The Board reconvened in Open Session at 5:40 p.m. Chairperson Bearden announced that, in closed session, the Board gave direction to counsel regarding litigation matters discussed during the session. The directives and the discussion related thereto were attorney-client privileged.
Action Item: Regent Lysonge made a motion on behalf of the Presidential Search Committee for the Board to accept a list of three (3) candidates as finalists for the presidential search. The finalists were:
Chairperson Bearden called for a vote on the motion to accept the slate of three final candidates. A vote was taken and the motion passed 5-2.
Chairperson Bearden announced that, by majority vote, the Board had accepted the recommendations of the Presidential Search Committee as to the final slate of three candidates.
Regent Harnice provided a statement to the Board listing several reasons as to why he voted “No” on the final list of candidates:
-Regent Harnice disagreed with the search process, in part because he believed that the full Board should be able to vote on the final candidates. He stated that he was not objecting to any individual candidate
-he also disagreed with the slate of candidates because he does not believe that he was given enough information to vote up or down on the final slate
Regent Farris also provided a statement as to why she voted “No” and was against the approval of the final list of candidates:
-Regent Farris also stated that she would have preferred to have read qualifications of all candidates before being asked to approve the final slate-she also stated that she did not believe she was provided with sufficient information on final three candidates to vote to approve them
Regent McFayden, who was a member of the Presidential Search Committee, stated that the process used for the search was in accord with best practices and that the committee worked very hard to come up with the final slate.