MELA Minutes 2020-2021

Kim Steinman, Stacey Smith, Phyllis Johnson

Northwest Mississippi Community College

Pearl River Community College

Michele Mitchell, Christine Davis

Southwest Mississippi Community College

N/A

Dr. Christa Wilhite, Dr. Krista LeBrun, Dr. Ariana Stokes,

MS Community College Board

All attended virtually

Name

Office

College/Association

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Amanda Hood

President

Katherine Puckett

President Elect Hinds Community College

Secretary

Hinds Community College Katherine Puckett

I. Call to Order 9:03 am II. Approval of October Minutes

I.

Motion: Buffy Matthews-MGCCC Second: Kelley Gonzales-MCC

II.

III.

Approval passed – 100%

III. Approval of November Agenda I.

Motion: Denise Gillespie-ICC

II.

Second: Michelle Mitchell-PRCC

III.

Approval Passed-100%

IV. Updates

A. Change in Agenda Format-No objections B. MACC Vote on QM Presidents want to review/audit our budget and the IT division. RFP may delay due to uncertainty about the budget. Tutoring via NetTutor until 2022 or when hours are depleted. Virtual proctoring is a necessity. Presidents will make decisions in January. Krista will put together financial documentation and RFP process. Renewal is easier than new sole-source contract. RFP 6 months to a year. She will get us in the queue for RFP for proctoring, but may have to delete when decisions are made by presidents. Need to evaluate our list of contracts. QM has not been notified. Need a 30-day notice to QM. Contract expires at end of March. C. MACC Vote on AspirEDU Presidents strongly favored this one. 1 college did not vote for it. Moving forward with funding this, DD will be available for all students, not just online. Krista working with ITS on contract. Emergency procurement, funds must be encumbered by December. Turned on as soon as

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