Just kidding, there’s no sign that Faculty Trustee Laura Lee McIntyre will make any such motion, or raise any questions about why the board continues to rubber-stamp raises for Rob Mullens and his coaches while increasing undergraduate tuition and cutting museums. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Th 9:30 AM FORD ALUMNI CENTER…
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See below for some light live-blogging. So far my takeaway is that most of the trustees haven’t done their homework and are asking softball questions, when they have any questions at all. Note that Wednesday’s public committee meetings and the executive (closed) meeting of the board are in the Art…
The latest evidence of the failed promise of Oregon’s independent boards: HECC Embarks on First-Ever 10-Year Strategic Capital Development Plan for Public Universities To learn more about the project and university stakeholder meetings, see www.oregon.gov/highered/10-year-capital-plan Salem, OR – The Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) has embarked upon an in-depth process…
One of many emails showing the closed insider process by which UO’s Trustees are appointed and re-appointed:
Just kidding, of course they won’t meet about that. This is about our greedy basketball coaches. Two days after President Schill announced that UO is facing an $11M budget crisis which will likely lead to layoffs for instructors and OAs, our Board’s executive committee will be phoning it in on…
TUESDAY, MARCH 5 – 10:00 A.M.: CONVENE PUBLIC MEETING – Call to order, roll call, verification of quorum – Approval of December 2018 minutes (Action) Meeting materials here. – Public comment Community Member David Igl asks why there are still no interpretative materials posted at Deady Hall, and provides his usual…
UO’s federal accreditors, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, requires that every university board “regularly evaluates its performance to ensure its duties and responsibilities are fulfilled in an effective and efficient manner.” When I requested copies of these evaluations for our Board, I imagined I’d get some sort of…
Board of Trustees | Finance and Facilities Committee Public Meeting | March 4, 2019 @ 1:30 p.m. Erb Memorial Union | Redwood Auditorium Convene – Call to order, roll call – Approval of December 2018 FFC minutes (Action) Meeting materials here. 1. Quarterly Financial Reports: Jamie Moffitt, Vice President for Finance…
The Trustees have moved their meetings from the Ford Alumni Center to the EMU Redwood room. Board Chair Chuck Lillis is absent, caught in a Denver snow storm. Board of Trustees | Academic and Student Affairs Committee Public Meeting | March 4, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m. Erb Memorial Union |…
Back in 2013, under pressure from Phil Knight and other Duck boosters, the Oregon Legislature passed SB270, which allowed UO to set its own independent board. The hope was that, free from the shackles of state bureaucracy and control, and with a board of wealthy and politically well connected trustees,…
Or at least make an inflated estimate of the cost of finding them? Given that Reed is also the Board’s attorney, you’d think this would be a pretty easy public records request. UO’s federal accreditors require the Board of Trustees to conduct a self-study evaluation every two years: 2.A.8 The board…
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 – 10:00 a.m. Board Meeting. https://trustees.uoregon.edu/sites/trustees2.uoregon.edu/files/for_website_meeting_packet_-_full_bot_12.04.18.pdf 1. ASUO and University Senate Reports Food is good, teaching evals are bad. 2. President’s Report Here’s the latest info on UO enrollment (week 4 headcount). Despite the increase in freshman admits shown yesterday, this is bad news: 3. Resolutions from Committee…
2:00 p.m. Executive and Audit Committee https://trustees.uoregon.edu/sites/trustees2.uoregon.edu/files/meeting_packet_-_eac_12.3.18_final.pdf 1. Enterprise Risk Management – Semi-Annual Report: Andre Le Duc, Associate VP and Chief Resilience Officer I’m not seeing anything here on how much UO is paying United Academics for insurance, what the terms are, or how much of the cost reflects our various sports…
Since the Board’s official website is an unhelpful mess, here are the times and agendas for the committee and board meetings Monday and Tuesday, along with a few excerpts and some commentary. All events in the Ford Alumni Center. Monday meetings start at 10:30, Tuesday at 10. I’ll try and…
I can’t imagine why Around the O hasn’t communicated anything about this board meeting. So I’ll update this post as the meetings progress. See below the break for the details.
Update 1: New financial overview info below.
Update 2: Board engages in its traditional 60 minute bashing of the state for underfunding us. This seems unlikely to be productive. See below for some live blogging:
The Trustees love the idea that UO can’t count on the state for funding. President Schill argues that it almost seems they want to hurt us. My question is why is UO so bad at gaming this system? Why do we keep antagonizing the Beaver alumni in the legislature with things like blowing our money on a Duck Baseball program? Why do we make things like state money for the IAAF championships a top lobbying priority?
Maybe their goal is to make sure that UO has to rely on private philanthropy?
Update 3, Friday AM: President Schill announces he will donate his expected $100K annual bonus to the UO, for scholarships for first-generation students, in honor of his mother who helped him get through college as a first-generation student. Good man. Good son!
Board of Trustees Meeting Agendas | September 5-7, 2018
All meetings Room 136, Naito Building, UO Portland. Livecast links will be posted here.