This is a concurrent meeting of the University Senate, Faculty Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly. There are 231 voting members of the University Senate, 184 voting members of the Faculty Senate, and 199 voting members of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly. A simple majority must be present for a quorum. Most actions require only a simple majority for approval. Actions requiring special majorities for approval are noted under each of those items.

MOTION:

To approve the University Senate, Faculty Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly minutes, which are available on the Web at the following URL. A simple majority is required for approval.

http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/u_senate/021031sen.html
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/u_senate/021205sen.html

3. TRIBUTE TO DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

FACULTY/ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS/STAFF

James I. Brown
Professor
Rhetoric
1908 – 2002

Paul W. Fox
Professor
Psychology
1932 – 2002

Leonard Greenberg
Professor
Lab, Medicine and Pathology
1926 – 2002

Lois J. Jones
Professor
Nursing
1927 – 2002

Hyung Kon Kim
Professor
School of Business and Economics – Duluth
1927 – 2002

William Mishler
Professor
German, Scandinavian & Dutch
1940 – 2002

Lloyd Paler
Professor
College of Science and Engineering – Duluth
1934 –2002

Sheldon C. Reed
Professor
Genetics and Cell Biology
1910 – 2003

Paul Rupprecht
Director
Boynton Health Services
1924 – 2002

Allen R. Solem
Professor
Business Administration
1913 – 2002

Margaret N. Space
Coordinator
Off Campus Housing
1914 – 2002

Gordon Starr
Director
Student Affairs
1918 – 2002

Harriet Vaux
Professor
Wilson Library
1912 – 2002

Joseph Warthesen
Professor
Food, Science, and Nutrition
1948 – 2003

STUDENTS

Michael J. Eastwood
College of Liberal Arts

Teresa E. Falk
Graduate School

Mbezal B. Farmer
College of Education and Human Development

Caroline A. George
College of Liberal Arts

Lauren A. Kosevec
Institute of Technology

William M. McLaughlin
College of Liberal Arts

Erik S. Nelson
Law School

Andrew G. Trogdon
Institute of Technology


4. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSES TO SENATE AND ASSEMBLY ACTIONS
Information

Agenda Items 6. through 16. are offered as a one motion to be taken up as a single item with one vote. Any item will be taken up separately at the request of a senator. All items are being presented for the first time.

As an amendment to the Senate Constitution, a motion requires either a two-thirds majority of all voting members of the Senate (154) at one regular or special meeting, or a majority of all members of the Senate (116) at each of two meetings.

As an amendment to the Assembly Constitution, a motion requires either a two-thirds majority of all voting members of the Assembly (133) at one regular or special meeting, or a majority of all members of the Senate (100) at each of two meetings.

As an amendment to the Senate Bylaws, a motion requires either a majority of all voting members of the Senate (116) at one regular or special meeting, or a majority of all members of the Senate present and voting at each of two meetings.

As an amendment to the Assembly Bylaws, a motion requires either a majority of all voting members of the Assembly (100) at one regular or special meeting, or a majority of all members of the Assembly present and voting at each of two meetings.

As an amendment to the Senate/Assembly Rules, a motion requires a simple majority.

To amend Article III, Section 2 of the University Senate Rules as follows (new language is underlined).

ARTICLE III. RULES FOR COMMITTEE ON THE UNIVERSITY SENATE

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2. Ex Officio Members of Senate Committees

Ex officio members shall be appointed from each of the offices listed below and are non-voting positions unless otherwise noted.

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- Finance and Planning--Controller's Organization; Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost (one from Institutional Research and Reporting, and one from the Office of Budget and Finance, and one other designated by the Executive Vice President and Provost); Office of the Vice President for University Services; Chair (or his/her designee) of the Academic Health Center Finance and Planning Subcommittee

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COMMENT:

Executive Vice President and Provost Maziar asked that a representative from her office be allowed to join meetings of the Senate Committee on Finance and Planning. At the same time, however, neither she nor the Committee on Finance and Planning wished to displace either of the two current representatives from the Office of Budget and Finance and from Institutional Research and Reporting. The Committee on Finance and Planning thus asks that the Senate allow the Executive Vice President and Provost to appoint another representative from her office.

