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      President Todd thanked Bill Markesbery, Bob Lawson, Billy Wilcoxson and Bob
Meriwether for their service on the Athletic Association Board of Directors for several years. He
reported that new by-laws were put in place this past year that rotate memberships. He said that
he was pleased to announce that he has added Alice Sparks and James Hardymon as trustee
representatives to the Athletic Board. Faculty representatives on the Board will be Ray Mullins,
a professor in Dentistry, and Linda McDaniel, a professor in accounting. Elizabeth McCaslin
from volleyball and Antoine Huffman from football will be the student representatives. Dr. John
Piecoro is the faculty representative, an area that he has served for sometime.

      At Mitch Barnhart's suggestion, there will be a Student Affairs Committee. Vice
President Pat Terrell is chair of that Committee. Liz and Antoine will be members, along with
Alice Sparks and Ray Mullins.

      President Todd announced that the next Athletic Board meeting will be October 17th, and
the Board of Trustees will be invited to it.

      President Todd reported that there would now be a Finance Committee of the Athletic
Board. The Ad Hoc Ticket Committee had been established sometime ago. All of the processes
and procedures with tickets will now go to the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee will
look at the financial reports as well as the tickets and ticket audit. Dick Siemer is the Chair of
the Finance Committee. Claudia Heath, Luther Deaton and James Hardymon are the members of
that Committee.

      A Long-range Planning Committee of the Athletic Board will also be established. This is
another suggestion of Mitch Barnhart, and they will be working on that Committee's
membership.

      President Todd thanked everyone who has served diligently on the Athletic Board and
expressed appreciation to those who are now coming on the Board.

      President Todd called attention to certain items in PR 1 and encouraged the Board to read
all of the items.

       1.    UK started a new tradition this year, UK FUSION (For Unity and Service in Our
             Neighborhoods). This is a program that First Lady Patsy Todd had become
             particularly interested in with at Boston University when their daughter was up
             there. For an entire week, they invite the new freshman to have a public service
             experience. UK tried it for one day. There were approximately 650 students who
             did about four hours of public service to 40 organizations throughout the city, and
             it was tremendous. According to a survey done by Vice President Pat Terrell,
             98% of the students who participated said that they would do it again and would
             recommend it. That is a huge success, and it will become a tradition at UK.

      2.    The economic impact of UK's research enterprise increased to $433.3 million.
             This has a leverage impact on the economy, both in jobs and in dollars spent in
             the community.