Meeting Minutes - Special Meeting, February 2006
Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Held by Conference Call
February 16, 2006
CALL TO ORDER
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia held a special meeting via conference call on Thursday, February 16, 2006. The Chair of the Board, Regent J. Timothy Shelnut, called the meeting to order at 11:30 a.m. Present on that day, in addition to Chair Shelnut, were Regents Hugh A. Carter, Jr., Michael J. Coles, Joe Frank Harris, Julie Ewing Hunt, Felton Jenkins, W. Mansfield Jennings, Jr., James R. Jolly, Donald M. Leebern, Jr., Elridge W. McMillan, Doreen Stiles Poitevint, Benjamin J. Tarbutton III, Richard L. Tucker, Allan Vigil.
ATTENDANCE REPORT
The attendance report was read on Thursday, February 16, 2006, by Secretary Gail S. Weber, who announced that Vice Chair Patrick S. Pittard and Regents William H. Cleveland, Robert F. Hatcher, and Wanda Yancey Rodwell had asked for and been permission to be absent on that day.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
After the meeting was called to order, Chair Shelnut called for an Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the presidential search for Kennesaw State University. With motion properly made and variously seconded, the Regents who were present voted unanimously to go into Executive Session. Those Regents were as listed above. Also in attendance were Chancellor Erroll B. Davis, Jr.; Interim Chancellor Corlis Cummings; the Secretary to the Board, Gail S. Weber; and the Associate Vice Chancellor for Media and Publications, Arlethia Perry-Johnson. In accordance with H.B. 278, Section 3 (amending O.C.G.A. § 50-14-4), an affidavit regarding this Executive Session is on file with the Chancellor's Office.
In Executive Session, Regent Coles, Chair of the Special Regents Committee for the Kennesaw State University Presidential Search, along with Committee members Regents Jolly and Leebern, discussed two finalists for the KSU presidency. The Chancellor recommended that Dr. Daniel S. Papp be named as the next President of KSU. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 11:40 a.m. on February 16, 2006.
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Gail S. Weber
Secretary, Board of Regents
University System of Georgia
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J. Timothy Shelnut
Chair, Board of Regents
University System of Georgia