This story has been updated with the release of the full Dec. 4-5 schedule.
A proposal for the IU Board of Trustees to consider Friday could allow a smaller group of members to conduct official business between regular meetings.
James Bopp Jr., chair of the new Governance Committee, introduced the resolution in a Zoom meeting Tuesday morning. The new Executive Committee would be able to act on behalf of the full board, with some limits.
“There are about a dozen or so of those,” Bopp said. “They are pretty obvious kinds of things that you would want the board itself to do, rather than a committee of the board, as important as the executive committee will be.”
Members of the committee, whose membership was not announced, will not be able to select officers, amend bylaws or appoint a president without approval from the full board.
Trustees did not say Tuesday morning why they proposed the amendment.
Ordinarily the Board of Trustees meets four times a year, but the Executive Committee will allow it to act more often.
The governance committee voted to advance several other proposals, including a code of conduct. It would bind trustees to secrecy regarding closed-door executive sessions and conversations with attorneys, entitle them to information related to their duties and a conflict-of-interest policy.
If a trustee violates the code and the board is unable to reach a resolution, the chair could make a confidential report to the governor, who has authority to appoint and remove trustees at will.
While it was not discussed Tuesday, the board will also vote to approve changes to the university's post-tenure review and faculty productivity policy, BOT-24.
The board is meeting at IU South Bend this week to vote on these amendments at its regular meeting.
