Committee. Prior to commencement each year the Executive Committee shall develop and distribute to all members of the University Faculty Senate a schedule of regular meetings of the Faculty Senate for the following academic year. Generally, standing committees meet on alternate Mondays from Faculty Senate meetings.
All meeting of the University Faculty and of the Faculty Senate are open to members of the University community, to representatives of the media, and to the general public. Any person attending any such meetings may be granted the privilege of the floor by majority vote of the voting members present at the meeting.
The Faculty Regent shall report regularly to the Faculty Senate, and through it to the general faculty, on those matters coming before the Board of Regents that pertain to the faculty and actions taken on such matters. The Faculty Regent shall be provided one-fourth full-time equivalent release time from other assigned duties to perform the responsibilities of this office.
Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the conduct of the meetings.
Time Limits.
The Senate President, in conjunction with the Executive Committee, shall assign timeframes for debate of items on the agenda for each Senate meeting.
When the Senate votes on the agenda at the beginning of each meeting, it also votes on the time limits.
After time has elapsed for discussion of each agenda item, the Senate, by majority vote, may extend time.
In the initial round of discussion the following time limits shall apply to individual senators: a) five minutes for chairs giving committee reports; b) three minutes for senators.
Before senators are allowed to speak a second time, all other senators who wish to speak on an issue will be allowed to do so within the overall time frame.
If there is a second round of discussion, the following time limits shall apply to individual senators: a) three minutes for chairs; b) two minutes for senators.
A quorum for University Faculty meetings shall be fifty (50) percent of its members. A quorum for the Faculty Senate shall consist of a simple majority of the voting members of the Faculty Senate.
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