Executive Council met at 11 a.m. Present were Dr. Malcolm Portera, presiding, Mr. Dennis Prescott, Ms. Leah Norman, Dr. Joe Thompson, Dr. Gene Tice, Ms. Jenny Reeves, Ms. Susan Everett, Dr. Bob Altenkirch, Mr. Larry Templeton, Dr. George Rent, Dr. Melvin Ray, Mr. Charles Guest, Mr. Joe Farris, Mr. Gaddis Hunt, Dr. Roy Ikenberry, George Parsons, Ms. Ann Bell and Glenn Ray.

Mr. Guest and Ms. Bell presented a recommendation for implementing the staff compensation study recently completed by Buck and Associates. Council members are to review the recommendation over the next two weeks, during which time the legislative session will have ended and the university financial situation for the coming year will become more clear.

Ms. Norman recommended approval of a Human Resources Management policy on employee development. The council recommended approval.

Mr. Prescott presented the site plan for a proposed Alumni and Foundation Building, which would be located north of Barr Avenue and west of the soccer field. The council recommended approval of the site. The new building would be built with private contributions, and fund-raising efforts are under way.

Mr. Hunt recommended approval in concept for a new storage building that would serve Patterson Engineering Building. The council recommended approval in concept and referred the project to the Campus Planning and Development Committee.

Mr. Prescott presented for initial review a revised policy on the operating policy and procedure system which would assign additional responsibility for managing the system to the Office of Internal Audit.

Mr. Prescott presented for initial review a revised policy on naming facilities in recognition of private gifts.

Mr. Tice presented for approval in concept a proposal to enclose with a chain link fence an open area surrounded by fraternity houses on fraternity row. The council recommended approval in concept and referred the project to the Campus Planning and Development Committee.

Dr. Rent recommended approval of an updated version of Academic Operating Policy 11.04 on Combined Undergraduate/Graduate Courses. The council recommended approval.

Dr. Rent recommended approval of an updated version of Academic Operating Policy 11.02 on Special Non-Degree Student Classification (Non-Traditional) for Undergraduate Students. The council recommended approval.

Ms. Norman presented for information the IHL Board of Trustees meeting schedule for the coming year.

Dr. Portera welcome Student Association President Jenny Reeves to her first meeting as a member of Executive Council.

The meeting adjourned at 11:55 a.m.