MARC APRIL 17, 2020 H 26, 2020
Governing Board meetings to be livestreamed
during stay-at-home order
The next regular meeting of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Governing Board will be its first livestreamed through YouTube on Tuesday, April 21.

The virtual monthly board meetings will continue until the state lifts stay-at-home orders. A YouTube link will be posted with the agenda 72 hours prior to regular board meetings and 24 hours prior to a special meeting.
Tuesday’s board meeting starts at 5:15 p.m. The agenda can be accessed online and the YouTube link is at https://youtu.be/sH9-A8F2GB0.

Meeting participants – board members, the chancellor and her cabinet, and governance and labor leaders – will meet via Zoom, but entry to the meeting is restricted to prevent unwarranted interference. Public comments must be emailed to Michael Williamson, executive assistant to Chancellor Lynn Neault, at Michael.williamson@gcccd.edu no later than one hour prior to the start of the meeting.

All public comments will be reviewed by the board and included in the meeting’s record. The board president will review and organize public comments to be read aloud. Public commenters are limited to one comment per meeting of no more than 4 minutes in length. Each topic is limited to 20 minutes, regardless of the number of public comments submitted.

Meetings start at 5:15 p.m. and are scheduled for the third Tuesday of each month through the summer.
My home office: Jamie Gassert
  Today’s home office: Jamie Gassert, Grossmont College Creative Services graphic design coordinator

1.   Describe your home office: I have a home office in my studio which I built about 20 years ago. I do a lot of freelance graphics, so it was a very easy transition to work from home with everything already set up. It is quite easy to separate my work life from any distractions because this is a stand-alone building, not just a room in the house. Inside is an armoire which holds my computer and related items.
     
2.   What is a typical day for you working from home? The first thing I do is check my email to make sure I am up to date on everything at Grossmont or see the latest Zoom meeting that I will need to “attend.” The transition to working from home was seamless. I even take lunch at my usual time. My husband, a retired professional chef, thought he had to cook and bake for me all day long at first. Now that he's used to me working from home, things are back to normal – just an occasional lunch left at my studio door.
   
3.   What tip would you pass on to other GCCCD employees? Our newest graphic designer, Lisa Lakatos, set our department up with Slack so that everyone in our office is in constant contact. It is the next best thing being in the actual office and we can even pass files to each other without clogging our emails, which is very helpful.

 
Share your new working conditions with your fellow employees and we'll feature them in the Remote Report. Take a photo of you in your home office and answer the three questions above. Send them to Anne Krueger . Submissions may be edited for length and clarity.
In the Remote Report, you’ll see important updates, get your questions answered, and learn ways to help us all navigate this new world of mass telecommuting. Issues of the Remote Report will be archived on the District Remote Report page

If you have news to share or discovered a tip that helps you work better remotely, pass it on. Please send your items to Anne Krueger , Christianne Penunuri (Cuyamaca College) or Lorena Ruggero (Grossmont College).