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Minority hiring efforts reviewed By Kathy Hines Staff Writer In compliance with the state ruling that mandates a 30 percent increase in minority employment of community college staff and fac: ulty, the Governing Board invited KarenGrosz,amemberoftheCalifornia Community College Governing Board, to review Palomar's Affirmative Action efforts. The subject of the April 3 Governing Board meeting was Assembly Bill 1725, the Education Code that emphasizes affirmative action. The meeting was held in order to iron out flaws in the Palomar proposals before July 1, the deadline for the California Education Code Section 87743. At the Board Meeting, Grosz dissected Palomar's plans for affinnative action, stressing that the hiring of minorities is a "goal," and not just a "quota." Although she complemented the work put into the tentative drafts, she constructively pointed out the loose ends of the extensive propos-
als and explained how affirmative action would be more effective. Grosz recommended that Palomar polish up certain details, like making applicants feel more welcome, applying a more aggressive approach to hiring minorities, and making sure that applicants are not ranked when their names are sent in to the hiring board. To illustrate her point, Grosz called attention to the Hiring Comm iLLee' s procedures. To begin with, she stated that the recruitment part of the draft was thin. Palomarnccds to aggressively seek out minorities to fill job vacancies, she said. "It (the school) needs more guidelines to determine an acceptable pool. Value is given to ethnicity in that affirmative action is set as a goal, but is not made real in supportiveness," she added. Grosz does not think that we will get "token colors" when Palomar hires applicants. She said, "to blind-fold the hiring committee would defeat the goal of affinnative
(see BILL- page 8)
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By Mark Hopkins Editor-in-Chief Disagreement over the creation of a new staff position surfaced at Tuesday's Governing Board meeting. Job duties of the $63,456 per year post include creating and implementing fund-raising ideas for the campus. The proposal to create the chief fund-raiser position comes as a result of a study commissioned by Palomar Superintendent/President Dr. George Boggs' office. Funds raised as a result of this new post would be used, for example, to build a proposed joint use amphitheater with the city of San Marcos. The amphitheater would be located above parking lot nine in what is currently a golf driving range. Duties of the office include identifying volunteers, creating fund-raising campaigns, and targeting prospects who might contribute. Board member Barbara Hughes said that she does not want to spend district funds which she estimated would total $80,000 a year when a secretary and other staff are added in. She said projects should be funded with taxes, and not with contributions raised by a marketer. "I think the public deserves only what they pay for," said Hughes. "The public deserves better than they are willing to pay for," responded fellow board member RobertRoseen. "There is no champion (for community colleges) in the state legislature. I fear for the bond issues coming before the voters in June and November. Even though we have the land to build classrooms on we do not have the funds to build with." Roseen said he would like funds raised by the new marketing officer to
(see BOARD -page 3)