1. Faculty Senate Committees
Restructuring Proposal

2. Senator Williams’ Motion November 17
Faculty Senate approved the following:
Motion to charge the Faculty Senate Executive Committee to formulate and propose to the Senate a plan, including suggested revisions to the University Manual, for the reform of voting rights in standing committees, to wit, that members of standing committees elected or appointed by degree-granting colleges and by the University Library and student members shall have voting rights, and other members shall be ex officio and non-voting

3. Why? Committee members are looking for voice
Efficiency of time and efforts for all parties

4. Why?
Committees are very large, resulting in a feeling of “anonymity,” leading to decreased attendance
Over time, the role and scope of some committees has drifted from the duties laid out in the manual
It has become difficult to find people to serve on committees, or even to be able to appoint chairs for major committees

5. Voting Rights Confusion
Over time, some confusion has developed as to the meaning of “ex officio” service on committees.
This results in a difference in voting status of ex officio members among committees.

6. Scope
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee considered the structure of standing committees of the Faculty Senate.

7. Process Looked to the University Manual
Aggregate all duties spelled out for faculty senate committees into one list
Sort them into categories
Consider if there are any “gaps” in issues of shared governance currently unaddressed

8. Committee Membership By-Laws: 4.13
Unless specified otherwise, each committee shall be comprised of six faculty members, one of whom shall serve as chairperson, and three students, two undergraduates and one graduate; the faculty members shall serve for terms of two years, and shall be appointed on a staggered basis, three one year and three the following year. Similarly, the committee chairs shall be staggered so that approximately one-half are named each year. The student members shall serve for one year and shall be eligible for appointment to a second term. They shall be appointed, respectively by the Student Senate and by the Graduate Student Association

9. Simplified From the By-laws: 4.13
1) Six faculty members, one of whom is chair (2 year appointment)
2) Three students: one graduate and two undergraduates (1 year appointment)
3) Faculty appointments are to be made three per year (to ensure continuity)

10. Newly Proposed Committees:
CURRICULUM AND STANDARDS 2 Subcommittees: General Education Academic Calendar TEACHING, ADVISING AND ASSESSMENT RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES TECHNOLOGY SERVICE AND COMMUNITY LIFE [new] CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS and UNIVERSITY MANUAL [unchanged]

11. Where did everything go?!

12. Curriculum and Standards
General Education
Academic Standards and Calendar
Curricular Affairs Committee

13. Teaching, Advising and Assessment
Teaching Effectiveness
Honors Program and Visiting Scholars
Undergraduate Academic Advising Committee

14. Research and Creative Activities
Council for Research
Library

15. Technology
Technology
CITICCN
Library

16. Proposed Change Implementation
Faculty Senate Choice
Faculty efficiency
Faculty effectiveness
Begin in AY 2018
Administration Support
Provide funding for implementation, training and efforts
Provide release time for substantive service efforts

17. I make a motion to direct the FSEN Executive Committee to review and make recommendations at the next FSEN meeting on revising appropriate sections of the University Manual and the accompanying Constitution be modified in the following ways:
That the Academic Standards and Calendar’ Curricular Affairs and General Education Committees be reformulated into the Curriculum and Standards Committees; and
The Undergraduate Academic Advising, Honors and Visiting Scholars and Teaching Effectiveness Committees be reformulated into the Teaching, Advising and Assessment Committee; and
The Council for Research, Library Committees be reformulated into the Research and Creative Activities Committee; and
The Committee on Information Technology, ccn etc and Library Committees be reformulated into the Technology Committee;
Furthermore these committees shall comply in number and format to UM 4.13
And the Chair and faculty members of each committee shall be recognized for service time with appropriate release and budgetary support
Shall be implemented for AY 2018