TSP Board of Operating Trustees Meeting

Campus Club, Room 203

405 W. 25th Street

October 20, 2006

3 p.m.

 

Agenda

 

I. 2:00 p.m., Convene in Open Session for Meeting of the Executive Committee

     A. Monthly Financial Report (Merry Tillman, Financial Director)

II. 3:00 p.m., Recess and Convene in Open Session for the Texas Student Publications Board of Operating   

     Trustees Meeting

     A. Approval of the September 22, 2006 TSP Board Minutes

     B. Executive Committee Report (Rusty Todd, Committee Chair)

     C. Monthly Reports from the Director and Student Managers

     D. Discussion and appropriate action regarding unfinished business

        1. Discussion concerning a Board consensus on the issue of reorganization and possible incorporation

            of Texas Student Media in response to initiatives from the U. T. System Board of Regents

III. Adjourn

 

Persons interested in the meeting and desiring communication or other special accommodations should contact the Board Office at least two working days prior to the meeting.  The Board Office may be contacted by phone at (512) 499-4402; by fax at (512) 499-4425; or by email at bor@utsystem.edu.  The Board Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding national holidays.  Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate special needs.  Requests may be delivered or mailed to:  The Office of the Board of Regents, 201 West Seventh Street, Suite 820, Austin, Texas 78701-2981 or submitted electronically to bor@utsystem.edu.

 

Texas Student Publications

Board of Operating Trustees

September 22, 2006

 

 

Voting members present: Brandon Chicotsky, Brian Ferguson, Jef Richards, Cindy T. Brummer, A.J. Bauer, Lindsay Meeks, Kendra Newton

 

Voting members absent: Bill Cornwell, Urton Anderson, Rusty Todd, Bill Laird

                                                                                                                  

Non-voting members present: JoAnna Chin, Carlos Corral, J.J. Hermes, Kathy Lawrence, Loren Seeger, David Strauss, Zach Warmbrodt, Kristen Jones

 

Non-voting members absent: Ely Cohn

 

Professional staff present: Richard Finnell, John Foxworth, Wayne Roche, Tim Serpas, Jack Simons, Merry Tillman, Dan Knight, Frank Serpas, Mary Baird-Wilcock, Brian Tschoepe

 

TSP Board President A.J. Bauer called the meeting to order at 3:07 p.m.

 

I. Business and Reports

 

With a motion by Richards and a second from Newton, the previous meetingÕs minutes were approved.

 

As the Executive Committee report was given regarding the revised budget that was requested by the Board, Ferguson asked that his fellow Board members restrain their meddling in the future and allow the Director to direct.

 

Lawrence reported that Travesty had successfully moved into UA9 and that they were thus far please with the new space.

 

Lawrence also reported that she had a meeting coming up with mtvU and, in response to queries by Chicotsky, that her goals in the meeting included finding out about getting TSTV content onto mtvU and vice versa.

 

Corral reported that TSTVÕs volleyball broadcast was a success.  In conjunction with the topic, Lawrence reported that she would be working with the College of Communications to establish a sports production class.  Knight wished to thank all the professional TV groups who provided aid to the broadcast in the form of advice and equipment including KLRU and Time-Warner.

 

Warmbrodt reported that DTWeekend would continue despite not having its own editor, but that the podcasts would have to end due to a lack of resources.

 

II. Reorganization and Committees

 

Hermes used his report time to ask for a straw poll on ending prior review being part of any TSM reorganization.  Rather than a vote, discussion broke out regarding the definition of prior review and the ultimate home of responsibility.

 

Bauer used this topic to bring up the possibility of a subcommittee devoted to presenting a unified course of action to the Regents and Administration regarding reorganization rather than having the other interested parties dictate the path.  With a movement from Meeks and a second by Richards, the committee was formed.  Bauer asked interested parties to inform him of their intent by the following Wednesday (27 September) via email.

 

For the elections committee, Chicotsky nominated himself as chair and was seconded by Richards.  For the diversity committee, Newton nominated herself as chair and was seconded by Seeger.  Brummer and Chin expressed interest in joining.  Seeger proposed creating a multimedia committee to coordinate efforts amongst the divisions to have online continuity and cooperation.  Newton seconded the motion and Brummer expressed interest in joining.  With no objections, the chairs were appointed and the committees created.

 

III.  Budget and Adjournment

 

Richards moved that the revised budget be accepted on a month-by-month basis as had been done the previous meeting.  Chicotsky seconded the motion and it was approved.

