Workshop replacing Board meeting on  December 11 to be run by Carver Policy Governance consultant 

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board will not hold a regular Board meeting in December. However, it has scheduled a workshop for Monday, December 11, 2017 to begin at 9 AM. The workshop will be held at the Rock House on the Prescott Campus, 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott.

It is expected that the session will be run by another Carver Governing Board Policy Process consultant.  The Board Chair appears enamored with the Carver model of policy governance and consistently brings outside consultants to workshops and retreats in his effort to propagandize members about the model.    

From the Blog’s perspective Board member time would be better spent thoroughly examining, discussing and then listing  the top priorities for using College property tax revenue. For example, should the College have its first priority as education and its faculty?   (What does that mean?)  Why does it continue to spend millions every year on building/renovating structures and new parking lots rather than invest in more educational programs?  What is the ethical (legal) responsibility of a Board member to County taxpayers when it comes to providing the City of Prescott with amenities like the indoor therapy pool, the professional tennis complex, and the dinner theater — amenities the College has already built for that city using revenue paid by all taxpayers in the County? 

Meeting begins at 1:00 PM at Rock House, Prescott Campus

The District Governing Board will hold its monthly meeting on the Prescott Campus on November 14, 2017 beginning at 1:00 p.m.  The meeting will be held at the Rock House on the Campus.  It is located at  1100 E. Sheldon Street Prescott , AZ 86301. You may review the complete agenda for the meeting  by clicking here.

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Meeting to be  held at  Prescott Valley Center, 6955 Panther Path, Prescott Valley, AZ

The regular meeting of the Yavapai Community College District Governing Board will be held Tuesday, October 24 at 1 p.m.  The College has announced it will be held at the Prescott Valley Center, 6955 Panther Path, Prescott Valley, Arizona.  Look for signs that will guide you to the meeting room.

Citizens may address the Governing Board on any topic during the opening minutes of the Board meeting at the “Open Call.”  A citizen is given three minutes to make his or her presentation.  It is timed and the time limit is enforced.

Monday meeting a “retreat”  in Prescott; Tuesday meeting in Sedona provides Verde Valley residents chance to speak out

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board will hold two meetings this month. The first will be held Monday, September 11, 2017 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Hassayampa Inn, 122 E. Gurley Street. Prescott, Arizona. This public meeting does not allow any input from the public and is held off campus. Historically, almost no one outside College staff are present.

The second meeting will be held at the Sedona Center, 4215 Arts Village Drive. Sedona, Arizona  on Tuesday, September 12.   It begins at 1 p.m.  A member of the public may make a three-minute speech on any topic during the call to the public at this General meeting.

The agendas for both meetings can be found at the following web site.  

Retreat (open to the public) Monday, September 12; Board meeting September 13

The Yavapai College District Governing Board will be busy the week of September 12.  On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 9 a.m. the Board will hold a retreat, which begins at 9 a.m.   The retreat is open to the public and will be held at the Rock House on the Prescott Campus, 1100 E. Sheldon Street, Prescott, Arizona.  The public is allowed to observe but cannot ask questions. 

LITTLE TRANSPARENCY. The retreat is not video recorded and no audio or video record is published online by the College.  This makes the retreat much  less transparent to the public, which the Blog assumes is intended by the College administration.  The regular meeting is video recorded and eventually posted online.

The Governing Board will hold its regular monthly meeting September 13, 2016 on the Verde Valley Campus beginning at 1 p.m.   The meeting will be held the Blog assumes in room M-137.  However, the announcement of the meeting does not provide the exact room location.  The Verde Valley Campus is located at 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, Arizona.  There should be sign boards on campus directing citizens to the location of the meeting.

Budget day

The Yavapai College District Governing Board will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at 1 p.m.  The meeting will take place on the Prescott Campus,  Building 3, Room 119, 1100 E Sheldon, Prescott, Arizona.

The first two portions of the meeting are devoted to adoption of the 2016-17 budget. The third portion is the general Board meeting. The meeting is expected to run until 4:30.

The various agendas for the three meetings can be obtained by clicking here.  Click on “May.”

Regular Board Meeting at  Sedona Center

The Yavapai Community College District Governing Board will meet for its monthly session at the Sedona Center, Room 34, 4215 Arts Village Drive, in Sedona this coming Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.  

The public is invited to attend the meeting.

District Governing Board meeting on Verde Campus,Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 1 p.m.

The regular Board meeting of the Yavapai College District Governing Board will take place on the Verde Campus Tuesday, March 1, 2016. 

The meeting begins at 1 p.m. and will be held in Building “M”, room 137.  The Verde Campus is located at 601 Black Hills Rd, Clarkdale, Arizona. 

The public is invited to attend.  A member of the public may address the Board on any topic for three minutes during the call to the public portion of the meeting.

Early morning budget workshop to be followed by general meeting

The Yavapai College District Governing Board will hold a District Governing Board Budget Workshop on Tuesday, February 9 beginning at 9:30 a.m. 

It will be held at the Rockhouse, Prescott Campus, 1100 E. Sheldon Street, Prescott , AZ 86301.  The session, which may take up all of the morning, is devoted to a review of Yavapai College’s 2016-17 Preliminary Budget.  

The Governing Board will reconvene for its regular Board meeting that afternoon at the Rockhouse.  The regular Board meeting begins at 1:00 p.m. and is scheduled to run until a little after 5 p.m.

There is a call to the public where citizens may express their views on any subject at the outset of the regular Board meeting.  Normally, citizens are restricted to speaking for not more than three minutes.

You may view the agendas in detail by clicking here and here.