To amend Article III, Section 3 of the University Senate Rules as follows (new language is underlined; language to be deleted is struck-out).

ARTICLE III. RULES FOR COMMITTEE ON THE UNIVERSITY SENATE

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3. Terms of Membership, Chairing of Committees, and Removal of Members for Absences

Faculty/academic professional Non-student appointments to committees of the Senate shall be made for terms of three years, with appointments so adjusted that the terms of approximately one third of the members expire each year. Academic professionals eligible to vote in Senate elections may serve on all committees that report to the Senate except the Consultative Committee. Faculty/academic professionals with administrative appointments (class titles 9302-9329) of 50 percent or more time are ineligible to serve on Senate committees, except ex officio.

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No faculty/academic professional non-student member is eligible to serve more than two consecutive full three-year terms on any one committee. No student member is eligible to serve more than four consecutive one-year terms on any one committee. No committee member is eligible to serve on more than two committees of the Senate at a time. These rotation procedures and limitations do not apply to ex officio representatives.

Notwithstanding the preceding provisions, faculty, academic professionals, and civil service staff appointed to the four-year terms of membership on the Finance and Planning Committee shall be eligible to serve two consecutive four-year terms, for a total of eight years.

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COMMENT:

The Committee on Committees has learned that some non-student members of committees (e.g., civil service, alumni) do not have specified term limits. Inasmuch as the faculty and P&A members do, the Committee on Committees believes it appropriate for all other non-student members to have limited terms as well; as with faculty and P&A staff, terms allow broader participation than would be the case if one individual served for years and years on a committee. (The Committee on Committees notes that the now-replaced Assembly Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics had the same chair 1922-1948. We do not believe that is a model we should use.)

The provision about P&A staff on committees is proposed for deletion because it is incorrect. There is one P&A staff member on the Senate Consultative Committee/Assembly Steering Committee. The bylaw provisions for each committee prescribe the membership.

To amend Article III, Section 3 of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Rules as follows (new language is underlined; language to be deleted is struck-out).

ARTICLE III. RULES FOR COMMITTEE ON THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY

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3. Terms of Membership, Chairing of Committees, and Removal of Members for Absences

Faculty/academic professional Non-student appointments to committees of the Assembly shall be made for terms of three years, with appointments so adjusted that the terms of approximately one third of the members expire each year. Academic professionals eligible to vote in Assembly elections may serve on all committees that report to the Assembly except the Steering Committee. Faculty/academic professionals with administrative appointments (class titles 9302-9329) of 50 percent or more time are ineligible to serve on Assembly committees, except ex officio.

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No faculty/academic professional non-student member is eligible to serve more than two consecutive full three-year terms on any one committee. No student member is eligible to serve more than four consecutive one-year terms on any one committee. No committee member is eligible to serve on more than two committees of the Assembly at a time. These rotation procedures and limitations do not apply to ex officio representatives.

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COMMENT:

See the comment to the previous motion.

MOTION:

To amend Article I, Section 1 of the University Senate Rules as follows, (new language is underlined):

1. Organization

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The president of the University of Minnesota shall chair the University Senate.

A vice chair shall be elected by the Senate at its last meeting in the spring of the academic year from among its members for a term of one year. The vice chair shall serve as chair in the absence of the president and shall serve as a member of the University Senate Consultative Committee. Term of office shall be July 1 to June 30, and the person holding the office is eligible for re-election.

In the event that neither the president nor the Senate vice chair is available to serve as chair of a Senate meeting, the vice chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall preside.

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COMMENT:

In the rare event that neither the president nor the vice chair is available to chair a Senate meeting, this Rules amendment provides that the vice chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee will preside. The Faculty Consultative Committee chair is not designated because that individual usually has items on the agenda to which he or she must speak, and the FCC chair may wish to debate items. It is thus more sensible for the vice chair of FCC to preside.

This is not hypothetical. Neither the president nor the Senate vice chair were available for the February 20, 2003, Senate meeting.

MOTION:

To amend Article I, Section 1 of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Rules as follows, (new language is underlined):

1. Organization

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The president of the University of Minnesota shall chair the Assembly.

