Student Success Council (SSC) chairs Tressa and Lisa welcomed everyone  and clarified their role: 
-Provide support and sponsorship
-Offer resources
 and answer questions
-Decision making by Executive Leadership - ELT and PES.
-Everyone introduced themselves. 

-ARC has a long history of offering online courses. Distance Education is well recognized. DE plan was written in 2015.
College president approved the plan and called for implementation. Steps done: DE dean and Universal Design for Learning Coordinator hired, offering OTI, OEI Rubric Academy, Accessible Course Creation Academy and various workshops. ARC is now a member of the CVC-OEI Consortium. ARC ONLINE provides the framework for a robust online learning experience for students.

-Importance of having  charters - allow time to get the process going. 
Refer to charter handout.

-ARC Online as a virtual center in the same way that Natomas Center is a physical center.
Current accomplishements:
some fully online certificates and degrees. ARC ONLINE website showcases these. More additionas are planned. Need to look strategically and identify the pathways.
-All project work has to be completed by mid February 2019.  The team has a few months only before project submitted for for 1st and 2nd readings.

-Refer to p. 6 of the project charter to see stakeholder list

-Project leads put together four teams. Familiarize yourself with Basecamp. Look inside of team folders. Members for each team were selected based on their skill set. Each team has its own folder. 
Questions are posted for each team's consideration. Questions serve as guides. 
-Memebers have complete access and may input any helpful information and provide feedback and recommendations.
Look under project files. Each team has assignments.
-The whole team will meet once a month
Leads will meet with subteams on a weeekly basis.
Teams can meet online as well via ConferZoom. 
Doodle Poll will be used to schedule meetings. 
-IGOR will be used for posting agendas and notes

-Some team work has been done over the summer related to student services. Personal experiences and connections are important.
-Essential step - navigate BaseCamp and IGOR
-Read all data in your team folder. May read information in other team folders.
-All information, working documents, and ideas are shared through BaseCamp. 
-Do your homework by 9/25. Lead assigned to your team will contact each team last week of September.
Connect to your team members and do your best. 

-Why are we looking at Natomas? 
Natomas is a model for us to look at and ARC Online will be similar to a college outreach center. 
-We need support from student services, enrollment services and financial aid. Work is in progress to make it easier for students to navigate and get help and services quickly. 
-Electronic signatures issue was brought up regarding forms that students must sign with a wet signature. 
-Who is our target population or student profile? We should look at the research done by other online colleges. 
Our courses not all fully accessible but we are moving towards it. 
Some members shared their experience with using BaseCamp.