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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Mrs. Shepherd; chairwoman of the Finance Committee, acknowledged receipt of the letter and expressed her view (and her belief that it was shared by the other trustees) as follows: T h a t the board has given considerable attention to South Africa and the University's investments there over recent years, attention beyond many other matters; that the board had delegated to Executive Vice President Brady and his staff the responsibility of meeting with the coalition on this subject and that ample opportunity had been provided for such discussion; that on the question of the policy itself, the trustees are clear as to its meaning and its acceptability to them although the coalition does not necessarily agree with it. Accordingly she recommended for these reasons that the coalition be informed that it would not be necessary or appropriate for the Finance Committee or the trustees to meet with the coalition in July. Without objection, it was agreed that Mrs. Shepherd expressed the board's view and that the secretary would reply to the coalition accordingly. REGULAR AGENDA T h e board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University. Interim Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 1983

(2) In recent years the trustees have approved the continuation of the previous year's budget into the next fiscal year when legislative action upon University appropriations was not completed in time to be translated into detailed budget recommendations. Inasmuch as the situation described is expected to be the case again this year, the president of the University requests authorization to continue in effect, beginning July 1982 and continuing thereafter until further action of the board in September 1982, the internal budget for FY 1982 as it exists on June 30, 1982. Authorization is also requested, in accordance with the needs of the University and the equitable interests involved and within total resources: (a) to accept resignations; (b) to make such additional appointments as are necessary, and to approve the issuance of notices of nonreappointments, subject to the provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes, the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure, and the Policy and Rules — Nonacademic; and (c) to make such changes and adjustments in items included in the interim budget as are needed. All such changes are to be accounted for in the comptroller's quarterly financial reports, or in reports to the board by its secretary. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n as r e q u e s t e d by t h e following v o t e : Aye, M r s . D a y , D r . D o n o g h u e , M r . Forsyth, M r . H a h n ,

Mr. Howard, Mr. Madden, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Bandala, Mr. Bettenhausen, Mr. Persons; no, none.) By consensus, the board agreed that one vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 3 through 18 inclusive. T h e