That the value of city college are included in that, diversity, Lifelong Learning and education as a human right. So, the administration is trying to release a draft plan in mid april. At the hearing yesterday, at the meeting, they did not say there would be holding any more meetings. At the very last minute the chancellor said that they would Start Holding more inpublic sessions. But i think we he need to continue to push the administration to do whats right and actually hear more input from the community that has not been included in this plan. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker. applause and the next speaker who can speak in chinese can get a little more extra time so i can translate. You get to have a little more time. [speaking through interpreter] my name is vincent why you. Im originally from china and im a City College Student and i currently take classes in the esl department and also taking a beginner tai chi class. ~ so, im learning english so that i can, you know,
Trainings and Data Collection of the effectiveness of the policing resource manual as top priorities. I understand that a job as a Police Officer may be frightening. The possibilities are now coming home or desensitizing to human interaction, or more decision that go above the law and that is why i strongly feel that changes may lead the Community Members feeling thank you. Sorry. Thank you very much. applause next speaker. Hello, my name is robert fitch and im a teacher in the disabled students programs at city college and im a student in the older adults program. Im here to thank you for this resolution and also to sort of remind us all that this bottle unfortunately is going on on a number of fronts. ~ battle it started with the Student Success task force when former chancellor jack scott and carol lou and others decided that we should ration and prioritize education and exclude other people. That has been followed up with the education master plan that weve heard about with so Litt
Meredith Attwell Baker is the new presidd ceo of ctia, the wireless association. Commissioner, tell us about your association, who do you represent, what industry . Guest well, first of all, thanks for having me here. Its delightful to be back, especially now that i am representing this amazing industry that is really the platform where everything is growing off of. Who is ctia . We are not only the network operators, we are the people that build those networks, we are the manufacturers, and we have the App Community as well as the new Silicon Valley. We are, we are the connective life, and thats what ctia represents, and what we are hoping to educate washington about, and i just couldnt be any more thrilled to be with them. Host what is the Biggest Issue facing washington and your industry . Guest i think our top priority is always going to be spectrum. Spectrum is what the Wireless Industry needs, its what we run on. Its been six years wince receive had a since weve had a spectrum au
This hearing, but its really important to you as elected officials do a little extra, if you can, to try to Save City College. Thank you very much. applause thank you. Next speaker, please. [speaker not understood], my name is alvin shaw. I have four points to make. The first item is the purpose of accreditation. Secondly, the punishment to fit the crime. Thirdly, some comments from my neighbors. And finally, what i feel is the role city and government officials in this situation. Okay. In terms of the purpose of accreditation, i used to be a muni driver, also a streetcar and bus instructor. And a couple of concepts that we have is what we call big picture and tunnel vision. So, the big picture is whats the purpose of accreditation . According to federal law, the purpose of accreditation is to guarantee or assure the quality of education for students who get federal money. Okay. And this is in the law. Its in section 60 2 of the 34 cfr, okay. Everything else that an accrediting agency
College because we want to directly address issues impacting equity, impacting lowincome, students of color to achieve and to help us overcome barriers that make us feel like its our fault. So, so, you know, when we can stand here and say there are some that there are lots of different issues that either exist or dont exist by people on different side, but no one can stand here and tell me students have access to wifi when they need it. There is no one that can stand here and tell me we didnt have issues with shared governance. That democracy has to be hard, but it doesnt have to be impossible. I really urge the community to come together in a real way and that if we actually truly love our college and our community that well be the number one critics of it and do everything we can to fix it. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. applause ill call a few more cards before the speakers speak. Marco [speaker not understood]. Fitzgerald. Stephen farr, i believe. [speaker not understo