Proposed Resolution 1 (deletion of
January meeting):
WHEREAS there has not been a regular meeting of the Faculty
Senate during the month of January since at least 2000, and
WHEREAS additions and revisions to the FACULTY HANDBOOK
require Faculty Senate approval, be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the FACULTY HANDBOOK be revised to no longer
require during January a regular meeting of the Faculty Senate.
FACULTY HANDBOOK: Section IV – 6 (proposed addition
underlined):
The Senate shall hold at least one regular meeting
each month during the
academic year (September through May, except January).
The Senate may by the vote of two-thirds of its membership increase the
schedule of regular meetings. It shall hold special meetings (1) at the call of
the President of the University, (2) at the call of the President of the
Senate, (3) by majority vote of the senators present at any regular or special
meetings, (4) by petition of twenty (20) percent of
the voting membership of the University
Faculty to the President of the Senate, or (5) by
petition to the President
of the Senate of at least twenty (20) percent of the
senators. The President
of the Senate (or in his or her absence the Vice
President of the Senate) in
the last three cases shall issue the call of the
special meeting within a
week of receipt of the request. The meeting shall be
held within one week of
the call. The call of a special meeting shall state the
purpose or purposes
of the special meeting and no business shall be
transacted other than that
specified in the notice of the meeting.
(Rev.