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About Cougar print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1976-1977 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1976)
Clackamas Community College Thursday, December 9, 1976 1 Faculty fl boycotts I First P I Monday 1 Club 0 ■ <K By Brent Benson Staff Writer stiThe Clackamas Community College fac- senate has voted unanimously to boy- htt future meetings of the First Monday cub. ¡[The First Monday Club was originally dfflied four years ago and was designed to ovide a chance for an open exchange of sas between the faculty and administra- . )n. ei The first year was useful, productive and lIBnt pretty smoothly. The second year, ipfwever, saw trouble. The meetings deter- |atlS and became "bitch" sessions. The t<jub Was soon dissolved and tucked away in isle file cabinets. a Last spring the Internal Communications simmittee recommended that the First Mon- ay Club be reestablished with the inclu sion of representation from Student Gov- rnmeht and the classified staff. hl The first meeting held this fall, was con- cenedlbasically to establish a general con- ensus on the structure and content of nature meetings. What was thought to be a cieneral consensus later turned out to be iiKt the opposite. A [memo was sent to the members of the club from the president's council setting Jbwn a general format for future meetings. Included was the stipulation that each group ÈB represented by a specific number of peo- le who would be the only ones allowed to participate in the discussions. I After the second meeting of the club the faculty senate voted unanimously to withdraw from the First Monday Club. The ^reason for their actions were based on the ireeling that the spirit of open communi cation is no longer being encouraged. I In a letter to the president's council, the faculty outlined three specific reasons for their withdrawal. The reasons are the limi ted lumber of faculty senators allowed to [participate, the formal structure of the j group and the restriction of discussion topics, such as the refusal by the president's council (Nov. 9 meeting) to allow "spur of ,r the moment" topics to be discussed because ' of "previous experience." "What we would like to see is a return Snow still to come The tall spire and weather vane that peers from atop Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood is unadorned by the heavy pack of snowthat is usually there by Thanksgiving. The lack of snow in Northwest mountains is discussed in the Winter Recreation Issue 1976 which begins on Page 7 of this week's Cougar Print. The news and advertising staffs hope to make the special issue a yearly publication. to a non-structured meeting," said faculty senator Jim Streeter. Speaking of the original First Monday Club, senator Marcia Myers said, "Informal structure was the main strength of the meetings." A meeting was held on Tuesday, Dec. 7, to discuss and clarify the faculty's position on the reasons they were dissatisfied with the First Monday Club. At the meeting Dr. John Hakanson, presi dent of CCC, said he was open for sugges tions for future First Monday Club meetings. "This is a very good positive step in the right direction," said Dolly Ammons, fac ulty senate president. As a result of Tuesday's meeting there will be faculty senate representatives at the next First Monday Club meeting. It will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 1 p.m. CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARCHIVES