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<DIV>Thank you to all who have forwarded this email.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>I am now taking finals at CR in Fort Bragg and in less than 2 weeks, I
will be eligible to transfer to a 4 year program (and I am looking at Humboldt).
I may however not be able to afford continuing my education right now because of
the skyrocketing costs. I do not understand all of the factors that go into
decisions made to increase tuition costs and budget issues that lead to layoffs
and pay cuts of faculty, but I am learning. I will contact both Barbara Rice and
Kathy Smith, but I wanted to share a question that I have already submitted to
CR board members. I did a little research on 2 year versus 4 year schools. About
10 years ago, there were proposals being made around the country to allow 2 year
schools the option of implementing 4 year programs. There are a number of US
schools who have been doing this and the idea was proposed in California (San
Diego County) in January 2010. But I couldn’t find evidence of the idea going
anywhere. I think it is an awesome idea that would benefit everyone. Ten times
the funding, greater opportunity/access to obtain a 4 year degree, better pay
for instructors (finally), and stronger community. Maybe there are obstacles
here that I’m not yet aware of that would make this an impossibility. But I
would sure like to know what they are so we could at least try to overcome
them.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you again for the info,</DIV>
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<DIV>Tammy Davis<BR><BR>
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style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ndevall@mcn.org href="mailto:ndevall@mcn.org">Norman de Vall</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 01, 2012 4:59 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=rkarch@mcn.org
href="mailto:rkarch@mcn.org">rkarch@mcn.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org
href="mailto:occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org">occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Occupymendocino] C.R.</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 19px" class=Apple-style-span>I think it's time for a Citizen's
Committee to meet with</SPAN>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 19px">MCC and Santa Rosa JC. This is reminiscent of
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 19px">citizen push-back 20 + years ago. We can
initiate a</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 19px" class=Apple-style-span>pleblicite and attempt
to merge our college district</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 19px" class=Apple-style-span>with another community
college. As before CR et al<BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 19px" class=Apple-style-span>will take our tax
share, spend it somewhere else and</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 19px" class=Apple-style-span>return less and less
to the district.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 19px" class=Apple-style-span>Norman de
Vall</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 19px" class=Apple-style-span>former CR
Marine/Maritime Technologies Instructor</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>On Dec 1, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Mark Safron wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>From</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> Anya:</SPAN></DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Below is a link to an article
about the current CR president Kathy Smith and her previous occupations. She
was actually working for Mendocino College before CR. Also, she was recently
married which is why her name is Smith now and no longer
Lehner.</SPAN> <BR style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><A
style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px"
href="http://www.northcoastjournal.com/blogthing/2012/03/15/new-college-of-the-redwoods-president/">http://www.northcoastjournal.com/blogthing/2012/03/15/new-college-of-the-redwoods-president/</A>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">1. The dean position at the
Mendocino campus is being eliminated. This means that our current dean, whose
contract ends June 1st, will not be replaced. </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">2. CR's custodian, maintenance man,
lab tech, library tech, and</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">administrative office assistant were
all laid off. Their last day will</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">be January 31st.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">3. Out of the five layoffs listed in
#2 everyone except the</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">administrative office assistant has
the option of being rehired, but</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">their hours will be reduced from
full time to 19 hours a week and they</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">will no longer receive
benefits.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">4. Our financial aid officer is
retiring at the end of the year, and she</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">is not being replaced. She will be
coming back very part time in the</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">spring semester, but beyond this
there is no plan to provide a new</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">financial aid officer.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">5. Our IT person is retiring at the
end of this fall semester, and he is</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">not being replaced. This means we
will have no one to repair computers or help with technical problems.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">6. Out of the 38 layoffs district
wide, five of them took place on our</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">little campus.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 21px; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">7. Please get the word out that
people can contact Barbara Rice, the</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">trustee for the Mendocino Coast, at
<A href="mailto:barbrice@mcn.org.They">barbrice@mcn.org.They</A> can
also</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">contact CR's President Kathy Smith
at <A href="mailto:kathy-smith@redwoods.edu">kathy-smith@redwoods.edu</A>. The
more people that contact these two women with their concerns on this issue the
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