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• Shared leadership: leadership is a collective activity of the entire group
• Mission focused: our focus is on the mission of the college rather than on agendas of particular constituency groups
• The Council and its members embody core values of the college
• The work of the Council is at the mission & strategy levels of decision-making not at the tactical level
• Members will consciously and intentionally deliberate with focus on the following college mission areas with respect to both contributions from and impact on campus constituencies
• The Council’s membership is Inclusive with a commitment to expertise and stakeholder representation
• The work of Council is to ensure all members feel heard
• Because of the potential of power dynamics, the Council will work to foster empowerment and inclusivity of all members
• All members are committed to being a fully functioning member of the group according to their role on the Council
• Assure open communication and fully participatory and consultative dialogue
• Use consensus=based decision-making
• The Council’s activities will be conducted in such a way to foster an open and transparent communication with the campus
• Be accountable for the decisions made
• Onboard all members with an orientation to member responsibilities and background preparation on the College’s Values, Purpose, Mission and understanding of Vision: Strategy: Tactics and their respective objectives and differences

• To assure collegiality, the Council will operate with consensus-based decision-making
• Every member that is a part of the decision making has access to information, space, time that will help them contribute to the discussion
• Agenda setting is an open and transparent process, including public calls for topics, space on every agenda for public (open) comment/hearings
• Agenda items will be limited to those that require decisions or guidance at the mission/strategic level, not the tactical level
• There will be periodic self-reflection and opportunity for community input and accountability to assure the Council is operating as intended (see Guiding Principles)
• The Council’s activities will be conducted in such a way to foster an open and transparent communication with the campus
• Members will practice active listening; the chair will implement a practice to check in with members who have not had an opportunity to contribute to the discussion
• There is a secretary or recorder for minutes
  • Document topic, nature of discussion, action
  • Full recording and/or notes will be made public
• Guidelines will be developed to assure openness about communication of decisions to the public
• Members shall review the agenda and engage in active participation at each meeting, and uphold their commitments for action items and follow-up, including carrying out assigned tasks

• Associated Students at 17³Ô¹Ï (ASFC): Student Trustee, Student Body President, 1 other elected member, 1 appointed member, 1 affinity group member (5)
• Classified Senate, past and current presidents, and president-elect (3)
• Academic Senate president, vice-president, one part-time faculty rep (3)
• College President (1)
• Unions: FA (1), Teamsters (1), ACE (1), AMA (1) — (4)
  

• OLA (1)
• AAN (1)
• APAN (1)
• LGBTQ (1)

The recorder is responsible for meeting scheduling, room set up, including Zoom, note-taking, web page development and updates, dissemination of agendas/minutes/other supporting documents.

These duties will be the responsibility of the president’s office, and more specifically, administrative support will be done by the executive assistant, and the note-taking, web updates, and dissemination of all council proceedings through Parliament and other means, will be the responsibility of the associate vice president for communications, marketing, and outreach.