THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE



                                      FACULTY SENATE



                                         Senate Document Number  0889F    



                                         Date of Senate Approval 12/14/89





        Signature of Senate Chair _______________________ Date __________



        Action of Vice Chancellor:



              Approval _______________________  Date ______________



              Denied   _______________________  Date ______________



        Reasons for denial and suggested modifications:





















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        Statement of Faculty Senate Action: 



                                 FWDC Document #3

           POLICY ON TIMING OF SENATE ELECTION OF FACULTY TO COMMITTEES





        Proposed change 



             Members of standing committees elected by the Senate shall be

        elected at the organization meeting of the new Faculty Senate at

        the end of the academic year.  Committees included in this policy

        are the University Research Council, University Teaching Council,

        and other standing committees for which Senate elects members.  



        Current policy 



             A formal date is not specified in the constitution.  The

        traditional practice has been to elect members at the first meeting

        of the Senate in the Fall.  



        Rationale 



             The organization of faculty committees each year has

        frequently been delayed until all appointments and elections have

        been completed.  



             Membership on standing committees is a combination of election

        by the Faculty, election by the Faculty Senate, and appointments by


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        the Vice Chancellor and the Chancellor.  The Vice Chancellor and

        Chancellor make most of their decisions before Senate elections of

        members to committees; when Senate elects faculty to committees,

        Senate members generally do not know which faculty have been

        appointed to committees.  The result of this practice is that the

        VCAA is less able to assure balance on the committees, faculty

        start the academic year without knowing what their full committee

        load is, and many faculty end up with too many committees and

        others not enough.  



             To facilitate this policy, a committee preference form could

        be completed by each faculty member in the spring to assist in

        determining faculty preferences for election or appointment to

        standing committees.