Minutes for October 10, 2018
Minutes
The Academic Senate Committee on Committee on Vendor Services met on October 10th, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. in Room A-103
Committee Members in Attendance:
Liaisons in Attendance:
David Wasserman
Business:
The meeting was called to order at 12:00 p,m.
1. Meeting commenced at 12:00pm in Room A-103.
2. Minutes from meeting on 5/1/2018 were approved.
3. In response to a recent Health and Safety Memo circulated by Dr. Clara Wajngurt, Chairperson of PSC Health and Safety, several members of the faculty expressed concerns about food options and accessibility on campus. Dr. Wajngurt shared the following concerns from faculty, which our committee discussed at today’s meeting:
a) Lack of healthy meals for faculty on campus
b) Concerns about whether food is fresh / has been sitting out too long
c) Questions about which campus food venues accept credit cards
d) Accessibility of food during summer term – food venues close around 2pm; some salad options are not available in the summer
4. As we have two new committee members, we reviewed the findings from Dr. Tokke’s student survey which were shared at our meeting on 13 March 2018. We also discussed the question of whether there are student representatives for this committee and how we can contact them about attending committee meetings. Chairperson will look into this matter.
5. The most recent QCC Sales Summary was shared with and discussed by committee members. We also discussed declining sales at the campus bookstore and the increasing use of OER textbooks in QCC courses.
6. Our next meeting was scheduled for November 21 at 12:00pm.
7. Meeting adjourned at 1:00pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Melissa Denninhy
Committee on Committee on Vendor Services, Secretary
Minutes typed on October 11, 2018
