Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986 [PAGE 574]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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In accordance with the 1982 trustee action, it is recommended that this reference be changed to "vice president for academic affairs." (2) Article I I , Section 2(a) prescribes a duty for the "executive vice president" which, under the present organization, also more properly belongs to the vice president for academic affairs. Because the rest of Section 2 falls within the purview of the vice president for business and finance, it is recommended that among the changes in Section ( 2 ) , subsection (a) be replaced by subsection (d) as indicated. All odier references to either "executive vice president" or "vice president for administration" are recommended for change to "vice president for business and finance." The University Senates Conference has also recommended that these references be changed to conform to current organizational practice. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , t h e s e a m e n d m e n t s w e r e a p p r o v e d . G e n e r a / Rules C o n c e r n i n g University Organization and Procedure1

A R T I C L E I I . BUSINESS O R G A N I Z A T I O N AND P O L I C I E S SEC. 2 T H E [EXECUTIVE] V I C E P R E S I D E N T FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE The [Executive] Vice President for Business and Finance shall: [(a) Make recommendations to the President on resource allocation and longrange financial plans.] [ ( d ) ] (a) Be the general business officer of the University and be responsible for die business functions of all campuses of the University. (b) Devise and install suitable systems for the administrative functions of die University. (c) Designate the place and manner in which administrative records shall be maintained.

Amendment of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure [Patents and Copyrights]

(15) The following proposed revisions to Sections 5[b], 7, 8, 9 and 10[c] of the General Rules represent a significant effort to improve the University's policies and administration pertaining to intellectual property. Led by the University Committee on Patents and Copyrightable Works, the effort to revise the patent provisions has involved faculty committees, faculty inventors, industrial advisory committees, and the professional invention management staffs of the Central Administration and both campuses. Previous actions have included a survey of University inventors, preliminary revisions in copyright policy, renegotiation of the master technology transfer agreement with University Patents, Inc., and transfer of selected administrative responsibilities from a centralized office to the offices of the vice chancellors for research. T h e revisions of patent policies are intended to improve the effectiveness of the University's efforts to transfer technology and ideas to the public sector and to stimulate increased collaboration with industry. Generally, the new policy abandons the prescriptive emphasis of previous policies and permits a broader and more flexible range of options for transferring University-owned inventions. The new policy also provides greater incentives for faculty and staff to participate actively

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New material is in italics; deleted material b in brackets.