Web Council Minutes

Web Council Minutes

March 16, 2006

Members present: G. Fredericks, M. Sloan, M. McCall, L. Beresford, C. Heeter, K. Visser

Guests: M. Thompson

I.  The minutes were approved. (M. McCall moved; L. Beresford seconded.

II.  Council membership was reviewed:

K. Visser will contact L. Rzoska to check on her membership status.

K. Visser will inquire of H. Fish, J. Holmes and R. Sutton to determine interest in serving, first checking with Bill Lay. (One to two faculty will complete the roster.)

M. McCall will secure a student representative.

NOTE: After the meeting K. Visser checked on the status of recommended Web Council membership changes to IEC. IEC has not yet approved the changes. Consequently, C. Heeter is the interim co-chair. K. Visser will follow up with P. Niewoonder to get the approval on IEC’s agenda.

A full roster of members will be built before revisions go to the Committee on Councils and on to IEC.

III.  Ebrochure demonstration

K. Visser presented the ebrochure and members completed a contact form. Suggestions for improvement were made:

1. URL on Intro paragraph – already checked.

2. K. Visser is to provide M. Thompson with graphic for “ad” space on KVCC homepage.

3. K. Visser is to provide M. Thompson with exact wording for homepage and others. M. McCall cautioned us to use language that the internal community (faculty and staff), public and prospects would understand.

4. Gail expressed the need to address the issue of multiple brochures being requested by one individual.

IV.  The VIP Redo Enhancements

M. Thompson presented. Mike was complimented on his efforts. There was brief discussion about finding “budget information” for KVCC budget administrators.

V.  Digest Delivey and Presentation

C. Heeter presenter the “New” Digest and its attributes. The Digest has been formatted to serve the reader in convenient and attractive ways. Carol was thanked.

VI.  New School Website

A lengthy discussion ensued on the New School website. Suggestions were made to help the website comply with graphic standards. These included: the need for Banner pull on courses; the use of the KVCC standard graphic to frame the page; the discontinued use of the tower as a representation of KVCC; the missing name, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, from the homepage.

It was decided that K. Visser and C. Heeter would request a meeting with Mike Collins and anyone else he would care to have meet with us to discuss and remedy the issues. K. Visser will contact Mike and set up the meeting.

VII.  Inclement Weather/KVCC Closings

C. Heeter presented the inclement weather page and informed the Council that she was working to arrange for Jeff Donovan to manage the weather page.

VIII.  Next Meeting

It was decided that the next quarterly meeting will be scheduled in May to avoid the summer months when faculty are off and vacations occur.