Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky, Tuesday,
January 25, 2000.

      The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. (Lexington time)
on Tuesday, January 25, 2000 in the Board Room on the 18th floor of Patterson Office Tower.

      A.    Meeting Opened

      Billy Joe Miles, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 1 :10 p.m., and the invocation
was pronounced by Dr. Elissa Plattner.

      B.    Roll Call

      The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the roll: Mr. Ted
Bates, Governor Edward T. Breathitt, Mr. Paul W. Chellgren, Mr. James Glenn III, Mr. Merwin
Grayson, Mr. John "Jack" Guthrie, Dr. Loys L. Mather, Dr. Robert P. Meriwether, Mr. Billy Joe
Miles (Chairman), Dr. Elissa Plattner, Mr. Steven S. Reed, Dr. Daniel R. Reedy, Ms. Marian
Sims, Ms. Alice Sparks, Dr. W. Grady Stumbo, Ms. JoEtta Y. Wickliffe, Mr. Russell Williams
and Ms. Elaine Wilson. Absent from the meeting were Mr. C. Frank Shoop and Mr. Billy B.
Wilcoxson. The University administration was represented by President Charles T. Wethington,
Jr.; Chancellors James W. Holsinger, and Elisabeth Zinser; Vice Presidents Fitzgerald Bramwell,
Joseph T. Burch, Ben W. Carr, Edward A. Carter, and George DeBin; Dr. Juanita Fleming,
Special Assistant for Academic Affairs; Mr. C. M. Newton, Director of Athletics, and Mr.
Richard E. Plymale, General Counsel.

      Members of the various news media were also in attendance. A quorum being present,
the Chairperson declared the meeting officially open for the conduct of business at 1:14 p.m.

      C.    Approval of Minutes

      Mr. Miles said that the Minutes of the Board meeting on December 14, 1999 had been
distributed and asked for any additions or corrections. Mr. Reed asked that the Minutes show his
presence at the Board meeting. Ms. Sims moved that the Minutes be approved as amended. Mr.
Chellgren seconded the motion, and it carried.

      D.    Board Resolution

      Dr. Reedy requested that the order of the Board agenda be changed and that the Board
Resolution at the end of the agenda be presented at this time. The motion carried. Dr. Mather
asked Governor Breathitt to come forward.