Senate Doc #3889S

                                                 Approved   3/9/89



                     FACULTY WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

                                DOCUMENT NUMBER #6



        RULES FOR ELECTIONS



        1.  A ballot shall be made up of persons eligible at the time the

        ballot is set.  The only exceptions shall be retirements,

        resignations and temporary assignments.  The VCAA shall inform the

        Secretary of the Senate of retirements, resignations, faculty

        leaves, exchanges, or off-campus scholarly assignments formally

        accepted or approved as of February 1 of the year elections are to

        be held.  Those faculty who shall be absent for part or all of the

        next academic year shall be removed from the ballot.  Faculty

        members returning from leave, exchanges, or off-campus scholarly

        assignments for the beginning of the next academic year shall be

        placed on the ballot.  Faculty members who have had temporary

        non-teaching assignments and shall be resuming primary teaching

        responsibilities in the Fall of the next academic year shall also

        be placed on the ballot.  Any questions of eligibility shall be

        resolved by the Executive Committee of the Senate.  



        2.  Continuing Hearings Committee members shall not be eligible for

        the Tenure Committee.  



        3.  Faculty serving full terms on the Tenure Committee or Hearings

        Committee or Grievance Committee cannot be re-elected in the final

        year of their term.  Members serving less than a full-term will be

        eligible for re-election.  



        4.  If a vacancy should occur on the Tenure Committee, Hearings

        Committee, or any other elected committee, the vacancy shall be

        filled by the faculty member who was runner-up in the appropriate

        category.  



        SEE SENATE DOCUMENT #2, 1982-1983 FOR REGULATIONS ON COUNTING OF

        VOTES.  



        THESE CHANGES SHALL TAKE EFFECT SPRING 1989.  



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        RATIONALE 



        1.  This change seeks to provide a ballot that more accurately

        reflects the faculty who will be available to serve when the Senate

        and Committees meet in the Fall after the elections.  Although it

        is cumbersome to explain the procedure, it is easy to make ballots

        using this procedure.  The VCAA' s office already provides the

        Secretary of the Senate with the information necessary.  The

        listing of Faculty by rank includes the dates of leaves, faculty

        exchanges and other changes such as retirement or resignations.  



        2. and 3 and 4. We currentIy follow these procedures.  This

        document makes the procedures a formal part of the Senate records. 


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