A vice chair shall be elected by the Assembly at its last meeting in the spring of the academic year from among its members for a term of one year. The vice chair shall serve as chair in the absence of the president and shall serve as a member of the Assembly Steering Committee. Term of office shall be July 1 to June 30, and the person holding the office is eligible for re-election.

In the event that neither the president nor the Assembly vice chair is available to serve as chair of an Assembly meeting, the vice chair of the Faculty Steering Committee shall preside.

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COMMENT:

See the comment to the previous motion.

To amend Article II, Section 7 of the University Senate Bylaws as follows (new language is underlined; language to be deleted is struck-out).

ARTICLE II. RULES FOR COMMITTEE ON THE UNIVERSITY SENATE

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7. Committees of the Senate shall have a policy of open meetings. Closed or executive sessions may be held only after approval by a two-thirds majority of the committee members present and voting. and only when personnel matters are discussed, when quasi-judicial functions are carried out, or when closed sessions are required to protect the right of individuals. Under this rule, a All regular sessions of the All-University Honors Committee and the Judicial Committee shall be considered closed or executive sessions. As an exception to this rule, the Senate Consultative Committee, the Faculty Consultative Committee, and the Student Senate Consultative Committee are granted the right to close a portion or all of a given meeting, after approval by two-thirds majority of their respective members present. The committee shall keep a list of all topics discussed and actions taken in its closed meetings and incorporate that list in its minutes. Only committee members and others designated by the chair may remain in the meeting once a motion to close the meeting has been adopted.

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COMMENT:

The University Senate and the Twin Cities Campus Assembly and their committees are not subject to the Minnesota Open Meeting Law.

In general, the Senate and Assembly and their committees should have open meetings. There are times, however, when committees cannot effectively serve a consultative purpose if there are others present. There have been a number of such times during the past year: the Advisory Committee on Athletics had a difficult time discussing the possible elimination of sports when representatives of the media insisted on being present; the Committee on Finance and Planning frequently discusses legislative strategy with the University's Chief Financial Officer (other committees often discuss sensitive political matters as well); the Research Committee has discussed sensitive research projects in connection with the secrecy policy. In these and many other situations, the committees have either had to contort their agendas to fit an item into one of the categories specified in the existing bylaw that permit closed meetings or they were unable to close their meeting--and thus committee members were unable to discuss in an organized fashion the issue before them. Often when closed meetings are not permitted, the chair and committee members are forced to communicate in other ways that do not facilitate full discussion.

The Consultative Committee recommends that any committee of the Senate or Assembly be permitted, by a two-thirds vote of those present at the meeting, to close their meetings, with the proviso that the topics discussed and any formal committee action must be reported in the Committee’s minutes.

To amend Article II, Section 7 of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws as follows (new language is underlined; language to be deleted is struck-out).

ARTICLE II. RULES FOR COMMITTEE ON THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY

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7. Committees of the Senate shall have a policy of open meetings. Closed or executive sessions may be held only after approval by a two-thirds majority of the committee members present and voting. and only when personnel matters are discussed, when quasi-judicial functions are carried out, or when closed sessions are required to protect the right of individuals. Under this rule, a All regular sessions of the All-University Honors Committee and the Judicial Committee shall be considered closed or executive sessions. As an exception to this rule, the Senate Consultative Committee, the Faculty Consultative Committee, and the Student Senate Consultative Committee are granted the right to close a portion or all of a given meeting, after approval by two-thirds majority of their respective members present. The committee shall keep a list of all topics discussed and actions taken in its closed meetings and incorporate that list in its minutes. Only committee members and others designated by the chair may remain in the meeting once a motion to close the meeting has been adopted.

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COMMENT:

See the comment to the previous motion.

MOTION:

To amend Article III, Section 7 (items following the deleted item to be re-lettered appropriately) and add a new Section 16 to the University Senate Bylaws as follows, (language to be deleted is struck out; language to be added is underlined).

ARTICLE III. SENATE COMMITTEES

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7. FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

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Duties and Responsibilities

a. To examine all policies and procedures of the University which influence the professional and personal welfare of the faculty, and to recommend improvements in the design and implementation of faculty personnel policies, including such matters as tenure and promotion (in cooperation with the Tenure Committee), salary and benefits, faculty development, and hiring and retirement alternatives.

b. To recommend to the Faculty Senate additions, modifications, interpretations, and implementation of policies on Faculty Tenure.

