Grounding Opportunity - Alicia Szutowicz-Fitzpatrick

-Lobby day training at Folsom Lake College February 28 and Los Rios Lobby Day at the Capitol March 11th 
-ASB is Supporting the Second Annual Women's March on March 26th
-ASB is supporting the SWANA Center Event
-ASB passed funds to send five students to the ASACC Conference in Washington DC on March 14th- 18th.
-ASB passed funds to attend SSCCC General Assembly April 4th-6th in Los Angeles, CA
-Students are being appointed to faculty hiring committees
     -Faculty Hiring Manual; Administrative Regulations 5121, section 6.1.3; See Page 18 bullet point c. https://losrios.edu/lrccd/shared/doc/hr/hiring/faculty-hiring-manual.pdf
-Discussed a need for Changing Room Stations in men’s Bathrooms
-CAEB is hosting a Valentine’s themed Club Day on February 13th from 10 AM - 3 PM in the STEM Quad.
-ASB will be hosting a Meet and Greet event for students to connect with ASB members.

-Approved pilot cluster hire process which was sent to district to be included in all full time hiring for this semester
-Approved with friendly amendments the SSC AI charter 
-Received Feedback from the research office on last year’s faculty searchers
-Continued to support our curriculum chairs and discipline faculty working on common course curriculum
-Begun discussions to organize the timeline and process for Faculty re assign time coordinator positions

-See's Candy sales during week leading up to valentines day - tables set up across campus
-Classified leadership institute - June 25-27th
-Professional Development event is happening in March (week of spring break? Tuesday?)

-Student Equity Action Plan - Renewal needed, ends 2025
-AI Charter has been brought as an action item

-ARC Budget PDF for 2024-25 shared with the council.
-New budget allocations announced (details pending further discussion).

-IPEDS Data Feedback Report for 2024 was reviewed: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/DFR/2024/ReportHTML.aspx?unitid=109208
-Charter renewals required for expiring documents by the end of Spring 2025:
     -Institutional Equity Plan: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Afd4cb97f-0a66-3b92-ae3f-ee0d72270eb0
     -Integrated Planning Guide: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Ad7cc688b-1b88-365a-8d16-a7af60325851

-ACCJC Transparency, Storytelling, and Value Literacy Project: Regional convening details shared: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yDV64_iwrIfvxWiRu6CaJQc2PX3h9enj/view?usp=sharing
-Space Utilization Study: Updates provided, with further discussions planned.
-Spring 2025 Governance Calendar: Review and adjustments needed.