MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

January 10, 2006

The Regents of the University of New Mexico met on Tuesday, January 10, 2006, l: 00 p.m. in the Student Union Building, Ballroom B. A copy of the public notice is on file in the Office of the President.

Regents present:

James H. Koch, President

Jack L. Fortner, Vice President

Sandra K. Begay-Campbell, Secretary-Treasurer

John M. “Mel” Eaves

Raymond Sanchez

Don Chalmers

Rosalyn D. Nguyen, Student Regent

President Louis Caldera

Vice Presidents present:

David Harris, Executive Vice President for Administration

Dr. Paul Roth, Interim Executive Vice President of Health Sciences Center

Reed W. Dasenbrock, Interim Provost

Terry Yates, Vice President of Research and Development

Michael Carroll, Vice President for Advancement

Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, Vice President of Student Affairs

Regents' Advisors present:

Christopher Smith, President, Faculty Senate

Sabra Basler, President, Staff Council

Buckner Creel, President GPSA

Angela Vachio, President, UNM Alumni Association

Brittany Jaeger, President, ASUNM

Guests:

Rudy Davalos, Athletic Director

Jeremy Fishbein, Head Soccer Coach

Thomas Silva

Nicholas Silva

Gracie Silva

Representative Dan Silva

Mrs. Dan Silva

Kim Silva

Kathy Moya

Joe Moya

Carlos Romero

Others in attendance:

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

Regent James Koch presided and called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. .

ADOPTION OF AGENDA, Regent Jamie Koch

Motion approved unanimously to adopt the agenda.

APPROVAL OF SUMMARIZED MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING

Motion approved unanimously to approve the December 13, 2005 meeting minutes.

PRESENTATION OF REGENTS MERITOROUS SERVICE AWARD TO COACH JEREMY FISHBIEN, Regent Jamie Koch

• UNM's soccer team went all the way to the finals and lost by just one point. The team has a number of students that are from New Mexico, has a grade point average of 3.3 and has almost a 90% graduation rate, which is all fantastic.
• Regent Koch presented the Meritorious Service award to Coach Jeremy Fishbein.
• Coach Fishbein thanked everyone and stated that it was a wonderful feeling that our players had representing the state of New Mexico and representing the University of New Mexico. It was an honor. Coach Fishbein was very proud of his team.
• Rudy Davalos commented that the soccer team represented UNM well. They are smart kids and they played hard. Next year, there will be marketing dollars to promote soccer even more, so it will become one of our major sports and a revenue producers. Rudy Davalos stated that everything Jeremy did made him feel good about hiring him several years ago to upgrade this program. Rudy Davalos said he is very proud of Coach Fishbein.
• Sandra Begay-Campbell thanked Coach Fishbein for all of his hard work.
• Brittany Jaeger stated that the three UNM at-home soccer games were the moist exciting and thrilling games she has ever seen.
• Jamie Koch thanked Coach Fishbein again and said he looks forward to watching him and his team next year.

PROPOSED NAMING OF THE NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT FAMILY LOUNGE AT UNMH, Regent Jamie Koch

• Mike Carroll stated that the naming committee of the University met last week to consider a proposal put forward by Carlos Romero and Steve McKernan. That proposal was to recognize the tremendous support of two state representatives: Kiki Saavedra and Daniel Silva. They wanted to name the lounge the Thomas Silva Family Lounge. The committee passed the proposal.
• Carlos Romero introduced Thomas' mother, Kim Silva. Ms. Silva thanked everyone and said that University Hospital has saved Thomas' life a couple of different times. She said she knows that Thomas was born into her life and into her family for a purpose. She knows he was meant to be their son. She hopes that she can help and encourage other families to continue to fight the fight. She thanked the University and the Hospital. Thomas is a little sick today, he was so excited for his presentation, but he has the flu.
• There were drawings prepared by Facilities Planning of the construction. This will be part of the Bill and Barbara Richardson Pavilion. They proposed a plaque to fit in with the signage within the Hospital that will clearly recognize this area named after Thomas Silva. A picture of the lounge was shown.

Motion Approved unanimously to approve the plaque for the Newborn Intensive Care Unit Family Lounge to be named after Thomas Silva.

