1982-1983

                                 SENATE DOCUMENT #27
                                   FWC DOCUMENT #3

                               CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT


           The FWC recommends the following amendments to the Constitution
           of the Faculty Senate of the University of North Carolina at
           Asheville.


           Amendment #1
           Article I, sentences three and four shall be changed to read:

           All full-time ranked members whose primary responsibility is
           teaching, and all ranked librarians are eligible for election to
           the faculty Senate and may vote in faculty elections.

           Rationale for Amendment #1
           This proposed amendment is intended to clarify the Senate's
           "intentions".  Last year's new constitution had passed the
           senate and was in the hands of the faculty for a vote before it
           came to our attention that we had, through the wording of
           sentence #3 Article I, unintentionally excluded Librarians from
           participating as voting members of the faculty.  For purposes of
           further clarification and to create a more gracefullly worded
           document, sentence #4 has also been rewritten.

           Amendment #2
           Article II, Section III, paragraph 2, sentences three and four
           shall be changed to read:

           Should a vacancy occur for any reason, the senate shall elect
           one of the alternates to assume full duties of that position.
           Should a vacancy occur after all alternates are in place, a
           special election shall be called to fill the vacancy, unless the
           vacancy occurs within 45 days of the regularly scheduled
           election, in which case the position will remain vacant.

           Rationale for Amendment #2
           Part of the original goal in last year's rewriting of the
           constitution was to simplify the problems of filling vacancies.
           At one stage of the revision process, all representatives were
           to be elected from "divisions".  When, on the floor of the
           senate, that concept was in itself revised to include five
           "at-large" senators, the section regarding alternates was not
           properly corrected to reflect that change.  It now fills
           vacancies from "divisions", but does not explain how vacancies
           for "at-large" senate seats shall be filled.  This proposed
           amendment is intended to correct that error through a fair and
           simple process.