A. Finance and Administration

1. The Board heard that the Working Group on Access Issues will be reconstituted again in the fall of 2004.
2. The Board noted that the January 20 and September 22, 2005 meetings of the Finance and Administration Committee have been scheduled to take place at SFU at Harbour Centre.
3. The Board approved increases in parking fines and visitor parking fees at the University’s Burnaby Campus, effective September 1, 2004.
4. The Board approved Signature Authorization amendments, including a change to the limit at which contractual obligations require Board approval from $1 million to $2 million. A revised and updated set of resolutions and/or a revised policy for Signature Authorization at SFU will be prepared and presented to the Board in the fall, 2004.
5. The Academic Pension Plan and Administrative/Union Pension Plan Annual Reports for 2003 were before the Board for information.
6. Donations: the Board approved terms of reference and noted donations to new funds, and noted donations to existing funds, as follows:

7. The Board approved the naming of roadways that are located in the UniverCity development.
   

B. Academic Operations

1. The Board approved a new Intellectual Property Policy, R30.03, replacing Policies R30.01 and R30.02, effective immediately.
2. The Board noted minor changes in program requirements to the Ed.D. in the Educational Leadership program in the Faculty of Education.
3. The Board noted that Senate approved transitional election arrangements for the Faculty of Health Sciences, effective September 1, 2004.
4. The Board noted that the January 20 and September 22, 2005 meetings of the Academic Operations Committee have been scheduled to take place at SFU at Harbour Centre.

C. Other

1. The Board approved the creation of a Governance Committee of the Board, and an amendment to Board Policy B10.01, Rules of the Board, to permit teleconference participation at Board meetings. The Board also approved a motion supporting the initiative of The University Presidents’ Council for an amendment to the University Act Section 23, to permit students in good standing who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents under the Canadian Immigration Act to stand for election to the Board of Governors.
2. The Acting Board Chair thanked outgoing Vice-President, Research, B. Clayman, for his contributions to the work of the Board and congratulated him on his appointment as President of the Great Northern Way Campus.
3. The Board heard that the University’s revised proposal for the Olympic Oval is under active consideration by the Vancouver Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee, and that the City of Richmond is expected to be the only other contender.
4. The Board heard that the City of Vancouver is expected to select a developer of the Woodwards site in September 2004.
5. The Board heard that the University fully expects to meet targeted enrolments in all faculties with admissions cut-off numbers within 1% of 2003.
6. The Board was advised that the administration of the University is expected to comment on a proposal to establish a Sustainability Advisory Task Force.

A. Finance and Administration

1. The Board approved the Business Case for the design and construction of The Technology and Science Complex - Module 2, and The Arts and Social Sciences Complex – Module 1.
2. The Board approved entering into a contract with Omicron Architecture Engineering Construction Services for services related to the development of the Surrey campus Phase 1a, Phase 1b, and Phase 2.
3. The Board approved entering into a three-year contract with EBSCO Canada Ltd. for the purchase of Library serial subscriptions.
4. The Board approved entering into a 10-year contract with Urban Networks Incorporated for the purchase of fibre-optic cable capacity for SFU Surrey.

B. Academic Operations

1. Faculty Appointments

   The following academic appointments were approved and have been accepted:

   Dr. Michele Schmidt	Assistant Professor	Education	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Willeen Keough	Assistant Professor	History	1 Sep 05 - 31 Aug 09
   Dr. Susan Kozel	Associate Professor	Interactive Arts & Technology	1 Jul 04-31 Aug 09
   Dr. Mario Liotti	Assoc. Professor with tenure	Psychology	1 Sep 04
   Ms. Thecla Schiphorst	Associate Professor	Interactive Arts & Technology	1 Jul 04-31 Aug 09
   Mr. Ronald Wakkary	Associate Professor	Interactive Arts & Technology	1 Jul 04 - 31 Aug 09
   Dr. Edgar Young	Assistant Professor	Molecular Biology & Biochemistry	1 Nov 04 - 31 Aug 08
   Dr. Lynne Bell	Associate Professor	Archaeology	1 Sep 04 - 31 Aug 09
   Dr. Andrei Bulatov	Assistant Professor	Computing Science	1 Aug 04 - 31 Aug 08
   Dr. Peter Borwein	Burnaby Mtn. Endowed Professorship	Mathematics	1 Sep 04 - 31 Aug 14
   Dr. Jian Pei	Assistant Professor	Computing Science	1 Aug 04 - 31 Aug 08
   Dr. Prasanna Thati	Assistant Professor	Computing Science	1 May 05 - 31 Aug 09
   Dr. Julie Crawford	Associate Professor	English	1 Sep 05-31 Aug 10
   Dr. Brian Fisher	Associate Professor	Interactive Arts & Technology	1 Jul 04-31 Aug 09
   Dr. Robert Woodbury	Professor with tenure	Interactive Arts & Technology	1 Jul 04
   Dr. Daniele Moore	Associate Professor	Education	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Greg Mori	Assistant Professor	Computing Science	10 Aug 04-31 Aug 08
   Mr. James Budd	Associate Professor	Interactive Arts & Technology	1 Jul 04-31 Aug 09
   Dr. Daniel Laitsch	Assistant Professor	Education	1 Jan 05-31 Aug 08

2. Administrative Appointments

The Board approved the following administrative appointments:

Dr. Andrew Bennet	Chair	Chemistry	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 09
Dr. James Delgrande	Director	Computing Science	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 05
Dr. Greg Dow	reappointed Chair	Economics	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 06
Dr. Rick Routledge	Chair	Statistics & Actuarial Science	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 07
Dr. Andrew Wister	Chair	Gerontology	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 07
Dr. Michael Plischke	Dean	Science	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 09
Dr. David MacLean	Dean	Health Sciences	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 09

3. Other

C. Other

1. Other matters were discussed.

The next Board of Governors Meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. in Room 126 of the Halpern Centre, Burnaby Mountain Campus, on Thursday, September 30, 2004.