Sent via email kmasser@masserspuds.com
January 12, 2015
Keith Masser
Chairman
Board of Trustees
The Pennsylvania State University
205 Old Main
University Park, PA 16802
RE: Request for Information Regarding Penn State Settlement Proposal
Dear Keith:
‘Trustee Lubrano sent you the attached email on January 5" and followed up with
acallto you on January 7". As you have not responded to either communication,
you leave us no choice but to proceed in this fashion,
Your repeated claims that our Board now conducts business with greater
openness, inclusivity, and transparency ring hollow because you regularly operate
ina disturbingly secretive and non-inclusive manner, Now we learn that
settlement terms in the McCord/Corman/NCAA litigation have been proposed by
Penn State to the NCAA. Given your apparent unwillingness to respond to
Trustee Lubrano, we must presume that you and quite possibly other November
2011 trustees and certain handpicked successors are aware of this proposal
However, much like your decision (along with then Chair Peetz) to exclude the full
board from the discussion of the terms of the Consent Decree prior to its
execution, you appear to have once again decided to exclude the full board,
Therefore, we ask you to share the terms of that proposal with the entire board
of trustees--immediately.
We do not know its terms but are naturally skeptical of a proposal designed by
only those trustees complicit in the travesties of 2011, 2012 and 2013. As Chair
and Vice Chair during tiese periods, you should be particularly mindful of the real
1and perceived conflict potential your leadership decisions have. Though we
‘empathize with the challenges Jerry Sandusky's actions posed to you and other
University leaders three years ago, the poor decisions made during those difficult
times do not excuse today's behavior.
Keith, you have led your unelected majority to put the University into an
adversarial position wich the Commonwealth of Pennsvivanta and with the
Paterno family. How much farther down this ill-advised road will you go?
‘Again, in keeping with your (and former Chair Peetz) promise of openness and
transparency, please share the terms of the proposal that have been submitted to
the negotiating parties
Respectfully Submitted,
fim Litid
Albert. Lord :
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