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16. TENURE COMMITTEE

The Tenure Committee is responsible for all matters of policy related to faculty tenure and the Regents’ policy "Faculty Tenure." The Tenure Committee reports to the Faculty Senate. The Tenure Committee does not deal with individual disputes.

Membership

The Tenure Committee shall consist of no fewer than 7 members of faculty, of whom at least 5 must be tenured and at least one of whom must come from a campus other than the Twin Cities. Committee members shall be nominated by the Committee on Committees with the approval of the Senate.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. review periodically the tenure regulations.

b. review periodically the tenure and promotion system for faculty appointments, and any related policies, and make recommendations to the Faculty Senate and to the appropriate senior academic administrators.

c. review proposals from any source for amendment of the Regents Policy on Faculty Tenure and report its views to the Faculty Senate within the time limits provided by the Regents' Policy.

d. review annually the use of contract and non-faculty instructional appointments in all departments and colleges and make recommendations to the Faculty Senate and the appropriate senior academic administrators.

e. provide Interpretations of the tenure policies in accordance with the Regents' Policy.

f. advise senior academic administrators with regard to issues of academic tenure and rank.

g. monitor the post-tenure review process.

COMMENT:

When the number of Senate committees was significantly reduced in 1989, the Tenure Committee was made a subcommittee of the Committee on Faculty Affairs (SCFA). In the mid-1990s (although before the “tenure debate,”) SCFA recommended that the Tenure Subcommittee be restored to its earlier status as a Senate committee.

After evaluating the work of the Tenure Subcommittee in recent years, the Faculty Consultative Committee agrees that the Tenure Subcommittee should be made a regular standing committee of the Senate. This will make the appointment of members easier, through the Committee on Committees, and will provide the committee with the stature and status it should have as it deals with proposals to change the tenure code or other matters affecting faculty status.

The chair of the Committee on Faculty Affairs will be an ex officio member of the Tenure Committee; the chair of the Tenure Committee will be an ex officio member of the Committee on Faculty Affairs.

To amend Article III, Section 2 of the University Senate Rules as follows (language to be deleted is struck out; new language is underlined).

ARTICLE III. RULES FOR COMMITTEE OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE

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2. Ex Officio Members of Senate Committees

Ex officio members shall be appointed from each of the offices listed below and are non-voting positions unless otherwise noted.

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- Faculty Affairs--Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost; representative of the University of Minnesota Retirees Association; Office of the Vice President for Human Resources (two representatives, including one from Employee Benefits); Chair (or his/her designee) of the Academic Health Center Faculty Affairs Subcommittee; Chair, Tenure Subcommittee Committee

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- Tenure--Chair, Committee on Faculty Affairs; Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost; Office of the Vice President for Human Resources

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COMMENT:

See the comment to the previous motion.

MOTION:

To amend Article II, Section 1a of the University Senate Bylaws as follows, (language to be deleted is struck out; language to be added is underlined).

ARTICLE II. RULES FOR COMMITTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE

a. Individuals holding academic administrative or professional titles are eligible to serve as voting members of Senate committees even if they are not qualified for membership in the Senate, except that no individual holding a position carrying as any part of its title president, vice president, chancellor, provost, executive director, dean, counsel, attorney, controller, or chief of staff may serve as a voting member of a Senate committee. Individuals with academic administrative or professional titles are not eligible to serve on the Senate Judicial Committee or on the Tenure Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs Committee. Individuals with academic administrative or professional titles are only eligible to serve on the Senate Committee on Educational Policy, the Senate Library Committee, Senate Research Committee, and the Senate Committee on Student Academic Integrity if they are also eligible to serve in the Senate.

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COMMENT:

See the comment to motion.

To amend Article III, Section 7 of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws as follows (new language is underlined).

ARTICLE III. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES

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7. NOMINATING COMMITTEE

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Membership

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In those instances when an incumbent member of the Nominating Committee is eligible for re-election, the Faculty Steering Committee (for a faculty member) or the Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators (for an academic professional member) may present the name of that individual to the Assembly for confirmation of reappointment without another candidate on the ballot to fill the position. A proposed confirmation of reappointment would not preclude additional nominations made according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; any such nomination must stipulate against whom the nominee will run.

