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      Ms. Sparks seconded the motion, and it carried.

      Mr. Miles returned to the Chairperson role and asked for the nominations for the
Executive Committee.

      Dr. Plattner called upon Mr. Jack Guthrie to present the Nominating Committee' s
recommendation.

      Mr. Guthrie said the Nominating Committee is pleased to recommend the
following Trustees for service on the Executive Committee of the Board. He stated that
all of the individuals have agreed to serve, if so elected, and moved that the following
individuals be named:

             Mr. Paul Chellgren
             Ms. Marianne Smith Edge
             Dr. Loys Mather, Chairperson
             Dr. Robert Meriwether
             Mr. Steven Reed
             Ms. JoEtta Wickliffe, ex officio

      Mr. Miles asked for any nominations from the floor.

      The motion made by Mr. Guthrie and seconded by Ms. Wilson carried.

      Ms. Plattner thanked Ms. Marian Sims, Ms. Alice Sparks and Ms. Elaine Wilson,
who have served for two years very capably as members of the Executive Committee.
She expressed appreciation for their leadership.

      Ms. May said she has watched the Board struggle with a period of growth and
change and apparently a tremendous opening and transparency which appears to be
serving the organization very well. The Board has heard about shared governance and
read about it in the newspaper, but if they went back and looked at the Minutes, there
would be no official commitment of the Board that would be legally there for anyone to
see that says that this is a concept that has been adopted by the Board and will govern the
organization, henceforth, until the Board adopts something else.

       She said that Dr. Todd has his mission that is driving the University, but, in her
opinion, it is also important for the Board to have some kind of official statement stating
the Board does believe in shared governance. The Board does believe it is important that
all Board members be involved and that the officers work together as a unit. Everybody
should be involved. She stated that she was concerned that the Board has not officially
taken that position. In her opinion, this is an important message, and the message is too
important to be lost.

      Mr. Miles said Ms. May' s point is well taken, and it really centers on his
commitment last year to serve two years. He said that everyone has read enough about