1. Appeals & Grievances WG: Progress Report
Susan McIntosh (ex officio)
Don Morrison
Randy Stevenson
Moshe Vardi (chair)

2. By-Laws:
Appeals: “any matter where the concern is whether proper university procedures have been followed, including decisions on promotion and tenure”
Grievances: “regarding any matter of concern except decisions on promotion and tenure”
Panels: “A majority of the members of a Panel must be members of the Senate”
Confidentiality: “administrator may need to discuss with other administrators”

3. Policy clarifications:
Terminology:
Appeals: decisions of P&T Committee
Grievances: everything else
Procedural issues:
University procedure not followed
University procedure implemented in a biased or unreasonable manner
Cooperation: all university units are obliged to provide convenor with requested information
Report will spell out instances of non-compliance
Confidentiality: all parties involved, including administrators, are obliged to maintain confidentiality.

4. Staffing Panels Panels: Role of convenor: Allow non-senator members
At least one senator, but no majority of senators needed.
Role of convenor:
Staff and convene panels
Need not chair panels
Use panel’s report to prepare separate reports to President and appellant

5. Communicating with panels
Other parties: Allow interested and informed parties to communicate directly to panels to enable appeals to be launched based on confidential information not available to appellants.
Appellant may not have access to confidential information.
Mid-process intervention: Allow interested and informed parties to raise procedural issues with convenor during P&T process; convenor will convey to provost.
Try to resolve situations as early as possible.