The Assembly shall then vote on the slate by secret ballot at the first meeting of spring semester. In case of a tie, the clerk shall choose the successful candidate by lot.
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Duties and Responsibilities

b. Both the faculty and academic professional members of the Nominating Committee shall nominate and certify as available twice as many faculty/academic professional candidates for the Committee on Committees as are to be elected each year. These candidates shall be announced in the Assembly docket for the last meeting of the academic year. Additional nominations, certified as available, may be made by: (1) petition of 12 voting members of the faculty or academic professional staff eligible to serve in the Assembly, provided that the petition is in the hands of the clerk of the Assembly the day before the Assembly meeting; (2) nomination on the floor of the Assembly. At the last Assembly meeting of the year, the faculty/academic professional representatives of the Assembly shall elect by secret ballot members of the Committee on Committees for three-year terms. No faculty/academic professional member is eligible to serve more than two consecutive full terms. In the case of a tie, the chair of the Assembly shall cast the deciding vote. In case of a tie, the clerk shall choose the successful candidate by lot.

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COMMENT:

For the first change in the language, when the Assembly bylaws were changed to permit incumbent faculty members of the Nominating Committee to be nominated for another term, without having to go through an election, the same proviso was not added for the academic professional members, although the logic is the same. If there is a capable, contributing member of the Nominating Committee who has not served two terms but who is interested in continuing, it makes little sense to find someone to run against that individual in an election. This change makes renomination permissible for the academic professional as well as the faculty members of the Nominating Committee.

In regards to the next change, the Faculty Consultative Committee noticed recently that while there is a provision for break a tie in the case of elections to FCC, there is no such provision for a tie when the faculty/P&A members of the Assembly elect the Nominating Committee. While there have been no ties in the FCC elections, some of them have been very close. FCC believes there should be a mechanism in place to deal with a tie vote, should one occur. The one proposed is the same one that covers a tie vote in FCC elections.

For the last revision, in reviewing what should happen in the event of a tie in elections to the Nominating Committee and the Committee on Committees, the Faculty Consultative Committee noted that there was no provision for the Nominating Committee (for FCC elections, and as is being proposed for the Nominating Committee, "in case of a tie, the clerk shall choose the successful candidate by lot").

FCC proposes that the same mechanism should be used if there is a tie vote in elections for the faculty/P&A members of the Committee on Committees. The current language, providing that the chair of the Assembly breaks the tie, could make for an awkward situation: inasmuch as the President usually presides over Assembly meetings, break a tie would put the President in the position of having to choose. FCC believes it would be better simply to have the clerk break the tie by drawing lots.

MOTION:

To approve the following four names to stand for election to the Senate Consultative Committee/Twin Cities Assembly Steering Committee, from which one of each pair are to be elected by the Twin Cities and non-represented UMD faculty for a term of 2003-06. First pair: Jean Bauer and Scott Lanyon; Second Pair: Daniel Feeney and Carol Wells. A simple majority is required for approval.

FIRST PAIR:
JEAN BAUER: 1983*, Professor of Family Social Science, College of Human Ecology. University Senate member: 1990-94. Committee participation (past and present): Committee on Committees, 2001-04; Finance & Planning Committee, 1997-05; Judicial Committee, 1991-97.

SCOTT LANYON: 1995*, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences. University Senate member: 1997-2000. Committee participation (past and present): Nominating Committee, 2002-03.

SECOND PAIR:
DANIEL FEENEY: 1978*, Professor of Small Animal Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine. University Senate member: 1983-86, 1987-90, 1991-94, 1995-98, 1999-2000; Committee participation (past and present): AHC Faculty Consultative, 1996-2002; AHC Finance & Planning, 1997-2003 (Chair 1998-2002); Consultative, 2000-03 (Chair, 2002-03); Facilities Management Subcommittee, 1984-85; Faculty Affairs, 1989-92, 1994-97, 1999-2002 (Chair, 1994-97); Research, 1992-94.

