10:02:32 

10:02:37 . 
» You may begin. 
10:02:52 
» I here by call this meeting 
10:02:55 of the Stars 2020 Awards 
Program to order
10:02:59 . 
» Approval of the agenda today
10:03:03 .  Could I have a motion. 
» Proved. 
10:03:08 » Support.  Is there a 
discussion?  All those in 
10:03:17 favor sig but by saying aye.  
Any opposed?  Any abstentions?
10:03:21 The agenda is approved.  We 
will next move to public 
10:03:24 participation.   Secretary of 
the Board
10:03:30 Nakia Barr. 
» Each individual who has 
10:03:33 signed up to speak will have 
three minutes to address the 
10:03:36 board.  Your time will end 
when the buzzer sounds.  Any 
10:03:43 responses from board members 
will come during the Trustee 
10:03:50 comment portion of the meeting
.  We will hear from Julie 
10:03:53 Farrell Ovehouse followed by 
Andrea Bird Mahoney.   Please 
10:03:57 activate the first speaker. 
10:04:04 
» Can you hear me? 
10:04:08 » Yes, you may begin. 
» Thank you for allowing me 
10:04:13 this opportunity to speak with
you, I am a'
10:04:21 91 MSU swim and dive graduate.
Two time
10:04:27 . 
» I received
10:04:31 the MSU female athlete of the 
year award and big 10 athlete 
10:04:35 of the decade.  One of my 
greatest honors was being 
10:04:40 awarded the 1990 MSU 
sportswoman of the year.  This
10:04:45 is an award given to a student
athlete who combines athletic 
10:04:50 and academic achievement and 
demonstrates admirable 
10:04:52 personal character.  The 
reason I am especially proud 
10:04:56 of this award is how it 
reflects how I had grown 
10:05:00 personally during college .   
Financially I never could have
10:05:04 attended a four year college 
without the scholarship from 
10:05:08 MSU.  I was a youth with a 
dream and the idea of possibly
10:05:11 going to college helped  me 
stay on the right track, 
10:05:15 especially during those 
difficult teen years.   
10:05:20 Throughout my college career, 
I learned so many life lessons
10:05:24 , many of which I had no idea 
I needed to learn.  Just to 
10:05:28 name a few, discipline, 
perseverance, even and most 
10:05:32 importantly during the 
toughest times, how to fail 
10:05:37 gracely as a necessary part of
growth, and the value of being
10:05:41 part of something bigger than 
myself. I graduated from MSU a
10:05:44 very different and better 
person than when I came in and
10:05:46 I will be forever grateful for
the opportunity to be a 
10:05:50 Spartan.  When I think about 
MSU eliminating this program, 
10:05:53 I can't help but think about 
the impact of this decision on
10:05:57 future student athletes they 
may be coming from a similar 
10:06:01 background like I did.  Right 
now, there are so many groups 
10:06:05 banding together to find 
creative ways to protect these
10:06:09 college-level supports.  A few
examples  include 21 different
10:06:15 national coaches association 
initiatives, variety of 
10:06:21 different coalition and the oh
limp pick and paralympic 
10:06:24 coalitions create
10:06:31 ed a think tank.  Please  take
a minute and look at all the 
10:06:35 energy, drive, and passion 
that's pouring in to save our 
10:06:38 sport.  If we are given the 
chance, I have no doubt that 
10:06:41 we can and will find a 
solution.  My question for 
10:06:48 each of you, do you want your 
part in the story to be one of
10:06:51 statistical loss or do you 
want to proudly tell your 
10:06:54 story as playing a critical 
role in how we found the 
10:06:58 solution.  Each and every one 
of your have an opportunity to
10:07:06 choose.  I ask, who will?  I 
trustee Spartans will.  Please
10:07:10 help by giving us a chance to 
all work together.  
10:07:21 
» Nakia Barr:  Thank you.  
10:07:24 Next we will hear from Andrea 
Bird Mahoney followed by 
10:07:29 Michael Balow.  Please 
activate the next speaker. 
10:07:34 » Hello can you hear me? 