 

At 4:12 p.m., the meeting was adjourned.

 

 

 

 

 

TO:  Texas Student Publications

         Board of Operating Trustees

FR:  Kathy Lawrence

DATE:  October 12, 2006

RE:  October report

 

The proposed restructuring of Texas Student Media has consumed much of our attention in the past month, as have concerns over fiscal matters. IÕm happy to report that both seem to be making progress.

 

We will have lengthy discussion during our meeting about reorganization, so I wonÕt address that here, except to say that the work has been challenging but promising.

 

As for financial matters, it appears that weÕll have a stronger October than September on the local advertising front but still fall behind budget, while national remains solid. In addition, radio and television have continued to attract new dollars. I think we need to make additional budget cuts, however, so we will continue working in that direction.

 

IÕll have an update for the Executive Committee at this monthÕs meeting and perhaps another budget revision in November.

 

The TSM Sales Office is fully staffed with 11 excellent student sales reps, six of which are juniors or sophomores so we have potential for longevity. The sales staff said goodbye on October 12 to Ginger Baker, who had supplied outstanding staff support the past year, but C.J. Salgado has joined the staff in her place. Both had extensive prior newspaper experience, C.J. with the Statesman and Rumbo.

 

September sales were mixed. Daily Texan Classifieds continue to show improvement. The new classified service fell only $1,150 short of the September budget that was set 15 percent above the previous year. We are currently tracking to make budget for October. We lost nearly $100,000 in Classified revenue last year so our new direction has not only arrested the erosion but promises to grow.

 

Daily Texan local print sales were soft. Carter Goss led all reps with a $32,000 shortfall which can be explained as follows: the Dalai Lama didn't return to UT this fall so neither did the $22,000 the Texas Union spent promoting his arrival. The Red River Shootout Concert ran nearly $9,000 in September last year. Our best efforts to renew Fossil and the Austin City Limits fest failed, adding another $10,000 to the shortfall. Yes, we should have identified new business to make up the shortfall, and we tried, but nothing materialized.

 

Additionally, rental advertising is down as the demand outstrips the supply due to the rebuilding of many properties. We do however sense that the spring will welcome a more competitive market. To add insult to injury our biggest property, Triangle, was sold and all advertising is on hold. Our second largest property, Campus Estates, is in collections for a past due amount. We anticipate a $20,000 shortfall in local advertising in October.

 

National and Campus sales are on target. Wayne Roche expects that National will pick up in the spring due to the impact of the MRI prototype.

 

In an effort to bring rapid healing to the picture, Wayne is pushing forward on an initiative that has the potential of producing a new stream of revenue for the housing market. We are drafting a contract for UT legal approval that will generate $250 from partner housing properties for every student that credits the Daily Texan as his or her source for leasing the property. The student will receive $125 from the property for mentioning the Daily Texan. This model is the only source of revenue for Rent.com. Doing the math, if only 500 (1 percent of UT population) students credit The Daily Texan, we will generate $125,000 in revenue. We already have clearance to pursue the concept. We hope to engage the UT market with a campaign in December provided UT legal doesn't hold things up.

 

For September, Daily Texan Online stood at 127 percent of budget, while TSTV was at 364 percent and KVRX 330 percent. Television may end October slightly behind its monthly quota, though ahead for the year, while KVRX should make its budget for the month. Texas Travesty has been slow both months because of the loss of key apartment advertisers.

 

At KVRX, station adviser, Mary Baird-Wilcock is working with the TSM sales staff to help generate more KVRX underwriting and sponsored public service announcement revenue. In the past month, she trained two student employees in TSM sales on telemarketing techniques to sell SPSAs to potential new businesses.  She also drafted a telemarketing script to help guide their dialogue.  In addition, she created a list of potential student-geared "hot topics" for the SPSA scripts that the new businesses can choose from, including drive safely, get outdoors, blood donations, healthy living/exercise and stress/suicide.  By doing this, we're able to create a whole array of options that businesses can easily choose from, making the selling process easier.

 

Mary also met with the sales manager of KUT-FM, to brainstorm about techniques for selling non-commercial radio in Austin.  She also has taken responsibility for working between the radio and sales staff to ensure that all spots are FCC compliant and meet station content policies.

 

Loren and Mary are mapping out the promotions/event calendar for Spring 2007 in order to strategically plan our events with enough time to properly promote them.  This includes the Skateworld party, SXSW daytime free show, KVRX Pledge Drive, KVRX Prom and more.

