont, NH Lakes Region United Way Robert Champlin Office of SAU 30 Superintendent 38 Harvard St. Laconia, NH Superintendent James Carroll Laconia District Court 26 Academy Street Laconia, NH Judge MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE Kathy Cook Bean Foundation 40 Stark St. Manchester, NH NASHUA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Chris Hodgdon 644 Boundtree Rd. Contoocook NH Comcast Thomas Jenkins 40 Wood St. Nashua, NH Owner, T. J. Painting

5 1024 GREAT BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Frank Wetenkamp 588 Wentworth Rd New Castle, NH General Manager, Wentworth By The Sea Marriott Hotel and Spa WHITE MOUNTAINS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Arnold Hanson Isaacson Structural Steel 40 Jericho St. Berlin, NH President Carl Lindblade PO Box 995 North Conway, NH President CEL Associates Patrick McDermott PO Box 330 Manchester, NH Economic & Community Development Manager, Public Service of NH Student Senate President (term June 30, 2012) White Mountains Community College Berlin, NH Craig Jewett PO Box 405 Raymond, NH President, Jewett Construction Co., Inc VI. Other Trustee Roy-Czyzowski requested the Board consider two Board By-Law changes as recommended by the Governance Committee.

6 It was explained that our Trustees are appointed/reappointed by the Governor and Council. Since subject to external appointment authority, ours is not a self-perpetuating Board. It was thus felt that the vice-chairperson could not be expected to assume the position of chairperson VOTE: Section 2. The Board, on motion of Ms. Roy-Czyzowski, seconded by Mr. Mallat, voted unanimously to approve the By-Law (100) change by adding the sentence The Vice Chairperson of the Board is not expected to assume the position of chairperson when a change of Board leadership occurs in Section 2 A. 2, as recommended by the Governance Committee, and thus reading as follows Officers of the Board. A. The Board shall elect its own Chairperson and Vice Chairperson annually. (RSA 188-F:5 I) 1. The Chairperson of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall appoint all Committee members and all Committee Chairpersons. 2. The Vice Chairperson of the Board shall act for the Chairperson of the Board at the discretion or in the absence of the Chairperson, and shall perform other duties as may be assigned by the Chairperson. The Vice Chairperson of the Board is not expected to assume the position of chairperson when a change of Board leadership occurs. Board members were reminded that the Board separated the Finance and Audit Committee, now having two separate committees/functions. This requested change would allow for a chairpersons for each Standing Committee. Mr. Rioux indicated his support of this change. VOTE: The Board, on motion of Ms. Roy-Czyzowski, seconded by Mr. Mallat, voted unanimously to remove the words and Audit Committee in Board By-Laws (l00) Section 2 A. B. as follows, as recommended by the Governance Committee: B. The Board shall elect a Treasurer, who, normally, shall also be the Chairperson of the Finance Committee and Audit Committee. The Board shall choose a Treasurer, who shall give a bond satisfactory to the trustees for the faithful discharge of duties as Treasurer. The

7 1026 Trustees may, in their discretion, require a bond for any other persons employed by or administering the affairs of the Community College System. Said Trustees shall determine the amount and sufficiency of the surety of said Treasurer s bond or any other bonds required under this section (RSA 188-F5 II). Prior to this meeting, three standing committees met. Mr. Hill requested a report from each. Facilities Committee Report: Mr. Heath indicated that at today s Facilities Committee meeting they received a full report on the status of the System energy projects. While originally under the working expectation that projects needed to be completed by June 30, we are now aware that this was a deadline established internally by the Office of Energy and Planning and is not a deadline established by the federal funding authority. The Committee has requested documentation on the federal deadlines. All other construction and critical maintenance projects are moving well. Finance Committee Report: Mr. Rioux indicated that at todays Finance Committee meeting there was a brief discussion of the FY operating budget which represents a $10 million shortfall from the previous budget. We hope to have more details at the June 28 Board meeting. Presidents are working on budgets and how this shortfall impacts their college. The Committee also received an update on the risk management bid. Dr. Gustafson indicated that bids received were lower than expected. AIM will provide the workers compensation coverage for $270,000/year; Hanover Insurance is providing all other services for around $350,000. We were very pleased with the bidding the two companies. In anticipation of FY12 budget shortfalls FY11 spending was tightly controlled and the System anticipates lapsing $1.5-2 million into FY12. This will assist in our challenges for the next budget year. ADP Update: Sara Sawyer reported that all data has been moved to production. Next week HR/payroll will review data for accuracy. All is going well. We will be generating our own paychecks by the end of the month. The next phase will include employee training on the new system. She also reported that we had 17 retirements on June 1. This is higher than average and is mainly attributable to the anticipated Legislative changes to the retirement system. Copies were made available of the Business New Hampshire Magazine with Business Leader of the Year Richard Gustafson on the front cover. All applauded. Dr. Gustafson

