Senate   #30

                                             Approved 3/25/87







                  A PROPOSAL TO MODIFY THE PERIOD OF TENURE OF UNCA

                           FACULTY ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVES





           From:  Faculty Welfare and Development Committee



             To:  UNCA Faculty Senate



           Date:  12 March, 1987







           Proposal:  UNCA representatives and alternates to the UNCA

                      Faculty Assembly will serve terms of three years.



                      The faculty will elect two alternates to serve

                      terms concurrent with the two elected

                      representatives.



              (the changes above will be added to the description of

              Faculty Assembly representatives included in the Faculty

              Handbook.  See: Vers. VII, '86, page IV-5, sect. viii.)





           Rationale:



           The University of North Carolina at Asheville elects two

           representatives to the UNC Faculty Assembly, and one alternate.

           These representatives and alternates from UNCA currently serve

           terms of two years.  The tenure of the elected representatives,

           as specified by the By-Laws of the Faculty Assembly of the

           University of North Carolina, may range from one to three years.

           Most of the UNC institutions opt for three year representation.

           This allows for a greater degree of continuity for year to year

           representation.  The UNCA representatives would also have a

           better chance of serving on Faculty Assembly committees, since

           three years would give them more opportunity to become known to

           their colleagues in the Assembly.  The changes described above

           have been recommended by both of our current representatives to

           the Faculty Assembly.  The addition of one alternate will help

           to insure that UNCA always has representation.