 

KVRX also made a promotional appearance at the Blanton Museum of Art's MIXIT Party on October 12. A promo team was present with a table, passing out KVRX buttons and stickers at the door from 8 to midnight.  In exchange, the staff promoted the event on the air beforehand.

 

At TSTV, in the meantime, the station has reached the next level in quality of programming. Donations from broadcasters, equipment suppliers, and the cable company have greatly improved transmission and production quality and flexibility, allowing shows to do more shows of higher quality. The stationÕs emphasis on training also is showing results. Among highlights are:

 

--Local Live the television show is now recording more bands for television with a fourth, handheld, studio camera and a direct audio feed from the radio production room.

--Afrofantastic TV is using advanced storytelling techniques to present African culture in unique and fun ways.

--The Legend of Guy Atlas is a sitcom produced with high production values that is appealing to people of all ages.

--Videogame Hour Live is using a combination of live and highly produced segments that rival and in some cases exceed similar shows on cable networks.

--The game show genre is alive and well with College Crossfire (sports) and Movie Junkies (obvious), promoting viewer involvement.

--Through a deal with the Athletic Department and Host Communications, sports is using a network quality production truck for volleyball this season and broadcasting on a commercial Time Warner channel.

 

The Cactus staff has been busy contacting student organizations on campus to get them to purchase pages in the yearbook.  The deadline is coming up, so sales should pick up quickly. The photo studio has begun, and as usual, it has been slow attendance during the first week, but Tops Photography has sent out postcards to the graduating seniors reminding them to take their class and graduation photos, so we expect a good turnout in the end.

 

The marketing staff has been busy getting the word out to the students.  They have created fliers to place around the campus to encourage sales, and they are even giving out lemonade (Cactus Juice) at the TSP Tailgate Party during the home football games.  It will help with name recognition, and they may sell some books, too.

 

The Daily Texan newsroom has continued to excel in many areas, not the least of which is adherence to deadlines. We enjoyed a staff visit with Texan alum Lisa Beyer, assistant managing editor of Newsweek, and engaged retired faculty member Griff Singer for a headline writing workshop. A former Texas Observer copy editor also provided training, and more staff workshops/guest speakers are in the offing.

 

Texas Travesty should have its computers back in place in its new location by the time of your meeting, with the office wired for complete service. This has occurred slower than weÕd hoped, but the second issue was right on track as of this writing.

October 11, 2006

 

This past month has been quite an active one concerning negotiations on the future of Texas Student Publications. Instead of rehashing some of the discussions that have taken place, I would like to take this opportunity to offer some input that I feel is in the future best interests of The Daily Texan and Texas Student Publications. I hope this can foster some discussion, and provide an avenue into what students think on the matter. My concerns with renegotiations are generally as follows:

 

1)    The financial stability of The Daily Texan

2)    The financial stability of other TSP media entities

3)    Maintaining the TexanÕs autonomy as a creative outlet, free from editorial pressures from the College of Communications and other UT entities

4)    Eliminating avenues to prior restraint, namely prior review, through our amended declaration of trust with the Board of Regents

 

With regards to restructuring, I lend my support to a recent proposal to shelf the idea of turning TSP into an independent 501(c)(3) until it can build up (and maintain) a larger reserve fund. Only when TSP can secure and develop an endowment to serve as the backbone of a future organization — which could also provide a new funding paradigm not based on commercial advertising, if administered progressively — should it consider the jump into business independence from the University.

 

A simple-minded (and self-concerned, I might add) solution to guarantee solely the future of The Daily Texan would suggest bundling TSPÕs print publications (including Cactus and The Texas Travesty) into their own independent organization (retaining the name Texas Student Publications), while the other broadcast media entities, which have a more tenuous funding model reliant on student fees and the support of general overhead (roughly 80 percent of which is supplied by the Texan annually), would branch off into a separate organization named Texas Student Media.

 

This ÒsolutionÓ does not serve the radio or television station well, threatening a creative outlet for a plethora of students on campus. But our radio station is intentionally non-commercial — which is arguably one of its most important assets — and finding a solution to providing revenue streams for both expensive broadcast mediums will be important for anything TSP chooses to do in its near future. We need not make rash decisions, but we should be open to ideas and realities facing the financial future of TSP. So far, that pill has seemed too hard to swallow.