» Yes, we can hear you. 
10:07:43 » my name is
10:07:50 an Andrea Bird Mahoney.  I 
swim from 91 to 95 and served 
10:07:58 as captain 1995 -- I was 
academic all big 10.  I grew 
10:08:01 up living eight minutes from 
the campus.  My father, a 
10:08:05 Professor At MSU took a job at
the Department of Entomology 
10:08:07 in
10:08:15 1973 and today at the age of 
81, he still teaches -- since 
10:08:20 1974 my family has held season
tickets to football, 
10:08:26 basketball and hockey.  I saw 
magic Johnson play at the 
10:08:27 field
10:08:32 house.  After graduating from 
MSU's College of Communication
10:08:41 's arts and 
since sciences, I have enjoyed
10:08:44 a career in advertising.  
Being expert in the field of 
10:08:49 brand marketing, let me tell 
you, image is everything.  The
10:08:53 MSU brand with not afford 
another misstep on the global 
10:08:56 stage.  Call  this ongoing 
stream of objections here what
10:09:00 you will, a monthly thorn in 
your side perhaps, but the 
10:09:05 truth s how you decide to go 
about this matter will be a 
10:09:10 reflection of where you decide
to go with MSU's brand image. 
10:09:13 Complacency is the death of a 
brand.  Some of the best 
10:09:17 companies in the world have 
fallen victim to it.  They 
10:09:21 lacked the  creatively and 
appetite to innovate.  They 
10:09:25 took the easy path of comfort 
and in this case the 
10:09:29 University's act of 
complacency is retiring its 
10:09:32 swimming and diving program.  
I have a question for the 
10:09:36 board of trustees today.  What
do you think former president 
10:09:38 John
10:09:43 Hannah would think of your 
decision to remove Olympic 
10:09:46 sports?  He transform
10:09:50 ed Michigan State University 
from a Midwest college to a 
10:09:56 major unit.  President Hannah'
s focused on international 
10:09:59 development.  That was his 
legacy.  I ask you the board 
10:10:02 of trustee, athletic
10:10:05 director
10:10:14 -- the University cannot 
afford to be shortsighted.  
10:10:18 The decision to eliminate one 
of the most popular, 
10:10:22 recognized sports in the 
University must be put into 
10:10:25 immediate review.  We are 
asking that you work with us 
10:10:30 to come up with a solution to
reinstate the swimming and 
10:10:32 diving
10:10:38 program -- thank you for your 
time.  
10:10:45 
» Norman J. Beachamp:  Thank 
10:10:51 you. Next we will hear from 
Melanie Foster followed by Meg
10:10:53 Gore. 
10:11:01 

10:11:05 . 
» 
10:11:08 Michael Balow:  
10:11:14 We were told the pool -- (
indiscernible). There was no 
10:11:18 money to improve the situation
, the athletic department 
10:11:21 rolled out facilities 
improvement plan for the next 
10:11:25 ten to twenty years for every 
sport by swimming.   Hundreds 
10:11:29 of millions of dollars of new 
construction and renovations, 
10:11:33 but nothing for swimming, and 
even more richly, this plan 
10:11:37 was in the works for over a 
year.  Yeah, we are supposed 
10:11:40 to believe that it would be 
impossible to raise a few 
10:11:44 million to fix the outdoor 
pool and make modest 
10:11:47 improvements to the indoor 
pool when the University's 
10:11:51 athletic department is 
planning to go to donors for 
10:11:57 hundreds of millions dollars 
for among other things a new 
10:12:01 football building and 
improvements to Breslin.  This
10:12:06 report cost the department at 
least a couple
10:12:13 of hundred thousand dollars to
produce.  You can look it up -
10:12:21 - in case you still think cut 
ting the swim and dive team 
10:12:32 was a -- in 2017, $8.5 million
, in 2018, $8.2 million, and 
10:12:34 2019,
10:12:40 $4.9 million all surpluses -- 
this year even with COVID-19 
10:12:43 it should break even.  The 
athletic
10:12:48 director beakman, I say if you
want to run in the arms race 
10:12:55 and division one fine, but it 
is not okay to sacrifice 
10:13:01 nonrevenue sports to do so.  I
give you example of Clemson 
10:13:08 University.  They have made 
more money in football than 
10:13:13 they every thought possible 
but they have recently cut 
10:13:16 track
10:13:21 .  To president Stanley I say,
great harm is being done to 
10:13:26 some of your best students and
disdain is growing on the 
10:13:35 honor of this great University
existing trustees you have 
10:13:39 been silent too long.  New
10:13:45 trustees please review this as
one of your first orders of 
10:13:49 business.  Don't let us done 
and don't let your students 
10:13:55 down.  Be on the right side of
history, thank you.  
