University of Virginia Library

MEMORANDUM
May 30, 2002

                       

TO:	The Board of Visitors:
	John P. Ackerly, III, Rector
	Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.	Don R. Pippin
	William G. Crutchfield, Jr.	Gordon F. Rainey, Jr.
	Thomas F. Farrell, II	Terence P. Ross
	Charles L. Glazer	Thomas A. Saunders, III
	William H. Goodwin, Jr.	Warren M. Thompson
	T. Keister Greer	Elizabeth A. Twohy
	Elsie Goodwyn Holland	E. Darracott Vaughan, Jr., M.D.
	Mark J. Kington	H. Timothy Lovelace, Jr.
FROM: SUBJECT:	Alexander G. Gilliam, Jr.
SUBJECT	Orientation of New Members

An orientation session for the new Members of the Board was held, in Open Session, from 2:45 to 4:05 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2002, in the Lower West Oval Room of the Rotunda. All five new Members were present: Mark J. Kington, Don R. Pippin, Warren M. Thompson, E. Darracott Vaughan, Jr., M.D., and H. Timothy Lovelace, Jr., the Student Member. The Rector, John P. Ackerly, III, and the President, John T. Casteen, III, presided; Leonard W. Sandridge, Gene D. Block, Paul J. Forch and Alexander G. Gilliam, Jr. participated.

The orientation was conducted according to the following Agenda:

• 1. Overall view of the Board, its Committee structure and its workings (Mr. Ackerly)


• 2. The Organization Table of the University: How the University works and who the players are (Mr. Casteen)


• 3. An overview of the University's Budget (Mr. Sandridge)

2002 Orientation Minutes

• 4. The University and State Appropriations (Mr. Casteen and Mr. Sandridge)


• 5. The University's overall rankings in comparison with its peers; the determining factors and the Board's role (Mr. Casteen with comments by Mr. Block)


• 6. The duties and workings of the Board in the context of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Mr. Forch)


• 7. A brief miscellany of Board housekeeping matters (Mr. Gilliam)

     

AGG:lah
Copies to:	Mr. John T. Casteen, III
	Mr. Leonard W. Sandridge