Annual Report 2021-2022
Previous Year Committee Membership, including year when each member’s term ends
Chair, Dr. Scott Litroff (2023)
Secretary, Dr. Raymond Lam (2023)
Dr. Daniel Garbin (2022)
Dr. Barbara Rome (2024)
Dr. Cheryl Tokke (2024)
Dr. Weier Ye (2022)
Student Representatives:
Audrey Arias
Sofia Rosado
Previous Year Liaisons, Designees
Liza Larios - Dean, Human Resources and Labor Relations, President’s Designee
Upcoming Year Committee Membership, including year when each member’s term ends
Chair, Dr. Raymond Lam (2023)
Secretary, Dr. William Blick (2025)
Dr. Rommel Robertson (2025)
Dr. Barbara Rome (2024)
Dr. Cheryl Tokke (2024)
Liaison, Ms. Lois Florman
Previous Year Committee Officers
Litroff, Scott - Music (2023) - chair
Lam, Raymond - Engineering Technology (2023) - secretary
Upcoming Year Committee Officers
Lam, Raymond - Engineering Technology (2023) - chair
Blick, William - Library (2025) - secretary
Committee Meeting Dates and Times
During Academic Year 2021-2022, the Bylaws Committee met via zoom on: October 6, 2021; November 3, 2021; December 15, 2021; February 23, 2022; and May 11, 2022
Narrative Summary of Committee Work
In Fall 2021, the Bylaws Committee began efforts toward what became a project spanning most of the 2021-2022 academic year, to gather information toward forming a searchable repository of past proposals for bylaw amendments that were presented to and approved by to the Bylaws Committee, and subsequently approved by the Academic Senate. This project had began under the directive of the Steering Committee in late Spring 2021. The Bylaws Committee made significant progress toward this goal during the 2021-2022 academic year, compiling information for archival and eventual upload to said repository, representing bylaws amendment approvals from the 2005 to the present.
However, changes in QCC’s IT personnel necessitated that the Bylaws Committee wait until such time as it could receive support in the creation of a searchable webpage for the repository. Specifically, David Moretti had been serving as an advisor to the Bylaws Committee in this capacity, and his departure was followed by advisement from the Steering Committee that the repository project should be shelved until further notice. Once it is determined that the project can once again move forward, the archived entries gathered by the Bylaws Committee can be used to populate the searchable webpage once it has been created and the committee receives training on how to update and manage it.
The Bylaws Committee successfully appointed two student representatives with assistance from Gisela Rivera. Audrey Arias and Sofia Rosado attended the committee’s zoom meetings on November 3, December 15, and February 23.
Several bylaw amendment proposals were presented to the Bylaws Committee in 2021-2022, which are summarized in this document.
In Spring 2022, the committee received further guidance from the Steering Committee on strategies for compiling the Committee Guide Addendum. As the committee had engaged in careful revision of its committee handbook in 2020-2021, information from this handbook will be distilled into an appropriate addendum during Fall 2022.
Proposals Presented to Bylaws Committee
- Committee on Admissions:
- AS rejected committee’s proposal to change name to Committee on Re-admissions, suggested alternative of Committee on Admission and Re-admissions. Deciding to pursue the matter no further, the name remains as Committee on Admissions.
- Awards and Scholarships Committee
- Proposed changes to charges 2 and 3 to more specifically reflect the committee’s current function, as the information hadn’t been updated since 2007. Proposal subsequently approved by AS.
Recommendations for 2022-2023 Academic Year
The committee will seek to maintain active student representatives.
The committee will consider and formally adopt an Addendum to the Committee Guide.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to all committee members for their work in compiling information for the Bylaws repository.
Respectfully Submitted,
Scott Litroff, Chair
