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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY MINUTES OF THE OPEN SESSION OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNOR HELD ON WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY 1991, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CLOSED SESSION, IN ROOM GM-407-1, SGW CAMPUS Attendance: Present: Me A Gervais, Chairman, Mr. B. Aune, Ms. L. Brodrick, Ms. Cox, Ms. M. Donaldson, Mr. J. N. Economides, Mr. L. Ellen, Dr. T. Fancott, Mr. J. R. Firth, Prof. S. Friedland, Mr. R. K. Groome, Dr. H. Habib, Mr. P. Howlett, Mr. P. Ivanier, Dr. H. Kirpalani, Mr. D. W. McNaughton, Mr. A. H. Michell, Dr. R. H. Pallen, Me J. J. Pepper, Ms. C. Shamy, Mr. J. H. Smith, Mr. S. Spedding, Mr. S. Tamas, Ms. M. Vennat, Ms. S. Woods Officers of the University: Dr. M. Cohen, Me B. Gaudet Absent: Chief Justice A. B. Gold, Chancellor, Mr. A Benedetti, Mr. M. J. Bourgault, Mr. D. D'Alessandro, Dr. D. B. Frost, Dr. C. Giguère, Mr. T. Hecht, Dr. P. Kenniff, Rector, Mr. F. Knowles, Mr. R. Lawless, Mr. S. Letovsky, Sister E. McIlwaine, Mr. R. Renaud, Dr. R. Sheinin, Mr. W. W. Stinson, Mr. C.I. Taylor DOCUMENT CONSIDERED AND ATTACHED TO THESE MINUTES: BG-91-1-D3 Draft University Foundation By-Laws 1.1 Call to Order The meeting of the Open Session was called to order at 8:10 a.m. The Chairman waived his remarks, except to say that among the enclosures with the January mailing, an updated list of Standing Committee members was included. He advised the Governors to strike Mr. Hecht's name from the Audit Committee list and add it to the list of Advancement Committee members. 1.2 Approval of the Agenda The Agenda was approved as submitted. 1.3 Approval of the Minutes A correction to Resolution R-90-8-115, cited on page three of the Minutes, changed "Bill 16" to read "Bill 116". It was moved and seconded (Economides, McNaughton) and unanimously RESOLVED: R-91-1-5 THAT the Minutes of the Open Session of the previous meeting, held on 19 December 1990, be approved. 2. Business arising from the Minutes There was no business arising from the Minutes. 3. Approval of revised draft of By-Laws for the University Foundation The Chairman pointed out an oversight to be corrected by the addition of the words, "the Chancellor" to Article 3.2 of the General Provisions of the By-Laws, as follows: "Ex-officio voting members are the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Concordia University, the Chancellor, the Rector and Vice -Chancellor, the Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations and Finance, the Vice-Rector, Academic, the Vice-Rector, Services, the Secretary-General and the Associate Vice-Rector Institutional Relations and Finance plus Director of Advancement. Mr. Ellen reported to the Governors that the proposed By-Laws had been scrutinized by numerous legal authorities and University officers. The By-Laws, as proposed, are comprehensive and thorough, he said, commending the efforts of all those who were involved in their preparation. It was moved and seconded (Ellen, Woods) and unanimously RESOLVED: R-91-1-6 THAT the revised By-Laws for the University Foundation, as outlined in Document BG-91-1-D3, be approved as amended. 4. Report of the Rector Dr. Cohen advised that there was nothing to report on behalf of the Rector. 5. Reports of the Vice-Rectors 5.1 Dr. Giguère was absent. 5.2 Dr. Cohen had nothing to report. 5.3 Dr. Sheinin was absent. 6. Correspondence A letter of resignation was received from Mr. Stuart Letovsky, who previously had been a representative of the Concordia University Students' Association (CUSA) on the Board of Governors. Before he read the letter to the Governors, Me Gervais remarked that the letter was not dated. The Chairman asked Ms. Cox, one of the governors representing the undergraduate students, to explain the circumstances of Mr. Letovsky's resignation. Ms. Cox reported that Mr. Letovsky had unilaterally decided to sit on the Board as a CUSA representative, in disregard of usual CUSA procedures. When he informed the CUSA Board of Directors of his decision, he was instructed to resign from his position as Governor. Mr. Letovsky's refusal to comply with his Board's instructions has resulted in the extended absence of a fourth undergraduate student representative on the Board of Governors. A replacement will be recommended to the Board as soon as possible. It was moved and seconded (Kirpalani, Brodrick) and unanimously RESOLVED: R-91-1-7 THAT the resignation of Mr. Stuart Letovsky be approved. 7. Termination There being no other business, the meeting terminated at 8:20 a.m. Me Bérengère Gaudet Secretary of the Board of Governors