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Governance committee approves charter and regent roles, will forward both to full Board of Regents
Summary
The Governance and Nominating Committee approved a new committee charter and a regent roles-and-responsibilities document and will send resolutions to the full Board of Regents for formal adoption.
The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) Board of Regents Governance and Nominating Committee approved a new governance and nominating committee charter and a separate regent roles-and-responsibilities document and said both items will be presented to the full Board of Regents for adoption.
The committee voted to add a discussion of filling open board positions to the meeting agenda before taking up the charter and roles documents. Committee chair James asked for a motion to add the item; the motion was moved, seconded and the committee approved it.
Committee members discussed the previously distributed draft charter and then moved to approve it. Pam, the committee secretary, will circulate a resolution prepared by the general counsel’s office to accompany the charter when it is filed with the full board. Committee member Ira moved to approve the charter and the motion was seconded; those present voted “Aye.” The committee then discussed a separate draft outlining regent roles and responsibilities. Hearing no edits, a member moved to forward that draft to the full board, another member seconded, and the committee approved the referral.
Committee members said both documents had been shared previously and noted no substantive edits at this meeting. The chair said the committee will present the two items, along with the accompanying resolutions prepared by Pam and the general counsel’s office, at the next full-board meeting for formal adoption.
The committee also confirmed the meeting cadence going forward: governance and nominating committee meetings are intended to be held quarterly, with additional special meetings scheduled as needed while the committee organizes itself.
Votes and formal actions taken at the meeting were procedural approvals by committee vote to (1) add an agenda item, (2) adopt the amended agenda, (3) approve the governance and nominating committee charter and (4) approve forwarding the regent roles-and-responsibilities draft to the full board. The committee instructed Pam to circulate formal resolutions for the full board to consider.
