Placement of Local Board Appointments on Board Table
Upon a motion by Mr. Pezold, second by Mr. C. Harris, the Board approved the names listed below for the technical colleges be placed on the Board table until the January meeting for consideration of approval of appointment to the local board of directors of the technical colleges.

A. Atlanta Techical College, appointment
Michael M. Young, Fulton County

B. Valdosta Technical College, appointment
Jerome Tucker, Lowndes County

Equipment Purchases and Contracts
Upon a motion by Mr. Pezold, second by Mr. Bowen, the Board approved to authorize the Commissioner to purchase for DeKalb Technical College fire rated doors for the stairwells and equipment room to comply with the State of Georgia Fire Code for the Clarkston campus at a total cost not to exceed $43,145.00.

Upon a motion by Mr. Pezold, second by Mr. Bowen, the Board approved to authorize the Commissioner to purchase for the Georgia Aviation and Technical College furniture and equipment for the new Business Office at a total cost not to exceed $50,000.00.

Upon a motion by Mr. Pezold, second by Mr. Bowen, the Board approved to authorize the Commissioner to purchase for Griffin Technical College 20 Dell Pentium III Processors and one Dell PowerEdge 2400 Server at a total cost not to exceed $37,200.00.

Upon a motion by Mr. Pezold, second by Mr. Bowen, the Board approved to authorize the Commissioner to purchase for North Georgia Technical College equipment for the Welding and Joining Technology program at a total cost not to exceed $55,100.00.

Upon a motion by Mr. Pezold, second by Mr. Bowen, the Board approved to authorize the Commissioner to upgrade computer labs in the Allied Health Education building at Southwest Georgia Technical College at a total cost not to exceed $166,012.00.

Upon a motion by Mr. Pezold, second by Mr. Bowen, the Board approved to authorize the Commissioner to purchase for Swainsboro Technical College 46 Dell Pentium III computers for the Drafting lab and the off-campus sites in Johnson and Candler counties at a total cost not to exceed $65,412.00.

Upon a motion by Mr. Pezold, second by Mr. Bowen, the Board approved to authorize the Commissioner to purchase computers for Valdosta Technical College for the Drafting lab at a total cost not to exceed $35,018.00.

Other
Upon a motion by Mr. Pezold, second by Mr. Bowen, the Board approved to suspend the rule for laying the policy on the table until the next Board meeting and to adopt the proposed revisions to State Board Policy 05-02-03 (1). (This will require a two-thirds majority vote of the Board.)

Upon a motion by Mr. Pezold, second by Mr. C. Harris, the Board approved to rename East Central Technical Institute, Okefenokee Technical Institute, Sandersville Regional Technical Institute and Southestern Technical Institute to East Central Technical College, Okefenokee Technical College, Sandersville Regional Technical College and Southeastern Technical College.

Diplomas

East Central Technical College - effective Winter Quarter 2001

Basic Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts

Technical Certificates of Credit

East Central Technical College - effective Winter Quarter 2001

Culinary Safety and Sanitation

Basic Restaurant Management

Catering Fundamentals

Griffin Technical College - effective Winter Quarter 2001

Windows NT Specialist

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

Update
Bob Silverman called attention to the GDTAE Annual Report 2000 given to each member and gave an update on the Quick Start's program. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
Mr. B. Harris recognized and thanked Dan Rather and Roy Bowen for their service with DTAE State Board as Chairman Dan Rather and Vice Chairman Roy Bowen with a presentation of a plaque, a resolution and a gift from the Board.

Chairman B. Harris requested a recess for an Executive Session.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT
The Board reconvened at 10:00 a.m.

Upon a motion by Mr. Bowen, second by Mr. C. Harris, the Board approved Commissioner Breeden's recommendation of the appointment of Dr. Frieda Hill as President of the Southwest Georgia Technical College, effective January 1, 2001.

Chairman B. Harris recognized Mr. Charles DeMott, the retiring President of Southwest Georgia Technical College and called for a few remarks.

Mr. Bowen presented each Board member with a Holiday wish and a book "For One Glorious Purpose", celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Georgia Textile Manufacturing Association.

COMMISSIONER'S REPORT
Dr. Breeden thanked the Tarbuttons for the reception and dinner on Wednesday evening and Jack Sterrett and his staff at Sandersville Regional Tech for such a great job on hosting the State Board. He gave an update on the growth of the schools and programs.

The next Board meeting will be January 4, 2001 in the DTAE Board room, Atlanta at 1:00 p.m. with Committee meetings beginning at 9:30 a.m.

ADJOURN
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:13 a.m.