MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

June 12, 2007

Student Union Ballroom C 10:00 a.m.

Executive Session held 8:30-10:00 a.m., Sandia Room

ATTENDANCE :

Regents present:

James H. Koch, President
Carolyn Abeita, Secretary-Treasurer
John “Mel” Eaves
Raymond Sanchez (for Executive Session)
Don Chalmers
Dahlia Dorman, Student Regent

Regent unable to attend:

Jack Fortner, Vice President

President present:

David J. Schmidly

Vice Presidents present:

David Harris, Executive Vice President, CFO, COO
Paul Roth, Executive Vice President, Health Sciences Center
Viola Florez, Interim Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs
Michael Kingan, Vice President of Advancement
Terry Yates, Vice President for Research
Walter Miller, for Cheo Torres, Vice President of Student Affairs
Carolyn Thompson, Interim Vice President of Human Resources

University Counsel present:

Patrick Apodaca, University Counsel

Regents’ Advisors present:

Jacqueline Hood, Faculty Senate
Vanessa Shields, President, Staff Counsel
Joseph Garcia, President, GPSA
Ashley Fate, ASUNM
Robert Ortega and Lillian Montoya-Rael, President, UNM Alumni Association
Gary Gordon for Thelma Domenici, President, UNM Foundation

Others in attendance:

Members of the administration, faculty, staff, students, the media and others.

Regent Koch presided over the meeting and called the meeting to order at 8:30 am.

CONFIRMATION OF QUORUM and APOPTION OF AGENDA, Regent Koch

Motion approved unanimously to adopt today’s agenda (1 st Chalmers, 2 nd Abeita ).

VOTE TO CLOSE THE MEETING AND PROCEED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION

Motion approved unanimously to close the meeting and to proceed in Executive Session. (1 st Chalmers, 2 nd Abeita)

A. Discussion and determination where appropriate of limited personnel matters pursuant to Section 10-15-1.H(2), NMSA (1978).

B. Discussion and determination where appropriate of matters subject to attorney- client privilege pertaining to threatened or pending litigation pursuant to Section 10-15-1.H(7), NMSA (1978).

C. Vote to re-open the meeting.

D. Certification that only those matters described in Agenda Item II. were discussed in Executive Session and if necessary, ratification of actions, if any, taken in Executive Session.

VOTE TO OPEN THE MEETING, Regent Koch

Motion approved unanimously to open the meeting at 10:05 a.m. (1 st Dorman, 2 nd Abeita)

APPROVAL OF SUMMARIZED MINUTES OF May 8, 2007 UNM BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING

Motion approved unanimously to approve the Summarized Minutes of the May 8, 2007 UNM Board of Regents meeting (1 st Eaves , 2 nd Abeita ).

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, President David J. Schmidly

While it has only been a couple of weeks since I officially started at the University of New Mexico, I feel we’ve hit the ground running. We are setting the tone for my administration and laying the groundwork for many future successes. Change can be anticipated in any new leadership, and some changes have already occurred.

Dr. Reed Dasenbrock’s appointment as Cabinet Secretary for Higher Education

Dr. Viola Florez, current Dean, College of Education appointed as Interim Provost and EVP for Academic Affairs.Paul Krebs named Vice President for Athletics and Athletic Director.

I am pleased with the senior executive leadership team and President’s Office staff. My office will set the tone for the entire university, customer service-oriented, friendly and helpful.

I have had productive meetings with the leadership of ASUNM, GPSA, Faculty Senate, Staff Council, UNM Foundation and Alumni Association.

A tour of New Mexico is being planned and I intend to visit each of New Mexico’s 33 counties in my first year on the job, and as many as possible the first 125 days.

UNM is the Flagship University for New Mexico and we must expand our presence to fulfill our mission for higher education for New Mexicans.

Thank you to Regent Mel, and Mary Ann Eaves for the wonderful reception at their home.

I have appointed a committee with members from the state, UNM, and community to review the policies and procedures of animal research conducted at UNM, with report due this summer.

