Committee on Vendor Services

2023-2026: (6 Members)

Faculty Representatives (Name, Department, Term Ends)

  1. Macaluso, Rosalinda, Social Sciences (2026) 
  2. Teegala, Sushma, Bilogical Sciences and Geology (2026)
  3. Puri, Karan Mohan, Math (2024), Chair
  4. Trowbridge, Steven, Engineering Technology (2024), Secretary
  5. Proteasa, Georghe, Biological Sciences and Geology (2025)
  6. VanDerHorn-Gibson, Jodi, Speech Communications (2025)

Student Representative

To be Announced


Liaisons

  • Vikki Terrile, The Kurt R. Schmeller Library, COC Liaison
  • Janet Franzese , Nursing , Steering Committee Designee
  • Miguel Quiroz, Finance and Administration, President's Liaison

The next Committee Meeting will be in Fall 2023.

For more information, please contact Karan Puri via email at kpuri@qcc.cuny.edu.

Bylaws Charges

Section 27. The Committee on Vendor Services

The Committee on Vendor Services shall consist of six (6) members of the instructional staff and two (2) students.

The Committee on Vendor Services shall:

  1. Receive and evaluate the report of the Auxiliary Enterprise Board on vendor services and recommend to the Academic Senate on matters pertaining to the services and facilities of all vendors to the College, including the Bookstore and Food Services, on an annual basis;
  2. Consider and evaluate suggestions and complaints regarding the service and facilities of all vendors to the College, including the Bookstore and Food Services, sending them on to the Auxiliary Enterprise Board;
  3. Review the College's assessment of the manner of selection of and the contractual arrangements with all vendors to the College, including the Bookstore and Food Services and make recommendations.

Steering Committee Suggested Charges/Committee Goals

  1. Revisit Bylaws charge about receiving and evaluating the report of the Auxiliary Enterprise Board on vendor services and recommending to the Academic Senate on matters pertaining to the services and facilities of all vendors to the College, including the Bookstore and Food Services, on an annual basis. 
  2. Revisit As CUNY contracts the bookstore and food services, continue to make recommendations to the college regarding the bookstore and food services, on an annual basis.
  3. Distribute survey on Vendor services and report to Academic Senate.
  4. Facilitate Student participation – A Committee Representation Preference Form will be sent to already-elected student senators during the first week of the semester, and to the remaining roster of senators culled from Club officers by the end of September. Students will be given link to your committee's webpage, so make sure the webpage has chair/secretary contact information on it, including meeting times where possible.

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