The fifth meeting of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly for 1998-99 was convened in 25 Law Building, Minneapolis campus, on Thursday, May 20, 1999, at 2:34 p.m. Checking or signing the roll as present were 97 voting faculty/academic professional members, 11 voting student members, 1 ex officio member, and 3 nonmembers. President Mark Yudof presided

A. Resolution Regarding Food Services

B. Amendment to the Standard Undergraduate Academic Policies and Practices for the Twin Cities Campus (http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/policies/undergradpolicies.html)

Approved by the:

Assembly February 18, 1999 Administration April 15, 1999 Board of Regents - no action required

C. Amendments to the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Constitution

Approved by the:

Assembly April 22, 1999 Administration PENDING Board of Regents PENDING

D. Academic Progress Policy

Approved by the:

Assembly April 22, 1999 Administration PENDING Board of Regents - no action required

Student Senator Barbara Van Drasek was elected vice chair of the Assembly.

The Twin Cities Campus Assembly minutes are available on the Web at the following URL:

APPROVED

(As a constitutional amendment 117 affirmative votes are required at one meeting or 89 at each of two consecutive meetings. The motion received 105 affirmative votes at the April 22, 1999, meeting. 89 affirmative votes are required for approval at this meeting.)

MOTION:

To amend the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Constitution, Article VII, as follows (additions are underlined, deletions are struck out):

. . . .

ARTICLE VII. BYLAWS

The Assembly may enact or amend its Bylaws either by a majority vote of the total membership of all voting members of the Assembly at a regular or special meeting, or by a majority of all members of the Assembly present and voting at each of two meetings, the second of which shall be the next regular meeting, provided the proposed change has been submitted, in writing, to each member of the Assembly at least ten days prior to the date of the vote on the approval of the proposed change.

. . . .

COMMENT:

[The Assembly Parliamentarian ruled, in March 1999, that in ARTICLES VI AND VII, "all voting members" shall mean Assembly seats filled and does not include vacant seats.]

See the comments under the parallel motion to amend the process for amending the Senate bylaws. The rationale is the same.

SARA EVANS, Chair
ASSEMBLY STEERING COMMITTEE

DISCUSSION:

With no discussion, a vote was taken and the motion was approved with 97 in favor and 0 opposed.

APPROVED

The meeting was adjourned at 2:36 p.m.

Rebecca Hippert
Abstractor