Contracts and Grant awards for FY 2006 came in at 298.6 million in external sponsored support, the sixth consecutive year of record-breaking totals. Main campus awards were $165.4 million and HSC at $133.2 million.

UNM Athletics will be announcing the hiring of the new women’s golf coach this afternoon. Jill Tujillo has served as our assistant coach since ’04.

Letters of application are due to the Provost Office by June 27 th for the Interim Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management. National searches will be conducted in the fall.

David Harris received the 2007 Steve Reynolds award on his last day as acting UNM President.

Regent Koch commented that back over four years ago when he came on the Board of Regents; the Advisors never participated in the Regents’ Meetings. When I became president of the Board I changed that, we want to hear from the faculty, we look forward to your report and participation.

COMMENTS FROM REGENTS ADVISORS

Jackie Hood for Virginia Shipman, President, Faculty Senate

• I am excited to get started and I am delighted to work with President Schmidly and Interim Provost Florez. One thing I started last year was streamlining the committee structure. We had at the time 26 committees. We got rid of five committees last year. This year we are going to work to make that a more efficient and effective process. We want to help the process and not slow down or hinder the process. We need to improve our communication with our constituents. We will be having a retreat at the end of August. We will also clearly define our goals for the upcoming year, involve faculty more and support the University on some initiatives.

Vanessa Shields, President, Staff Council

• This Saturday is the Staff Picnic at Isotopes Park. The game starts at 7:00 pm and President Schmidly is throwing the first pitch. Tickets are still on sale for $3. The Administration is serving pancakes to staff on Monday. On Tuesday we are having our Staff Council Appreciation lunch. David Harris is the keynote speaker. With our new councilors seated, we are working on getting our committees populated. We have been videotaping our meetings. Our April meeting received 103 viewers.

Joseph Garcia, President, GPSA

• At the Academic/Student Affairs meeting we presented a task force report on Safety and Security. We put together a statement and recommendations I thought the Regents should be aware of. I want to read the statement and recommendations.

Report of the “Hate Crimes” Task Force

The University of New Mexico is committed to creating a rich educational environment, with robust intellectual discourse, debate and conflict that is free from hate. But, this is not always possible; there are times when “hate speech” may occur in an open environment such as a university community. Of course, the University of New Mexico is committed to supporting academic freedom and supports freedom of speech. Thus, we believe that the University’s response to “hate speech” and “hate incidents” should involve education and processes rather than censorship and punishment. We believe that the University of New Mexico can accomplish this with the creation of an office charged with addressing these issues through education, counseling, research and transparency. Thus, the following are our recommendations:

The administration should create a “Campus Climate Office” that will:

• provide a “first response” to inappropriate incidents of hate speech or conduct. (Any conduct that violates criminal laws or UNM policies or codes of conduct will be referred to the appropriate authorities such as, for example, Campus Police, OEO, or the dean of students);
• work with individuals and groups to resolve incidents of hate speech and conduct appropriately;
• counsel victims of hate speech and conduct and others concerned about these issues;
• educate the University community about first amendment and academic freedom principles as they apply to the University environment;
• educate the campus community about appropriate intellectual discourse and conduct in a pluralistic environment; and,
• conduct research and publish an annual report about hate speech and conduct on campus to assess the University climate.

This office should report directly to the president (or his designee) but may be physically located in the dean of students’ suite. The office will have authority to flexibly resolve conflict in which hate speech or conduct is involved using a variety of techniques. The office should be well trained in anti-racism, sexual harassment, ageism, gender discrimination, gay & lesbian issues, bi-sexual, transsexual and Queer and Questioning issues, disability and religious and cultural intolerance.

There should be an ongoing commitment of financial and administrative resources to support the work of the office. The following is a suggested budget for the salaries required for the office:

Director: $90.000.00

Support Staff: $50,000.00

Counselors: $70,000.00

Annual Research Budget: $30,000.00-$40,000.00

• Myself and a group of graduate students have gotten the data in terms of number of graduate students in different departments across campus. An economics student broke this data down into ethnicity and gender. We would like to get information in terms of funding, where funding is allocated to the 1,600 students who get funding for assistantships.

