MHCC Board of Education Minutes: Session 1111

A meeting of the Mt. Hood Community College District Board of Education was held on October 2, 2024, with a Board Work Session at 6:00 p.m., in the Board Room, Academic Center, Room 2360, at Mt. Hood Community College, 26000 SE Stark Street, Gresham, Oregon, and via Zoom.

Session 1111

1.0 Convene Regular Session / Call to Order / Declaration of Quorum

Members Present: Andrew Speer, board chair, Annette Mattson, Diane Noriega, ShaToyia Bentley, Dana Stroud
Members Absent: Diane McKeel, board chair, Marie Teune
College Representatives: Lisa Skari, president, Roxanne Richardson, board executive assistant, Traci Simmons, associate vice president, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Additional Attendees: Emily Bower, senior manager, Equitable Development and Chris Damgen, development manager, Port of Portland

Vice Chair Andrew Speer called the work session to order at 6:06 p.m. and declared a quorum was present.

2.0 Business/ Action

2.1 East Multnomah County Roadmap
Emily Bower and Chris Damgen, from the Port of Portland, presented on the East Multnomah County Roadmap project that will focus on establishing a roadmap for equitable economic development investment in East Multnomah County. They are currently in the engagement phase and are working on developing a vision, identifying projects, and beginning coalition-building. MHCC is one of the top projects of the roadmap.

2.2 In-Service Video
The MHCC Advancement and Community Engagement Division produced a video that was shown at the 2024 In-Service and this was shared with the Board.

2.3 Equity Leadership Series
Traci Simmons presented the guidebook for Maintaining Campus Community During the 2024 Election, by the Constructive Dialogue Institute, and posed follow-up questions to the Board for discussion.

2.4 Annual Policies Timeline
President Skari went over the MHCC Policy and Administrative Regulation (AR) Annual Review Process timeline.

2.5 Board Guiding Principles and Working Agreements Work
Vice Chair Andrew Speer recommended this item be moved to the December 4, 2024 work session, due to some board members being absent. In preparation for the future work session, board members brainstormed ideas on how they would like to outline this work going forward.

2.6 Other Business
The Board discussed board agenda review procedures, agenda items for the coming September regular board meeting, and board Community Engagement Committee meeting plans.

3.0 Adjournment

There being no further business, Vice Chair Andrew Speer motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:43 p.m.