10:14:00 

10:14:05 
» Next Meg Gore, followed by 
10:14:08 Alyssa Gorsling. 
10:14:10 
» Hello my name is Meg Gore, I
10:14:13 would like to tell you how the
decision to eliminate the 
10:14:16 swimming and diving program 
has affected my son and our 
10:14:25 family.  My son Chris Gore is 
a swimmer, nationally ranked -
10:14:30 - Chris is also an ADHD kid.  
The structure and physical 
10:14:37 demands of swimming help him 
find focus and integral to his
10:14:42 success.  He had offers from 
other schools all with 
10:14:45 superior facilities to 
Michigan State.  He fell in 
10:14:48 love with the program, the 
family feel and the academic 
10:14:52 feel and the tradition of this
program.  I asked him how he 
10:14:57 felt about the pool, and he 
said the bottom of the pools 
10:15:03 all look the same  (Reading 
rapidly) When the University 
10:15:07 of Iowa announced the 
elimination of swimming and 
10:15:10 diving program in mid August, 
we parents were concerned. It 
10:15:15 was a big program with a long 
and esteemed history.  Coach -
10:15:20 - held a meeting and was told 
that elimination wasn't a 
10:15:28 discussion.  They asked if 
cutting the program was
10:15:33 a consideration would Mr. 
10:15:40 consideration.  The timing of 
the announcement happened two 
10:15:44 weeks before the national 
letter of intent signing.   
10:15:48 Scholarships for next year are
depleted and this makes it 
10:15:53 difficult for any swimmer or 
diver that wants to continue 
10:15:57 their athletic career.  Chris 
loves it here and wants to 
10:16:00 stay.  Chris has reached out 
to other programs and been 
10:16:04 told time and again, they 
would love to have him, but 
10:16:08 the roster is full, or they 
have a spot for him but have 
10:16:12 exhausted their scholarships. 
This puts our son facing a 
10:16:19 difficult and unfair decision,
one of 60 athletes, fating 
10:16:22 this -- we know this is isn't 
personal, but the timing of 
10:16:25 this announcement traps our 
son in a no win situation and 
10:16:29 making it feel very personal 
and is frustrating.  His 
10:16:33 excitement for his first few 
months at Michigan State along
10:16:39 with our belief that the 
University stood behind its
10:16:45 Spartans will mantra, made him
feel at home .  We felt a door
10:16:49 open for our son and now we 
feel that door has slammed 
10:16:54 shut.  I appreciate the board 
allowing me to speak, I 
10:16:59 implore you to understand the 
long reaching impact of this 
10:17:03 decision, and to embrace 
Spartans will, go green, and 
10:17:10 thank you. 
» Next we will hear from
10:17:20 Alyssa Gorsling followed by 
Erica Thibodeau.  Please 
10:17:23 activate the next speak er.  
We can hear you, you may begin
10:17:26 . 
» My name is Alyssa Gorsling 
10:17:29 and I am approaching you today
because I am concerned about 
10:17:35 the lack of transparency of 
the healing fund.  I have 
10:17:39 gotten involved in student 
activism and reached out to 
10:17:42 many survivors and their 
families.  There seems to be a
10:17:46 general consensus among the 
vast majority of these groups.
