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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[July 17

T h e Board approved the first motion without dissent; the second motion was approved, with Mr. H a h n dissenting. Mr. Cosgrove then made the following motion: T h a t , in accord, with Article X I I I , Section 7, of the University Statutes,1 the Board send its action to the Senate for its advice and recommendation. President Corbally asked the University Counsel for comment upon the relevance of this motion to the intent or meaning of the Statutes. Mr. Costello indicated that the Board in its 1969 action had before it at that time the recommendations of the Senate and the Chancellor and acted with the knowledge of those recommendations. H e further indicated that the sections of the Statutes having to do with the powers and role of the Senates indicate the primary function to be matters of "educational policy." He stated his belief that the Statutes do not require that the Board refrain from taking final action in this matter until it has sought the advice of the Senate. O n motion of Mr. Swain, Mr. Cosgrove's motion was tabled. Thereupon, the Board voted upon the main motion of Mr. H a h n to approve the report of the Committee as amended, including the accompanying materials related to the composition of the Illini Union Board. T h e report was approved by a unanimous vote. Illini Union Board Composition, Academic Year 1974-75

Student appointments to the Illini Union Board have already been made for the 1974-75 academic year and only two of the thirteen members appointed by the Illini Union Board have the recommended program experience, both having gained that experience within the Illini Union framework. It would not be fair to ask some of these students to resign. In order to reasonably implement at the beginning of the 1974-75 academic year the Board of Trustees action of July 17, 1974, with regard to the composition of the Illini Union Board without creating an excessively large board, it is proposed that: 1. Two additional appointments will be made by the Illini Union Board in September 1974 from students having extensive program experience within the Illini Union framework. 2. Three additional appointments will be made by the Illini Union Board in September 1974 from students having had major programming responsibilities either within the Illini Union framework or in other campus programming units. This will bring the total number of student appointments by the Illini Union Board to 18, seven of which will have met the program requirements. Should there be resignations of any of these 18 students during the course of the academic year they would not be replaced unless they are ones with programming experience. Although these measures will not bring the composition of the Illini Union Board into full compliance with the recommendations of the Board of Trustees, they move very substantially in that direction.

1 The Statutes read in part: "Accordingly, the Board expressly reserves to itself the power to act on its own initiative in all matters affecting the_ University, _ notwithstanding that such action may be in conflict or may not be in conformance with the provisions> of these Statutes. However, the Board will not so act upon its own initiative in any case in which Senate participation and recommendation is provided for by these Statutes until it has first sought the advice and recommendation of the appropriate Senate, or Senates, and the President."