Minutes, 38842

Meeting Minutes - Special Meeting, May 2006
Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Held by Conference Call May 5, 2006
CALL TO ORDER The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia held a special meeting via conference call on Friday, May 5, 2006. The Vice Chair of the Board, Patrick S. Pittard, called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Present on that day, in addition to Vice Chair Pittard, were Regents Hugh A. Carter, Jr., Robert F. Hatcher, Julie Ewing Hunt, Felton Jenkins, W. Mansfield Jennings, Jr., James R. Jolly, Elridge W. McMillan, Doreen Stiles Poitevint, Willis J. Potts, Jr., Benjamin J. Tarbutton III, and Allan Vigil. ATTENDANCE REPORT The attendance report was read on Friday, May 5, 2006, by the Associate Secretary to the Board, Jennifer E. Fairchild-Pierce, who announced that Chair J. Timothy Shelnut and Regents William H. Cleveland, Michael J. Coles, Donald M. Leebern, Jr., Wanda Yancey Rodwell, and Richard L. Tucker had asked for and been given permission to be absent on that day. EXECUTIVE SESSION After the meeting was called to order, Vice Chair Pittard called for an Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the presidential search for South Georgia College ("SGC"). 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.; the Senior Vice Chancellor for Support Services, Corlis Cummings; the Secretary to the Board, Gail S. Weber; the Associate Secretary to the Board, Jennifer E. Fairchild-Pierce, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Media and Publications, Arlethia Perry-Johnson; and the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Strategic Communications, John Millsaps. 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 Jennings, Chair of the Special Regents Committee for the South Georgia College Presidential Search, along with Committee members Regents Hunt and Poitevint, discussed the finalists for the SGC presidency. The Chancellor

recommended that Dr. Torri Lilly be named as the next President of SGC. Regent Jennings made the motion, which was seconded by Regent Hunt and unanimously approved. Chancellor Davis and Regent Hunt, Chair of the Special Regents Committee for the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Presidential Search, also updated the Regents on that search. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:45 a.m. on May 5, 2006.
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Gail S. Weber Secretary, Board of Regents University System of Georgia

J. Timothy Shelnut Chair, Board of Regents University System of Georgia