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MOTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMITTEE ON MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Passed at the UO Assembly meeting 11 January
1984 of the UO Assembly
Statement of Motion
Mr. James Boren, English, was recognized to read the following motion (originally
given by Mr. Stanley Greenfield, English, at the meeting of December 6,
1983):
"1) The present University Senate be replaced by a Standing Committee on
Motions and resolutions whose functions shall be those of the present Senate;
"2) The Committee shall consist of eight (8) faculty members appointed
by thE Committee on Committees, four (4) from the College of Arts and Sciences
and four (4) from the Professional Schools, Library, Unaffiliated Faculty
and Officers of Administration, plus the Parliamentarian, the Secretary
of the Assembly, the President and Vice President of the Student University
Affairs Board; i
"3) The term of office for those eight (8) appointed faculty members is
two years, with two members from each group (College of Arts and Sciences
and Profess Schools, Library, Unaffiliated Faculty and Officers of Administration)
being replaced each year. For the first term of service, lots will he drawn
to detemine which two members from each group shall serve one year, and
which two years;
"4) Only those faculty members eligible for election to the Faculty Advisory
Council are eligible for appointment to the Committee on Motions and Resolutions;
5) If this motion is enacted by a vote of the Assembly it shall take effect
after the close of the academic year 1983-84."
