TRUSTEES - By-Laws
 
 
2/10/65
     By-Laws approved.
 
8/11/65
     Revised Art. II, Sec. 2.8 - Treasurer: BOT may appoint Assistant Treasuers to assist the CSU Treasurer and/or Board Treasurer in the discharge of their duties.
 
11/24/65
     Revised Art. III, IV, and V amending the position description of various administrative officers.
 
1/11/67
     Approved By-Laws revisions caused by over-laps with Faculty By-Laws.
 
4/13/67
     Amended Art. I, Sec. 1.1 - "The regular meeting of the Board shall be held on the second Thursday of each month unless otherwise specified by the Chairman".
 
1/14/71   (71-2)
     Revised Sec. 1.8 - addition of an investment committee;
     Revised Sec. 1.9 - Investments - all matters requiring attention or action of the Board relating to the custody and investment of any funds which are now under or may in the future come under the control of the Trustees.
 
6/14/72   (72-48)
     Revised Sec. 5.4: - "It Shall be the policy to name specific buildings or other physical facilities so as to honor and recognize persons who have made extraordinary anddistinctive contributions to the development of this University or learning in Ohio."
 
4/29/75   (75-31)
     Revised Sec. 5.4 - Policy for Naming of Buildings & Major Facilities.
 
6/11/75   (75-43)
     Revised Sec. 5.4 - Trustees shall name any University buildings and structures. Interested parties may direct recommendations to the President.
 
4/20/77   (77-22)
     Revised Sec. 5.4 - Policy for Naming Buildings & Facilities.
 
1/9/80   (80-3)
     Revised Sec. 1.8 - Standing Committees, to establish Standing Committee on Visiting Committees; and Sec. 1.9 - Responsibilities, to state the matter to be considered by the new Standing Committee.
 
4/30/80   (80-17)
     Deleted and replaced Sec. 4.2 with section on the Committee on Honorary Degrees.
 
6/18/80
     Approved $12,000 operating budget for the organization and implementation of Visiting Committees and that they be delegated authority to act for the Trustees in the selection of nominees to the Visiting Committees.
 
9/10/80   (80-46)
     Approved By-Laws governing the organization of Visiting Committees.
 
1/14/81   (81-11)
     Revised By-Laws, Art IV, Sec. 3 & 4 governing Visiting Committees.
 
9/16/83   (83-67)
     Revised Sec. 1.8 & 1.9 to eliminate the Comm. on Investments. Sec. 1.9 amended to provide that all matters concerning custody and investment of funds shall be considered by the Fianance & Administration Comm.
 
6/18/85   (85-71)
     Approved revisions tied in with the new handbook in the By-Laws Governing Visiting Committees.

6/15/87   (87-35)
     Amended Visiting Committees' Bylaws, Art. IV, Sec. 1, requiring committee annual reports before June 30.
 
6/15/87   (87-44)
     Revised Sec. 1.8 & 1.9 establishing a Committee on Planning.
 
12/16/87   (87-82)
     Amended Sec. 1.8 & 1.9 establishing a Committee on Minority Affairs.
 
2/17/88   (88-17)
     Amended Sec. 1.8 & 1.9, establishing the Human Relations & Minority Affairs and the Audit standing comms. and changing the standing comm. which will receive intercollegiate athletic reports to the Student Affairs Comm. from the Academic Affairs Comm.
 
6/26/91   (91-57)
     Amended Sec. 1.8 & 1.9 merging the Academic Affairs and Student Affairs Comms. into the Committee on Academic Affairs & Student Affairs.
     Amended Sec. 1.8 & 1.9 merging the Development and the Planning Comms. into the Committee on Development, Marketing, & Planning.
 
6/26/91   (91-58)
     Revised Article I to include procedural changes in the method of appointing student & faculty representatives to BOT.
 
11/17/93   (93-94)
     Revised Sec. 1.8 & 1.9 to establish a Committee on Long Range & Strategic Planning.
 
11/17/93   (93-95)
     Revised Sec. 4.3 to reflect name change of Faculty Senate.
 
1/11/95   (95-01)
     Amended Sec. 1.8 & 1.9 to reflect merger of Finance & Administration and Finance, Operations, & Audit Committees.
     Amended Sec. 1.8, 1.9 & 4.2 to reflect merger of Visiting and Honrary Degrees Committees.
 
10/30/95   (95-57)
     Amended Sec. 1.8 & 1.9 to establish an Academic, Student & Minority Affairs Comm., Finance, Operation & Facilities Comm., and a University Planning & Development Comm.

8/31/2000  (2000-41)
     Amended Sec. 1.8 & 1.9 to establish the Marketing Comm., the Technology Comm. and University Planning, Development, Operations & facilities Comm.

8/31/2000  (2000-42)
     Amended Art. II, Sec. 2.2 to limit the chair to two consecutive terms.

