Meeting & Agendas

Will meet business and industry workforce needs. *Co-Location of programs desirable-inter-disciplinary studies and maybe an inter-disciplinary degree *Performance Space. *Digital Creative Media Cluster. Discussion of Phase 1, Phase 2 Phase 3-TBD- possibly a theater for visual and performing arts. May require outside funding, getting businesses involved. Geoffrey show diagrams of the plans for the area. Bond election under $500 million. MBPT non-faculty Advisory board members can be involved with lobbying and campaigning, however it is illegal for ACC employees to lobby. Board members who are not employees of the this college are not restricted by this. May need public and private partnerships with C3, TX State etc. Build community here to make this a better place for the students.

Geoffrey proposes to: Eliminate Principles of Marketing from Degree Plan because it is outdated, inappropriate for MBPT students. Add Social Media Tools 1: Design and Implementation. *The board voted unanimously for this change in degree plan.

Geoffrey: Nominations for new committee chair to replace Mary who is moving to Knoxville, TN. Bettina volunteers. Geoffrey: You would be great because you are former student. *Bettina is elected unanimously by the board.

Tim: Since they didn’t give us a smart classroom we made our own and we are making another. We have 6 laptops. In Audio 3 and 4 (maybe 2) we can 6 people with laptops and teach them the software component a lot quicker and efficiently. Now the students will have hands on experience during instruction time. The students will be able to check out laptops to use at home to sharpen skills on Pro Tools. Kurtis: The students say it is really helpful. We think these new 6 computers will really boost the audio class. Geoffrey: We are buying Pro Tools out of our own budget. Tim: MIDI lab-network is now up. Kurtis: 2” 3M machine: Bought parts to get that up and running.

Enrollment Discussion Geoffrey: Would like more women and diversity. One of our big marketing pushes is getting more women in this dept. Our average student is a 25 year old white guy. More Hispanics are coming in. African-American population not well represented. Applied Sections Discussion Tim: Applied class only one counts toward degree. Since we are now called Music Business, Performance and Technology students who are doing the performance side should have 4 semesters count. Geoffrey: Joshua and Pete should research and report. because This will necessitate a degree plan change, so we must take a vote and, if changes are made, present results to the curriculum committee. Open house for new students Tim: I think it should be for new and existing students. Geoffrey: Good idea. Find others to help you.