BOT members expressed frustration on September 29 in
response to a report that the university hadn’t received a signed copy of the
document from Mangum. An attorney for the BOT explained that Mangum had asked
for some additional changes to the agreement.
But Thomas Dortch, chair of the Special Committee on President
Leadership, said the BOT might pull back its offer to pay Mangum’s moving costs
and legal fees if the separation agreement has to be revised. The full BOT
decided to wait until October 6 before taking any further action.
A Tallahassee Democrat article later reported that Mangum
chose to sign the agreement on September 28 and that FAMU received it on
October 3.
Interim President Larry Robinson told WCTV-6 that the
agreement was made final on October 4.