• The Silva family was presented with the plaque.

HSC ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUMMIT REPORT, Dr. Paul Roth

• Dr. Roth provided an update on the HSC and stated that it would be beneficial to provide periodic updates to the Regents and have an opportunity for discussion and responding to questions.
• HSC is actively engaged in their strategic initiatives with the Legislature.
• HSC is committed to address the outcomes of the Summit and particularly providing expansion of services to those individuals who are the most vulnerable.
• One of the major elements discussed at the Summit was around the notion of accountability and as a public institution we should be held accountable for what we do, how we spend our public funds and particularly the way that we behave. Dr. Roth stated; that in his view, it starts at the top. In the spirit of accountability, it was just a couple of months ago that the President requested Dr. Roth's performance plan. The action of developing a performance plan is something he has done in his role as Dean for eight years using the SMART format. Dr. Roth's performance plan becomes the Action Plan for the Health Science Center. Dr. Roth will review his total performance plan with the HSC Committee and the Regents by the end of the fiscal year. This performance plan should be made open and public.
• Regent Koch asked if Dr. Roth gives bonuses in his division. Dr. Roth responded by saying that about seven years ago the Regents approved a very unique way of compensation for the faculty in the School of Medicine. It is the annual evaluation of the faculty determines the next year's compensation. We have a system called the Faculty Incentive Based Compensation Initiative (“FIBCI”). It is unique in the country. The elements of the compensation plan includes three subsets: a base component, supplement to the base, which is at risk, and incentive. 35% of Dr. Roth's contract is at risk
• Regent Koch asked Dr. Roth to put his plan in writing and provide a copy to each of the Regents.
• Connie Biemer presented the report on the Health Summit held on 12/05/05 with over 230 participants. There were discussions and recommendations made by table participants and the information was summarized by Scribes at each of the tables. From those Scribe's reports, and notes taken, were used to draft the report. The report was put together by a group of people put together by Jamie Koch and the effort was led by Suzanne Otter. Connie reviewed the report and stated that the Principles that Guide Recommendations are: Healthcare is a Basic Right, The UNM HSC has a special obligation to Native Americans, The UNM HSC can only serve the public good when it does so in partnership with the public, The UNM HSC receives public funds and must be accountable to the public and Statewide solutions are integral to resolving the issues. The final section of the Report is the Background, which discusses the Governor's Request and the two Regents Sub-committees. The Report also outlines UNM HSC's Obligations to Bernalillo County residents and Native Americans, approaches to health care coverage and summit methodology. There is one appendix to the report and that is the plenary session notes. The Public Comment on this report will be held on 1/18/06, 1:30 pm –3:30 pm at the UNM Continuing Education Building. They are working with several advocacy groups to get the word out to the public. They had over 10,000 flyers translated into Spanish and Vietnamese to be handed out by the advocacy groups.
• Dr. Roth outlined some of the major points of the Health Care Summit report. At the foundation of all of this is the recognition that it does cost something to provide health care for those individuals who have no source of reimbursement or very little reimbursement for that care. The amount of revenues that have come into the organization that underwrite the cost for that care and what it does cost us, that has been a growing gap and there was general consensus that by looking at fiscal year 2005 - that amount approximated nearly $45 million dollars. The concern was that those trends appear to be growing. At some point there will be so much of a gap, the institution will not be able to sustain its current spectrum of services, the depth of programs and there will be a severe compromise in their ability to provide excellent care. Dr. Roth reviewed the four recommendations documented in the report. An Office of Community Affairs will be established. They are in the process of recruiting individuals, there is a Search Committee composed of some members from the advocacy groups and other members of the UNM community. They hope to begin interviews by the end of this month and make a decision by the end of February. Dr. Roth thanked Regent Koch for assuming leadership in response to the Governor's concerns and the community's concerns. Dr. Roth also thanked Regent Eaves for the amount of attention to the concerns of the advocacy groups.

APPROVAL OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR EVP FOR HEALTH SCIENCES

•  Regent Sanchez stated that he worked on a contract for Dr. Roth with Regent Eaves and Regent Bagay-Campbell. The task was delegated to David Harris and Susan Carkeek.

