MELA Minutes 2021-2022

Northwest Mississippi Community College

Ms. Kim Steinman; Ms. Stacey Smith

Ms. Michele Mitchell; Ms. Christine Davis; Ms. Sonya Hunt

Pearl River Community College

Southwest Mississippi Community College

Ms. Alicia Shows

Dr. Krista LeBrun

MS Community College Board

Office

College/Association

Name

President

Hinds Community College

Ms. Katherine Puckett

Ms. Michele Mitchell

President Elect Pearl River Community College

Secretary

East Central Community College

Ms. Alicia Beasley

I.

Preliminaries A. Call to Order: Mrs. Katherine Puckett, Hinds 9:00 am B. Roll Call: Mrs. Alicia Beasley, ECCC C. Approval of October 2021 Minutes after corrections are made

1. Motion to approve: Ms. Denise Gillespie, ICC 2. Second to approve: Ms. Buffy Matthews, MGCCC 3. Approved Unanimously

D. Approval of September 2021 Agenda

1. Motion to approve: Dr. Amanda Hood, Co-Lin 2. Second to approve: Ms. Jennifer James, Hinds 3. Approved Unanimously

II.

New Business • Introduction of Ms. Menia Dykes, IHL, by Dr. LeBrun Ms. Menia Dykes answered the following questions that were asked before the meeting: • Why exactly do we need to be a member of SARA? How does it benefit us as an institution? What would happen if we were not a member of SARA? • What do we do if a student was a MS resident and move to California? California is not a SARA state. We are not always notified if a student moved to another state and do not know until we come across it accidentally. At that point, the student has taken online classes with us, and no approval was done.