Ashley Fate, President, ASUNM

• I just hired a lobbyist for ASUNM.
• I took the Report of the “Hate Crimes” Task Force and gave it to my vice president yesterday so it can be looked at in our full senate meeting, so we can draw up a joint resolution in formal support.
• ASUNM would like to reiterate that we are in support of the graduation task force.

Roberto Ortega and Lillian Montoya-Rael, President, UNM Alumni Association

• I present Lillian Montoya-Rael; she is our new president of the Alumni Association. She is the Director of Community Programs at Los Alamos Labs. This is my last meeting. I want to thank the Board for allowing us to be advisors and to be participants in these meetings.
• I offer our support to you Dr. Schmidly as you work hard in these initial months as you set the stage for your presidency. Please let us know how we can help.
• We will be recognizing Steve Bachus’ family (former president of the Alumni Association in 2003-2004 who passed away suddenly on May 17 th) with the Zia Award at Homecoming.
• The Board of Directors met and elected new officers. Throughout the summer many of the board members will be helping with Lobo orientation. Legislator’s receptions went off very well on May 22 nd. We had seven legislators attend that event and 45 alumni. The young alumni have an active calendar for this quarter. It began with a wine & cheese social.

Gary Gordon for Thelma Domenici, Chair, UNM Foundation

• As of April 30 th, in terms of our endowment, we stood at $316,243,000. It is al all-time record for our endowment. Markets and the endowment performance continue to be strong. Fiscal year-to-date returns at over 17% on all funds invested.
• As of June 6 th, with a goal of $61 million, the Foundation is reporting that the goal has been achieved. The goal was met through the hard work of all the members of the Institutional Advancement community.
• We are having a retreat August 2-3. President Schmidly will be there for a speech.

COMMENTS FROM REGENTS

• Regents Chalmers congratulated Vi Florez for being Interim Provost, Paul Krebs for his promotion to Vice President and to the Foundation for a record performance on this year’s campaign.

APPEAL OF PROFESSOR SANTA FALCONE , Regent John “Mel” Eaves, Chair, Regents Panel

• President of the Board of Regents, Jamie Koch, appointed a committee of the Regents to hear the Santa Falcone appeal from her promotion review. Carolyn Abeita, Raymond Sanchez and I were on that committee. We considered the extensive briefing that had been done in front of the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. We considered the record and we considered the briefing and oral arguments presently directly to our committee. The committee has made a recommendation to the Board of Regents regarding a decision the committee had unanimously approved.

BEFORE THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO (#1 Attached)

Santa Falcone, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, Complainant,

vs.

Provost Viola Florez, Interim Provost and EVP for Academic Affairs, Respondent.

DECISION

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee (“AF&T”) issues a written decision on March 9, 2007 on the complaint of Prof. Santa Falcone (“Falcone”) challenging the denial of her Fall 2005 application for promotion to the rank of full professor. Falcone sought discretionary review by the Board of Regents from the AF&T decision, as permitted by § 6.8 (a) of the Faculty Handbook in cases in which AF&T has made a finding of improper considerations. The board voted at its meeting of April 10, 2007 to accept the appeal, and appointed a hearing committee to consider the parties’ arguments on appeal and to make a recommendation to the full Board.

The hearing committee of the Board requested written submissions from the parties, and from AF&T in accordance with § 6.8 (c) of the Faculty Handbook, and invited oral arguments. The parties, as well as AF&T, provided written submission to the hearing committee. Falcone, and AF&T through its Vice Chair Elizabeth Rapaport, appeared before the hearing committee on June 1, 2007 and made oral presentations. The Provost waived his right to appear in person or by counsel and to participate in these oral presentations. The Board of Regents received, and has deliberated on, the oral recommendations of the hearing committee.