10:17:50 Survivors are struggling with 
their claims and unable to 
10:17:55 receive paperwork for 
compensation.  Survivors are 
10:18:00 struggling to access their 
just compensation after this 
10:18:04 University failed them.  The 
lack of leadership and 
10:18:10 dereliction of duty by
10:18:18 

10:18:22 by
10:18:30 Brianna Scott.  She has shown
10:18:36 she is inadequate to run the 
program and help survivors 
10:18:41 heal and holding MSU 
accountable for the Nassar 
10:18:45 abuse and holding back 
independent investigation to 
10:18:52 find the truth she has shown 
she is inadequate and fulfill 
10:19:00 what her her constituents have
asked her to do.  Nobody 
10:19:10 deserves a nightmare of abuse 
that Brianna Scott has put 
10:19:15 them through.  Trustee
10:19:18 Scott,
10:19:25 ask you to resign, you are 
unfit to lead.  Thank you. 
10:19:32 » Next we will hear from Elena
Emory followed by Jon Edwards.
10:19:34 Please activate the next 
speaker. 
10:19:36 » Hello
10:19:39 . 
» We can hear you, you may 
10:19:42 begin. 
» My name is Elena Emory and I
10:19:45 am here today to share 
frustration with the gross 
10:19:55 misconduct taken in by members
of this board by
10:20:01 the -- Nassar abuse.  Trustee 
Scott has chosen to leverage 
10:20:05 her position on this board and
enrich herself at the ebbs 
10:20:07 pence of survivor
10:20:13 s of domestic assault.  I 
cannot fathom how an 
10:20:19 individual can run her 
campaign on reform and turn 
10:20:25 her back on students and
betray them.  I am equally 
10:20:31 disappointed in chairwoman
10:20:38 Dianne Byrum 's leadership.  
She took it upon herself to 
10:20:42 appoint trustee Scott to 
manage the distribution funds 
10:20:46 to survivors through the 
healing fund.  There is moral 
10:20:50 misdeeds by the members of 
this board and I am asking you
10:20:53 as a collective board to hold 
one another accountable.  I 
10:21:03 have witnessed members of this
board to stand idly by.  We 
10:21:10 put our faith in this board 
around it has let us down -- 
10:21:16 chairwoman Byrum turned a 
blind eye to this, it is 
10:21:23 disdainful and to this board I
say to you, do not stand idly 
10:21:29 by and hold each other 
accountable, chairperson Byrum
10:21:35 has failed.  To trustee Scott,
you have proven to be an unfit
10:21:43 leader, resign.  Thank you. 
» Next we will hear from Jon 
10:21:46 Edwards.  Please activate the 
next speaker. 
10:21:50 » Can you hear me? 
» Yes, you may begin. 
10:21:54 » Jon Edwards:  Thank you for 
this opportunity to speak my 
10:22:03 wife Cheryl is here with me.  
10:22:13 (indiscernible) mark has 
imposed harsh new requirements
10:22:17 , I walked away without my 
degree after seven years, four
10:22:21 languages, two years in the 
field, four years on federal 
10:22:26 grants and yet I received no 
calls from the history 
10:22:29 department to inquire why I 
had not submitted the final 
10:22:35 dissertation.  I have wasn't 
ABD, I was all but cap and 
10:22:41 gown,  as part of the me too 
movement, we received e-mail 
10:22:47 blasts from two MSU presidents
that Nassar was a one off, we 
10:22:53 wrote to assure that
he wasn't a one off.  There 
10:22:56 was a culture of abuse in the
10:23:00 70's and 80s
10:23:06 the findings of the report 
that revealed we were not 
10:23:08 alone
10:23:15 .  -- got my PhD retroactive 
to
10:23:20 1998 -- three years into this 
there is no progress towards 
10:23:27 meaningful  reconciliation, I 
have been deprived of an 
10:23:30 academic career, but there is 
no way to make progress 
10:23:35 without that reconciliation.  
