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Annual Report 2021-2022

Previous year committee membership, including year when each member’s term ends

  1. Li, Qin, Social Sciences (2023)
  2. Ostrowe, Linda, Counseling (2022), Secretary
  3. Proteasa, Georghe, Biological Sciences and Geology (2022)
  4. Puri, Karan Mohan, Mathematics (2024), Chair
  5. Schiebe, Mark, English (2023)
  6. Trowbridge, Steven, Engineering Technology, (2024)

Previous year liaisons, designees

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

Upcoming year committee membership, including year when each member’s term ends

  1. Li, Qin , Social Sciences (2023) 
  2. Schiebe, Mark , English (2023)
  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)

Previous year committee officers

Puri, Karan Mohan (Chair)

Ostrowe, Linda (Secretary)

Upcoming year committee officers

Puri, Karan Mohan (Chair)

Trowbridge, Steven (Secretary)

Committee Meeting Dates and times

November 3rd, 2021, 12:15 to 1:15 PM

May 11th, 2022, 1:15 to 2:00 PM

List of Bylaws charges and notation of “completed” or “not completed” with reasoning for incomplete items

  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; - not completed since no report was received.
  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; - not completed since no suggestions or complaints were received.
  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 - not completed as no assessment was received.

List of Steering Committee charges and notation of “completed” or “not completed” with reasoning for incomplete items

Have the committee review the bylaws charges for Vendor Services and proceed with them.  That is, evaluate and make comments on the Auxiliary Enterprise Report; Inquire how the committee can obtain feedback from students, faculty and staff on the services and facilities of all vendors on campus;  review that college’s assessment in selecting vendors to our campus, and provide recommendations.  - not completed, please see above under Bylaws charges.

Also please post (under the Liaison section) the upcoming scheduled committee meeting dates with contact information (an email) onto the committee website for those who are interested in attending a committee meeting. - completed. See website updates.

Summary of actions not covered by above

Completed and published a Committee Guide Addendum for new members to the committee website.

Committee recommendations for upcoming year

Pursue bylaws charges as appropriate while pandemic restrictions are in place on campus.

Individual member contributions and thanks

The committee thanks Linda Ostrowe for service as secretary during the 2021-22 academic year.

The committee also thanks Karan Puri and Qin Li for creating the Committee Guide addendum.

Respectfully Submitted,

Karan Mohan Puri

Committee Chair

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