October activities included: During the month of October, the Core 2009 Web site was available for public use. The Suggestion form was activated, and faculty and staff began sending suggestions to the Core 2009 committee. 
 
The Core 2009 committee made decisions regarding process and communication strategies. The group agreed upon:

Guiding Principles - These principles define the committee’s commitment to honor an open and honest process and to address the committee charge to “ensure that its membership recognizes that individual members must take a broad role in reviewing the Core Curriculum and that they are not to assume they represent any one discipline within the curriculum”.

Timeline for Fall 2007 and Spring 2008

Process for forums

Discussion questions for forums

Communication plan - which addresses the charge to “develop a process that includes both broad input and feedback from the DCCCD community (students, faculty, and staff) prior to making its final recommendations.  Such a process must incorporate recommendations from the many Academic Curriculum Committees.