CAROL WELLS: 1981*, Professor of Lab Medicine/Pathology, Medical School. University Senate member: 1997-99. Committee participation (past and present): AHC Finance & Planning, 1997-2003; Faculty Affairs, 1999-2005; Judicial, 1993-99; Nominating, 2001-05 (Chair, 2001-02).

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*Date of initial appointment at the University.

FOR INFORMATION:

The Assembly Steering Committee serves as the executive committee of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly and forms the Twin Cities membership of the Senate Consultative Committee. Senate and Assembly legislation has merged the Twin Cities faculty and non-represented UMD faculty for purposes of Senate Consultative/Assembly Steering Committee elections. Should a non-represented UMD faculty member be elected, that individual will be a member of the Senate and Faculty Senate Consultative Committees, but shall not be a member of the Assembly Steering Committee.

Additional nominations, certified as willing to stand for election, may be made by (1) petition of 12 voting members of the faculties, provided that the petition is in the hands of the Clerk of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly the day before the Twin Cities Campus Assembly meeting, and (2) nominations on the floor of the Assembly. The faculty representatives of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly shall reduce by vote the slate to twice the number to be elected.

Currently serving with terms continuing at least through next year are:

Tom Clayton, College of Liberal Arts
Arthur Erdman, Institute of Technology
Mary Jo Kane, College of Education and Human Development
Candace Kruttschnitt, College of Liberal Arts
Marvin Marshak, Institute of Technology
Judith Martin, College of Liberal Arts

The terms of Muriel Bebeau (School of Dentistry) and Daniel Feeney (College of Veterinary Medicine), expire at the end of the academic year.

MOTION:

That the Twin Cities Campus Faculty Assembly confirm the reappointment of Ms. Mary Ellen Shaw for an additional three year term to fill one academic professional vacancy on the Nominating Committee. A simple majority is required for approval.

MARY ELLEN SHAW: Counselor, General College Student Services. University Senate member: None. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): Educational Policy, 2000-03, Nominating, 2002-03.

INFORMATION:

The Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws specify that the Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators may present the name of an individual, eligible for re-election, to the Assembly for confirmation of reappointment without another candidate on the ballot to fill the position.

MOTION:

That the Twin Cities Campus Faculty Assembly approve the following slate of nominees to fill one 2003-06 Twin Cities faculty vacancy and one 2003-06 Twin Cities academic professional vacancy on the Nominating Committee. A simple majority is required for approval. Once the slate is approved, a ballot will be distributed for voting.

FACULTY NOMINEES
W. ANDREW COLLINS: Professor, Institute on Child Development, College of Education and Human Development. University Senate member: 1992-93, 1994-98. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): Committee on Committees, 1993-96 (Chair, 1995-96); Consultative, 1989-91; Educational Policy, 1985-88 (Chair, 1986-87); Finance 1986-87.

MARY JO MAYNES: Professor of History, College of Liberal Arts. University Senate member: 1998-2000. Senate/Assembly Committee participation (past and present): None.

ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL NOMINEES
MICHAEL DARGER: Research Fellow, Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences. CAPA participation: COAFES representative, 2 years; Representation and Governance Committee, 2 years.

FRANK DOUMA: Research Fellow, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. CAPA participation: Humphrey alternate, 3 years; Representation and Governance Committee, 3 years.

FOR INFORMATION:

The Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws specify that the Assembly shall elect by written ballot faculty/academic professional members to fill vacancies on the Nominating Committee from a slate of candidates provided by the Faculty Assembly Steering Committee. Other candidates may be nominated by petition of 12 members of the Assembly. Petitions to nominate candidates not on the slate must be in the hands of the Clerk of the Assembly on the day before the meeting at which the election is to be conducted. The elected Twin Cities faculty/academic professional members of the committee whose term continue at least through 2002-03 are:

Charles Campbell, Professor, Institute of Technology
Patrice Morrow, Professor, College of Biological Sciences
Jean Quam, Professor, College of Human Ecology
Nelson Rhodus, Professor, Dentistry
Richard Skaggs, Professor, College of Liberal Arts
Carol Wells, Professor, Medical School

A paper copy of the current draft of the policy will be available at the meeting. Prior to the meeting, the most recent draft will be available on the web at:
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/fcc/governance.html