HMOORE

Thank you Mr. Kapur. I will share your response with my colleagues.

Thank you for your helpful answer.

(Sorry for the late response. I thought we had dodged the bullet in the Spring but the matter is back before us now that we are no longer in lock down..) The first Senate constitution was adopted by the faculty in 2015 . It was not approved by the university governing body. In 2019 a new administration informed the Senate that the 2015 constitution should have been approved by the Trustees in accordance with University and Trustee bylaws and procedures.. Before sending the constitution to the Trustees ,the Senate decided to revise some sections of the constitution. A number of sections were amended and approved by the Senate. The 2015 Constitution then requires the full faculty to vote on the changes before they are recognized by the faculty -but due to time constraints and scheduling conflicts, etc. the constitution as approved only by the Senate was sent to Trustees, at administration's request, for their review and approval. We expect to hear from them soon.

This constitution was not ratified by the Trustees, but was only ratified by the Faculty. While the constitution itself does not mention the need for trustees to approve it, both university policy and the Trustee bylaws require them to review and vote on such matters.

Our Faculty Senate constitution was approved by a majority of faculty several years ago. However, our governing body did not ratify it at the time- I don't know how that happened but it did. Recently it was sent to them for their review and hopefully their approval will be forthcoming before the academic year is over. We have term limits for the Senators (2 consecutive terms). Our constitution states the latest version of Robert's Rules of Order will govern any matter not covered in the constitution itself. My question is- Does the years of service under an unratified constitution count towards term limits? I won't think so, but I want to hear what members of this forum think about this matter.