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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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and interchange of curricular materials. The courses to be developed by the training centers will be unclassified and will emphasize basic technical subjects and the development of certain occupational skills. While such courseware will meet the specific educational needs of the armed services, it will also have general applications in the civil sector. 3. Research and development in systems hardware and software aimed at improving systems cost-effectiveness, developing new, low-cost communications techniques, and expanding the applications of PLATO to new areas of instruction and research. Exploratory research activities carried out at CERL have indicated several areas where further research and development could make possible significant improvements in the cost and effectiveness of PLATO both as an instructional tool and as a facility of great value in on-line research. It is proposed that CERL expand the capacity of the PLATO computer system by the addition of a parallel processor for the Control Data Corporation (CDC) 6400 computer system and 250,000 words of extended core storage, in order to assure adequate service to the ARPA-supported consoles without degrading service to the student consoles in use at the University of Illinois and at other cooperating educational institutions. The Dean of the Graduate College and the Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus, and the Executive Vice President and Provost recommend that the Board of Trustees authorize the negotiation of a contract with the Advanced Research Projects Agency in accordance with the foregoing conditions. I concur, subject to the approval of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. O n motion of Mr. Swain, authorization was given as recommended. STATUS REPORT, PREPARATION OF 1972-73 OPERATING BUDGET T h e President reported some uncertainty on this subject, inasmuch as final legislative action has not yet taken place, nor is there an indication of the nature of the Governor's action following passage of the University's appropriation bill in whatever form that may occur. H e indicated he hoped to be in a position to report more specifically to the Trustees in July, but that it was apparent now that the Administration would not be able to present a final budget document t o the Trustees in July, but that a special meeting in August would be required.

REVISION. BY-LAWS OF T H E BOARD OF TRUSTEES; AND ELECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY COUNSEL AS AN OFFICER OF T H E BOARD

(2) The administrative officers have been asked by the Board of Trustees to review the By-Laws of the Board and to suggest such improvements as may be in order; and to provide in the By-Laws for an officer of the Board to be known as University Counsel, I. Printed below is a revised version of the By-Laws for the consideration of the Trustees. (Deletions are lined through; additions are shown as italicized material.) II. Article V (Sec. 1) and Article VI (Sec. 6) of the revised version provide for an officer of the Board to be known as University Counsel. The President of the University has advised that the Office be assumed by James J. Costello, and his name is therefore presented for election. The University Counsel would serve from the date of his election until the date of the next annual meeting. By-Laws of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ARTICLE I. MEETINGS Sec. 1. The Board of Trustees shall hold an annual meeting on the second Tucoday third Wednesday of March, unless the date of such meeting be changed by the Board. The Board shall hold other regular meetings on the third Wednesday of each month; except March; the date of any meeting may be changed by vote of the Board or by order of the President thereof; any monthly meeting may be omitted by vote of the Board or by order of the President thereof, in case it ap-