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

Northwest MS Community College

Kim Steinman

Secretary

I. Call to Order 9:07 am II. Approval of November 2020 Minutes

I.

Motion: Buffy Matthews-MGCCC Second: Kim Harris-NEMCC

II.

III.

Approval passed – 100%

III. Approval of January 2021 Agenda I.

Motion: Buffy Matthews - MGCCC Second: Michele Mitchell-PRCC

II.

III.

Approval Passed-100%

IV. Updates A. Save the Date for Retreat: June 9-11 in Natchez, MS (Copiah-Lincoln) B. New MELA Course: Dr. Christa Wilhite presented new MELA course in Beta version. All colleges asked to check the MELA contract list and update before names are added to the course. Dr. Wilhite asked for suggestions of what is liked and what group would like to see. Course formatted with 3 hot links that are the most used from the old site and then 4 groups with additional information. Google documents will update live now and are hyper-linked. Send any feedback for the course to Dr. Wilhite. IV. Unfinished Business A. MSVCC P&P Manual Updates: Updates presented suggested revisions by Dr. Krista LeBrun. * MACJC – Changed to MACC * eLITE – Removed because it is not used and will be changed to full name.

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