DISCUSSION

The Board compliments AF&T on its conscientious and thorough review of the Falcone complaint, and on its candid assessment of the shortcomings in the Falcone promotion review process. The Board generally agrees with the AF&T findings and conclusions, which the Board finds to have adequate support in the record of the AF&T proceedings. The Board determines, however, that the remedy offered by AF&T to Falcone does not go far enough in redressing the flawed promotion review.

The Board agrees with the AF&T findings of bias and improper considerations in the review of the Falcone application for promotion. The Board also agrees with the AF&T findings that the good-faith effort of the Provost to exercise impartial academic judgment in evaluating Falcone’s record was compromised by flaws in the Falcone promotion review at lower levels, and the AF&T finding that the processes of the School of Public Administration, and of the administrative levels of review, failed to meet the Faculty Handbook requirement of objectivity and fairness.

DISPOSITION

The Board of Regents affirms the decision of AF&T, subject, however, to the following modification:

• On its own motion, the Board orders that Viola E. Florez, appointed on June 4, 2007 as Interim Provost, be substituted as Respondent in place of former Provost Reed Dasenbrock.
• With regard to the remedy ordered by AF&T, the Board orders that the Falcone complaint be remanded to AF&T with instructions to order that Falcone be promoted to the rank of full professor, with appropriate salary adjustments, effective as of July 1, 2005. In accordance with § 6.8 (c) of the Faculty Handbook, these instructions are to be carried out by AF&T within 20 working days of the date of this decision.
• With regard to the “Recommendation: Transfer to another unit” made by AF&T, the Board orders that the Recommendation of the AF&T shall be limited to recommending that the Provost authorize the transfer of Falcone’s position and the funding attached to that position to any other unit in the University, provided that the transferee unit, after proceeding in a fashion conducted by the unit, agrees to accept the transfer of Falcone to that unit.

DATED: June 12, 2007

Motion approved unanimously to approve the Decision. (1 st Eaves 2 nd Dorman ).

APROVAL OF GIFT AGREEMENT FOR CHAIR IN ROMAN CATHOLIC STUDIES, Dean Vera Norwood, Professor Richard Wood

• Dean Vera Norwood: We have two representatives from the Archdiocese: the Very Reverend Timothy Martinez, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and Dr. Dolly Sokol, Executive Director, Office of Development of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
• You have a summary of the purpose and background, as well as the Gift Agreement itself. This Gift Agreement has been in the works for two years.
• The purpose of the Agreement is to broaden, expand and enhance educational opportunities offered to students in world religious traditions. Similar endowed chairs exist now in faith traditions including Catholic Studies, Protestant Studies, Jewish Studies, Islamic Studies and Buddhist Studies. And they exist at numerous public institutions of higher education including University of Kansas, Illinois, Toledo and Pittsburgh, Iowa State University and Arizona State University. The College of Arts and Sciences and its Religious Studies Program hopes to establish endowed faculty chairs and professorships in world religions and this is beginning with the first endowed chair. The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is willing to support and endowed chair in Roman Catholic Studies within the Religious Studies program of UNM’s College of Arts and Sciences, based on the assurance that UNM’s Board of Regents approve the chair in Roman Catholic Studies as a permanent chair at UNM. The Archdiocese of Santa Fe with the assistance of the Development Office in the College of Arts and Sciences will raise the funds needed to establish the Roman Catholic Studies Chair with the goal of two million five hundred dollars, with the minimum of one point five million dollars required to establish the gift upon approval by the UNM Board of Regents.
• In section 3.4 we note that once the chair is endowed we will launch a selection process. There will be a search committee that includes members nominated by the archdiocese, but the majority of the search committee will be faculty at the University of New Mexico. All members of the search committee will be approved by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Chair of the search committee will be a senior faculty member in the College of Arts & Sciences. We will conduct our regular interview process doing a national search and there will be public interviews with students, faculty and staff and presentations by the candidates. The appointment will be made by the Director, approved by the Dean and then the final approval, as with all faculty appointments, rest with the Provost, the President and ultimately the Regents.
• Professor Wood: I think often that the idea of a public university has been misinterpreted to mean a place where religious voices are excluded and in fact silence. The bright understanding of a public university is a place where all voices can be spoken and heard.
• Patrick Apodaca, University Counsel, reviewed the Resolution Approving Gift Agreement for the Chair in Roman Catholic Studies. Paragraph 1 of the Resolution reads that the Gift Agreement between the Foundation and the Archdiocese relating to the Chair in Roman Catholic Studies is approved. The President of the University is authorized to sign the Agreement on behalf of the University as evidence of approval granted in the preceding paragraph. The Agreement is between the Foundation and the Archdiocese; however, both by Regents Policy 5.18, and also at the request of the Archdiocese, Regents approval is sought.

BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO (#2 Attached)

Resolution Approving Gift Agreement for Chair in Roman Catholic Studies

WHEREAS, the Regents of the University of New Mexico (“UNM” or the “University”) seeks to broaden, expand and enhance the educational opportunities offered its students and, in furthermore of such purposes, desires to establish within its College of Arts and Sciences endowed faculty chairs and professorships in world religious traditions;

WHEREAS, the non-sectarian education in world religious traditions has been a pillar of a liberal arts college education in the United States;

WHEREAS, endowed faculty chairs and professorships in faith traditions including Catholic Studies, Protestant Studies, Jewish Studies, Islamic Studies and Buddhist Studies exist at numerous public institutions of higher education, such as the Universities of Kansas, Illinois, Toledo and Pittsburgh, Iowa State University and Arizona State University;

WHEREAS, UNM’s Religious Studies Program supports the scholarly study of religion on the human condition, contemporary human societies, intellectual and social history, spirituality, and ethics;

WHEREAS, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (the “Archdiocese”) is willing to enter into a Gift Agreement with the University of New Mexico Foundation, Inc. (the “Foundation”) whereby the Archdiocese will agree to fund an endowed Chair in Roman Catholic Studies within the Religious Studies Program of the College of Arts and Sciences, based on the assurances of UNM, as evidenced by a resolution of UNM’s Board of Regents, approving such agreement that the Chair in Roman Catholic Studies will be a permanent Chair at UNM;

WHEREAS, Regents Policy 5.18 provides that, as the governing body of the University, the Board of Regents will act to approve the establishment of an endowed chair;

WHEREAS, the Regents believe that approval of such an agreement is in the best interest of UNM.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:

1. The Gift Agreement (the “Agreement”) between the Foundation and the Archdiocese relating to the Chair in Roman Catholic Studies, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1, (#3 Attached) is hereby approved.
2. The President of the University is hereby authorized to sign the Agreement on behalf of the University as evidence of the approval granted in the preceding paragraph.

PASSES, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY VOTE OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS ON JUNE 12, 2007

• Regent Eaves: When this issue first arose I had some concerns about constitutional issues. I looked at it very carefully and met with Patrick Apodaca. A number of changes were made in the Agreement. Now that the changes have been made, I fully support it. It is truly non-sectarian. It deals with world religious studies and traditions.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the Resolution Approving Gift Agreement for Chair in Roman Catholic Studies (1 st Chalmers 2 nd Eaves ).

APPOINTMENT OF HARWOOD MUSEUM BOARD MEMBERS , Interim Provost, Viola Florez

• Regent Eaves: We have discussed this extensively already and I don’t think we need a lot of discussion unless some of the Regents have questions.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the Resolution Regarding Appointment of Members of Harwood Board (1 st Eaves 2 nd Chalmers ).

BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

(#4 Attachment)

Resolution Regarding Appointment of Members of the Harwood Board

WHEREAS, on May 8, 2007 the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico (the “Regents”) adopted resolutions (the “Delegation Resolution”) delegating to the Harwood Board (as that term is defined in paragraph 3.A of the Delegation Resolution) certain responsibility for the governance, oversight, management and operation of the University of New Mexico’s (the “University” or “UNM”) Harwood Museum, located in Taos, New Mexico;

WHEREAS, the Delegation Resolution provides that the Regents shall appoint the members of the Harwood Board and that the Harwood Board shall consist of nine (9) members, six (6) of whom may be appointed based on recommendations of the Harwood Board, and three (3) of whom may be appointed based on recommendations of the President of the University or his designee (at least one of whom shall be an administrator of the University);

WHEREAS, the term of each member shall be three (3) years, but members shall be appointed to serve staggered terms;

WHEREAS, the Harwood Board, as constituted by the Delegation Resolution, will upon appointment of its initial members, replace the existing Governing Board constituted pursuant to the 2005 Resolution (as that term is defined in the third “Whereas” clause of the Delegation Resolution);

WHEREAS, the Governing Board has recommended six (6) individuals for appointment to the Harwood Board and the President of the University has recommended three (3) individuals for appointment (all currently University administrators), and each such nominee is willing to serve as a member of the Harwood Board;

WHEREAS, having determined that each individual recommended by the Governing Board or the President of the University for appointment is qualified to serve as a member of the Harwood Board and that the appointment of each is in the best interest of the University and the Harwood Museum, the Regents wish to appoint such nominees to the Harwood Board;

NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:

1. The following individuals are hereby appointed to serve as members of the Harwood Board for an initial term ending on the date indicated opposite his or her name:

NAME EXPIRATION DATE OF INTIAL TERM

Michael Sudbury June 30, 2008

(Governing Board nominee)

Lawrence Berkowitz June 30, 2008

(Governing Board nominee)

Charles Strong June 30, 2009

(Governing Board nominee)

Linda Warning June 30, 2009

(Governing Board nominee)

Deborah McLean June 30, 2010

(Governing Board nominee)

Gus Foster June 30, 2010

(Governing Board nominee)

David W. Harris, Executive Vice President for June 30, 2008

Administration, COO and CFO, UNM

(UNM President Nominee)

Kate M. O’Neill, Ed.D. June 30, 2009

Interim Executive Director,

UNM-Taos Branch Campus

(UNM President Nominee)

Wynn M. Goering June 30, 2010

Associate Provost Academic Affairs, UNM

(UNM President Nominee)

1. The foregoing appointments shall be effective immediately. The effective date of the Delegation Resolution contemplated by Section 6 therein shall be the date set forth below.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY VOTE OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS ON JUNE 12, 2007.

ACADEMIC/STUDENT AFFAIRS & RESEARCH COMMITTEE , Carolyn Abeita Vice Chair

• We met yesterday and it was a very full agenda with primarily informational items. We received a lot of information from Vice President Torres on the student activities, the orientation programs, the bridge programs and ROTC honors camp. We are competing with other universities. I really want to encourage and support these types of programs.
• We had a very informational presentation from some Native American students regarding a presentation they had done at the NASPA conference. It’s relating to a summer bridge program for Native American students. The young students were very articulate and poised.
• We had another presentation from the Student Service Action Network.
• We had an update on a new program being proposed: The Inter-Disciplinary Film and Digital Media Program. There are three components to this program, which are research, education and economic development.
• We had two other reports: the Hate Crimes Task Force report and the Women’s Resource Center report.
• There were no action items.

ADVANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE , Don Chalmers, Chair

• No report for the Advancement Committee or the Development Committee as we have not met. We do have meetings scheduled.

AUDIT COMMITTEE , Mel Eaves, Vice Chair

• The only action item that needs to be considered by the Board is an amendment to Regents Policy 7.2 on Internal Audit reducing the audit response period from 30 to 10 working days.

Motion approved unanimously to approve amendment to Regents Policy 7.2 “Internal Auditing” (1 st Eaves 2 nd Chalmers ).

FINANCE & FACILITES REPORT , Mel Eaves, Chair

1. Consent Agenda Items

Regent Eaves reported that the committee approved the following agenda items for the Consent Agenda. Regent Eaves asked if there were any questions, comments or objections by the Regents. No questions, comments or objections were voiced by the Regents.

