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Article
I. Name
The organization functioning
under these Bylaws is officially named the Technology Planning Task
Force of the Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College District,
hereinafter referred to as the Technology Committee, or simply, the
Committee.
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II. Objectives
- To support open, affordable
access to quality learner centered opportunities for life long
learning that meet the educational, cultural, and recreational needs
of our students and our community.
- To facilitate learner success
and economic development for our academic transfer, vocational, and
continuing education programs through the use of technology.
- To provide a stable
technological infrastructure that is robust, reliable, available and
scalable.
- To provide the information
technology architecture that strengthens business information,
improves departmental workflows, processes, productivity and
efficiency across the institution.
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To provide superior technology support
not only in the classroom and for instructors, but also for all
internal college support organizations that contribute to the success
of our students and the needs of our community.
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III. Purpose & Responsibilities
- To produce a three-year
technology plan for the district.
- To act as a repository and
communication point for technology related initiatives and
information.
- To review and analyze
suggested district technology initiatives.
- To prioritize technology
initiatives for the district.
- To recommend prioritized
technology initiatives to the President’s Cabinet for adoption.
- To evaluate the success of
adopted technology initiatives.
- To annually review the
technology planning process and make improvements.
- To annually review the
initiative prioritization methodology and make improvements.
- To annually update a
three-year technology plan for the district and present to the
President’s Cabinet.
Article IV.
Structure & Representation
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1. Reporting
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Reports all findings and makes all
recommendations directly to the Presidents Cabinet.
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2. Structure
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One standing committee supported by the work
product of ad hoc committees which are subordinate to and represented on
the committee.
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3. Representation
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Each of the three major stakeholder groups
will be represented.
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Representatives from each stakeholder group
will form ad hoc committees to insure open channels of communication
with the interested parties.
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Those three stakeholder groups listed below
include, but are not limited to, the subordinate interested parties as
follows:
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Instructional Technologies Stakeholders
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Academic Senate
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Instructional Council
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Research & Planning
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Students
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Technology Infrastructure
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Enterprise Network
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Facilities & Infrastructure
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Desktop Computing
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Enterprise Systems
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Matriculation & Accessibility
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HR & Business Services
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Administrative Computing
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District Communications
Article V. Membership
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1. Committee membership will consist of:
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Associate Vice President of Information
Services & Technology, ex officio
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Co-Chair – Representative at large
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Two representatives of Instructional
Technologies
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Two representatives of Technology
Infrastructure
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Two representatives of Enterprise Systems
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Communications and support – Committee
Secretary
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2. Term of Membership
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One Calendar Year.
Reappointment may occur upon consent of the committee. Members wishing
to resign their membership may do so with a written statement to the
committee.
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VI. Conduct of Business
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1. Selection of Members
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The Committee will annually ratify its
membership for the following year no later than December 31st
of the year preceding the year of selected membership.
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The Committee will ratify replacement members
within one month of member resignation or other termination of
membership.
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The Committee will make public its current
list of officers and members in an addendum to the Minutes of the
meeting in which the make-up the Committee is changed.
Section 2. Meetings
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Regular Committee meetings will be held
monthly
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Mid month Committee meetings will be scheduled
for use on an as needed basis
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Regular and mid-month meeting dates and times
will be arranged at the beginning of each semester
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A special meeting must be called by the Chair
on the petition of any Three (3) members of the Committee.
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A quorum shall exist when at least 50% of the
Committee members are present
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Floor procedures will follow the Sturgis
Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure as authoritative for all
questions of parliamentary procedure.
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Each member shall have one (1) vote.
Section 3. Minutes
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The Committee Secretary will record the
minutes.
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Minutes will be distributed to the team
members within one week.
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Minutes will be posted in a document library
and made available via the web.
Section 4. Officers
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The Associate Vice President of Information
Services and Technology shall Co-Chair the Committee with a Co-Chair
selected by the Committee.
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The Co-Chair will be selected by majority vote
of the Committee from within the membership of the Committee.
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The Committee Secretary will be assigned by
the AVP of IST
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5. Amending the Bylaws
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Amending these bylaws requires a two-thirds
vote of Committee members present at any regularly scheduled Committee
meeting at which there is a quorum and the approval of the President of
the College.
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