May 15, 2015
MEETING LOCATION CHANGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Compliance, Audit, Risk Management and Legal Affairs Committee Meeting (9 a.m.)
Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Personnel Committee Meeting (10 a.m.)
Legislative Affairs, Research and Innovation Committee Meeting (11 a.m.)
Finance, Facilities and Operations Committee Meeting (12:30 p.m.)
9 a.m. Thursday – May 28, 2015
-NEW LOCATION-
NIU Hoffman Estates Campus – Room 233
5555 Trillium Boulevard
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
In accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act, this notice is being provided to announce a change in location of the next scheduled set of committee meetings of the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees.
The committee meetings originally scheduled for May 28 in DeKalb, Ill., commencing at 9 a.m., will now be held at the NIU-Hoffman Estates Campus at 5555 Trillium Boulevard in Hoffman Estates, Ill. In addition; also in accordance with the Act, please note the agendas for these Committee Meetings will be posted 48 hours in advance of the first committee meeting.
The Board of Trustees would like to offer the opportunity for all interested individuals to attend these regularly scheduled meetings and is excited to be able to host these meetings of its Standing Comittees at one of NIU’s three regional centers, the NIU-Hoffman Estates Campus.
NOTE (05/28/15) – The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees is examining its existing policy concerning public comment/appearances before the Board through its Ad Hoc Committee on Governance and in accordance with rules governing amendments to the Bylaws (Article X of its Bylaws). Irrespective of any other published or posted policy, for this Special Meeting of the Board, individuals wishing to make an appearance before the Board should provide the Board Parliamentarian, or designee, a timely request to provide public comment any time prior to the start time of the meeting. Individuals seeking to provide public comment will not be asked to provide any information other than their name. The Board Chair will limit time allotments for speakers to five minutes or less, depending on the number of timely requests and the available meeting time. Minutes of this meeting will record a summary of individuals’ remarks, subject to the same editing practices applied to the remarks of all meeting participants. Individuals making timely requests are welcome to supplement their public comments with written material, which will be distributed to Board members upon request.
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