MELA Minutes 2023-2024

Ms. Kim Steinman; Ms. Carla Malone; Ms. Samantha Latham;

Northwest Mississippi Community College

Pearl River Community College

Ms. Christine Davis; Ms. Michelle Mitchell

Southwest Mississippi Community College

Ms. Alicia Shows

Dr. Krista LeBrun; Dr. Arianna Stokes; Dr. Christa Wilhite

MS Community College Board

Office

College/Association

Name

President

East Central Community College

Ms. Jeri Lynn Parish

Ms. Tequila Sunrise

President Elect Itawamba Community College

Secretary

Jones College

Mr. Jason Cooley

I.

Preliminaries A. Call to Order: Ms. Tequila Sunrise, ICC 9:00 a.m. B. Roll Call: Mr. Jason Cooley, JCJC C. Approval of September 2023, Minutes

1. Motion to approve: Buffy Matthews, MGCCC 2. Second to approve: Michelle Mitchell, PRCC 3. Approved

D. Approval of August 9, 2023, Agenda

1. Motion to approve: Kim Steinman, NWCC 2. Second to approve: Buffy Matthews, MGCCC 3. Approved

II.

New Business

A. MCCB Reports

1. Dr. Krista LeBrun, MCCB a. No new updates provided; Linksys contract should be finalized. Cidilabs contract waiting on update from ITS. Creating Futures was discussed at the last MACC meeting and is being looked at by the MC4. 2. Dr. Christa Wilhite, MCCB