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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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4. Appropriate faculty counsel through campus and University-wide committees. 5. A designated public service officer in each college or institute to work with and as a part of the public service team on each campus. 6. Special attention t o : a. Task force planning of the appropriate University-wide attack on urgent social problems. b. Increased emphasis on continuing education for professional personnel. c. On-campus centers for bringing people directly to the University's resources. d. Widest use of new technologies, including telecommunications networks. e. Establishment of regional field centers which will serve to channel and focus all University services in such areas. T h e s e reports w e r e received for information. REVISION OF UNIVERSITY STATUTES: PRIVILEGES OF STUDENT MEMBERS OF SENATE COMMITTEES (9) On June 7 and on October 14, 1968, the Urbana Senate took actions reconstituting its Committee on Student Affairs (as a Policy Committee on Student Affairs) and making provision for student membership and for Senate floor and voting privileges for such members. Inasmuch as the University Statutes do not provide for Senate voting and floor privileges for students, I recommend that the Statutes be amended by adding the following new language to Section 6 ( b ) : The Senate may provide for student representation on its committees, and student members shall have Senate floor and voting privileges on matters relating to the action of the committees on which they serve unless the Senate otherwise provides. The Chancellors have been consulted and are in agreement with this recommendation. I further recommend that the amendment be approved provisionally by the Trustees and that the advice of the Senates be received prior to final action by the Board as required by the Statutes. O n motion of M r . H a h n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d p r o visionally by the following vote: Aye, M r . Clement, M r . Grimes, M r . Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mr. Williamson; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Page, Governor Shapiro, D r . W e a t h e r l y . PERIODIC REPORTS ON ACTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATES (10) Certain educational matters acted upon by the University Senates and not requiring formal action by the Trustees are of special interest as items of background information. Accordingly, I have asked the Secretary of the University to assist in the occasional preparation of a "President's Report on Actions of the Senates." This document will be mailed to the Trustees from time to time or placed with agenda materials as the schedule permits. Occasionally, I shall want to review some of the materials with the Trustees to give these matters appropriate attention, and to answer any questions. The first such report is now in preparation and will be mailed to the Trustees shortly. AMENDMENT OF THE BY-LAWS OF THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (11) The Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has approved a change in Section 6 of the By-Laws of the Athletic Association. The change will provide an increase of $5,000 in the Working Fund. The present Working Fund is $10,000. The new wording of Article VI, Section 6, Working Fund, would read as follows (parentheses indicate deletion, italics indicate addition): The Business Manager may be allotted a working fund of not more than ($10,000) $15,000, the amount of which shall be determined by the Board. Its purpose shall be the payment of payroll and emergency items for which it shall be reimbursed from time to time by regular voucher and check of the Association.