Meeting Minutes - October 29, 2003
Minutes of the Meeting of the
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Held At 270 Washington St., S.W., Atlanta, Georgia
October 29, 2003
CALL TO ORDER
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia held a special meeting on Wednesday, October 29, 2003, in the Board Room, room 7007, 270 Washington Street, S.W., seventh floor. The Chair of the Board, Regent Joe Frank Harris, called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. Present on that day, in addition to Chair Harris, were Vice Chair Joel O. Wooten, Jr. and Regents Hugh A. Carter, Jr., Connie Cater, William H. Cleveland, Julie Hunt, W. Mansfield Jennings, Jr., Donald M. Leebern, Jr., Allene H. Magill, Elridge W. McMillan, Martin W. NeSmith, Patrick S. Pittard, Wanda Yancey Rodwell, J. Timothy Shelnut, Allan Vigil, and Glenn S. White.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Immediately after he called the Board to order, Chair Harris called for an Executive Session for the purpose of discussing personnel issues. With motion properly made and variously seconded, the Regents who were present voted unanimously to go into Executive Session. Those Regents were as listed above. Also in attendance were Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith; the Secretary to the Board, Gail S. Weber; and the Senior Vice Chancellor for Support Services, Corlis Cummings. In accordance with H.B. 278, Section 3 (Amending O.C.G.A. § 50-14-4), an affidavit regarding this Executive Session is on file with the Chancellor's Office.
At approximately 2:00 p.m., Chair Harris reconvened the Board meeting in its regular session and announced that no actions were taken in the Executive Session. Regent McMillan moved that the Board adopt the drafted response crafted in Executive Session to the Special Review prepared by Deloitte & Touche regarding an audit of the University of Georgia Foundation, Inc. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Chair Harris read the statement, as follows:
Let me state at the outset - President Adams has the full support of the Board of Regents! It is imperative at this juncture for all of those who support this great university to now reunite their efforts to push UGA into an even more prominent position nationally.
We now must move forward, bring closure to this issue, and allow President Adams to continue concentrating on leading the university and working with his management team to help further UGA's contributions to our state and the nation.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 2:05 p.m. on October 29, 2003. The meeting was followed by a press conference.
s/ ____________________________
Gail S. Weber
Secretary, Board of Regents
University System of Georgias/ ____________________________
Joe Frank Harris
Chair, Board of Regents
University System of Georgia
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