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CREATION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY

The Rector announced that on the recommendation of the Special Committee on Governance, he was creating the Special Committee on Diversity, to be chaired by Mr. Thompson. In addition to Mr. Thompson, there will be five members who will be appointed later in the month. The Special Committee on Diversity will report to the Board at the Board Retreat in July. Initially, it is to consider:

The scope of efforts to promote diversity among members of the student body, faculty of all schools, staff and administrators;

The scope of efforts to promote diversity in external relations of the University, including with surrounding communities and all aspects of procurement of goods and services;

Efforts to promote understanding among all elements of the University community; and

The appropriate role of the Board in continuing oversight of diversity issues.

(A copy of the Rector’s charge is appended to these Minutes as an Attachment)

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The meeting of the full Board was recessed at 5:05 p.m., for the meeting of the Committee on The University of Virginia’s College at Wise.

The Board reconvened in Open Session at 1:55 p.m., Friday, April 4, 2003, in the East Oval Room of the Rotunda; all Members present at the previous meeting were present, with the addition of Mr. Thompson.

After adopting the following motions, the Board went into Executive Session:

That the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters pertaining to the appointment, assignment, reappointment, promotion, performance, compensation, discipline, separation and resignation of specific employees of the University of Virginia; as provided for in Section 2.2-3711 (A) (1) of the Code of Virginia.

That the Board of Visitors go into Executive Session to confer with General Counsel on litigation risks involving the University, and to receive privileged legal advice from counsel on legislation governing meetings of this body and, further to evaluate with legal counsel a contested personnel termination and continued participation in a medical limited liability company that will also involve discussion of proprietary, business-related information of the University’s Medical Center where disclosure at this time would adversely affect its competitive position as provided for in Section 2.2-3711 (A) (1), (6), (7), (8), and (23) of the Code of Virginia.

That the Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing a personnel matter pertaining to the appointment of a specific employee of the University of Virginia; as provided for in Section 2.2-3711 (A) (1) of the Code of Virginia.

The Board adopted the following resolution certifying the legality of its Executive Session discussions and recessed at 3:20 p.m., to reconvene at 3:30 in the Dome Room of the Rotunda:

Mr. Rector, I move that we vote on and record our certification that, to the best of each Board member’s knowledge, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements and which were identified in the motion(s) authorizing the closed session, were heard, discussed or considered in closed session.

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The Board assembled in the Dome Room, in Open Session, at 3:30 p.m., and approved the following resolution creating the Harrison Distinguished Professorship in Medicine: