Section 1. Officers
The officers of the Faculty Senate shall consist of a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, and a Parliamentarian elected as stipulated below in Section 4. The President and Secretary of the Faculty Senate shall be provided one-fourth full-time equivalent release time from other assigned duties to perform the responsibilities of these offices.
Section 2. Officer Nominations
- a)After Senate elections are held in the Spring Semester, the outgoing Executive Committee (minus the President) shall appoint a Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall consist of three continuing senators (who have one year remaining in their term of office in the Senate) and two newly elected senators (re-elected to a second term or elected to a first term). The Executive Committee shall designate a convener for the Nominating Committee.
- b)The convener of the Nominating Committee shall convene a meeting of the committee no later than one week after appointment of the committee. At the first meeting of the Nominating Committee a chair shall be elected.
- c)The Nominating committee shall prepare a single slate of nominees for Senate offices. In preparation of the slate of nominees, the Nominating Committee shall solicit nominations from the membership of the Senate for the next academic year.
- d)The Nominating Committee shall obtain the consent of the nominees for office. Nominating Committee members will remain eligible for nominations to Senate office while serving on the Nominating Committee; however, any Nominating Committee member proposed as a nominee for a Senate office shall be excluded from all committee discussions and decisions regarding selection of a nominee for that office.
- e)The Nominating Committee shall complete its nominations no later than two weeks after appointment.
Section 3. Voting Eligibility
The election of Faculty Senator Officers is open only to Faculty Senators.
Section 4. Election of Officers
- a)The Chair of the Nominating Committee shall call a meeting of the next academic year Senate before the end of the Spring Semester for the purpose of electing Senate officers for the next academic year. Announcement of the slate of nominees prepared by the Nominating Committee shall be included in the meeting announcement.
- b)At the first meeting on or after May 1 of each year, the Faculty Senate shall elect its officers who will assume their duties in August at the beginning of the Fall Semester. The election shall be by secret ballot and the procedures must ensure that each officer elected receives a majority vote of those present and voting.
Section 5. Duties of Officers
Duties are generally as prescribed by Robert's Rules of Order.