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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 17

P L A T O teaching systems utilizing Control Data computers, or upon the sale or lease of P L A T O teaching systems utilizing Control Data computers having at least 20,000 remote teaching terminals, whichever first occurs, and (2) the University will undertake to provide Control Data Corporation a license on all hardware and software improvements in the P L A T O system that are conceived in the Laboratory during the next five years. T h e documents have been revised and tendered to Control Data Corporation upon the express condition of the Board of Trustees taking formal action to ratify and approve the transaction reflected by the documents, which are on file with the Secretary and available to the Board of Trustees for examination. The University's obligation under the documents is also conditioned upon the approval by the Governor of the University's appropriation bill (S.B. 1360) as passed by the Senate and House of Representatives. Under the original licensing proposals to the Foundation, Control Data Corporation was to be given a license to make and sell P L A T O teaching machines, but royartfes would have been paid only after thirty P L A T O systems had been sold or leased. As a result of subsequent negotiations, the proposed license agreement would now provide that royalty payments will begin after 40,000 terminals have been sold. The change from thirty systems to 40,000 terminals on a royaltyfree basis is desirable since any one system could have as few as 250 terminals or as many as 4,000 terminals. T h e original licensing proposals were to be for a five-year period with automatic renewals. The revised proposal provides for the licenses to continue in effect for one year, with automatic annual renewals for the full lives of the patents, unless Control Data Corporation terminates. The Executive Vice President and Provost and the Vice President and Comptroller recommend that the Board of Trustees authorize the revisions in the proposal for equipment usage grant and lease arrangements with Control Data Corporation as outlined above, thereby ratifying and approving the transaction reflected in the documents tendered to Control Data Corporation by the University. T h e effectiveness of the transaction would continue to be subject to the approval by the Governor of S.B. 1360 and the successful completion of appropriate licensing agreements by the University of Illinois Foundation. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h i s 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 . PURCHASES (36) The President submitted, with his concurrence, a list of purchases recommended by the Directors of Purchases and the Vice President and Comptroller. The list of purchases was presented in two categories: purchases from appropriated funds (i.e., from state appropriations to the University) and purchases from institutional funds. T h e latter term designates funds received by the University under contracts with the United States government, contracts with private corporations and other organizations, funds from foundation grants, and grants from corporations and other donors, and University revolving funds authorized by law. The total amounts of these purchases w e r e : Recommended from Appropriated Funds $ 488 221 43 Recommended from Institutional Funds 1 083 845 96 Grand Total $ 1 572 067 39 A complete list of the purchases, with supporting information, including the quotations received, was sent to each member of the Board in advance of the meeting, and a copy is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record.

On motion of Mr. Swain, the purchases recommended were authorized.

COMPTROLLER'S REPORT OF PURCHASES APPROVED (37) The Vice President and Comptroller also submitted a report of purchases approved by him on recommendation of the Directors of Purchases in amounts of $5,000 to $7,500. A copy of this report is filed with the Secretary. This report was received for record.