5. 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.
Terms of office shall be for one year from August of one year to August of the next year, and any elected officer shall be eligible for re-election or for election to another office if eligible for active membership. No Senator may be elected to more than two (2) consecutive terms in the same office.
Duties are generally as prescribed by Robert's Rules of Order.
If the President resigns, becomes ineligible to serve or otherwise vacates the Office of President of the Faculty Senate, the Vice President automatically becomes President.
If any elected office of the Faculty Senate other than President is vacated, the President shall declare a vacancy and proceed with an election of the replacement following procedures established by the Senate for the election of others.
There shall be five standing committees of the Faculty Senate: the Executive Committee, the Budget and Academic Support Committee, the Curriculum Committee, the Professional Concerns Committee and the Academic Policies Committee. Each voting Senator shall be assigned to at least one standing committee; assignments shall be made each year by the elected officers of the Senate based upon a preference list submitted by each voting Senator. The remaining membership of each committee shall be composed of Senators from educational units not already represented on the committee and any non-senator or ex officio members as voting members of standing and ad hoc committees. At no time shall the non-senators and ex officio members comprise a voting majority on ad hoc and standing committees. The Chairperson of each committee, except the Executive Committee, shall be elected by the membership of that committee.
The Executive Committee shall consist of officers of the Faculty Senate and the chairpersons of the standing committees. In addition, the immediate past President of the Faculty Senate shall serve ex officio without vote. The Executive Committee shall be chaired by the President of the Faculty Senate.
It shall serve as a committee on committees, appointing members to all standing and ad hoc committees of the Faculty Senate. In addition it may appoint non-senators and ex officio members as voting members to all standing and ad hoc committees of the Faculty
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