The Board of Trustees of Western Carolina University met in special session on February 13, 1980, at 10:00 a.m. in the Board Room of First Union National Bank in Waynesville, North Carolina.

ROLL CALL

Members of the Board present were: Mr. Abbott, Dr. Coli, Mr. Cowan, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Gloyne, Mr. Hennessee, Mr. McGinn, Mr. McKinney, Mr. Patterson, and Mr. Wynne. Others present were Chancellor Robinson; Mr. Scott, Legal Counsel; and Mrs. Shuler, Administrative Assistant to the Chancellor.

Chairman Glenn presided over the meeting and gave a brief statement of the reasons for calling a special meeting.

EXECUTIVE SESSION   Open Meeting Act

Upon proper motion duly seconded and unanimously passed, the Board went into Executive Session.

ADJOURNMENT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION

With no further business to be discussed in Executive Session, the Executive Session was adjourned at 10:45 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION DECLARED

At this point Dr. Stoltz, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Dean Kerby, Dean, School of Business, were invited to join the meeting.

CONTINUATION OF HOLLAND TENURE CASE

Upon proper motion duly seconded and passed, the Special Committee's report was ratified and the action of the administration was affirmed. Mr. McKinney stated that he wanted to be placed on record as abstaining from the vote.

INCREASE IN STUDENT FEES

Chancellor Robinson informed the Trustees of the initiation of a shuttle bus service between Cullowhee and Sylva to be used exclusively by the students. A two-week trial period indicated a definite need for this kind of transportation because of the energy shortage. The Division of State Purchase and Contract has allowed the University to purchase a 20-passenger mini-bus for this shuttle service, and the Trustees were asked to approve an increase of $1 per student per semester in the Student Activity Fee to support this operation. Following discussion and upon proper motion duly seconded and unanimously passed, the fee increase was approved.

DESIGNATION OF MR. MCKINNEY AS SCHOLAR

Chancellor Robinson read a letter designating Mr. McKinney as one of nine "Pi Kapp" scholars in the country this year, from more than 3,000 undergraduate members of the fraternity. Other members of the Board expressed congratulations.

GIFT FROM HENNESSEE FAMILY

An expression of appreciation was tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Hennessee for the recent gift of land conveyed to the University.

VISITATION PRIVILEGES

There was a brief discussion on visitation privileges in the residence halls, and it was decided to have Director of Housing Rice at the next meeting to provide additional information on this subject.

PLANNING FUNDS FOR REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER

Chancellor Robinson told the Trustees of a letter from Vice President Joyner regarding the necessity for a study to be made on the proposed Regional Activity Center and the allocation of $15,000 in pre-planning funds for this purpose. The firm of J. N. Pease and Company has been contacted in regard to making such a study.

In response to a question regarding parking and seating for athletic events, there is very little that can be done until such time as a larger center can be constructed. In this connection, Chancellor Robinson called attention to a recent speech in which Lt. Governor Green proposed that no more capital improvement allocations be made to the University System until it could be shown that facilities of all higher education institutions were being used to their fullest extent.

ADJOURNMENT

With no further business to be transacted, the meeting adjourned at 11:18 a.m.

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James H. Glenn, Chairman

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Avis Phillips, Secretary