University Senate of
AMENDMENT TO THE BY-LAWS: REDEFINITION OF A QUORUM AND SENATE MEMBERSHIP
Background: Article I, paragraph A1 of the University Senate By-Laws defines a quorum as two-thirds of the full Senate membership. Periodically, there have been insufficient Senators in attendance to meet this quorum. In part, the lack of a quorum occurs because several representation units have not identified their Senators and Alternates while other units’ Senators or Alternates do not regularly attend University Senate meetings.
Proposal: To make it more likely that there will be quorums at University Senate meetings, the University Senate proposes the following change to the By-Laws.
Adopted by Senate: 30 March 2005