[2009-05-15] May 15, 2009 Meeting of the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University

              May 15, 2009
Meeting of the Board of Visitors of Virginia
Commonwealth University
Minutes
A regular meeting of the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University was
held on Friday, May 15, 2009, at 7:30 a.m. in the Richmond Salons located in the
University Student Commons at 907 Floyd Avenue.
Present were Messrs. Rosenthal (Rector), Hurtado, Jackson, Jones, McCandlish,
Robertson, Siegel and Snead; Drs. Bersoff, Broaddus, Doswell, Romano and Shapiro;
and Mrs. Rhodes. Mr. Baldacci and Mrs. Lambert were absent. Also present were Drs.
Trani, Gottfredson, Macrina, and Retchin; Messrs. Bennett, Bunce, Gehring, Ross and
Wyeth; and Mesdames Balmer, Currey and Messmer.
On motion made and seconded, the Board convened into closed session to discuss certain
personnel matters and matters relating to the appointment, promotion, performance and
salaries of identifiable employees and faculty of VCU, including the Faculty
Appointments and Changes in Status and other Personnel Actions, Promotion and Tenure
Recommendations, the VCU Clinical Faculty Salaries for the School of Medicine for
2009-2010, and the VCUQatar Continuing Faculty Salary and Bonus Award
Recommendations; and to discuss the evaluation of the performance of departments or
schools of VCU where such evaluations necessarily involve discussion of the
performance of specific individuals including Audit Reports of individually identified
departments and/or schools; and to consult with legal counsel and receive briefings from
staff members regarding certain legal matters and actual or probable litigation where such
consultation or briefings in open session would adversely affect the negotiating or
litigating position of VCU; to discuss the acquisition or use of real property for public
purpose, or of the disposition of publicly held real property, where discussion in an open
session would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of VCU,
including the acquisition of property in Wise, Virginia; and to discuss matters relating to
gifts, bequests, and fund-raising activities, including consideration of the Named Funds
Report and Facility Naming Recommendations, and an update on the development
activities as authorized by Section 2.2-3711 A(1), A(3), A(7), and A(8) of the Virginia
Freedom of Information Act.
Following closed session, on motion made and seconded, the following resolution was
approved by roll call vote: Virginia Commonwealth University hereby certifies that, to
the best of each member's knowledge, (i) only public business matters lawfully exempted
from open meeting requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the closed session