Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990
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532 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 14 BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference.1 He then noted that the Chicago campus Commencement had been a few days earlier and commended the chancellor and the campus on a beautiful ceremony. Amendment to the Bylaws of the Board of Trustees (Change in Day of Annual and Monthly Meetings) (2) The secretary of the board has prepared the following amendment 2 to the Bylaws of the board. The amendment changes the day of the regular monthly meeting from the second Thursday to the second Friday of each month; and to change the day of the annual meeting from the second Thursday in January to the third Friday in January. The amendement, as recommended, is as follows:3 ARTICLE I. MEETINGS Sec. 1. The Board of Trustees shall hold an annual meeting on the [second] third [Thursday] Friday of January, unless the date of such meeting be changed by the Board. The Board shall hold regular meetings on the second [Thursday] Friday of each month; the date of any meeting may be changed by vote of the Board or by order of the President thereof; any monthly meeting may be omitted by vote of the Board or by order of the President thereof, in case it appears that the amount and nature of the business to be presented is not sufficient to justify a meeting. (The amendment will become effective with the November 1992 meeting.) On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, the Bylaws were amended by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Boyle, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Downey, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Dr. Bacon, Governor Edgar. (Mrs. Shepherd asked to be recorded as not voting on this item, explaining that her term was soon to expire and that she felt it inappropriate to vote on this matter.) (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Mitchell; no, none. Ms. Caporusso asked to be recorded as not casting an advisory vote as her term was soon to expire and she felt it inappropriate to vote on this matter.) OLD BUSINESS Ms. Reese reported to the board highlights of the May meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Chief among these was the discussion regarding articulation with two-year institutions and plans for making transfer of credits from two-year institutions to four-year institutions. 1 University Senates Conference: Geneva G. Belford, professor of computer science, UrbanaChampaign campus; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: Ian D. Westbury, professor of curriculum and instruction; Chicago campus Senate: Nikolaos Kanaloupitis, graduate student in accounting. 2 To amend the Bylaws, it is necessary that such amendments be submitted in writing and furnished each member at the beginning of a regular meeting (Article VIII, Section 2). 3 New material is in italics; deleted material is in brackets.
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