Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees - Building Naming Regulations - Revision 2006 [PAGE 2]

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2 express provision permitting the Board to honor a donor’s request to name in honor of the donor’s relative, friend, or colleague, for example. With regard to naming opportunities for buildings, the current provisions recognize naming opportunities only for construction; this does not allow for naming opportunities related to “renovating and remodeling,” for example. Improving the language of this section of the General Rules is especially timely in light of the upcoming capital campaign. The following proposed amendment to Article V, Section 4, entitled "Naming of University Facilities and Programs; Commemorative Plaques and Tablets," addresses these inadequacies. The proposed language was derived in large part from a review of similar policies used by comparable institutions. The proposed language was the result of extensive consultations with the Chancellors, as well as representatives of the Foundation. Since the proposed amendment involves numerous revisions and reordering of the existing policy, a revised version showing a strike out or underlining for each change was more confusing than helpful. Following are the key changes in the proposed amendment: • allowing naming opportunities for things other than physical facilities, termed here as “Programs”; • defining “Facilities” broadly, then treating buildings and spaces within buildings separately; • treating all buildings the same (thereby eliminating separate provisions for residence halls); • allowing donor-naming opportunities for individual and corporate contributions;