[2008-08-21] August 21, 2008 A Regular Meeting of the Board of Visitors

              August 21, 2008
A Regular Meeting of the Board of Visitors
Minutes
A regular meeting of the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University was held on Thursday, August 21, 2008, at 9:45 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 Mesdames Lambert and Rhodes. Mr. Baldacci was absent. Also present were Drs. Trani, Gottfredson, Huff, Macrina, Moriarty, Portch, Retchin and Rhone; Messrs. Bennett, Gehring, Ross and Wyeth; and Mesdames Balmer, Lepley and Messmer. Ms. Aguliar, staff representative to the Board, Ms. Sikka, student representative to the Board, and Mr. Karim, alternate student representative to the Board were also present.
The meeting was called order and 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 Faculty Appointments and Changes in Status and other Personnel Actions, and to discuss the evaluation of 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 relating to the aforementioned Audit Reports, 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 property, or of plans for the future of a state institution of higher education which could affect the value of property owned or desirable for ownership by such institution, including the acquisition of property on or adjacent to the Monroe Park Campus; and to consult with legal counsel pertaining to actual and probable litigation, and other specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice or counsel, where such consultation or briefing in open session would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of VCU, including the Report of the General Counsel; 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 meeting to which this certification resolution applies, and (ii) only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed session meeting were heard, discussed or considered by the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Roll Call Vote
Ayes
Nays
Mr. Thomas G. Rosenthal, Rector
X
Mr. David G. Baldacci
Absent
Dr. Edward H. Bersoff
X
Dr. J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.
X
Dr. John C. Doswell II
X
Mr. Arthur D. Hurtado
X
Mr. Brian K. Jackson
X