•  Susan Carkeek presented the highlights of the contract: it is for the new title of Executive Vive President of the Health Sciences Center, with responsibilities articulated as those equivalent to a CEO for a Health Sciences Center, the contract would run for a four and a half year cycle, January 1, 2006 – June 30, 2010, base salary of $400,000.00 (up 8% from the current salary), deferred compensation provision of $75,000.00, it does retain his status as a tenured faculty member, provides the University the right to terminate the contract with one year salary, there is a provision for administrative responsibilities if there is a decision made to retain Dr. Roth's services in a post-retirement employment situation.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of Dr. Roth's contract for the position of Executive Vice President of the Health Sciences Center.

APPROVAL OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR CEO FOR UNMH

• Dr. Roth entered contract negotiations with Steve McKernan as CEO of University Hospital. This contract has a new title of CEO and Vice President of the Health Sciences Center with responsibilities articulated as CEO of University Hospital operations. Steve currently has a five-year contract, July 2002 – June 2007. This is an 18-month contract that finishes out the last 18 months of that initial contract. The base salary is $370,000.00, which is slightly less than his total compensation of last year, which was a combination of base salary and bonus. There is the possibility in future years of a bonus and a deferred compensation provision. When comparing salaries across the country to comparable positions, this salary is less than the 50 percentile of CEO's of similar hospitals. The contract does provide for a six-month notice of non-renewal and a one-year payout option or reassignment option.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of Steve McKernan's contract for the position of CEO and Vice President of the Health Sciences Center.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, President Louis Caldera

• President Caldera extended his congratulations to Don Chalmers who has been appointed by the Governor to fill the term of Douglas Brown. Don is an active member of the UNM Community. He is a board member of the University of New Mexico Hospital Clinical Board, and of the UNM Foundation. He is also a former member of the Commission on Higher Education and has also chaired the United Way campaign for UNM. He is the owner of Don Chalmers Ford in Rio Rancho. We are delighted to have the benefit of his higher education, business and community experience on our board.
• A significant milestone in the life of the University was that in December the Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman announced that Los Alamos National Security LLC (LANS), a limited liability corporation affiliated with the University of California, won the contract to manage and operate LANL for the next seven years. The New Mexico Consortium led by UNM exclusively supported the UC-led bid. In addition, UNM is establishing an Institute for Advanced Studies in Los Alamos. UNM will play a leadership role in the research and education activities of the laboratory, but not in the day-to-day operations of the facility. Thanks to Terry Yates and his team for all their hard work.
• The Anderson School of Management was notified just prior to Winter Break that their accreditation was reaffirmed by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (“AACSB”). The AACSB is a global accrediting body, with 1,024, only 167 share accreditation of accounting – with the Anderson Schools at UNM. President Caldera thanked Dean Crespy and his faculty.
• For the first time this December/January, UNM offered classes in Intersession. This experiment has been a great success. Twelve classes were offered, most filled immediately, and the enrollments of every class exceeded the projections. We expect to make this a part of our regular calendar in the future: this is a great period for study abroad programs, for students falling short of earning the lottery scholarship to pick up one extra class that may save their lottery eligibility, and for us to offer additional sections of high-demand classes. President Caldera congratulated, Associate Provost Wynn Goering, Provost Dasenbrock and his staff for taking this idea and turning it into a reality.
• Dr. Thomas E. Bogenschild is our new Director of International Programs and Studies at the University of New Mexico. He assumed the position on January 3 rd . Dr. Bogenschild has been Director of International and Off-Campus Programs at the University of Notre Dam since 1998. He served as Director of that school's international programs from 1995-98. Previously, he served as Associate Director Program in Latin American Studies at Princeton University.
• Dr. Manuel Garcia y Griego has been named the new Director of the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute. He comes to us from the University of Texas at Arlington.
• Dean Peter White has been named Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience. He will be honored in Atlanta in February and featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
• In the area of University Advancement, President Caldera was very pleased to receive the report from VP Mike Carrol and AVP Michael Kingan that the University raised $24.1 million during the first five months of the fiscal year. This is a 15% increase over last year – and is the most UNM has ever raised during this period. We are 50% toward our ambitious goal of $48.2 million. President Caldera stated that the University had a great response to the end of year email. One gift President Caldera wanted to highlight was for $1,030,000 received from W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles. We have had good past support from Keck, but this gift is the largest the University has received from them. This gift will allow us to establish a laboratory to test how hormone-sensitive cancers are influenced by hormone receptors located between cells. Mike Carroll and Brian Ibsen played a major role in getting this gift. The real reason for us getting this wonderful support was CRTC Director Cheryl Willman, Professor Larry Sklar and all of their colleagues.
• President Caldera was pleased to announce that once again the University has exceeded its goal in the United Way campaign both in dollars collected and participation of faculty and staff. President Caldera thanked Pat Vigil, Anne Monson, Mike Carroll and Dean Scarnecchia. Over $400,000.00 was raised to support the community.
• AVP Anne Monson shared with the President's Cabinet the new direction we are taking the University Website. Anne and her team led by Cinnamon Blair and Bill Szarletta have spent the last several months putting together something that will be unveiled to the public in the weeks to come.
• President Caldera reminded everyone that on January 14, 2006, the Bureau of Business and Economic Research will be hosting the 2006 Annual New Mexico Economic Outlook conference on campus. This event is sponsored by Wells Fargo, New Mexico Business Weekly, Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, Public Services of New Mexico, and the University - nearly 350 people are expected to attend.
• President Caldera attended the following meetings: The Mayor's Summit on Technology, co-hosted TVC and Sandia National Laboratories, The Higher Education Advisory Board Retreat, and the US President's Summit on International Education.
• In the area of athletics, The Lobo Men's Soccer Team continues to grab postseason honors following its historic run to the national title game in December. Three Lobos were recently honored for their work in the classroom, earning National Soccer Coaches Association of American-Scholar Athlete recognition. Senior Brandon Moss and Jeff Rowland, both from Albuquerque, earned a spot on the Scholar Athlete team for the second time in their careers while junior Andrew Boyers enjoyed his first selection. To be eligible for consideration for the team, a player must be at least a junior in academic standing, have no less than a 3.30 cumulative grade point average, start at least 50 percent of the team's games and be nominated by an NSCAA member coach.

