This is a Notice of Meeting of the University of California Board of Regents on Wednesday, Nov. 16, and Thursday, Nov. 17. This regular business meeting of the board will be held at the Krutch Theatre on the Clark Kerr campus of UC Berkeley, 2601 Warring St.

Wednesday's meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. with public comment, followed by open session. The regents will consider action on approval of UC's 2006-07 budget plan and student fee increases as well as RE-61, a proposal to, among other things, set a goal of bringing all UC employees to market-competitive compensation within 10 years. [The regents have postponed consideration of Part C of RE-61, involving a proposal for the use of private funds for certain senior salaries. Regent Judith Hopkinson letter on postponement: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/re61hopkinsonltr.pdf]

Wednesday discussion items include planning for 2007-09 professional school fee increases and the 2004-05 annual reports for internal and external audits. On Wednesday afternoon, the regents will also meet in closed session to consider personnel, real estate and legal matters.

Thursday's meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. with public comment, followed by open session. Thursday discussion items include educational policy presentations on faculty appointments and advancement, undergraduate transfers and private support for the university, an update on the status of contract competition and other matters at the UC-managed national laboratories, and the selection process for the board's 2006-07 staff adviser. The regents also consider action on the university's 2005 financial report, continued out-of-state tuition waiver for dependents of Los Alamos National Laboratory employees, adoption of a resolution for alumni association affinity programs, and modifications for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory contract related to changes in the federal acquisition regulations.

ACCOMMODATIONS:

Because this is a new meeting location for the regents' meeting, media interested in attending are encouraged to e-mail Alfred White at UCOP Strategic Communications (alfred.white@ucop.edu) in advance of Nov. 16.

The press room is in Room 104. Upon arriving on the Clark Kerr campus, please register in the press room for a meeting credential. Limited parking is available in the southwest parking lot – enter from Warring Street. The press telephone number is (510) 643-3861, and the fax number is (510) 643-3862.

NOTES:

The full agenda for the meeting can be viewed at:

www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/nov05.html.

Live audio broadcasts of the meeting's open sessions will be available via the Internet. Please click on the above agenda link for more information.

Directions to UC Berkeley's Clark Kerr campus:

www.housing.berkeley.edu/conference/conf_dirto_CKC.html

Clark Kerr campus map: 

www.housing.berkeley.edu/conference/map.html  [see bottom right corner]

University officials will be available during the meeting to speak with reporters.

This notice is issued to comply with the state's pertinent open-meeting laws.