Cheryl has been forced to give
10:23:40 up her dream of a career in 
Africa.  We were victimized 
10:23:43 and marginalized
10:23:50 and not given relief.  For  
two years OIE they 
10:24:01 marginalized.  The chairman b
rated me in a formal phone 
10:24:06 call. When finally confronted 
with the forms signed refuse 
10:24:11 toed sign off on my 
disservation.  Another faculty
10:24:14 member after more than a year 
apologized to us, comparing 
10:24:19 what happened to us to the
10:24:30 Atlantic slave trade,ing the 
nothing compared to the slave 
10:24:35 trade, but no one asked how 
can we help you and make your 
10:24:42 life better.  Marcus prevented
me from completing my PhD, it 
10:24:48 was academic fraud.  My PhD 
which I have
10:24:54 is worthless without -- (
indiscernible).  We ask for 
10:24:56 your hope. 
» Norman J. Beachamp clan 
10:25:03 :  Thank you that concludes 
public
10:25:05 participation. 
10:25:07 
» PRESIDENT STANLEY:  I want 
10:25:10 to thank all of those who 
spoke in the public 
10:25:13 participation section for 
their input.  I  will limit my
10:25:17 remarks to congratulating and 
giving
10:25:21 warm welcome to
10:25:27 Patrick O'Keefe and Rema 
Vassar. 
10:25:30 We will now open the floor for
nominations for the office of 
10:25:31 Board Chair.  Are there any 
nominations for the office of 
10:25:33 Board Chair?
10:25:38 
» It is my honor to nominate 
10:25:46 Dianne Byrum as chairman of 
the board of trustee.  
10:25:49 has moved to nominate Trustee 
for the office of Board Chair.
10:25:51 Do you accept the nomination?
10:25:53 
» 
10:25:55 » Trustee
10:25:56 Byrum has accepted the 
nomination for the office of 
10:25:56 Board Chair. Are there any 
further nominations for Board 
10:25:58 Chair?  Hearing none, the 
nominations for the office of 
10:26:01 Board Chair are  now closed. 
Secretary Barr will now 
10:26:03 conduct the vote.
10:26:08 
» We will now take the vote 
10:26:12 for the office of Board  Chair
.  When I call your name 
10:26:21 please indicate your support 
by saying yea or nay or yes or
10:26:24 no. 
» CHAIR BYRUM:  Do we need a 
10:26:30 second on that motion. 
» A second is not required on 
10:26:32 motions.
10:26:34 
» CHAIR BYRUM:  Yes. 
10:26:37 
»
10:26:44 [Roll call vote]
10:26:57 
» Norman J. Beachamp:  The 
10:27:03 vote of 8 yes and 0 know
10:27:13 s.   The board has elected 
Dianne Byrum
10:27:15 .    Office of Vice 
Chairperson We will now open 
10:27:16 the floor for nominations for 
the office of Vice Chair. Are 
10:27:18 there any nominations for the 
office of Vice Chair?
10:27:25 
» I would move to
10:27:30 nominate trustee Kelly for 
Vice Chair.   Trustee Kelly do
10:27:34 you accept the nomination? 
»
10:27:37 Hearing none, nominations for 
the office of Vice Chair are 
10:28:11 Yes.   Are there any further 
nominations for Vice Chair?  now closed.  Secretary Barr 
will now conduct the vote.
» Please indicate your support
10:28:11 by saying yes or no. [Roll 
call vote]
10:28:13 [Roll call vote] 
10:28:17 
» PRESIDENT STANLEY:  Sorry.  
10:28:23 Please go ahead. 
» Vote of 8-0. The Board has 
10:28:25 elected
10:28:27 
» PRESIDENT STANLEY:  Trustee 
10:28:31 Dan Kelly has its Vice Chair
10:28:34 .  That concludes the election
of officers.
10:28:40 Now we will move to trustee 
comments. 
10:28:45 » Chair Byrum. 
» CHAIR BYRUM:  I want to 
10:28:51 start by welcoming our new 
colleagues to the board Dr.
10:28:54 Rema Vassar and Patrick O'
Keefe. I am looking forward to
10:28:58 getting to know you a little 
bit better.   Looking forward 
10:29:03 to meeting you in person.  
