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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 19

nois. Additional members would be elected from time to time by the members, provided that membership wouJd be limited to institutions or systems or associations of institutions of higher education which are qualified for exemption from income taxation by reason of their educational activities or of their governmental status. The purposes of the corporation would be: To encourage, promote, plan, develop, and provide increasing cooperation, coordination and sharing between and among member institutions, and all institutions of higher education in the State ot Illinois, in the utilization of computer equipment, facilities, systems, services, and personnel in order to achieve improved cost efficiency and strengthen and enrich computational capabilities for the performance and support of the respective educational missions, functions, and operations of the members. To acquire by purchase, lease, exchange, grant, gift, or otherwise, computers and related supplies, peripherals, communications systems, facilities, equipment, programs, software, and services used in or useful for the provision of computer and computing services of ail kinds, and any other property, real or personal, necessary or desirable to accomplish the objects of the corporation. To furnish and charge for computer usage, computing services, and developmental, productive, consultative, and coordinative services to member institutions, institutions of higher education, public corporations or political subdivisions or agencies of state government of the State of Illinois or the United States Government. To receive, hold, administer, and expend in furtherance of the objectives of the corporation, all assets received through payments, contracts, loans, grants, gifts, appropriations by the State of Illinois or any political subdivision or agency, or otherwise. The corporation shall also have such powers as are now or may hereafter be granted by the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of the State of Illinois. The President of the University now recommends that the Board of Trustees: (1) approve the participation and membership of the University of Illinois in the Consortium; (2) authorize payment of the University's membership contribution for operations (limited to $15,000 per year); and (3) that the Board of Trustees designate the President of the Board to act for the Board in Consortium matters.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these recommendations were approved and authorization was given hy the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr, Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Karnes, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalts, Mr. Meal, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Steger.

CONTRACTS FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, ROCKFORD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

(23) On March 17, 1971, the Board of Trustees established as of July 1, 1971, the Rockford School of Medicine of the University of Illinois College of Medicine. On September 15, 1971, a document of affiliation between the Rockford School of Medicine of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, the Rockford Medical Education Foundation, Inc., and four established health care institutions in the Rockford community was approved. The affiliation agreement anticipated the interweaving of the resources of the University with the resources in the Rockford community to achieve the common goals of conducting programs of medical education, improving the quality and delivery of health care, conducting research in health and health-related fields, and responding to the health-related needs of the community. The affiliation agreement provides that costs related to patient care are the responsibility of the institutions (hospitals); costs related to undergraduate medical education are a responsibility of the University of Illinois; and the division of financial responsibility is to be agreed upon in advance. In accordance with the affiliation agreement, arrangements have proceeded for the development of medical education programs in Rockford based in the clinical