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HISTORY
The Oregon Community College Association (OCCA) was founded in 1962 by Tom
Rigbee, as an arm of the Oregon School Board Association. The first OCCA liaison
with the organization was Bob Hammil (a graduate student), followed by
Don Shelton. Roger Bassett arrived in 1979.
Originally there were five member colleges:
OCCA was compromised of three sections: students, administrators, and faculty.
In the late 1960s a classified employee section was added to the
organization.
At a annual convention of OCCA, at which representatives from each section met, a central governing board and chair was selected. (One year, a student from Clackamas, Dean Wilson, served as chair. In 1973, the organization separated, due to collective bargaining issues at the legislature. Each section went its separate way. At this time, OCCA was re-established, with a structure similar to that of today. With this separation, the beginnings of OCCSA was formulated from the student section. Mt. Hood Community College took a leadership position in writing a constitution for this new organization, OCCSA. The constitution was intended to provide the organizational means whereby the ideas and experiences of mutual concern could be shared by the member community colleges; also to minimize inter-college politics to utilize top student management, and to avoid power struggles. In spring 1974 the constitution and bylaws were officially adopted. Originally, the organization was structured with the OCCSA advisor serving as executive secretary for the organization. The ASG president of the host campus for each business meeting served as board chair. Further development of the organizational structure:
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