8 1027 commented on this honor and attributed it to the growing understanding of the nature and role of higher education in the NH economy. Dr. Gustafson provided a legislative update, including SB194, operating budget, capital budget. Dr. Gustafson also reported on the invitation to appear before the State Board of Education. He, along with Chair Holloway, met this week to discuss of our concern with the level of math preparation of our high school students. We shared information from the CCSNH math project which resulted in the creation of a high school course including the 14 competencies from our placement test, which has been offered to high schools as a senior math course. We also shared information about our Applied Math course which is taught through Running Start at 14 high schools and our hope that it would become part of the curriculum at all high schools. The State Board pledged to lend their support of this initiative and work with superintendents and local school boards. They plan on taking this as an action item at their next meeting. We were very pleased with this meeting. Foundation Report: Trustee Mahar reported that the change in account value year to date is $3,420,809. She was pleased to report that the ending market value as of May 31, 2011 is $10,065, Amy Bourgault, Executive Director of the Foundation, was acknowledged for all her work and dedication. Chair Holloway arrived and reported on his meeting with Senators Morse, Bradley and Bragdon, together and separately about the use of Unique funds in the Senate version of the budget to be allocated to private colleges. The senate version diverts $600,000 each year from CCSNH to private colleges. VI. Non-Public Session VOTE: The Board, on motion of Mr. Mallat, seconded by Mr. Paquette, voted unanimously, by roll call vote, resolved to conduct a non-public session for the purpose of discussing personnel and legal matters and noting that such a non-public session is authorized by RSA 91-A:3, II a. and e., and the Board s executive and deliberative privileges. Each member recorded his or her vote on the motion, which passed by the unanimous vote of all members present. The meeting moved to non-public session at 1:30 p.m. The Board meeting reconvened at 2:18 p.m.

9 1028 Upon reconvening in public session, it was noted by the Chair that no votes were taken in non-public session. NEXT MEETING: June 28, 2011at Great Bay CC. The meeting adjourned at 2:18 p. m. Respectfully submitted, Marie Anne Mills Assistant to the Chancellor

10 1029 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES June 9, 2011 Non-Public Session Members Present: Paul Holloway, Robert Mallat, Kristie Palestino, Harvey Hill, Katharine Shields, Craig Lawler, Richard Heath, Esteban Lopez, Ned Densmore, Ron Rioux, Claudette Mahar, William Marcello, Allison Lanza, David Paquette, Ann Torr, Connie Roy-Czyzowski, Richard Gustafson, Lucille Jordan, Katharine Eneguess, Will Arvelo, Lynn Kilchenstein, Steven Budd, Susan Huard, Mark Edelstein, and Michael Power. Also in attendance: Sara Sawyer and Naomi Butterfield. The non-public session was called to order at 1:32 p.m. Discussion followed on legal matters. At 1:57, presidents, Sara Sawyer and Ms. Butterfield left the meeting. Discussion followed on personnel matters. The non-public session adjourned at 2:18p.m. Respectfully submitted, Marie Anne Mills, Assistant to the Chancellor

COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES January 8, 2009

829 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES January 8, 2009 Members Present: Paul Holloway, Harvey Hill, Walter Peterson, Robert Mallat, Ned Densmore, Ann Torr, Steve Guyer, Richard