 

 

 

We are also in the process of amending the operating agreement with the journalism department, and I have been pleased with the input allowed and considerations of the College of Communication. The Texan currently solicits advice and workshops from faculty in the department, and we share a rather vague but important relationship. But after a memo to members of the UT administration from UT System Counsel Barry Burgdorf, encouraging TSP and the College of Communication to develop a more clear relationship to replace the antiquated operating procedure used as a bargaining tool to save the Texan from Frank ErwinÕs dismantling, the wheels have been in motion to meet the Oct. 15 deadline set by the regents to draw up a new operating procedure agreement.

 

This process must continue to involve students, and we must assure that the College of Communications does not interfere with the day-to-day work in the Texan basement, nor does it stifle the creative freedom that comes with independent student control. So far, the proposed document seems to respect these wishes, and I hope that will continue to be the case.

 

 

It seems to be the third rail of the TexanÕs future, but the elimination of prior review is something that must be amended with these changes to the declaration of trust. It is not debatable that students could benefit from a professional or academic advising them from time-to-time on legal issues. But forcing that advisor to read and approve every word of copy has been and will continue to be an insulting duty that distracts our editorial advisor from actually advising students in the basement.

 

We have over the years taken to calling this employee an Òeditorial advisorÓ who commits Òprior review.Ó In these recent renegotiation talks, it has been suggested that we no longer call this process Òprior review,Ó with the tacit implication that the same review process remains in place, but we change the name to something more pleasant (such as, say, Òeditorial advisingÓ). This is like calling a garbage man a Òsanitation engineer.Ó This cosmetic name change will not change the fact that a mechanism leading to the illegal use of prior restraint, the censorship of material before it is published, remains in place at The Daily Texan. Our editorial advisor should be spending time proactively preventing the use of illegal speech and providing experienced advise for young journalists, not scouring copy at 10 p.m. for a process that has long since proven unnecessary. When necessary, Texan editors could opt to seek an additional TSP employee to serve as a libel checker, but the editorial advisor position must be structure actually serve as an advisor to students. This must be addressed in any new documents.

 

There is also no reason this avenue to prior restraint needs to remain in place, other than to serve future administrators wishing to exercise editorial control over the Texan. If we are truly interested in keeping The Daily Texan a professional publication, both in a financial and educational sense, this insulting practice of mandatory, wholesale review of all copy (especially with the reservation that Òeditorial advisorsÓ have the ability to prior restrain objectionable political speech) should cease.

 

The renewed look at the declaration of trust should also contain language that continues the tradition of an elected editor for The Daily Texan. This process has served students well over the years, and it should remain in place.

 

 

It is good to see the wheels of bureaucracy in motion, but itÕs too bad that it takes a few regents leaning on the axels to get anything done. I hope for the sake of the future of TSP that this process includes significant involvement from students on this board. So far, the commitment from administrators to that end has been less than healthy.

 

I look forward to working with this board to continue providing input into the future of The Daily Texan, a process that will probably outlive myself and each one of you should it come to pass.

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

JJ Hermes

 

Oct. 11, 2006

 

To: Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees

From: Zachary Warmbrodt, The Daily Texan managing editor

 

Dear members of the board,

 

At midsemester the Texan is still going strong.  Highlights from September and October:

         — New computers.  Buck set up a fleet of brand new Intel iMacs throughout the office. The faster models have made designersÕ lives much easier.  Thank you, Buck.

 

         — Overhaul of DTWeekend.com.  Shaun Stewart redesigned the layout of the site,, making it much easier to navigate.  More importantly, he completely rewrote the siteÕs backend, moving all of its code to a central database, which will help future Web editors more easily maintain the site.

 

         — More enhancements to Daily TexanOnline.com.  The site now features streaming video from the Associated Press.  A new staffer has also begun to develop audio-visual packages for selected stories.

 

         — Professional development.   Renowned Texas journalist and journalism professor S. Griffin Singer gave a headline writing workshop.  University librarian and former Texas Observer copy editor Valeri Bogucka taught a seminar on online reporting and fact-checking.  Texan staffers had lunch with Time associate managing editor and former Texan editor Lisa Beyer, discussed the current state of newsmagazines, and future of print journalism and Texan history.

