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F96-1

At its meeting of August 19, 1996, the Academic Senate Executive Committee, acting for the Senate during summer months (as per By-Law 3.3b), approved the following Policy Recommendation presented by Sally Veregge for the Organization and Government Committee.

AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS 3.1, 5.8, 5.12B, 5.12C AND 7.1;

AND STANDING RULES 11 AND 17

 

Amends S96-6 and S92-8 as they relate to affected By-Laws.

Whereas, changes were made in the Policies, By-Laws, and Standing Rules of the Senate during the 1995/1996 academic year, and;
Whereas, these changes have created some inconsistencies in other By-Laws and Standing Rules; therefore, be it
Resolved, that the following By-Laws and Standing Rules be amended as follows to adjust for these changes.

 

By-Laws
3.1: The Executive Committee shall be composed of the President, the Provost, the Vice President for Administration, the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Senate Chair, the immediate past Chair, the Vice Chair, the Secretary, the President of the Associate Students, the Policy Committee Chairs, and one of the University's representatives on the Academic Senate, CSU. The member from the Statewide Senate...
5.8: Except as otherwise provided in these By-Laws, chairs of standing operating committees shall be elected by the committee. Any member of the committee, except an ex officio member, is eligible as chair. Chairs of standing policy committees shall be elected annually by the Senate from its faculty representatives.
5.12b: Following the third week of instruction, the Secretary of the Senate shall inform each college representative and college dean which of that college's committee seats are still vacant...The dean's recommendations shall be forwarded to the college's Committee on Committees representative who shall present one name to the Secretary of the Senate to be ...
5.12c: ...The Secretary of the Senate shall coordinate this selection process so as to...
7.1: There shall be a standing Election Committee. Its members shall be the members of the Committee on Committees. Its chair shall be Secretary of the Senate.
Standing Rules
11. Announcements about the State of the University, including the President's Announcements, are informational only; no resolutions calling for action may be presented...
17. [Omitted -- including a), b) and c)]

 

 

 

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