MELA Minutes 2021-2022

Phyllis Johnson; Kim Steinman; Stacey Smith; Aaron Payne Michele Mitchell; Christine Davis; Sonya Hunt

Northwest Mississippi Community College

Pearl River Community College

Southwest Mississippi Community College

Alicia Shows

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

MS Community College Board

Office

College/Association

Name

President

Hinds Community College

Katherine Puckett

Michele Mitchell

President Elect Pearl River Community College

Secretary

East Central Community College

Alicia Beasley

I.

Call to Order: 9:00 am

II.

Approval of June 2021 Minutes

a. Motion to approve: Buffy Matthews - MGCCC b. Second to approve: Michele Mitchell – PRCC

III.

Approval of September 2021 Agenda Addition of Alicia Shows announcement in Open Forum

a. Motion to approve: Denise Gillespie – ICC b. Second to approve: Phyllis Johnson - NWCC

IV.

Updates: a. Dr. Krista LeBrun

 TII Quote : Service quote expires June 30, 2022. The new quote for fiscal year 2023 is approximately a 4.39% increase. It takes about 6 months working with ITS for a contract to get approved. If this is a contract the MELA group would like to continue, it needs to be discussed with your presidents before it is brought before them in their October meeting. The group will vote on this in our next meeting in October. Katherine Puckett asked if there was an alternate service that the group might want to explore. Denise