Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is charged with promoting and overseeing governance at COA. The Committee serves as a liaison between the various entities of COA governance and its administration. In this role, it endeavors to facilitate and coordinate the work of other committees, groups, and individuals in the COA community, at all times respecting the different and interdependent roles that each of these entities has in self-governance. The committee coordinates the ACM, sets agendas and schedules ACMs, Dialogues, and Forums, makes available adequate background information for these meetings, chooses and trains moderators, evaluates the governance system on a regular basis, and serves as an educational forum for community members with special interests in organizational decision-making.

About

This committee consists of five to seven students, three faculty, and two staff.  For students interested in learning more about how organizations govern themselves, about community organizing, group facilitation, collaborative leadership, and collective decision-making, this committee and its role in college governance provides many diverse opportunities, including but not limited to serving as liaison to a variety of committees and moderating All College Meeting (ACM).  Experience on Steering Committee can act as a springboard to other committee service, such as faculty search and review committees, or participation in board-level deliberations on building and grounds or investments.

Committee Chair

Gray Cox

Committee Co-chair

Colin Capers

Meeting Time

Wednesdays, 2:35 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Meeting Location

Gower Classroom, Turrets