MELA Minutes 2022-2023

In 2018/2019 the presidents elected to discontinue the MILD Grant, but they agreed to maintain the $6,000 for the President Elect to use for our Retreat that year. Dr. Krista Lebrun sought counsel with the Chair of the VCC, Dr. Graham, regarding moving forward with authorization for the $6,000 to avoid delays in receiving the money. On Tuesday, August 23, the Presidents will vote on making the $6,000 Retreat budget an ongoing annual service that will no longer need prior authorization. Dr. Lebrun asked the past President Elects if this amount covered the needs of the retreat. They agreed that the cost is more than $6,000 with inflation. The past President Elects (Michele Mitchell and Amanda Hood) will put together a report of past Retreat expenditures to help nail down a figure for a new proposed budget. Amanda Hood, Co-Lin made the motion to ask the Presidents to consider an additional increase to our annual retreat budget based on the past retreat expenditure numbers that she and

Michele Mitchell provide Dr. LeBrun. Seconded: Buffy Matthews, MGCCC Twelve colleges approved the motion. Coahoma and Hinds abstained from the vote. Southwest MS CC was not present. Motion was approved.

2. Dr. Christa Wilhite, MCCB 1. SmarterServices Wishlist

PRCC, Holmes, and ICC wanted a Google doc created to let SmarterServices know how we feel about the products, what is not working and why it needs to be fixed. This is a good time to address these ongoing issues and any issues with the Smarter ID pilot since our contract will be ending soon. We also need to know who we should contact for troubleshooting