NIU Board of Trustees to hold special meeting May 28

May 26, 2015

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Special Meeting of the Executive Committee of
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Thursday – May 28, 2015

NIU Hoffman Estates Campus – Room 233
5555 Trillium Boulevard
Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Approximate Schedule

3 p.m. Special Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees is Convened
Room 233

AGENDA FORMAT FOR MEETING

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
2. VERIFICATION OF QUORUM AND APPROPRIATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
3. MEETING AGENDA APPROVAL
4. CHAIR’S COMMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (SEE NOTE)
6. PRESIDENTIAL LEGAL SERVICES (ACTION)
7. OTHER MATTERS
8. ADJOURNMENT

NOTE (05/28/15) The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees is examining its existing policy concerning public comment/appearances before the Board and its committees 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 these regular committee meetings of the Board and for the special meeting, individuals wishing to make an appearance before any of the committees or special meeting should provide the Board Parliamentarian, or designee, a timely request to provide public comment any time prior to the start time of each meeting. Individuals seeking to provide public comment will not be asked to provide any information other than their name. Chairs of each meeting 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 committee members upon request.

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