Tuesday, 03 October 2006
Special Meeting

Meeting called to order at 2:01

Roll Call:

Absent:
Departmental senators: Abrams, Black, Cutting, Gill, He, Hurdle, Imperial, King, Noland, Palmer, Satterlie

Committee Chairs: Lowry (Bookstore), Veit (Faculty Handbook)

Steering Committee offers the following Motion [07-01-02]:

That the Senate approve the following revisions to the Senate by-Laws, “Election procedures for autonomous faculty committees,” point 13, as follows:

If a member of an autonomous faculty committee resigns after the beginning of the final semester of service, that vacancy is not filled.  Otherwise the Elections Officer conducts a special election starting with step 3.  Steering Committee will appoint the next highest vote-getter from the appropriate division in the most recent election for that division.  Persons so elected appointed shall serve the unexpired term and shall not be, on this account, disqualified from candidacy in the subsequent regular election.

President Spaulding called for a vote on Motion [07-01-02]

58 were in favor.
0 were opposed.
No one abstained.

Motion carried.

President Spaulding adjourned the meeting at 2:08.

Minutes by Meghan Sweeney, Senate Secretary