6/26/02   (02-27)
     Amended Art. I. Sec.1.1 - Regular Meeting to be held 4th Wed., every other month.

9/18/02  (02-49)
     Amended Sec. 1.8 and 1.9, revising BOT committees: Academic, Student and Minority Affairs; Financial Affairs and University Relations and Development; Physical Facilities; Institutional Plans; Technology; and Visiting Committees and Honorary Degrees. 

11/20/02   (02-70)
     Amended Sec. 1.8 and 1.9, to reflect changing the name of the Honorary Degrees Committee to the Committee on Citations and Recognition

11/20/02   (02-71)
     Amended the Visiting Committees By-Laws including limiting the size of a committee to 35 with an optimum number of 25.

9/24/03   (03-40)
     Amended Sec. 1.8, "Standing Committees": : The Chairman of the Board shall be empowered to appoint six standing committees as follows: Academic, Student, and Minority Affairs; Financial Affairs, Development and Physical Facilities; University Relations, Government Relations and Institutional Plans; Technology; Visiting Committees; and Honorary Degrees, Citations and Recognitions".

2/25/04   (04-06)
     Amended Sec. 3.1.10 - President will bring only the appointment of the Provost, Deans, and Vice-Presidents to the BOT for ratification, And will confer with the BOT before making an offer of appointment to such officers
     Amended Sec. 3.1.11 - delegated authority to President to appoint all other adeministrative officers.
     Amended Sec. 3.3 - limits appointments to one fiscal year with BOT approval.
     Amended Sec. 3.4 - annual performance review of the President.

5/20/05   (05-25)
     Approved one-time exception to the two-term limit for officers for 2005-2006.

6/24/05   (05-35)
     Amended Art. I, Sec. 1.9(3) and 1.9(7) pertaining to the Technology Committee and adding an Audit Committee.
 
1/20/06   (06-01)
     Revised Art. I, Sec. 1.8 to reduce the number of committees to five: Academic Excellence, Competitiveness and Diversity; Audit; Financial Affairs; External Engagement; and Honorary Degrees, Citations and Recoginitions Committee
     Revised Art. I, Sec. 1.5, adding the Report of the Faculty and Students to the order of business.
     Revised Art. I, Sec. 1.3 that in the case of a special meeting called by not less than three members, the time and place of the meeting may be determined by the members calling the meeting.
     Art. I, Sec. 1.4 revised to provide that the treasurer shall preside in the absence of the chairand vice chair.
     Revised Art. I, Sec. 1.7 so that a majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority of the voting members shall be necessary to elect or remove the President or a tenured faculty member.
     Art. I, Sec. 1.13 revised to include an annual review of the performance of the Board.
     Revised Art. I, Sec. 14 to allow expansion of the Board and its committee membership with other faculty and community members as non-voting advisors for terms approved by the Board.

6/23/06   (06-28)
     Amended Sec. 2.2 to rescind the 2 year term limtation for the Chairman of the Board.

9/20/07   (07-61)
     Amended Bylaws Sec. 1.8 and 1.9 pertaining to committee structure and responsibilities or functions (Academic Affairs Coo., Recognition Comm., Visiting Comm.)

4/3/09   (09-17)
	Amended the Bylaws of the Visiting Committees, as recommended by the Recognition Comm.

11/10/09  (09-71)
	Approved revisions changing the committee structure and oversight, removal of BOT involvment fromk the Visiting Committee appointment process, and creating a more informal or collaborative process pertaining to presidential appointments of senior administrative and academic officers.

11/10/09  (09-72)
	Amended Visiting Committees' By-Laws.
	
11/9/10  (10-68)
	Created School of Nursing Visiting Committee.
	 
6/29/11  (11-27)
	Revised Sec. 2.8 (Treasurer) 
			Sec. 2.9 - Bonds and Insurance
			Sec. 2.10 - Executive Committee
			
11/20/15  (15-101)
	Created a Student Affairs Committee to enhance its focus on issues related to student services.
	
11/30/16  (16-82)
	Visiting Committee By-Laws revised to allow executives-in-residence to serve on visiting committees in their colleges.
	
9/29/17  (17-80)
	By-Laws revised to combine Academic Affairs with Student Affairs Committee.
	Created Athletics Committee to handle matters relating to intercollegiate and intermural athletic programs.
	
1/17/19  (19-01)
	By-Laws revised to fit the new committee structure ans make them gender neutral.  Added Governance Committe, Athletic Committee, RealEstate and Facilities Subcommittee under Financial Affairs Committee. Academic and Student Affairs renamed to Academic and Student Success Committee.  Board Nominating Committee is to be subset of Governance Committee.
	
3/21/19  (19-13)
	Revised Trustees By-Laws Sec.3344-01 (J)(2)b(d) and 3344-01-02 (B)(I) pertaining to nomination and election of officers