From: Randy Dunn Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 3:54 PM To: Ronda Dunn Subject: Fwd: Reallocation Proposal Attachments: It's on now. Xoxo Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphonc Original message From: Randall" <rpembro@siue.edu2> Date: 4f12f18 2:25 PM To: announcc@1ists.siue.edu Subject: Reallocation Proposal Friends, Thank you once again for all that you do to make such a dynamic University. This is underlined by our standing as the fastest growing public institution in Illinois during the past 20 years, our annual position on the President?s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the fact that the National Science Foundation has ranked second for federal research and development expenditures among all Carnegie master's large, primarily residential universities, and our history of providing affordably excellent education. In order to continue to support your efforts and continue positive momentum and growth, we took what we consider to be a thoughtful, moderated reallocation proposal regarding state funding to the Board of Trustees as recognition of progress. This proposal drew support from President Randy Dunn and from the three Metro East trustees, Amy Sholar, Shirley Portwood, and Luke Jansen. They all firmly believe that the time for an updated reallocation model of funding between the Edwardsville and Carbondale campuses has arrived. This afternoon at the regularly scheduled board meeting in Carbondale, the vote was 3-4 with one abstention, and the proposal did not pass. Support was expressed for bringing in a consultant to review the allocation model. This will occur in 2018-2019. Many Trustees stated that they thought should receive additional funding (Le, "a bigger piece of the pie?) and their confidence was high that we would accomplish great things at with additional funding. But, at this time, no immediate reallocation will result from this proposal. We recognize that has its budget challenges, but those challenges should not impede the progress of which depends, in part, on an equitable distribution of the state allocation. The time has come for to capitalize upon its and potential to create a new era, something that has been recognized by our legislators. Very soon, State Representative Jay Hoffman, who represents district, will introduce legislation that would create separate Trustee boards at Ca rbondale and Edwardsville. The legislation would also shift the current allocation conversation from the SIU Board of Trustees to the Illinois legislature. We appreciate the actions of our local legislators, including Katie Stuart, Monica Bristow, and LaToya Greenwood who support the legislation, and look forward to reviewing the specifics of Representative Hoffman?s proposal.