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By Mike Porter

The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors will hold in-person and electronic committee meetings on Thursday, May 12, beginning at 8 a.m. The meetings will be held in open and closed session. All meetings will take place in James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave., Room 303. Board members who are participating electronically will access the meeting via Zoom. The public may view a livestream of the open session videoconference here: https://mssvideo.vcu.edu/BOV. Should you have any interruption with the video broadcast of the meeting, please contact Taron James at (804) 828-8313.

Details are below:

*Note that there will be 15-minute breaks between each committee meeting.

The Board of Visitors invitation-only dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. at a location to be determined. No VCU business is planned to be discussed at this meeting.
In addition, the Board of Visitors will hold an in-person and electronic full board meeting on Friday, May 13, beginning at 9 a.m. in James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave, Room 303. The meeting will be held in open and closed session. Board members who are participating electronically will access the meeting via Zoom. The public may view a livestream of the open session videoconference here: https://mssvideo.vcu.edu/BOV. Should you have any interruption with the video broadcast of the meeting, please contact Taron James at (804) 828-8313.
A Board of Visitors invitation-only dinner will be held at 6 p.m. at 550 Raleigh Manor Road, Henrico, Virginia on Friday, May 13. No VCU business is planned to be discussed at this dinner. The Board of Visitors will also be attending spring commencement the following day.

PUBLIC COMMENT

There will be an hour public comment period at the beginning of the full board meeting on Friday, May 13.

If you would like to offer public comment at the May 13 meeting at 9 a.m., you must register by providing the following information via email to bov@vcu.edu: name, email and phone number, VCU affiliation (e.g. student, faculty, employee, alumni, parent or member of the public), and request for reasonable accommodation if needed. Please note in the subject line that you are registering to speak at the May BOV meeting public comment. You may also call Chelsea Gray, board liaison, at (804) 828-9213 to register.

Speakers will proceed in the order of registration and should be in person or online at the start of the meeting at 9 a.m. Speakers will be limited to a maximum of three minutes each.

Preference will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. The first 20 individuals to register will have the opportunity to speak during the public comment period; individuals beyond the first 20 to register may submit written comments (see below).

Speakers may provide materials in advance if they wish to share with the Board of Visitors.

Individuals unable to attend the public comment period or to provide comment during the allotted hour period may provide written comment via an open comment portal to ensure an adequate opportunity for informed public comment on the proposed agenda items. All comments submitted to the portal must be made by 4:30 p.m., May 2.

ATTENDANCE

If you would like to attend the Board of Visitors meeting(s) in person on Thursday, May 12 and/or Friday, May 13, you must register by providing the following information via email sent to bov@vcu.edu: name, email and phone number, VCU affiliation (e.g. student, faculty, employee, alumni, parent or member of the public), identify which meetings you plan to attend, and request for reasonable accommodation if needed. Please note in the subject line that you are registering to attend the May 2022 meetings. You may also call Chelsea Gray, board liaison, at (804) 828-9213 to register.

Details of the meetings can be found at https://president.vcu.edu/board/meetings/.