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recommendation and pleased for the endorsement Professor Nietzel received from the
Board and from members of the faculty of the University.

      K.    Nominations to Kentucky Community and Technical College System
(KCTCS) Board (PR 3B)

      President Wethington said that PR 3B recommends that the Secretary of the
Board of Trustees be authorized to certify to the Governor the names of the following
twelve persons to be considered for appointment to the KCTCS Board: John R. Banks,
Hopkinsville; Richard A. Bean, Louisville; Mitchel B. Denham, Jr., Maysville; Melvin
M. Godby, Somerset; Martha C. Johnson, Ashland; Diana L. Lutz, Madisonville; Richard
W. Martin, Ashland; Thomas R. McMahan, Campbellsville; Dr. John D. Miller, Ages-
Brookside; Alois M. Moore, Hazard; John R. Triplett, Warfield; and Agnes B.
Whittington, Henderson. He noted that as background information House Bill No. 1, the
Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997, did require that the Board
of Trustees submit 12 nominations to the Governor by June 10, 1997 for the initial
appointments to the KCTCS Board. Four of the eight appointive members must be
selected from nominations provided by the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.
The Governor will appoint those four members plus four additional members from
nominations provided to him from the Governor's Postsecondary Nominating
Committee. President Wethington noted that the twelve names were put forth by the
presidents of the community colleges working with their advisory boards throughout the
state. He said he was pleased to put forth the list of names which must be approved by
the Board before being submitted to the Governor and recommended approval of PR 3B.

       Mrs. Weinberg said that she understood the legislation put the Board under a real
tight timeline but she said she had to make an observation that ordinarily the information
that the Board gets is meticulous about each item that the Board needs to review, consider
or certify. She said she viewed this item as an historic set of appointments that will be
made and will carry everyone through a perhaps difficult time in higher education. In her
opinion, these are important nominations to be made, and in the future, it would be very
important to get some kind of Board feedback on nominations of this importance.

       President Wethington said that he would be pleased to do that but the timeframe
this time was such that the law dictated that the recommendation be submitted to the
Board at the June 10th meeting for approval. He and Governor Breathitt discussed the
deadline and moved to seek names from the community colleges.

      Dr. Plattner asked for a very brief word about each of the nominees. She said she
would like to know their affiliation with the colleges they represent in lieu of the fact that
the Board did not have resumes/vitas for them.