Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976 [PAGE 44]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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8. T h e Director of the Mini Union shall report to the Chancellor via the Vice Chancellor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Affairs with respect to his administrative responsibilities. 9. T h e composition of the Illini Union Board shall be as follows: a. Five to thirteen graduate or undergraduate students appointed by the Illini Union Board. [It is strongly urged that] 1 At least half of such appointees shall have had major responsibilities for developing or implementing programs on the campus, at least four of whom shall have gained extensive programming experience within the Illini Union framework. b. O n e undergraduate student (appointed by Undergraduate Student Association). c. One graduate student (appointed by Graduate Student Association). d. Three faculty members (appointed by the Chancellor). e. T h e Director of Illini Union (ex officio without vote). f. T h e Program Director of Illini Union (ex officio without vote). g. The Executive Director of Alumni Association (or his designee). h. A representative of the Nonacademic Employees Council. 10. The Illini Union Board and the Illini Union Director are expected to conduct their joint affairs in a professional manner. T o this end the Illini Union Board in consultation with the Director of the Illini Union shall adopt and follow a set of written by-laws which are subject to the review and approval of the Vice Chancellor for Campus Affairs. The major thrust of these recommendations is to negate the implications that the June 1969 action of the Board of Trustees modified or diluted the delegation of authority by the Board of Trustees to University and campus officers, including the Director of the Illini Union, to conduct various campus operations and to make related decisions. Under these recommendations the following would be more clear: 1. T h e Director of the Illini Union has full authority to manage the affairs of the Illini Union and is fully accountable for the success of its operation. 2. T h e Illini Union Board is clearly advisory to and responsible to the Director of the Illini Union on matters of policy relating to the operation of the Illini Union. However, the Director is still expected to consult fully with the Board on major policy matters. 3. T h e Illini Union Board continues to have full responsibility for formulating and implementing programs but such activities are subject to monitoring (for fiscal soundness and compliance with University policy) and coordination by the Vice Chancellor for Campus Affairs, or his designee. 4. Since the Illini Union Board has a higher degree of responsibility with regard to programming than it does with regard to advising on operating policy matters, the importance of selecting Board members with programming experience is emphasized.

Mrs. Rader offered two amendments to the report of the Committee: (1) that the final sentence in paragraph 3 be changed to delete the words "and review of the program staff" and to end the sentence with the additional words "of the program director," and (2) to change the second sentence of paragraph 9a to delete the words "It is strongly urged that" and to begin the sentence with the remaining language beginning "At least half . . . "

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Words in brackets deleted by Board action.