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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Budget of the Athletic Association for 1975-76

(3) T h e Director of Intercollegiate Athletics has submitted, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association, the budget for the Association for 1975-76 which is summarized as follows with comparative figures for the preceding year: 1974-75 1975-76 Income $2 468 296 $2 498 623 Appropriations 2 468 296 2 498 623 The budget has been reviewed and approved by the Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus and the Vice President for Administration. I recommend that this budget be approved and that the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association be authorized to make such changes and adjustments, including approval of new appointments and acceptance of resignations, as are necessary within the total income and surplus of the Association, provided that: appointments of head coaches and administrative officers and assignments of funds for new projects or nonrecurring capital expenditures in excess of $12,500 shall be presented to the Board of Trustees for approval. A copy of the budget is being filed with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees for record.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved, and authority was given as recommended. Preliminary Budget Analysis for Operating and Capital Funds, FY 1977 (Presented for information and discussion and not for action)

(4) T h e Trustees had been sent two weeks in advance of the meeting documentation with regard to this subject, with the understanding that its consideration at the present meeting would be for discussion only, with specific recommendations for action to be submitted at the October 15 meeting of the Board. I n the course of the discussion that followed, the Trustees raised a number of questions: viz., the question of a higher priority in the budget request for equal opportunity in employment and recruitment and in affirmative action generally; the question of increasing tuition, with expressions of doubt from several Trustees about the desirability of increasing tuition; the size of the overall increase in operating funds requested; the possibility that some needs identified might be reduced or deferred, including a suggestion that the administration might identify a number of areas in which reductions could be made. President Corbally indicated that such possibilities existed, but to explore them would require the Board to take into account the results of substantial reductions in programs, institutional quality, and salary levels. He invited the Trustees generally to express to him and to Vice President Brady their concerns in such detail as possible. Mr. Neal suggested, in light of the discussion and the need for further consideration by the Board of various aspects of the request, that a special meeting of the Board as a Committee of the Whole be scheduled before the October 15 meeting to provide additional opportunity for discussion and consideration of the request. By consensus, it was agreed that such a meeting would be held.

Revocation of Certified Public Accountant Certificates

(5) T h e Board of Trustees, upon recommendation of the Committee on Accountancy, awarded Illinois C.P.A. certificates to the following individuals: Certificate Date Certificate Name Number Was Awarded Solomon Bleiweis 4810 December 17, 1951 Sidney Flaxman 2470 July 18, 1944 Jacob G. Lieber 1194 January 24, 1936