Since our  February 2020 board
10:29:09 meeting we have not been able 
to meet in person.  To all of 
10:29:11 my board colleagues, thank you
very much for the trustee you 
10:29:15 have placed in me to serve as 
your Board Chair for the next 
10:29:19 two years.  It is something 
that I take very seriously, I 
10:29:23 take it to heart and I am 
excited to the collective work
10:29:26 that we are all going to do 
together over the next two 
10:29:29 years to benefit the future of
the University.  Thank you 
10:29:34 this concludes my comments. 
» Norman J. Beachamp
10:29:42 thank you, next we will hear 
from our
10:29:46 newly
10:29:51 new
10:29:54 Dan Kelly
10:29:58 . 
» -- I want to congratulate 
10:30:01 trustee Byrum on her selection
as chair.  This board went 
10:30:05 through a very deliberate 
process , we had a very good 
10:30:09 meeting amongst all of the
board members over the past 
10:30:12 couple of weeks.  We talked 
about expectations of the 
10:30:17 chair, and Diane came out of 
that process for what I 
10:30:22 believe as the best candidate 
for Chair and I am confident 
10:30:25 she will meet the expectations
of what the board has laid out
10:30:29 for her.  I want to thank the 
board for confidence in me as 
10:30:34 Vice Chair, and I will work as
hard as I can to meet with 
10:30:38 those expectations as well.  
Finally, I want to let the 
10:30:42 public know that I personally 
am very excited about this new
10:30:47 board.  It is a very talented 
board and I think we really 
10:30:50 cover the spectrum of what we 
need to for MSU, so I am 
10:30:54 excited about the future, it 
is going to be maybe a 
10:30:58 difficult year for a lot of 
reasons, but I am very 
10:31:01 confident that this is the 
right board for the right time
10:31:04 here at MSU, so thank you
10:31:08 very much. 
» Thank you, next we will hear
10:31:14 from trustee foster. 
» Thank you, I also would like
10:31:16 to welcome
10:31:22 our new board remembers Rema 
Vassar and Patrick O'Keefe.  
10:31:25 You have a vast skill of 
accomplishments to bring to 
10:31:30 the board.  I sense a new 
spirit of collaboration 
10:31:36 amongst the board of trustees.
I think we are going to be 
10:31:38 able to work well together.  
We have a lot of issues and 
10:31:43 challenges ahead of us.  As we
work diligently to get this 
10:31:46 campus reopened again,  I am 
excited to work with my new 
10:31:52 and existing colleagues and I 
would like both Dan and Dianne
10:31:55 for the
10:31:59 time you put in the last two 
years as chair and Vice Chair,
10:32:03 it takes a lot of time and 
energy to serve in those roles
10:32:07 and I am personally very 
pleased that you are willing 
10:32:13 to accept that responsibility 
again. 
10:32:16 . 
» Thank you. 
10:32:18 »
10:32:25 Trustee Renee Knacke. 
» Thank you.  I want to say a 
10:32:30 special welcome to trustee 
Vassar and O'Keeffe, and I 
10:32:34 look forward to working with 
you in the coming months and 
10:32:39 years, and to the Edwards in 
response to your comments this
10:32:43 morning, I acknowledge it and 
apologize for what happened to
10:32:47 you, I appreciate you telling 
your story, which I know is 
10:32:51 hard to do.  I take it very 
seriously.  I take continued 
10:32:53 conversations with all 
survivors  that I have had 
10:32:57 including you very seriously. 
This informs the questions 
10:33:04 that I ask and importantly, 
the reforms that I continue to
10:33:07 advocate for here at Michigan 
State.  I look forward in the 
10:33:13 coming year to working towards
increased transparency and 
10:33:18 accountability in sexual 
misconduct and all areas of 
10:33:22 governance and want to 
acknowledge that Provost 
10:33:26 Woodruff has been wonderful in
coming in this year to support
10:33:29 these efforts and the concerns
that I have raised and I 
10:33:31 believe this board going 
forward will be working 
10:33:33 together towards these ends as
well.  Thank you. 
10:33:37 » Thank you.  Trustee O'Keeffe
10:33:39 . 
