2026 PIC Meetings

Calendar

Fall 2026

November 5-6, 2026

This meeting is open to PIC members and registration is required. Zoom participants will receive a link through email.

Location

Whatcom Community College
237 W. Kellogg Road
Bellingham WA 98226

Room: Learning Commons 160

Parking

Parking is free.

Hotel

Reservation link: SBCTC room block for the Hotel Bellwether

The preferred rate of $159 per night is available for Wednesday, Nov. 4 and Thursday, Nov. 5. Please register ASAP! The special rate will hold until October 23, 2026. ($159 base rate + fees = $173)

Hotel Bellwether
1 Bellwether Way
Bellingham, WA 98225

Phone: (360) 392-3100

Agenda

Thursday, November 5, 2026
Time Topic Facilitator
10 a.m.

Check-in and remote site sign-on

  • Remote attendees: Include your college in your online name
 All
10 a.m.
  • Welcome and call to order
  • Welcome from Whatcom Community College
  • Introductions: What is an area of concern for your college this winter/spring?
  • Elizabeth Burtner,
    Columbia Basin College
    PIC president
  • Welcome by Whatcom Community College President Guillory
  • All
11:00 a.m.

SBCTC overview presentation/Q & A

TBD
12 p.m.

Lunch/Possible Lunch & Learn

  • Remote sites provide own lunch
 All
1:10 p.m.

In-person: Tour
Remote: Campus art slideshow

 All
2:10 p.m.

Workforce Pell overview/Q & A

TBD
3 p.m.

Session Planning: Leg overview/Q & A

Arlen Harris, 
SBCTC

Sam Herriot, 
SBCTC
4 p.m.

Session Planning: Messaging 

Rachelle Alongi, 
SBCTC
5 p.m.

Adjourn

All
6:30 p.m.

Networking and dinner

Hotel Bellwether: Garden Room (private room)

All (optional)

 
Friday, November 6, 2026
Time Topic Facilitator
8 a.m.

Check-in, breakfast available, and remote site sign-on

  • Remote attendees: Include your college in your online name
 All
8:30 a.m.

Welcome and call to order

Elizabeth Burtner,
Columbia Basin College
PIC president
8:30 a.m.

PIC business discussion

  • Subcommittees
  • Cost of meeting discussion
  • Hybrid meeting tips for inclusion of remote attendees

Elizabeth Burtner,
Columbia Basin College
PIC president
8:45 a.m.

Hotwash 1: Canvas hack/Lessons learned for future issues

Rachelle Alongi, 
SBCTC
9 a.m.

Guest speaker

TBD
10 a.m.

Hotwash 2: Public info requests/on-campus auditor: Lessons learned for future issues

Katherine Hedland Hansen,
Renton Technical College
10:15 a.m.

Break

All
10:25 a.m.

Leg 101: How a bill becomes a law

Arlen Harris, 
SBCTC
11 a.m.

Closing the Loop: Listserv topics

  • Topics TBD
  • Canvas resource

Elizabeth Burtner,
Columbia Basin College
PIC president
11:20 a.m.

Roundtable discussion: Session best practices

 All
12 p.m.

Adjourn

  • Lunch provided

PIC Executive Committee meeting (if necessary)

All

Upcoming Meetings

Winter: February 4-5, 2027: South Puget Sound Community College
Spring: May 6-7, 2027: Wenatchee Valley College