[Occupymendocino] C.R.

[Tammy Davis]

Thank you to all who have forwarded this email.

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.

Thank you again for the info,

Tammy Davis

From: Norman de Vall 
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 4:59 PM
To: rkarch at mcn.org 
Cc: occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org 
Subject: Re: [Occupymendocino] C.R.

I think it's time for a Citizen's Committee to meet with 
MCC and Santa Rosa JC.  This is reminiscent of 
citizen push-back 20 + years ago.  We can initiate a
pleblicite and attempt to merge our college district
with another community college. As before CR et al

will take our tax share, spend it somewhere else and
return less and less to the district.
Norman de Vall
former CR Marine/Maritime Technologies Instructor


On Dec 1, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Mark Safron wrote:


  From Anya:
  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. 
  http://www.northcoastjournal.com/blogthing/2012/03/15/new-college-of-the-redwoods-president/ 


  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. 

  2. CR's custodian, maintenance man, lab tech, library tech, and
  administrative office assistant were all laid off. Their last day will
  be January 31st.

  3. Out of the five layoffs listed in #2 everyone except the
  administrative office assistant has the option of being rehired, but
  their hours will be reduced from full time to 19 hours a week and they
  will no longer receive benefits.

  4. Our financial aid officer is retiring at the end of the year, and she
  is not being replaced. She will be coming back very part time in the
  spring semester, but beyond this there is no plan to provide a new
  financial aid officer.

  5. Our IT person is retiring at the end of this fall semester, and he is
  not being replaced. This means we will have no one to repair computers or help with technical problems.

  6. Out of the 38 layoffs district wide, five of them took place on our
  little campus.

  7. Please get the word out that people can contact Barbara Rice, the
  trustee for the Mendocino Coast, at barbrice at mcn.org.They can also
  contact CR's President Kathy Smith at kathy-smith at redwoods.edu. The more people that contact these two women with their concerns on this issue the more attention it will get.

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