Revised UWPF 1.07 through 1.09 (1)
PSF 29/95-96

1.07 Meetings of the Faculty Senate

(1) Presiding Officer

(a) The presiding officer of the Senate shall be the Chair. He/she shall be elected at the September meeting by the voting members of the Senate from among its elected and ex officio members, with the exception of the Secretary of the Faculty who shall not be eligible for election as Chair. The Secretary of the Faculty shall preside as Chair pro tem during the election of a permanent Chair.

(b) A voting member of the Senate serving as Chair of the Senate shall not have voting privileges except that he/she may vote in the case of a tie. If the elected Chair is a departmental Senator, his/her seat shall be taken by the alternate Senator from that department and an additional Alternate Senator shall be seated under the provisions of 4.04(8) until he/she reassumes his/her seat.

(c) The University Committee shall designate a Chair pro tem to serve in the absence of the permanent Chair.

(2) Regular Meetings
The Senate shall convene for regular meetings on the Tuesday of the 5th, 9th, and 13th week of classes each semester from 3:30 to 5:00 P.M. Any permanent change in the day or hour of the regular meetings shall be approved by the Senate during the year preceding the effective date of the change.

(3) Special Meetings
The Chair of the Senate shall call a special meeting upon written request of the Chancellor, the University Committee, six Senators, or ten Faculty members.

(4) Meeting Privileges
Nonmembers of the Senate shall, upon majority vote of the Senators present, be allowed to speak at regular and special Senate meetings.

(5) Distribution of Agenda and Minutes
The agenda for each regular and special meeting shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Faculty to members of the instructional and administrative staffs and others on request, at least one week before the meeting. The Secretary of the Faculty shall provide the same distribution for the minutes of regular and special meetings.

(6) Estimate of Costs
Senate motions which would involve costs to the university should be accompanied by an estimate of those costs.

(7) Executive Committee and Agenda

(a) The University Committee, as the executive committee of the Senate, shall prepare the agenda for meetings of the Senate. Items may be placed on the agenda by the University Committee or by the Chancellor, or at the written request of six Senators or ten Faculty members. The deadline for submitting such items shall be ten working days before the Senate meeting. If the University Committee believes that there is substantial doubt as to whether the item falls within the purview of the Faculty Senate, the following statement shal be printed in the agenda immediately preceding the item itself; "Although the University Committee doubts whether the following item falls within the purview of the Faculty Senate, it has been placed on the agenda so that the Senate may consider and decide that question." In such a case, the agenda item shall not be taken up unless the Senate by a majority vote determines that it is appropriate for Senate consideration. A matter not on the agenda of a meeting may be added to the agenda by a two-thirds vote of those present and voting.

(b) The agenda of regular meetings of the Senate shall include:

Call to Order, Approval of Minutes, Informational reports of Faculty committees, Old Business, New Business, Chancellor's Report, University Committee Report, Question Period, Announcements, Adjournment

(1) The University Committee report may include statements by groups or individuals that the University Committee desires to bring to the attention of the Senate.

(2) "Question Period" shall include questions addressed to members of the administration and faculty. Written questions submitted in advance shall be taken up first, and then oral questions. The chair may recognize non-Senators without requesting the approval of the Senate that is required by section 1.07(4). Written questions shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Faculty according to the agenda schedule and shall not require the approval of the University Committee or of the Chancellor to be placed on the agenda.

(7) Procedures
The latest edition of "Robert's Rules of Order," governs procedure in meetings of the Faculty Senate, except as it may conflict with special rules which the Faculty may adopt. The Secretary of the Faculty shall serve as the Faculty Parliamentarian.

(8) Quorum
A quorum for both regular and special meetings of the Senate shall consist of a majority of the total voting membership.

1.08 Relationship of the Faculty Senate to the Faculty

(1) The Senate shall publish each fall, through the Secretary of the Faculty, a summary of Senate actions during the previous year.

(2)

(a) Upon written petition to the Secretary of the Faculty of any twenty-five members or five percent of the Faculty, whichever is larger, any action of the Faculty Senate may be appealed to a regular or special meeting of the Faculty; or upon written petition to the Secretary of the Faculty of two-thirds of the members of the faculty of an academic department, any action of the Faculty Senate directly affecting an academic department may be appealed to a regular or special meeting of the Faculty. Any matter subject to such an appeal shall have priority in the preparation of the agenda of the regular or special meeting.

(b) Any motion to amend or overturn an action of the Faculty Senate resulting from such a meeting shall require for approval both a majority vote at the meeting and a majority vote of those returning ballots in a subsequent mail referendum, provided that the latter majority shall be equal to at least forty percent of the total membership of the Faculty.

(c) The mail referendum shall be conducted by the Secretary of the Faculty. The minutes of the regular or special meeting at which the appeal was considered and approved shall be distributed with the ballot.

1.09 University Committee

(1) Composition
The University Committee shall be composed of six faculty members elected at-large for three-year terms. In order to provide staggered terms, one-third of the membership of the committee shall be elected each year during the spring semester. No more than two members may be from the School of Business and Technology or from any single electoral divisions of the College of Arts and Sciences. No faculty member shall serve more than seven consecutive years on the Committee, nor be nominated to a term which cannot be completed because of this provision.