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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[November 13

Membership in the Planning Council on Computing in Education and Research

(8) The University of Illinois has been invited to become a member institution of the Planning Council on Computing in Education and Research together with nineteen other institutions of higher education. 1 The Planning Council is a part of Interuniversity Communications Council, Inc. ( E D U C O M ) , a not-for-profit organization incorporated to promote resource-sharing in the application of computing and other technology in higher education. The University is a member of EDUCOM. The Planning Council will attempt to develop appropriate methods of sharing of computer resources in higher education, including investigation of the feasibility of creating a national educational computer network; provision of information to improve decision-making with respect to provision of computing services within individual universities and colleges; and provision of a coherent voice with which higher education can communicate with the Federal government on issues related to educational computing. The Planning Council is initially established for five years. Each member is requested to commit itself to a $10,000 annual membership fee, the initial fee to be paid upon execution of a membership agreement and subsequent annual fees to be paid on July 1 each year through July 1, 1978. However, the University may withdraw from membership effective as of June 30, 1977, if it so determines. Funds will be provided from General University Unassigned-Expense for this membership. A copy of the standard membership agreement is on file with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. The Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination, the Vice President for Planning and Allocation, and other appropriate administrative officers have recommended University participation. I recommend that the Board of Trustees approve membership of the University of Illinois in the Planning Council on Computing in Education and Research and the execution of the Membership Agreement, with the understanding that the University's commitment to pay the annual fee for the four years after the current year is subject to the availability of funds for this purpose. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , 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 by t h e following v o t e : Aye, M r . F o r s y t h , M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . H u g h e s , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r . N e a l , M r s . R a d e r , M r . Steger, M r . S w a i n ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , D r . Bakalis, G o v e r n o r W a l k e r .

Remodeling of Low Rise Portion of Chicago Circle Center, Chicago

(9) The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends approval, as a "noninstructional facility," of a project to enclose at ground level the east and west sides of the center section of the low rise portion of the Chicago Circle Center. There is currently a need for space for information and distribution booths and bulletin board space in the Chicago Circle Center. This project will create an entrance lobby at grade level, containing a central information desk and spaces for booths for use by student organizations and other approved users. The enclosed space will eliminate drafts in the cafeteria area and, in general, improve working

1 The members presently identified are: Brown University, Carnegie-Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Lehigh University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, The University of Michigan, The University of North Carolina, University of Texas, and Yale University. Six additional institutions will be invited to participate.