Constitution and Bylaws Committee
12:00 PM Solms Hall 209
Nov. 5, 2008
Agenda
I. Call to order
II. Bylaws of the International Programs and Activities Committee
See appendix A
III. Bylaws of the Faculty Welfare Committee
See appendix B
IV. Bylaws of the Honors Advisory Committee
See appendix C
VI. Review Article X, Section H of the Constitution - regarding student voting rights
VII. Additional Items/Announcements
VI. Adjournment
APPENDIX A
International Programs and Activities Committee
Charge
The International Programs and Activities Committee will clarify, review, and implement regulations and policies regarding the quality and administration of international education programs. The committee will work with the Office of International Education to advance the development of its programs and activities, and to provide recommendations regarding resource allocation for international programs.
Duties
The committee works with the Office of International Education to promote faculty and student international exchange programs; promote study abroad programs; promote integrating campus global perspectives in and beyond the curriculum; to improve campus and community awareness of international programs; to clarify and update policies; to evaluates adherence to these policies; and to serves as a forum for discussing relevant administrative and resource issues. The committee shall provide advice and expertise to the Office of International Education on issues related to program development, activities, and resource allocation. The committee shall report to the Senate its actions regarding international program development, activities, and resource allocation. The student member of the committee shall report the activities of the committee to the student Senate.
Meetings
The committee shall meet at least once each semester. The committee will determine meeting dates and times and publish them on the senate website.
Reports
Upon approval of the minutes, the committee shall report to the Senate its actions regarding international program development, activities, and resource allocation. The student member of the committee shall report the activities of the committee to the student Senate. At the end of each semester, the chair of the committee will submit to the Senate a summary report of committee activities.
Membership
The committee shall be composed of five faculty representatives; one student representative (nominated by the Student Government Association) the campus representatives to the European, Asian, African and Americas Councils of the University System of Georgia (provided by the Director of International Education); the campus representative to the Georgia Consortium for International Studies (provided by the Director of International Education); a member of the European Union Certificate Program; a member of the Latin American Certificate Program (provided by the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts); three study abroad program directors (nominated by the Director of International Education); The Director of International Education shall serve as an ex officio, non-voting member. The members of the committee shall elect one voting member as Chairperson.
Questions and concerns of the constitution and by laws committee in red. Answers to them in black all caps or italicized.
According to the above Membership, the committee will consist of
5 faculty members (voting rights)
1 undergraduate student(voting rights)
1 member of the European Union Certificate Program (voting rights)
1 member of the Latin American Certificate Program(voting rights)
*4 members from the Councils of the University System of GA (voting rights)
*1 campus representative of the Georgia Consortium for Int. studies (voting rights)
*3 study abroad program directors(voting rights)
1 The Director of International Education (NO voting rights)
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Total of 17 members: 16 with voting rights,
* 8 appointed by the Director of International Education – Are there any more appointed
by Director of International education?
Does this reflect your intentions for the membership of this committee?
YES
Can a single member satisfy more than one of the listed members above? If so, will a
majority of the committee be appointed and not elected? If so, what’s the point of
electing anyone?
NO A SINGLE MEMBER CANNOT SATISFY MORE THAN ONE SLOT EXCEPT FOR THOSE APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
How are the members of the Certificate Program selected?
DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Is there a difference between someone being “provided by” vs. “nominated by” the
director of international education? If not, determine what wording is best and use it
throughout. If so, please explain.
PROVIDED BY MEANS THE INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO THE SENATE
NOMIATED BY MEANS A SUGGESTION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE SENATE
In the opinion of the committee, the representatives for the certificates, councils and Georgia Consortium should be on the committee because of their duties. As faculty they should be voting members. The Director of Intl Studies "PROVIDES THEIR NAMES" because they are administrative appointees and they are not elected to the committee. By their positions they are automatically on the committee. These are faculty and not administrators. The Director just makes it easier on the senate by letting them know who these people are.
WE PREFER THE STUDENT MEMBER BE NOMINATED, NOT APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT IF THAT IS THE LANGUAGE GOING INTO EVERY OTHER COMMITTEE, WE WILL ACCEPT IT.
APPENDIX B
Faculty Welfare Committee
Charge
The Faculty Welfare Committee will protect the welfare of the faculty and promote a sense of faculty community.
Duties
The committee shall consider issues and proposals related to faculty welfare. The committee shall be involved in issues of policy and shall not consider individual cases. The committee shall make recommendations to the Senate for either information purposes or for action.
The committee will make recommendations to the Senate concerning faculty evaluation policies and procedures after receiving reports from its Evaluation Subcommittee.
The committee may promote various intellectual, educational and social activities that foster a sense of the faculty community.
Meetings
The committee will meet three times per academic year or more as needed.
Reporting
The minutes of each Faculty Welfare Committee meeting will be submitted to the Secretary of the Faculty Senate. Furthermore an Annual Summary Report shall be submitted at the end of each academic year.
Membership
The committee shall be composed of nine faculty members, with two from the College of Liberal Arts, twofrom the College of Science and Technology, two from the College of Education, twofrom the College of Health Professions, and one from the Library. At least one member must hold graduate faculty status.
Rationale: The modifications reflect the fact that the Faculty Welfare committee will now perform work previously done by three committees and will therefore need a larger number of faculty members to do so effectively.
Evaluation Sub-committee
Mission
Serve the Faculty Welfare Committee when called upon to do so. It will make recommendations to the Faculty Welfare Committee concerning the evaluation policies and procedures.
Duties
The committee shall provide input on the development, administration and analysis of the evaluations system. It shall findtechnical assistance when requested in the assessment of the job performance of the Faculty and administrative officers and report the results of such evaluations to the Faculty Welfare Committee, and to theindividual faculty members and administrative officers assessed and to those officials responsible for the evaluation process of the University, whencalled upon to do so by the Faculty Welfare Committee.
Meetings and Reporting
The committee shall meet when called upon to do so and shall report and make recommendations to the Faculty Welfare Committee.
Membership
The membership shall consist of fivefaculty members. At least one member of the Evaluation Sub-committee serves as a liaison to the Faculty Welfare Committee.
Rationale: The modifications reflect the fact that the Faculty Evaluation committee will henceforth be an ad hoc sub-committee of the Faculty Welfare Committee that is called by, and reports directly to, the Faculty Welfare Committee. The Faculty Evaluation Committee will no longer be a committee under the adopted Senate bylaws.
APPENDIX C
SECTION B.16. Honors Advisory Committee
[Mission] The mission of the Honors Advisory Committee is to serve in an advocacy role for the Honors Program among students and faculty and to aid the administration of the program.
[Duties] The committee shall monitor adherence to guidelines and policies, update and clarify policies, resolve requests for exceptions to policies, invite and review proposals for Honors Program courses, review Honors Program scholarship applications, and select Honors Program scholarship recipients.
[Meeting and Reporting] The committee shall meet at least once per semester during the academic year. Reports and recommendations shall be directed to the Faculty Senate.
[Membership] The committee shall consist of five faculty members, the Director of the Honors Program, and one student representative. In consultation with the Director of the Honors Program, the President of the Student Government Association shall appoint the student representative on the Honors Committee. One faculty member shall serve as Committee chair and one faculty member shall serve as Committee secretary. In choosing members, attention should be paid to departments/programs and faculty members who are offering honors courses or who support honors students and programming. (Revised 10/08)