Notes of the

CAMPUS WELFARE COMMITTEE

Meeting of November 20, 2001

The Campus Welfare Committee met on November 20, 2001 at 2:00 pm in room 481 McHenry Library.

Present: Leslie Sunell (chair), Julian Fernald (staff), Mark Traugott, Marty Chemers, Janelle Marines, Christina Valentino, Line Mikkelsen, Bill Ladusaw, Ed Titus, Jean Marie Scott.

Absent: Barry McLaughlin, Frank Talamantes.

Guests: Willeen McQuitta, Barbara Brogan, Lise Bixler.

1) Childcare at UCSC

Lise Bixler, Director of Childcare Services gave an invited presentation on the state of childcare services for students, staff and faculty at UCSC. The full PowerPoint presentation can be found at: http://chdccs.ucsc.edu/units/ChildCareServices/index.cfm

Highlights of her presentation include:

UCSC childcare services operates four programs serving 130 children from infancy through school age. They are

· Infant-Toddler Center – 18 spaces for children 3-36 months.

· Granary – 45 spaces for children 2-5 years.

· Child Center – 31 spaces for children 4-6 years.

· School Age Center- 36 academic yr./60 summer spaces for 4.9-13 years.

Demand for childcare services substantially exceeds capacity. For example, the waiting list for the Infant-Toddler Center is five times the licensed capacity and reserves only three spaces for staff and faculty.

Quality childcare is a “strategic priority serving all aspects of the University mission instruction, research, and service mission and aiding in recruitment, retention, and productivity of faculty and staff.”

Bixler identified the following action priorities for childcare services:

· Provide adequate centrally funded administrative infrastructure.

· Improve teacher compensation.

· Complete funding and construction of new Early Education and Care facility.

· Granary playground renovation and repair.

· Appoint an ongoing consultative group with decision making authority.

Following the presentation, the CWC considered ways to address childcare needs on campus. First action is to provide assistance for the appointment of an advisory committee. Chemers, Traugott, Scott, and Richer volunteered to meet with Bixler to propose a charge and recommended membership for the advisory committee and to develop a strategy for recruiting representatives with enough expertise and clout to be effective in moving forward the childcare agenda on campus.

Action: Chemers, Traugott and Scott will arrange a meeting to begin work.

2) Prioritizing the CWC agenda in light of the budget situation

This discussion was deferred until after the release of the Governor’s budget in January, and interpretation of the budget implications for the campus.

3) Principles of Community (Mikkelsen)

Mikkelsen proposed the following plan developed by the POC subcommittee for a signing ceremony of the Principles of Community statement:

Organizers: Sheila Gotterher, Liz Irwin, Line Mikkelsen, Leslie Sunell

Date/ Location: During the week of Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, in foyer of McHenry Library

Participants: The event should be open to the entire campus community and invited guests, with official signers to include Chancellor Greenwood, Academic Senate Chair, SUA Chair, GSA Chair, and co-chairs of the Staff Advisory Board (SAB).

Program: Brief introductory remarks by Sheila Gottehrer, a multi-lingual reading of the POC, remarks by Chancellor Greenwood, signing of the POC, and an opportunity for “general signing” by those attending.

Publicity: Campus announcement (e-mail tree), posters, press release, Currents article, photographer, local media

Commemoratives: - Poster-sized reproduction of signed POC (to post around campus); photos, pens

Funding: Chancellor's Office.

The CWC endorse the proposal, and recommended that:

· since the principles are presumed to be durable, and policies and codes mentioned in the footnote are subject to change, the final POC document does not need the details of the footnote;

· a logical permanent site would be the foyer of McHenry since it’s a place that many people pass through on a regular basis but does not

`belong' to any one group on campus; and

· representatives from the CWC should meet with (a) representative(s) of the GLBTCCC, which was the only group that raised concerns about the adequacy of the POC statement during the consultation process.

Action: POC subcommittee to confirm date, participants for proposed ceremony. Bill Ladusaw and Jean Marie Scott volunteered to meet with representative(s) of GLBT.