Planning and Resources Committee

Committee Charge

• Establishes and maintains liaison with the Office of Educational Programs and Business Affairs.
• Receives presentation on the college budget at least once per year.
• Establishes and reviews academic priorities and the philosophical framework that drives the budget planning process.
• Develops policy regarding faculty consultation on academic initiatives and resource issues.
• Makes recommendations from Educational Programs and the faculty regarding budget priorities and major academic initiatives.
• Serves as expert faculty resource committee on academic-related budget issues.
• Reviews the function and procedures for the use of readers and makes recommendations for the allocation of reader funding.

Membership

• 1 Academic Senate Liaison
• 11 Faculty (1 from each division)
• 4 At-large Faculty (no more than a total of 3 from any one division)
• 1 Educational Programs Dean Liaison (non-voting)
• 1 Instructors’ Association President or designee (non-voting)
• 1 Associated Student Government Liaison (non-voting)
• 1 Academic Senate Liaison (non-voting)

Name	Constituency (italics indicates non-voting member)
Bill Dinklage	Chair / Sciences
Susan Block	Business
Jamie Campbell	Mathematics
Katie Laris	Fine Arts
Betsy Cassriel	School of Modern Languages / ESL
Joy Kunz	Fine Arts (Humanities) / Senate Liaison
Joann Graham	Educational Support
Tina Kistler	Social Sciences
Kathy O'Connor	Physical Education / Health / Recreation
Geoff Thielst	Technologies
Chris Brown	English
Liz Auchincloss	Classified Liaison
Alan Price	Administrative Liaison