A March 27 memo written by Chancellor Rod Groves and sent to the three Regency presidents includes the following statements:

“The presidents are to report to the Board through the chancellor and to be accountable to the Board through the chancellor.”

“The Board members will cease to act like ‘a court of first resort’ and instead will expect the presidents to communicate university business first to the chancellor. The Board agreed that the normal mode of operations should be that the chancellor be given prior notice of all matters that may require Board and system attention and thereby be provided a timely opportunity to make necessary system-level decisions.”

“The board will hold the chancellor accountable for the operations of the System including the conduct of the university administrators. Consistent with this, the chancellor will be substantially involved in evaluation of presidential performance.”