Board of Trustees Conference Call
December 3, 2003
President Charles Young and Board Chair Marshall Criser conducted a telephone conference call with members of the University of Florida Board of Trustees on December 3, 2003. All board members were present.
Mr. Criser opened the meeting explaining that he intended to serve chair until the new president was inaugurated. However, a condition of appointment to the Scripps Funding Agency was his resignation from the University of Florida Board of Trustees. Mr. Criser asked for a vote to accept his resignation effective at the close of the Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, December 5th. Trustee McGriff so moved, and the motion was adopted.
Mr. Criser noted the reason for the conference call meeting was Trustee Morgan's absence from the December 4th and 5th meetings due to her long standing commitment to Children's Miracle Network. Trustee Morgan said she was deeply honored to serve as Vice Chair. She said she was impressed by Manny Fernandez' leadership and asked for support in her nomination of Manny Fernandez as the next Chair of the Board of Trustees. Trustee Fernandez was elected unanimously.
A motion was made by Trustee Alfonso to retain Dianna Morgan as Vice Chair. The motion was adopted unanimously.
Chairman Criser brought to the attention of the Board that for health insurance reasons Dr. Machen's employment contract needed to be effective December 31st. It was moved, seconded, and adopted unanimously that the effective date of Dr. Machen's contract would be December 31st.
Mr. Criser thanked the Trustees for their availability and the conference call was ended.