10:33:42 
» Thank you.  I want to thank 
10:33:46 the swimming contingency that 
discussed the importance of 
10:33:51 the swimming program to them. 
I think your comments are 
10:33:53 insightful
10:33:59 and passionate and not unlike 
the swimming programs that I 
10:34:03 have met, you are very 
articulate and scholars in 
10:34:07 your own right.  It is a 
pleasure to be associated with
10:34:13 such a good group.  I want to 
thank the participants who 
10:34:17 talked about the healing fund.
Something that I am interested
10:34:20 in learning more about and 
thank you for your courage 
10:34:24 regarding the statements about
its effectiveness.  I also 
10:34:30 want to acknowledge Mr. 
Edwards.  You know, words mean
10:34:34 something but I am a show me 
person, and I can appreciate 
10:34:38 your concerned relative to 
actions of the University, 
10:34:41 relative to words that have 
been presented and I know that
10:34:45 's a difficult decision and 
thank you for your comments 
10:34:50 today.  I want to address the 
public being a newbie to this 
10:34:52 board.  First
10:34:55 as a
10:35:00 crisis manager by profession I
was interested in the 
10:35:06 leadership of this board by 
miss Byrum and Mr. Kelly and I
10:35:09 am quite  satisfied that we 
are going to have a new 
10:35:12 direction and a new effort 
relative to addressing some of
10:35:16 the shortfalls that may have 
been perceived in the past and
10:35:19 I am excited about their 
leadership going forward and I
10:35:23 think we will have a good 
collaborative year in 
10:35:26 accomplishing things to move 
the University forward.  My 
10:35:30 background for some of you 
that don't know, I am 
10:35:33 accounting grad at Michigan 
State, I have a master's in 
10:35:37 finance, I am interested in 
the finances of the University
10:35:40 .   My firm is involved in 
strategic planning and 
10:35:44 financial  advisory, two 
things of interest to me as it
10:35:48 relates to Michigan State, and
I also testify across the 
10:35:53 country in shareholder 
disputes regarding governance,
10:35:59 so I am pretty keen on those 
issues around the University 
10:36:01 and
10:36:07 those three issues will be my 
focal point.  The cleary act -
10:36:11 - I think we have a long way 
to  go, and I am hopefully 
10:36:15 that we can move in a new 
direction, so thank you
10:36:18 and happy to be on the board. 
» Trustee Scott. 
10:36:22 » Thank you, I at well would 
like to welcome our newest 
10:36:28 trustees, trustee O'Keeffe and
trustee Vassar, it have been a
10:36:32 pleasure getting to know both 
of you over the past few days 
10:36:37 and weeks, and I really am 
just ecstatic about the 
10:36:41 expertise that each of you are
bringing to this board, the 
10:36:43 experiences that you are 
bringing and the passion that 
10:36:47 you have to correct some of 
the issues that are present at
10:36:49 MSU
10:36:53 , so has already been 
articulated I know you are 
10:36:57 going to do a phenomenal job 
and I congratulate you both.  
10:37:02 I would like to congratulate 
trustee Kelly and Byrum for 
10:37:06 both being re-elect ed to 
their positions.   As was 
10:37:09 stated earlier, clearly we had
a lot of conversations about 
10:37:14 the role of the board Chair 
and Vice Chair and I believe 
10:37:19 that conversation was useful 
in us progressing forward in 
10:37:21 what those roles and 
responsibilities are, so we 
10:37:25 are all on the same page and 
we feel that we are connected 
10:37:30 and that there is transparency
amongst all of us as trustees 
10:37:35 and I look forward to that 
transition this year and I 
10:37:40 look forward to working with 
you both and very happy you 
10:37:43 both agreed to continue in 
your roles.   I would like to 
10:37:46 state briefly that for those 
with public comment on the 
10:37:50 swimming team, as has been 
stated by me in previous  
10:37:53 meetings, I completely 
understand where you all are 
10:37:58 coming from and it pains me to
hear each meeting the things 
10:38:01 that you all have said and the
information that you have 
10:38:04 given about yourselves or how 
the program has changed your 
10:38:08 lives and we do understand the
importance that that program 
10:38:12 has on you all.  I do want you
to know that you are being 
10:38:16 heard, again I apologize that 
the decision had to have been 
10:38:21 made, but I do want you to 
know that we do appreciate you
10:38:25 having the ability to come and
speak about something that so 
10:38:30 passionately concerns you, and
for the public, I also want to
10:38:32 say there have been a lot of 
changes with the healing 
10:38:37 assistance fund and I would 
ask anyone that has questions 
10:38:40 concerning what those changes 
are to take a look at the 
10:38:42 website which will provide you
the information on the changes
10:38:46 that have taken place over the
last year with that fund and 
10:38:48 the changes that have been 
implemented based on the 
10:38:52 feedback that we received from
previous survivors.   Thank 
10:38:56 you. 
