Voting Members Present:

James Tidwell, David Carpenter, Christine McCormick, Hank Davis, David Bell, Colin Brady, Tiffany Vandever, Joyce Clayton, Elizabeth Hitch, Alan Baharlou, John Oertling, Loretta Prater, Mahmood Butt, Sandy Bingham-Porter, Doug Sloat, Elmer Pullen, Jeff Cross, Carol Strode, Bill Witsman, Jone Zieren, Cynthia Nichols

Absent:

Anita Shelton, Steven Daniel, Larry Helsel, Gloria Leitschuh, John Henry Pommier, Charles Delman, Tommy Brewer, William Hine, Mary Anne Hanner, Kelly Miller, Mark Shaklee, Larry Cannon, David Onestak, Keith Kohanzo, Judith Lyles

Others Present:

Lida Wall, Jeff Cooley, Jill Nilsen, Julia Abell, Kim Furumo, Judy Gorrell, Joe Barron

1. Call to Order

          Liz Hitch called the meeting to order.

2. Approval of Minutes of May 18, 2001

David Carpenter made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 20, 2001, meeting; Mahmood Butt seconded the motion; motion carried.

3. Committee/Scheduled Reports

The Executive Committee met on May 1 to set the agenda for May 18 meeting and to discuss the proposed bylaw changes.

        -    Budget Transfer Subcommittee

           No report.

4. Old Business

        -    Proposed Bylaw Changes

           David Carptenter made a number of grammatical corrections before action was taken on the bylaws.

Hank Davis made a motion to receive the proposed bylaw changes; Mahmood Butt seconded the motion; motion carried.

David Carptenter made a motion to accept changes in Article II; Mahmood Butt seconded the motion; motion carried.

Mahmood Butt made a motion to accept changes in Article III; Hank Davis seconded the motion; motion carried.

Mahmood Butt made a motion to accept changes in Article IV; Hank Davis seconded the motion; motion carried.

Mahmood Butt made a motion to accept changes in Article V; Hank Davis seconded the motion; motion carried.

Mahmood Butt made a motion to accept changes in Article VII; Hank Davis seconded the motion; motion carried.

Mahmood Butt made a motion to accept changes in Article VIII; Hank Davis seconded the motion; motion carried.

5. New Business

       a.    Budget and Planning Update

Kim Furumo did not have anything to report on the FY 01 budget. The budget year ends June 30, 2001. They FY 02 budget begins July 1, 2001, and is still at the Governor’s level. Ms. Furumo distributed and discussed a proposed FY 03 Appropriated and Income Funds Operating Budget Request and FY 03 Summary of Budget Year Capital Improvement Requests.

Julia Abell reported that the Office of Academic Affairs is in the process of preparing the Results Report which is due at IBHE by August 15, 2001. When Eastern receives the budget recommendations and knows how many planning dollars we will receive, the planning initiatives will be reviewed and the money will be distributed. FY 03 planning initiatives were used to build the draft FY 03 budget request.

        b.    Legislative Update

Dr. Nilsen gave an update of legislative issues. Spring session is due to end on May 25, but may run beyond that date. If the session runs beyond May 31, the per diem ends and passage of bills goes from a simple majority vote to a 3/5 vote. The Office of External Relations is watching H.B. 192 which is pension legislation.

        c.    FY 03 Budget Request

                    This agenda item was covered in the Budget and Planning Update.

Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 p.m.

                                                                                        Judy Gorrell

                                                                                        Executive Secretary