COMMENTS FROM REGENTS

• Regent Chalmers stated that he is honored, delighted and excited to be on the Board. He attended a meeting with Rio Rancho leaders, city personnel and business leaders, also attending the meeting were people representing the University outlining their plans for a campus in Rio Rancho. It has become a legislative priority for the City of Rio Rancho to support the campus. They will be asking the legislature for $15 million dollars to build the first academic building in Rio Rancho. Regent Chalmers proposed a resolution. David Harris and Scot Sauder will draft a resolution.
• Regent Koch and Regent Eaves welcomed Regent Chalmers to the Board.
• Regent Begay-Campbell thanked Regent Chalmers for his help on the Clinical Operations Board.
• Regent Nguyen stated that the Board is very honored to have Regent Chalmers and welcomed him to the Board.

COMMENTS FROM REGENTS ADVISORS

Christopher Smith, President, Faculty Senate

• No faculty meetings or operations committee meetings were held in December – January. These next two weeks will be the busiest for faculty getting the semester started. On the faculty's agenda upcoming, there is data from a junior faculty mentoring committee and the results will be given to the chairs and program directors to try and clone best practices. This is part of faculty retention and it has to be expanded to faculty recruitment.

Sabra Basler, President, Staff Council

• The next Staff Council meeting will be January 24th at 1:00 pm in the theater at Hokona. Every Thursday at lunch the Executive Committee meets. Last month they attended the State Permanent Fund Task Force. On Saturday, Sabra attended the Higher Education retreat. Sabra thanked the President for making it welcoming. They met with Chris Smith on Faculty Senate and Staff Benefits Committee. Both faculty and staff have expressed concerns over healthcare. The Career Development Committee is working on “staff as students” survey. The Government Relations Committee has been very active and the next meeting is tomorrow at 1:00 pm in the Financial Aid conference room. The Work/Life Committee is trying to add domestic partners and grandchildren to the death in the family policy. The staff continues to be concerned about the retirement plan.