» Thank you.  Trustee
10:39:06 Tebay. 
» Thank you.  I want to also 
10:39:10 we can our new colleagues I am
looking forward to working 
10:39:14 collaboratively with both of 
you, and I am excited about 
10:39:20 this board as a whole and 
pursuance of making sure that 
10:39:25 we are working more together 
and transparently and really 
10:39:30 ready to roll up our sleeves 
and work on the issues that 
10:39:33 are continuing to happen here 
at Michigan State.  I would 
10:39:38 also like to acknowledge those
speaking on behalf of the swim
10:39:41 and dive team and thank you 
for your persistence in 
10:39:46 reaching out to us and also 
educating us on the program 
10:39:50 and its history and why it is 
important to MSU, so continue 
10:39:53 to send us what you  have, and
I will continue to read it and
10:39:57 I hear you, and certainly 
appreciate all of you reaching
10:40:01 out to us.  Also, if you are
10:40:05 a survivor having issues with 
the healing fund, I urge you 
10:40:10 to call the customer service 
number,
10:40:14 (877)250-6408.  If you are 
having issues with your claims
10:40:19 , there is a customer service 
number that can help walk you 
10:40:24 through that issue.  As  
trustee Scott said we have a 
10:40:27 lot of changes on the website.
If you are having issues with 
10:40:30 your claim, please reach out 
to that customer service and 
10:40:34 there is also e-mail on our 
website if you would prefer to
10:40:37 use that method.  They are 
here to help.  They are not 
10:40:42 MSU employees, they are a 
third party processor and it 
10:40:45 is completely confidential.  
If you have issues, please 
10:40:49 reach out to them so we can 
get those resolved and you can
10:40:54 get your claims taken care of.
Mr. And Mrs. Edwards, 
10:40:58 appreciate you sharing your 
story with us, and know that 
10:41:01 we hear you and we are very 
sorry for what you had to 
10:41:06 endure, and we won't forget 
what happened to you and will 
10:41:10 work to make sure this never 
happens to anyone else and I 
10:41:15 am very sorry for what you 
have gone through.  If this 
10:41:22 hasn't been revolved, please 
reach out to how we can help. 
10:41:28 » Trustee Vassar. 
» Good morning again, I 
10:41:32 appreciate Dr. Edwards coming 
to talk with us today and I 
10:41:38 would like to offer him my 
sincerest apology as well
10:41:43 , and it seems as if this has 
not been revolved, so please 
10:41:47 do reach out to me 
specifically to find a remedy 
10:41:51 or a way to assist in your 
healing.  I think that's 
10:41:54 really important.   My heart 
goes out to you and your wife.
10:41:59 It is my honor and delight to 
serve on this board, my 
10:42:03 committed colleagues, here, 
students administration
10:42:09 , faculty,  staff, our 
diversity of talent and 
10:42:12 interests and thought will 
make this an awarding 
10:42:17 adventure as we meet new 
challenges and adventures 
10:42:22 together.  I look forward to 
leading  and serving the
10:42:24 Michigan State University 
committee and I look forward 
10:42:28 to being here today and the 
next eight years. 
10:42:30 » Thank you that concludes 
trustee comments. 
10:42:33 » PRESIDENT STANLEY:  Thank 
you.  Let me add my