Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986
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202 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 21 In return for a surcharge of 50 percent over current prevailing rates for use of the P L A T O system, the new subscription would waive the University's royaltyfree license to use courseware and software materials developed through the subscriber's access to P L A T O . The purpose of creating this special subclass is to accommodate several small, high-technology businesses which find the P L A T O system's usefulness to them impaired by the existence of the license requirement. Certain of their customers will not contract with them if the University retains the rights to use the materials to be developed. This class of subscription would be tightly controlled and made available only to those applicants meeting criteria to be developed and administered by C E R L and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. (For example this class of service would not be available to subscribers using the P L A T O system in subject areas of interest to the University.) The University Committee on Copyrightable Works has reviewed this request and recommends approval. I concur. On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved. Agreement with General Motors Corporation (Exception to the Genera/ Rules) (17) The General Motors Corporation has offered to support three research projects on the Urbana-Champaign campus, two in the College of Engineering and one in the Institute of Aviation. As a condition of the support (a total of $125,100), General Motors has accepted a nonexclusive, royalty-bearing license to use any University-owned patent resulting from such research. The terms negotiated do not provide for termination of the license if aggressive development of the resulting inventions is not demonstrated. Omission of this provision requires an exception to Article I I , Section 7(e) (3) of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure. These terms are consistent with normal licensing practice. The departments involved, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and the Aviation Research Laboratory, and the Vice Chancellor for Research believe the terms to be acceptable and recommend that the exception be approved. The University Patent Committee has recommended approval. I concur. On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved. Transfer of Funds Among Line-Item Appropriations (18) The Illinois Revised Statutes provide that transfer of funds may be made among certain regular operating appropriations and grants during the course of the fiscal year. Upon initiation and approval by the University, a request for an appropriation-transfer authorization is submitted to the governor through the Board of Higher Education. The vice president for business and finance has recommended a transfer within the University's Income Fund of $500,000 from contractual services to the commodities line-item appropriation. The transfer is necessary because of the requirement to procure fuel oil (versus the planned use of natural gas) during the winter months for the steam plant at the Urbana-Champaign campus in greater quantities than anticipated when the budget was prepared. The transfer will permit the realignment of budgeted utility funds within the appropriate object codes to reflect this occurrence. I concur. On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved.
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