Meeting Dates & Procedures

2008-2009

Date   Time   Type   Location
September 12, 2008   8:30 a.m.1   Full Board   Morgantown
November 7, 2008   8:30 a.m.1   Full Board   Morgantown
December 12, 2008   8:30 a.m.1   Full Board   Telephone
February 6, 2009   8:30 a.m.1   Full Board   Morgantown
April 3, 2009   8:30 a.m.1   Full Board   Morgantown
June 5, 2009   8:30 a.m.1   Full Board   Morgantown

1 Board convenes at 8:30 a.m., goes immediately into Executive Session, then reconvenes.


Meeting Guidelines

Regular meetings of the West Virginia University Board of Governors will be held at least six times per year. Board meetings will be held via telephone on occasion to deal with items of an urgent or timely nature.

Meetings will be held in the West Virginia University Mountainlair. Any planned deviation from this pattern will be posted on the BOG web site and printed in the State Register

A simple majority (nine) shall constitute a quorum to do business. There will be no voting by secret ballot.

The Open Meetings or “Sunshine” Act

All Board meetings are open to the public.

Media representatives are welcome to attend Board meetings. All meetings will be listed in the West Virginia State Register and on the BOG web site.

When appropriate, and in accordance with §6-9A-4 of the Open Meetings Act, the Board may go into executive session (closed to the public). No decisions will be made in executive session.

Meeting Minutes

Minutes of all open meetings will be taken and made available to the public on the BOG web site within a reasonable time after the meeting. Minutes shall include: date, time, and place of the meeting; name of each member present and absent; all motions, proposals, resolutions, orders, ordinances, and measures proposed, the name of the person proposing and the disposition; the results of all votes; and, when requested by a member, the vote of each member by name.