1. Disposition of Surplus Property List dated May 16, 2007
2. Approval of:

• UNM Championship Golf Course: Athletic Gold Practice Facility
• Architect Selection for UNMH, 3 North Backfill Renovation, Cardiac Cath Lab
• Lands West Utility Expansion

1. Approval of Renewal of Maui HPCC Lease
2. Approval of:

• Consideration of Agreement to Terminate Affiliation Agreement between UNM and University Physician Associates.
• Consideration of Affiliation and Management Services Agreement to be executed between UNM & UNM Medical Group, Inc. (Resolution, #5 Attachment)
• Appointment of Michael Richards, MD, incoming Chair of the Emergency Medicine Department as a voting member of the Board of Directors of UNM Medical Group, Inc.
• Appointment of Ed Rose, MD, Executive Medical Director of Children’s Services as a Non-Voting Ex-Officio Director of UNM Medical Group, Inc.

1. Reappointment of Charles Wellborn to the STC.UNM Board of Directors
2. Approval of Lodestar Astronomy Center transfer to NM Museum of Natural History & Science (Resolution, #6 Attachment)
3. Approval of Siedler Natatorium Pool Renewal
4. Approval of Resolution, Notification and Certification for State Severance Tax Bond Sale (Resolution, #7 Attachment)

Motion approved unanimously to approve the actions of the Finance and Facilities Committee as indicated in the Consent Agenda, items A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H (1 st Koch 2 nd Eaves ).

• Regent Eaves: There have been further developments regarding the proposed purchase of a building which is on University Blvd. just north of University Arena.
• President Schmidly: Several of us have met, several of the vice presidents, and it was decided that this would be an excellent time to proceed to acquire this building for strategic purposes.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the Board of Regents give authority to President Schmidly to move forward to negotiate the acquisition of the Lockeed Martin building. Upon successful negotiation, the President will report back to the Regents for final approval (1 st Eaves 2 nd Chalmers).

Information Item :

• Monthly Financial Report – distributed to the Regents.

HSC – HEALTH SCIENCES , Don Chalmers Vice Chair

Motion approved unanimously to approval of permanent appointments and reappointments for Medical Staff (6/1/07) (1 st Eaves 2 nd Abeita ).

Motion approved unanimously to approval of appointments to the Clinical Operations Board (1 st Eaves 2 nd Koch ).

Information Items :

1. HSC Research Report, Richard S. Larson, M.D., Ph.D. – copies of PowerPoint presentation distributed to the Regents (#8 Attachment)
2. Barbara and Bill Richardson Pavilion – we successfully moved into the building this passed weekend. We moved about 200 patients, some of them critically ill. We opened the ER at 7:00 am and we had our first patient at 7:02 am. We had a head-on tram victim, which was a good way to christen our emergency room. We mobilized most of the workforce. The medical staff and hospital staff are all in. The building now is working extraordinarily well. The contractors and the tradesmen who worked on this facility did a phenomenal job. We do not have a patient on a stretcher in the hallway which was a number one priority.

PUBLIC COMMENT

• None

Motion approved unanimously to adjourn meeting at 12:10 p.m. (1 st Abeita 2 nd Dorman)

Adjournment

___________________________ ______________________________

Regent James H. Koch Regent Carolyn J. Abeita

President Secretary/Treasurer

Attachments to Minutes Official File

#1 Santa Falcone Decision

#2 Resolution Approving Gift Agreement for Chair in Roman Catholic Studies

#3 Gift Agreement between University of New Mexico Foundation, Inc. and the Archdiocese of Santa Fe – Chair in Roman Catholic Studies

#4 Resolution Regarding Appointment of Harwood Board

#5 Affiliations and Management Services Agreement

#6 Transfer Agreement between the Regents of the University of New Mexico and the Board of Trustees of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

#7 Resolution, Notification and Certification (tax revenue bonds)

#8 Research Strategy & Processes at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center