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‎The Current Trustees

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Eric Rasmusen: /* The Current Trustees */

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‎The Current Trustees

Eric Rasmusen: /* The Duties and Powers of the Board of Trustees */

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‎The Duties and Powers of the Board of Trustees

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‎The Duties and Powers of the Board of Trustees

Eric Rasmusen: /* Choosing the Student Trustee */

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‎Choosing the Student Trustee

Eric Rasmusen: /* The Duties and Powers of the Board of Trustees */

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‎The Duties and Powers of the Board of Trustees

Eric Rasmusen: /* Choosing the Student Trustee */

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‎Choosing the Student Trustee

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‎Choosing the Student Trustee

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‎Choosing the Student Trustee

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	Here is a link that has more information on the backgrounds of the trustees: [https://trustees.iu.edu/the-trustees/current-trustees/index.html https://trustees.iu.edu/the-trustees/current-trustees/index.html]. See also the [https://www.idsnews.com/article/2024/02/iu-board-of-trustees-everything-you-need-to-know 2024 IDS article], which has such things as their campaign contributions.		Here is a link that has more information on the backgrounds of the trustees: [https://trustees.iu.edu/the-trustees/current-trustees/index.html https://trustees.iu.edu/the-trustees/current-trustees/index.html]. See also the [https://www.idsnews.com/article/2024/02/iu-board-of-trustees-everything-you-need-to-know 2024 IDS article], which has such things as their campaign contributions.
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		+	==Links on Trustees, Generally==
		+	*On Ohio State: [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14247261/ohio-state-university-public-college-red-state-dei-budget.html "The public college in a deep-red state that blows $13M on DEI and fighting 'whiteness'] (2025).

	==The Scandal over the McRobbie Extra Payment==		==The Scandal over the McRobbie Extra Payment==

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	It may be true that the Sanders Complaint is time-barred, but it is a stupid point to bring up. It is stupid because even if HE is barred because he found out too long ago, he can always find someone else, a distant cousin perhaps, who hasn’t heard about this yet, tell him, and have the cousin refile the complaint. In addition, the main reason for bringing a complaint isn’t that the law will give a remedy for the misconduct, it’s to publicize the misconduct. So IU escaping on a technicality isn’t really a victory for IU; in fact, it would be a defeat if IU were innocent, because it’s worse publicity.		It may be true that the Sanders Complaint is time-barred, but it is a stupid point to bring up. It is stupid because even if HE is barred because he found out too long ago, he can always find someone else, a distant cousin perhaps, who hasn’t heard about this yet, tell him, and have the cousin refile the complaint. In addition, the main reason for bringing a complaint isn’t that the law will give a remedy for the misconduct, it’s to publicize the misconduct. So IU escaping on a technicality isn’t really a victory for IU; in fact, it would be a defeat if IU were innocent, because it’s worse publicity.
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		+	==Miscellaneous==
		+	*Eric Rasmusen, "A Theory of Trustees, and Other Thoughts," in Public Debt and its Finance in a Model of a Macroeconomic Policy Game: Papers Presented at a Workshop held in Antalya, Turkey on October 10- 11, 1997, ed. by Tahire Akder. This paper combined a brief description of my work on negotiation with comments on other papers presented on central banking and a new paradigm for thinking of judges and central bankers as trustees working on behalf of beneficiaries as directed by settlors. It has my 4 P's Theory of motivation: Place, Pride, Policy, and Power. Available, including a post- publication postscript adding Principle, http://rasmusen.org/published/Rasmusen_98.BOOK.trustees.NEW.pdf).
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 *Jill Burnett -- term is up in 2027. Hamilton County.
-Here is a link that has more information on the backgrounds of the trustees:  [https://trustees.iu.edu/the-trustees/current-trustees/index.html https://trustees.iu.edu/the-trustees/current-trustees/index.html]
+Here is a link that has more information on the backgrounds of the trustees:  [https://trustees.iu.edu/the-trustees/current-trustees/index.html https://trustees.iu.edu/the-trustees/current-trustees/index.html]. See also the [https://www.idsnews.com/article/2024/02/iu-board-of-trustees-everything-you-need-to-know 2024 IDS article], which has such things as their campaign contributions.
 ==The Scandal over the McRobbie Extra Payment==

