MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
BOARD OF VISITORS OF
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
April 25, 2005
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors of Virginia
Commonwealth University was held on Monday, April 25, 2005, at 2 p.m. in the
Conference Room located at 910 West Franklin Street. The full Board was
invited to attend.
Present were Messrs. Axselle and Sherman and Mrs. Rhodes.
Drs. Bersoff and Romano and Mr. Slater were not present. Mr. Sherman was
appointed as a substitute member of the Executive Committee for the April 25,
meeting. Other Board of Visitors members present were Mrs. Riddick and Mr.
Thompson. Also present were Dr. Trani; Mr. Ross and Mrs. Balmer.
Mr. Axselle called the meeting to order and on motion made and
seconded, the Executive Committee convened into closed session to discuss
certain personnel matters, including discussion and consideration of prospective
candidates for employment, as authorized by Section 2.2-3711 A(1) of the
Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Following closed session, on motion made and seconded, the following
resolution was approved by roll call vote:
The Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors of 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 Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors of
Virginia Commonwealth University.
Roll Call Vote Ayes Nays
Dr. Edward H. Bersoff, Rector Not present
Mr. Ralph L. "Bill" Axselle, Jr. X
Mrs. Anne J. G. "Panny" Rhodes X
Dr. Michele A. Romano Not present
Mr. John Sherman X
Mr. G. Bryan Slater Not present
Vote:
Ayes: 3
Nays: 0
NOT PRESENT DURING MEETING: 3
NOT PRESENT DURING VOTING: 3
On motion made and seconded, the Executive Committee approved the
recommendation of the President to appoint Dr. Stephen D. Gottfredson as
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs for a three-year term at an initial
annual salary of $235,000 effective April 25, 2005
The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.
Michele A. Romano, Secretary
