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Chancellor's Memo to the Campus Community
June 10, 2005
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the formation of the Isla Vista Commission for UC Santa Barbara. The new Commission will coordinate the many ongoing activities that are currently part of the Isla Vista-UCSB relationship, and initiate or assist in the development of new programs intended to serve the mutual interests of I.V. and our campus. Professor Walter Yuen and Professor Harry Nelson will serve as the first co-chairs of the Commission. The membership of the Commission, as shown here, includes faculty, staff, students, and administrative personnel from UCSB. Ex officio members and other individuals who represent government and community organizations with concerns in I.V. will participate in the Commission meetings. Four facilitators who represent different segments of our administrative organization will be responsible for the plans formulated by the Commission and approved by the Chancellor.
The Commission has been formed as a result of a recommendation of the Isla Vista Action Group. The Isla Vista Action Group is an ad-hoc group I established in November 2003, largely to address the difficult Halloween problem. At the conclusion of its work in Winter 2005, this group, which included members representing UCSB faculty, staff, students, and administration as well as Santa Barbara City College and the County of Santa Barbara, recommended that the campus maintain its effort to improve the quality of life of our students and other residents of Isla Vista. The group recommended the formation of the Isla Vista Commission.
We are grateful for the diligent efforts that the Isla Vista Action Group has made to bring the Isla Vista-UCSB relationship to the forefront of campus awareness, and we look forward to the continuation and enhancement of these efforts by our new Isla Vista Commission.
Sincerely,
Henry T. Yang
Chancellor