 

Thank you,

Zachary Warmbrodt

Managing Editor

The Daily Texan

 

 

To: Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees

From: JoAnna Chin, Editor-in-Chief of Cactus yearbook

Date: October 11, 2006

Re: Board meeting update for Cactus yearbook

 

 

Content

Portrait studio is open October 9 thru 27 – all members of the University community are strongly encouraged to come in, have a seat, and give us your best smile. Individual portrait photos will be included in the DVD supplement to the Cactus only.

 

In keeping with the evolution of the Cactus into a coffee-table-esque book, we are constantly working to innovate the coverage to better encompass this year at UT. The most drastic of changes will come with the section covering campus and community history. Rather than cover separate events (ACL, SXSW, Hex Rally, Torchlight Parade) this yearÕs Student Life section will largely revolve around themes. This will allow for more events to be covered in broader feature-type stories. For example, Hex Rally and Torchlight Parade will be mentioned in lengthier features on University traditions rather than being separate articles as they had been in the past.

 

Website

The Cactusyearbook.com website is set to be up and running by the Board meeting, thanks to our digital media editor, Joanne Liou. It can take yearbook orders through our Texshop account. I plan on updating the website at least monthly and using it as a central point of information and communication between the Cactus and the University.

 

Staff

In an effort to increase staff involvement and retention, there will be a staff-wide meeting on October 25. All staff photographers, writers, marketing committee, and editors will be in attendance and it promises to be one of the highlights of the season.

 

Marketing

By the Board meeting, we will have had been through our first tailgate appearance at the TSM tailgate during the Texas vs. Baylor game. Depending on the success of this event, we will be seeking out similar opportunities to participate in more marketing functions that will allow us more face time with the University community. While we hope to generate goodwill and awareness of the Cactus, the ultimate and underlying goal of all marketing events is to generate book sales.

 

In addition, by the Board meeting, the results of the Cactus survey will have been compiled. As of this memo, more than 400 responses had been gathered, many with insightful, honest, and critical comments. All in all  the results have already proved immensely helpful and will serve as our primary driving force in the direction the marketing team will take in approaching our target audience.

 

For November, we are planning a Cactus carnival-type event which will celebrate the past 100-plus years of the book with displays of selections from past books all the way up to the very first editions. The event will be held in Gregory Plaza during the day, allowing for passersby to view the displays, play games, and possibly win prizes. At the time of this report, preliminary planning had begun and more details will be available sometime after the Board meeting for all those interested. All members of the University community are invited and encouraged to stop by.

 

A print campaign has also been executed. The marketing committee has been developing targeted slogans for particular colleges, beginning with those of the largest student populations. For example – one of the slogans for the Business School reads, ÒResumes. Cover letters. Interviews. You spend so much time preparing for your future that when you get there, youÕll miss the past. Cactus will be there for you.Ó Flyers are being printed and distributed for posting. We are hoping to reach as many students as possible before and during registration, since there is an option to add the Cactus as a fee in a studentÕs tuition bill.

 

Our marketing manager, Ann, will be graduating in December, which she recently decided due to a job offer given to her if she begins early next year. I fully support her decision and she will be assisting my selection of a replacement after applications are made available sometime in late November.

 

Page sales

In the first round of discounts, 45 pages have been sold to student organizations, putting us at a better place than we were last year in terms of coverage. Also, we are proud to announce that we are including several organizations that have either never been in the Cactus before or have been absent for quite some time. We anticipate selling the remaining pages in the next month. After all available pages have been sold, whatever remains will allow for space to include group photos. In the beginning of the spring semester, we will allow organizations to sign up for a free group photo on a first come, first serve basis until we run out of space.

 

 

 

 

Texas Travesty Board Report

October 11, 2006

Dear TSP Board of Directors:

 

The Texas Travesty has finished moving into its new office. While a few things are in need of repair and we're still waiting for ITS to connect our Ethernet ports, the new space is already working out very well. We even finished the final work for the  first issue in the space.

 

Our latest issue was very successful. We received significant positive feedback by email and phone complimenting the work, even the controversial items we were advised to not run. In the case of those items, we convened several focus groups to get community perspectives   both from students and professionals in Austin and elsewhere. Because we determined that the material would not

cause any problems, we chose to run it. As of today, we have not received any complaints.

 

For the first issue, we printed 25,000 copies. Based on the  final distribution of the each issue, we will gauge the distribution size of the subsequent issue. We will probably print between 20,000 and 25,000 copies for the October issue to possibly save costs on newsprint.

