Chevalier dissents saying the risk for persons like him is too great to attend in-person meeting; 90% chance he would die if he gets Covid-19 and participation by him alone on zoom places him at a disadvantage
The Yavapai Community College Governing Board spent fifteen minutes discussing the merits of 
holding a hybrid meeting in January 2021 rather than continue as it has for several months with all members on zoom. Third District Representative Paul Chevalier argued that with Covid cases increasing, the risk of transmission was too great if the Board held a face-to-face meeting. Moreover, according to him, the benefits of a face-to-face meeting could not outweigh the danger of the older members of the Board being infected. He said in arguing that the meetings remain all zoom that “in fairness to everyone and to help save my life, … if [I get Covid] there’s a 90 percent chance that . . . [I] will die.”
Governing Board Chair Deb McCasland led the arguments for holding the meeting face-to-face with a zoom option for those who considered a face-to-face meeting too risky. She was joined in a 3-1 vote to hold a hybrid meeting in January by Board members Ray Sigafoos and Mitch Padilla. Dr. Pat McCarver, whose spouse is a local physician, said little during the discussion and abstained from the final vote.
You may view the fifteen minute discussion where members asserted the pros and cons of such a meeting on the video clip below.
Yavapai College implemented a five-phase plan to deal with Covid-19 for the fall 2020 semester, which began August 17. The plan has as its goal to protect the health and safety of students, faculty, staff, and the college community. Since its implementation, the plan has been at the second highest level, which is orange.
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Yavapai Community College has announced that it will add more than 50 hybrid classes in the Winter semester, which begins in January, that combine remote study with “carefully supervised in-person learning.” Classes that will be added range from “Ceramics to Zumba, from Big Band Music and Ballroom Dance to Competitive Swimming to Pickleball.” There will also be a selection of “Art, Dance, Music and Physical Education” courses.
According to a story in the Arizona Republic of November 9, 2020 by Anne Ryman, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has closed its open meeting law investigation involving Maricopa Community College. It concluded it could not substantiate a violation of state law.
The on-line crowdfunding campaign for the Southwest Wine Center has raised 71 percent of its goal of $15,000. Twenty-nine supporters have donated $10,780. 
