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Board Members suggested several changes and the Chair and the Board Secretary will work these into a new version of the mission statement. Ms. Cronin, the President’s Chief of Staff, reported on the organization of the Commission on Diversity and Equity, which is being appointed by the President.

Mr. Farrell, the Vice Rector and Chair of the Special Committee on Governance, reported on matters considered by the Committee over the last several months.


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The Board recessed for dinner at 6:15 p.m.

The Board resumed its meeting at 8:30 p.m., and after adopting the following motion, went into Executive Session:

That the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia go into Executive Session to discuss with General Counsel the two recent Supreme Court decisions concerning admissions and his report on pending litigation risk affecting the University, as provided for in Section 2.2- 3711 (A) (7) of the Code of Virginia.

The Board resumed in Open Session and after adopting the following resolution certifying that its discussions had been held in accordance with the exemptions afforded by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, adjourned at 9:45 p.m.:

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 resumed in Open Session at 8:45 a.m., on Saturday, April 12th. There was a short business session during which the Board ratified its meeting dates for 2004: February 5, 6 and 7; April 15, 16 and 17; June 10, 11, and 12; and September 30, and October 1 and 2. The Retreat was set for July 30 and 31 at Montpelier in Orange County.

From 8:50 a.m., to 9:00, the Buildings and Grounds Committee met concurrently with the full Board to consider six Consent Agenda resolutions: three of these were for architect selections, two for the selection of engineers and the last for an easement. The resolutions are listed below (see also the separate Minutes of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, July 12, 2003); all were approved by the full Board.