This document presents definitions, rules, and procedures regarding the granting of permanent status to, or the dismissal of, faculty employees of Whatcom Community College. The procedures are designed to provide safeguards for all parties and to insure faculty participation in these decisions. Rules for the selection, composition (faculty, student, and administrative representation), and procedures of Standing Review Committees, which advise and evaluate probationary appointees, Individual Review Committees, which recommend award or denial of permanent status, and Dismissal Review Committees are stated. Other rules establish the decision-making relationship of these committees to the Board of Trustees and the President. Criteria for the determination of "sufficient cause" in the dismissal of a permanent faculty appointee are given, as well as the rules for dismissal proceedings--including committee recommendation, hearing, decision, and appeal. (BB)