University Senate of
Proposal
25-05 (Revised)
(Voting unit: Entire Senate)
Amendment to the
By-Laws: Determination of Professional
Staff Constituencies
Background:
The
recently approved Constitution of the University Senate states that “The
Bylaws shall contain procedures for identifying the University professional
staff that form the constituency of the professional staff membership and for
resolving problems of constituency of individuals not clearly specified in this
Article
(Article
II Constituents, Section B Individuals, paragraph 3 Professional Staff
Constituents).
Proposal:
In
order to implement this paragraph, it is proposed that Article I Operational
By-Laws, Section M Special Constituency
Issues, Paragraph 5 of the University Senate By-Laws be amended as follows
(bold print indicates additions).
5. The Senate’s professional staff constituency
consists of those persons so defined by the Senate Executive Committee in
consultation with the Senate
Professional Staff Committee and the University’s Office of Human Resources.
The Senate Professional Staff Committee will recommend the composition
of individual professional staff constituencies for approval by the Senate
Executive Committee.
30 March 2005: Adopted by the University Senate