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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1970
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1970] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 957 Swain, Dr. Walker; no, none; absent, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Jones, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Mr. Stone. CONTRACT FOR VENDING SERVICE, MEDICAL. CENTER (33) The Vice President and Comptroller recommends the award of a contract for vending service for the University of Illinois at the Medical Center to ARA Services, Inc., Chicago, at an estimated annual commission to the University of $48,479.27. The proposal provides for vending service for a period of one year from July 1, 1970, through June 30, 1971, subject to annual renewal for an additional four years ending June 30, 1975. I concur. On motion of Dr. Walker, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain, Dr. Walker; no, none; absent, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Jones, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Mr. Stone. ROYALTY AGREEMENT W I T H CINE-PROBST, INC., SUBSIDIARY OF CYBERN EDUCATION, INC., MEDICAL CENTER (34) The Dean of the College of Dentistry and the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus recommend authorization of an agreement between The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and Cine-Probst, Inc., subsidiary of Cybern Education, Inc., granting an exclusive license to Cine-Probst, Inc., to reproduce, publish, sell, market and distribute programmed instruction materials including visual and audio training aids developed by the College of Dentistry under an agreement with Cine-Probst, Inc., as follows: Lesson Set: Living Skull a Dynamic Basis for Radio-Graphic Interpretation In addition to royalties of 5 per cent on domestic sales and 2i/5 per cent on foreign sales, the materials will be supplied to the University at reduced prices. Inasmuch as this agreement covers the second in a projected series of instructional materials,1 the agreement contains a provision for adding to its scope further instructional materials ordered by the University through the identification of a purchase order number. It is recommended that such extensions be approved by the Chancellor at the Medical Center without further referral to the Board of Trustees. This arrangement has been approved by the Executive Vice President and Provost and the Vice President and Comptroller. I concur. On motion of Dr. Walker, authority was given as recommended. REVISION OF EQUIPMENT USAGE GRANT AND LEASE FOR T H E COMPUTER-BASED EDUCATION RESEARCH LABORATORY, URBANA (35) On February 18, 1970, the Board of Trustees authorized the execution of an equipment usage grant proposal and lease arrangements with Control Data Corporation in connection with a program of research and development in the PLATO program in the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory at the UrbanaChampaign campus. Under the arrangement, the University will receive a Control Data 6400 computing system for five years at a reduced rate and Control Data will be granted certain preferred positions as far as licenses and royalties are concerned. The agreements between Control Data Corporation and the University are inter-related with license agreements being negotiated by CDC with the University of Illinois Foundation for the hardware and software developments used in the PLATO system. Negotiations have continued and the terms of the equipment usage grant and lease between the University and Control Data Corporation are substantially as approved by the Board of Trustees at its February meeting except that: (1) the University .will now acquire title to the leased system upon the sale of twenty 1 The Board of Trustees, on July 23, 1969, approved the initial agreement with Cybern Education, Inc., for four lesson sets.
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