Buckner Creel, President, GPSA

• Buck invited all the Regents to any of the GPSA Council Meetings this coming spring. They meet on the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 am at the Law School. Mexico State University has formed a new graduate student government. The students from New Mexico State University will be attending the GPSA meeting to see how graduate government works successfully. GPSA's two main objectives for the legislature are: to keep the tuition credit low and to have the state give access to the graduate students for the childcare system. They will most likely be awarding grants to students who work on the Bosque revitalization plans, create programs with the UNM Law School to help immigrant children who are in the state system but don't have legal help, community water plants in south New Mexico and other programs that directly benefit the state and give education to the students.

Angela Vachio, President, UNM Alumni Association

• The Alumni Association seeks to cultivate loyalty for UNM among alumni and support them in their future and create a strong support for the University. They are creating awareness on the part of legislators in the session on the University's agenda by having home receptions for legislators. The Legislative Appreciation Reception will be held in Santa Fe on January 23 rd at the El Dorado Hotel. Young Alumni had a workshop on December 10 th for graduates in the last ten years. The Annual Awards Dinner is on February 2 nd . The Winter Board Meeting will be on February 3 rd . The Denver Chapter, the Chicago Chapter and the Los Angeles Chapter are all having athletic events. “Dinner For Twelve Strangers” brings together students, faculty and alumni for an evening of conversation and sharing.

Brittany Jaeger, President ASUNM

• Brittany has been working with the 20 senators of ASUNM on creating a proposal regarding review days. Brittany has contacted 13 other institutions and received nine responses back. All but one of the responses says they have reading days. It is something that is seen across the United States and hopefully we will work together get something like this at the University. On January 19 th Brittany will be attending an assembly of New Mexico student leaders at the Santa Fe Indian School. The assembly will be hosted by Associated Students of New Mexico Highlands University. They will be distributing stress balls (in the shape of monkeys) saying “Don't Monkey Around With The Lottery Scholarship.” There was a survey administered out to well over 300 students asking them if they are on the lottery or on the bridge, they have received close to 300 responses with students expressing their wants and needs to know about the lottery. Towards the end of the session, they will be giving out tiny bags of peanuts saying “It's Not Peanuts to Us, 0% Tuition Credit.” The Students will be wearing buttons saying “UNM Student” at the legislature. They will be handing out their red and silver beads and red wristbands that say “University of New Mexico Go Lobos.”

ACADEMIC/STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, Regent Raymond Sanchez, Chair

• The Academic/Student Affairs Committee met this morning and had the following information items: Children's Campus for Early Care and Education Grant, Provost's Committee on Advising, Washington DC Internship Program, The Agenda for Excellence in Undergraduate Education and the Interim Report on the Strategic Plan.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of Honorary Degree Recipients: Wilhelmina Phone, John Perovich and Manuel Lujan, Jr.

AUDIT COMMITTEE, Regent Raymond Sanchez, Chair

• The Committee approved five audits for publication: NCAA Athletic Department, The Center on Alcoholism (”CAASA”), Department of Parking and Transportation, Student Technology Fees, Maxwell Museum Audit of Cash Handling and Parking Permits.

RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Motion approved unanimously for approval of the Resolution of the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico re: their support for the City of Rio Rancho's initiative to develop the new city center for the City of Rio Rancho, including, without limitation, the development of the UNM-West Campus.

• Regent Koch sated that the Resolution should be printed up and distributed to the council members in Rio Rancho, the representatives and senators, the legislators, the mayor and Pat Lyons.

FINANCE AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE, Regent Mel Eaves, Chair

Motion approved unanimously for approval of the monthly Equipment Disposition list.

