Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning

MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFSTATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNINGOctober 8, 200725BE IT REMEMBERED, That the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning of the State ofMississippi met in an emergency meeting via teleconference with public attendance available at the followinglocations: Room 935 on the 9th floor of the Paul B. Johnson tower building in the Education and ResearchCenter in Jackson, Mississippi, and Room 204 in College Hall on the University of Southern Mississippicampus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at 1:40 p.m. The following members participated in the teleconference:Mr. Thomas W. Colbert, Dr. Stacy Davidson, Mr. Roy Estess, Dr. D. E. Magee, Jr., Dr. Bettye HendersonNeely, Ms. Virginia Shanteau Newton, Mr. Bob Owens, Mr. Aubrey B. Patterson, Ms. Robin J. Robinson, Mr.Scott Ross and Ms. Amy Whitten. Mr. H. Ed Blakeslee was absent. The meeting was called to order by Dr.Stacy Davidson, President.In accordance with Miss. Code Ann., §25-41-5, as amended, all votes taken during this teleconferencemeeting were recorded by name in a roll-call fashion. This emergency teleconference meeting was heldto consider all options following the recent opinion by the Lowndes County Chancery Court JudgeDorothy Colom in the case styled as MUW Alumnae Association vs. Claudia Limbert, MUW and the IHLBoard of Trustees.EXECUTIVE SESSIONOn motion by Ms. Whitten, with Mr. Blakeslee, Dr. Magee and Mr. Owens absent and not voting, the Boardvoted to close the meeting to determine whether or not it should declare an Executive Session. On motion byMs. Whitten, seconded by Ms. Newton, with Mr. Blakeslee, Dr. Magee and Mr. Owens absent and not voting,the Board voted to go into Executive Session for the reason reported to the public and stated in these minutes,as follows:Discussion of a Board/Mississippi University for Women litigation matter.During Executive Session, the Board received an update from its legal counsel and the Board’s LegalCommittee regarding the judgment issued by Lowndes County Chancery Court Judge Dorothy Colom.No action was taken. The Board will discuss the matter further on or before October 16, 2007.On motion by Ms. Newton, seconded by Ms. Robinson, with Mr. Blakeslee, Mr. Colbert and Dr. Neelyabsent and not voting, the Board voted to return to Open Session.LEGAL COMMITTEEMEETING REPORTOctober 2, 2007Ms. Amy Whitten, Chair of the Legal Committee, called the emergency teleconference meeting to order at 1:40p.m. In accordance with Miss. Code Ann., §25-41-5, as amended, all votes taken during thisteleconference meeting were recorded by name in a roll-call fashion. The following locations were madeavailable for public attendance: Room 935 on the 9th floor of the Paul B. Johnson tower building in theEducation and Research Center in Jackson, Mississippi, and Room 112 Allen Hall on the Mississippi StateUniversity campus, in Mississippi State, Mississippi.111/13/2007