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 Sections X and XI and the quoted portion of Article VIII are unlawful, I think. I think a majority of the Board of Trustees can change the bylaws any time it wants, by ordinary principles of corporation law that the bylaws themselves cannot change.
-As posted on the board's website and as articulated in state law, https://trustees.iu.edu/about-the-board/policies-resolutions/indiana-state-code.html:
+---
-The range of responsibilities assigned to trustees by state law includes:
+"As posted on the board's website and as articulated in state law," https://trustees.iu.edu/about-the-board/policies-resolutions/indiana-state-code.html:
      • The power to set tuition and fees and requirements to hold public hearings on same
      • The power to prescribe curricula

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 ==The Duties and Powers of the Board of Trustees==
-*The [https://trustees.iu.edu/about-the-board/policies-resolutions/bylaws.html bylaws] say how many meetings there are per year and many other organizational details. Meetings are four times a year, and last for two days. The Organizational Meeting is in August. "The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held February 20-21, 2025 at Indiana University Indianapolis."
+*The [https://trustees.iu.edu/about-the-board/policies-resolutions/bylaws.html bylaws] say how many meetings there are per year and many other organizational details. Meetings are four times a year, and last for two days. The Organizational Meeting is in August. "The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held February 20-21, 2025 at Indiana University Indianapolis." The Bylaws say
     '''Article VIII. Rules of Procedure for Meetings of the Board of Trustees and Its Committees'''

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    BYLAWS: '''''Article IV. The Student Trustee'''''
     The appointment of the student trustee is governed by Indiana Code 21-20-3-13. The president of the university and chair of the board shall appoint a Student Search and Screen Committee every other year in accordance with the state statute, Indiana Code 21-20-3-14.
 ==The Duties and Powers of the Board of Trustees==

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   . . .  The General Counsel of the University shall rule on all disputed questions of procedure.
-  ''Article X. Amendments to Bylaws''
+  '''''Article X. Amendments to Bylaws'''''
   The Bylaws may be amended by an affirmation vote of two-thirds of the Board of Trustees at any meeting, provided, however, that notice of any proposed changes shall be provided to the members the Board of Trustees at least 15 calendar days in advance of the meeting scheduled to consider such changes.
-  ''Article XI. Suspension of Bylaws''
+  '''''Article XI. Suspension of Bylaws'''''
   Any provision of these Bylaws other than those contained in Article VIII, Section A, may be suspended in connection with the consideration of a matter before the Board of Trustees by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Board of Trustees.
 Sections X and XI and the quoted portion of Article VIII are unlawful, I think. I think a majority of the Board of Trustees can change the bylaws any time it wants, by ordinary principles of corporation law that the bylaws themselves cannot change.
+As posted on the board's website and as articulated in state law, https://trustees.iu.edu/about-the-board/policies-resolutions/indiana-state-code.html:
 The range of responsibilities assigned to trustees by state law includes:

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   (a) To aid the governor in the selection of '''the student member,''' a search and screen committee is created consisting of:
           (1) one (1) representative of the governor; and
-          (2) at least four (4) students chosen by the elected student government representatives of the student body, including at least one (1) student from each campus of the university, main and regional.
+          (2) at least four (4) students chosen by the elected student government representatives
   (b) The search and screen committee shall establish the mode and criteria to be used in the selection of student nominees to serve on the board of trustees.
   (c) The search and screen committee shall submit a list of at least ten (10) names to the governor for consideration.

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    '''''Section 21-20-3-14 - Search and screen committee; creation'''''
   (a) To aid the governor in the selection of '''the student member,''' a search and screen committee is created consisting of: <br>
-  (1) one (1) representative of the governor; and <br>
+  (1) one (1) representative of the governor; and
-  (2) at least four (4) students chosen by the elected student government representatives of the student body, including at least one (1) student from each campus of the university, main and regional. <br>
+  (2) at least four (4) students chosen by the elected student government representatives of the student body, including at least one (1) student from each campus of the university, main and regional.
-  (b) The search and screen committee shall establish the mode and criteria to be used in the selection of student nominees to serve on the board of trustees. <br>
+  (b) The search and screen committee shall establish the mode and criteria to be used in the selection of student nominees to serve on the board of trustees.
-  (c) The search and screen committee shall submit a list of at least ten (10) names to the governor for consideration. <br>
+  (c) The search and screen committee shall submit a list of at least ten (10) names to the governor for consideration.
   (d) The governor shall select one (1) of these names for appointment as a trustee of the university in accordance with this chapter.