 

Sincerely,

David Strauss

Texas Travesty

Editor-in-Chief

 

 

To the TSP Board Members,

 

            Texas Student Television has had a very productive month.  Production Classes have been full of new volunteers who have all become involved with several shows at TSTV.   Le-An Tran, Brad Montesi, Chris Stephens, Neal Barenblat, Sandy Salinas, and Octavio Corral have all done an amazing job with our production classes.

 

            We are also receiving a lot of response from our Production and Class Ads in the Daily Texan.  Thanks to these ads, we have seen increased enrollment in several of our classes as well opportunities for paid productions.  Our productions include: NCAA Woman of the Year for DL Images, and Student of the Year for The Texas Parents Association.

 

            I would like to thank Lindsey Meeks for bringing all of the TSM departments together to discuss further development of our websites.  By doing this, we were able to give feedback to each other on what works and what doesnÕt on our individual websites.  Thanks to these meetings, Texas Student Television now has video clips online from all of our television shows.  Not only can this serve as a means to expand our distribution, it also lets the Sales Department have an online look at the programming that is produced at TSTV.  TSTV Producers are beginning to speak with the Sales department about marketing their television shows to the local and national markets.         

           

            Our Live Sports games will resume this November as well.  November 1st and 18th will be our second and third games of the semester.  Dan Knight, Frank Serpas, Monica Robb, and myself will be meeting with Mike Miller next Wednesday Oct. 18 to discuss the rundown for the next live sports game.  We have also contacted Chris Polanski about the upcoming Live Sports game as well and will meet with her next week.

 

Finally, I would still like to encourage all TSP Board Members to check out our TSTV Alumni Group on www.texasstudenttv.com.  Several of our alumni, as early as 1998, have begun to contact us with their information.  They all wish to serve as a resource for future TSTV graduates looking for places to start in the television and film industry.

 

 

 

Carlos Corral

Texas Student Television

Station Manager 2006-2007

manager@texasstudenttv.com

(512) 471-7899

TSP Board Meeting

October 20, 2006

KVRX 91.7 FM

Loren Seeger

 

 

 

 

Orange magazine recently choose to do a profile piece on my position at KVRX focusing on women in media.  It will be out in January

 

 

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SECRETARY OF STATE/TEXAS REGISTER DIVISION

 

DATE OF SUBMISSION:  10/04/2006

 

NAME OF AGENCY: University of Texas System

 

COMMITTEE:

Board of Operating Trustees, Texas Student Publications (TSP) at The University of Texas at Austin

 

DATE OF MEETING:

10/20/2006

 

TIME OF MEETING:

2:00 PM

 

ROOM, BUILDING, & STREET LOCATION:

Campus Club, Room 203

405 W. 25th Street

 

CITY:

Austin

 

IF EMERGENCY MEETING, REASON:

 

ORIGINAL MEETING TRD# (if applicable):

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM: 

Kathy Lawrence, 2500 Whitis Avenue, Austin, Texas 78712; Telephone:  512/471-1084; Fax:  512/232-5793; Email: kathyl@mail.utexas.edu

 

COMPLETE AGENDA (single space):

I. 2:00 p.m., Convene in Open Session for Meeting of the Executive Committee

A. Monthly Financial Report (Merry Tillman, Financial Director)

II. 3:00 p.m., Recess and Convene in Open Session for the Texas Student Publications Board of Operating Trustees Meeting

A. Approval of the September 22, 2006 TSP Board Minutes

B. Executive Committee Report (Rusty Todd, Committee Chair)

C. Monthly Reports from the Director and Student Managers

D. Discussion and appropriate action regarding unfinished business

Discussion concerning a Board consensus on the issue of reorganization and possible incorporation of Texas Student Media in response to initiatives from the U. T. System Board of Regents

III. Adjourn

 

 

Meetings of the U. T. System Board of Regents are open to the public except for executive session held in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.  Persons interested in committee and/or Board meetings and desiring communication or other special accommodations should contact the Board Office at least two working days prior to the meeting.  The Board Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding holidays and contact information follows:  phone (512) 499-4402; fax (512) 499-4425; email bor@utsystem.edu; 201 West Seventh Street, Suite 820, Austin, Texas 78701-2981.

 

CERTIFICATION:  I certify that I have reviewed this document and that it conforms to all applicable Texas Register filing requirements.

 

 

 

__________________________________________            10/10/2006

Francie A. Frederick                                                               Date

General Counsel to the Board of Regents

The University of Texas System

512/499-4402