Media Advisory

Notice of Public Meetings | Full BOT & BOT Retreat | June 8-9, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS

Please take notice that the following meetings of the UF Board of Trustees’ Committees and meeting and a retreat of the University of Florida Board of Trustees will be held at the following times and places:

Date: June 8, 2017
Meetings of all University of Florida Board of Trustees’ Committees, and Meeting of the full University of Florida Board of Trustees
Place: Emerson Alumni Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Date: June 9, 2017
University of Florida Board of Trustees Retreat
Place: Plant Science Research and Education Unit, 2556 West Highway 318, Citra, FL 32113
Purpose: Meetings and Retreat of the University of Florida Board of Trustees and Its Committees

June 8, 2017
Emerson Alumni Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

One June 8, 2017 at the above-referenced place, beginning at 9:10 a.m. EDT, the following Committees of the University of Florida Board of Trustees and the full University of Florida Board of Trustees will have meetings, in the following sequence, with one meeting or break (each called a session) beginning immediately after the prior session ends and continuing until all sessions have concluded, and with the following times for the sessions being estimates (as sessions will occur earlier or later depending on time needed for each session)—except that the first session of the day will begin no earlier than the time listed below and the Board is not required to meet later than the estimated end of the last session of the day:

9:10 a.m. EDT
1. Committee Meeting
University of Florida Board of Trustees’ Committee on Educational Policy and Strategic Initiatives, President’s Room 215B
2. Break (~10 minutes)


~10:50 a.m. EDT
3. Concurrent Meetings of Two Committees*
University of Florida Board of Trustees’ Committee on Audit and Operations, President’s Room 215C
University of Florida Board of Trustees’ Committee on Governance, President’s Room 215B

4. Lunch Break (~1 hour and 10 minutes)


~1:00 p.m. EDT
5. Committee Meeting
University of Florida Board of Trustees’ Committee on Finance and Facilities, President’s Room 215B
6. Break (~10 minutes)


~2:25 p.m. EDT
7. Committee Meeting
University of Florida Board of Trustees’ Committee on External Relations, President’s Room 215B
8. Break (~15 minutes)


~3:35 p.m. EDT
9. Board Meeting
University of Florida Board of Trustees Meeting, President’s Room 215B
(estimated to conclude by ~4:05 p.m. EDT)


June 9, 2017
Plant Science Research and Education Unit, 2556 West Highway 318, Citra, FL 32113

The University of Florida Board of Trustees will have a retreat, beginning at 8:45 a.m. EDT on June 9, 2107 at the above-listed location and continuing until the business of the retreat is completed (estimated to conclude by ~12:35 p.m. EDT; this time is estimated and may vary, but the Board is not required to meet later than the estimated end of the retreat).


Copies of the agendas are or will be posted on the Board of Trustees web site http://trustees.ufl.edu/ and copies of agendas may also be obtained and inquiries may be made by writing to: Brigit Dermott, Executive Assistant to the Board of Trustees, Post Office Box 113125, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 or calling 352-392-1358.


The day of Committee meetings, the Board meeting, and breaks (each called a session) on June 8, 2017 will begin at approximately (and no earlier than) the time listed above and the sessions will be held that day in the sequence listed above and on the agendas. The agendas provide estimated schedules for each session, but actual times will vary and depend on the time needed for each session. The Board and its Committees are not required, however, to meet later on any day than the estimated time for the end of the last meeting that day. The retreat on June 9, 2017 will begin at approximately (and no earlier than) the time listed above, and the retreat is flexible and free-flowing to accommodate the Board’s discussion; any agenda or schedule is only a plan.

Media contact: John Hines, jkhines@ufl.edu