Minutes
Meeting of the 
Academic Medical Centers and Hospitals Committee
of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York
June 11, 2012

The Academic Medical Centers and Hospitals Committee of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York held a meeting on June 11, 2012.

Committee Members Present:	Mr. John Murad (Chair)
Mr. H. Carl McCall, Chairman
Ms. Eunice A. Lewin
Dr. Marshall Lichtman 
Mr. Stephen Hunt (via video)
Ms. Linda Sanford (via video)
Mr. Cary Staller
	

       
Other Trustees Present:		Ms. Tina Good
Dr. Ronald Ehrenberg
Dr. Kenneth O’Brien
Mr. Kevin Rea
Ambassador Spielvogel (via video)
Ms. Gerri Warren-Merrick

Committee Liaison Present:   	Ms. Kathy Preston

Others Present:			Chancellor Zimpher
       Dr. Elizabeth Bringsjord
					Mr. Brian Hutzley										Mr. William Howard
					Ms. Stacey Hengsterman
					Mr. Robert Haelen
					Ms. Kaitlin Gambrill
					Ms. Jennifer LoTurco
					Mr. Simeon Banister
					Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky (via video)
					Ms. Debra Carey 
					Mr. David Ho
					Ms. Susan Blum (via video)
       Mr. David Doyle
       Dr. Robert Krashaaur
       Mr. Fred Mathews
       Ms. Heather Eichen
										
									
The Academic Medical Centers and Hospitals Committee meeting was called to order by Trustee John Murad at 3:00 p.m. on Monday,  June 11, 2012 at SUNY Plaza in Albany.  
  
* Mr. Murad called the meeting to order and asked Trustees and others present to introduce themselves.
* Mr. Murad discussed the agenda and asked for approval of the Committee.  
* Mr. Murad asked for a motion to approve the minutes from the committee’s May 9th meeting.  The minutes were approved
* Mr. Murad asked Ms. Preston to discuss the Resolution to support a Tobacco-Free SUNY policy.
* Ms. Preston discussed the resolution and the intent to implement a Tobacco-Free SUNY policy, and seek legislation mandating such a policy, with the goal of achieving a totally Tobacco-Free system by January 2014.
* Ms. Preston mentioned that the Chancellor’s Task Force on Tobacco-Free SUNY included stakeholders from across and beyond the SUNY System, and would remain in place to provide assistance to campuses as they began the implementation process.
* Several Trustees noted the well-documented health impacts of tobacco use and the appropriateness of SUNY’s movement in the direction of a system-wide tobacco free policy.
* Mr. Rea noted that the Student Assembly had approved a resolution in support of allowing campuses to determine whether or not they would implement a Tobacco-Free policy, instead of supporting a system-wide mandatory policy.
* Mr. Murad called for a motion to approve the Tobacco-Free resolution, which was made and seconded.
* The resolution passed, with all members of the committee present supporting the resolution, and with Trustee Rea’s opposition noted as stated above.
* Mr. Murad made a motion to enter executive session at approximately 3:20 pm.
* Executive session ended at approximately 5:30 p.m.  No actions were taken during executive session.
* Mr. Murad made a motion to end the meeting at 5:30 p.m., which was approved by all present.