Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1942 [PAGE 402]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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to redefine its activities and functions. It is proposed, therefore, to increase the student membership to six and recognize service on the Board as a student activity subject to the rules and regulations of the Student Affairs Committee. N o change is proposed in the five faculty and alumni components. T h e Board will in no way take over the responsibilities of the Student Affairs Committee in connection with the various student activities which the Board approves for operation in the Illini Union. Such activities must first be recognized by the Student Affairs Committee and they must conform also to all the rules and regulations of the Student Affairs Committee. The Student Affairs Committee will have no jurisdiction over the activity budget of the fllini Union Board, which is dependent on the Illini Union Building budget as finally approved by the Board of Trustees. The budget for the building will be prepared by the Illini Union Board and submitted through the Director of the Physical Plant and the President of the University as is usual. I. Membership of the Illini Union Board— The membership of the Illini Union Board shall be as follows: ( a ) Six upperclass students, consisting of three men and three women. (b) Five faculty members or alumni, to include: one representative of the Physical Plant Department, one representative of the Business Office, one representative of the Alumni Association, and two representatives of the faculty at large. (c) The Manager and the Social Director of the Illini Union Building shall be cx-ofiicio non-voting members of the illini Union Board. II. Responsibility for the Management and Operation of the Building— (a) The Director of the Physical Plant Department of the University shall have charge of, and be responsible to the President Lor, the operation and management of the Illini Union Building. This responsibility is to include the operation of the food service units, the bowling alleys, guest rooms, game room, checking facilities, and ticket-selling facilities. (b) The Illini Union Board shall determine and be responsible for the type of the social, cultural, and recreational programs conducted in the Illini Union Building, including such activities of undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and alumni; it shall also serve in an advisory capacity to the Director of the Physical Plant when requested by him as to ihe management and operation of the building. I I I . Selection of the Illini Union Board— (a) T h e three men student members of the Board shall be selected by the Men's League Advisory Board, with the understanding that no one of their selections shall hold any major office in any other student activity. These nominations shall be transmitted to the President of the University for approval. (b) The three women student members of the Board shall be selected by the Woman's League Advisory Board, with the understanding that no one of their selections shall hold any major office in any other student activity. These nominations shall be transmitted to the President of the University for approval. (c) If either Men's League or Woman's League does not desire to make such selections, the student members shall be selected by the Illini Union Board from petitions from the general student body. ( d ) The representative from the Physical Plant Department, the representative from the Business Office, and the two faculty members shall be appointed by the President. (e) T h e representative of the Alumni Association shall be appointed by the President on nomination by the Alumni Association. All appointments to the Illini Union Board shall be subject to approval by the Board of Trustees. IV. Terms of Office of the Illini Union Board— ( a ) All student members shall be selected for a term of one year. They shall be selected by May I, and shall serve until the next succeeding May l, or until their successors are chosen.