• Derek Matthews, the Founder and Director for the Gathering of Nations Pow/Wow which is held the fourth weekend in April at the PIT. It is a great event that goes back to the founding of the University. In 1989, there was an article in the Albuquerque Journal which addressed the founding objectives and goals of the University of New Mexico and that was to meet the community needs of the native people in the area. They believe that the Gathering of Nations, along with the academic and various other activities on campus meet that quite well. Mr. Matthews thanked David Harris for working with them and Dupey Bateman for attending all the events. Mr. Matthews also thanked all the Regents. Mr. Matthew has a concern about the contracting for security for the event. Mr. Matthews discussed the issue with Dupey Bateman and with Purchasing and they came to some agreements on things they will be working on for security. Dupey Bateman will be setting up a meeting with the Gathering of Nations and David Harris for further discussions. This will be the 20 th Pow/Wow in the PIT. It is arrived here out of the demand of native people across the United States and Canada. The event draws more than 3,000 dancers from all parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America. They are the single annual event with the largest draw of attendance each year. It is internationally renowned. A couple of years ago a scholarship program was established on campus to provide Native American students with fees and books. Over the past 19 years there have been different security companies. Currently, the operation that is in there now has been doing quite well. There is sensitivity to the event and a delicate nature to this culture and security is the first contact that people make when they arrive at the event and it is very important that it is an organization they feel comfortable with and will do a fine job.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of contract for security services to be administered by UNM Police.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of moving contract for Graebral Albuquerque Movers Inc/Graebel Van Lines, Inc.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of purchase of 3.768 acres of vacant land, north of Gibson Blvd. between Interstate 25 and University SE.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of buildout of National Park Service Space – Hibben Center Floors 2 & 3.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of architect/contractor team selection for Career Technical Center & Early Childhood Development Center – Taos/Klauer Campus.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of a resolution to that new facilities be evaluated on a project-by-project basis to access building height as necessitated by site restrictions, space needs, or other project limitations. Building height recommendations will accompany Requests to the Board of Regents for Project Approval(s).

EXTERNAL AUDIT FOR FY ENDING 6/30/05 AND UPDATE ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYCORPORATION AT UNM

• Lisa Kuuttila presented the annual report for the Science and Technology Corporation (“STC”) for FY 2005. The goals for the Science and Technology Corporation are: to strengthen inventor communications and relationships with STC, increase activity level in all substannntive metrics for STC, develop and sustain Lobo Venture Lab capacity, maintain STC visibility in community and explore sources for UNM gap-funding and/or additional seed capital. There were 79 disclosures of new ideas in FY 2005; this is up from 67 in FY 2004. There were 18 agreements signed with established and new companies for the commercialization of that activity. Five new companies were started based on UNM technology, which is a record. There was income from licensing activity of $774,943 and patent reimbursement of $95,560. They worked very hard to reduce the patent expenses for FY 2005. The net amount received from UNM for FY 2004 to FY 2005 has declined from $1.3 million to $1 million.
• Joe Cecchi stated that one of the most important services STC provides to UNM is compliance with the Bayh-Dole Act. This act provides “…that a contractor electing rights in a subject invention agrees to file a patent application prior to any statutory bar date that may occur under this title…” UNM intellectual property does assert ownership of intellectual property developed by faculty and staff. UNM is obligated to prosecute the patents. It is in the prosecution of patents that STC has incurred a total cost of $723,910.00 in the past year with external firms. This is the essential way in which STC establishes the intellectual property through the patent process. It is in very important to note the STC patents in more than 10 different areas – in each area the subject matter is quite specific and as a result STC has engaged patent attorneys from across the country where their expertise match the needs of a particular patent. It is not possible to have one or two in-house patent attorneys to have sufficient expertise in the subject matter across the full spectrum of patents. STC does a number of things to keep patent costs low.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of external audit for FY ending 6/30/05 and update on Science and Technology Corporation @ UNM.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of endorsement of the TVI Bond Issue.

STUDENT RESIDENCE FIRE DETECTION SUPPRESSION

• Donna Smith will be presenting a report at the February 2006 committee meeting.

HEALTH SCIENCES COMMITTEE, Regent Jack Fortner, Chair

• Cheryl Willman and others prepared a qualified hospital loan application over the holidays and it was submitted on December 27 th . It is a loan amount request for $36,500,000.00 and there is a chance that UNM may get it and not have to pay it back if we meet certain requirements. Regent Fortner asked that Regent Koch make a phone call to the senator.

Motion approved unanimously for approval of permanent appointments and reappointments to the UNMH Medical Staff.

Executive Session: discussion of limited personnel matters pursuant to section 10-15-1.H (2), NMSA and litigation matters pursuant to section 10-15-1.H (7), NMSA.

Adjournment at 4:00 p.m.

James H. Koch, President, Board of Regents Sandra Begay-Campbell, Secretary Treasurer