Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:01:54 -0700
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:02:02 -0700
To: gilkey@darkwing.uoregon.edu, marcus@uoregon.edu, gwens@uoregon.edu
From: Frank Stahl <fstahl@molbio.uoregon.edu>
Subject: amended posting
Dear Peter,
In order to facilitate amendment, discussion, and voting on Motion
US03/04 10 at the Senate meeting of October 13, I have attached the motion
as I intend it to be amended at that meeting. I understand that Peter Gilkey
will post this "amended" motion on the Senate web site.
Franklin W. Stahl
American Cancer Society Professor
Institute of Molecular Biology
1370 Franklin Boulevard
1229 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR, USA 97403-1229
Tel: 541-346-6096
Fax: 541-346-5891
Expanded Motion to Enable the Assembly.
A REVISED MOTION for UO Senate.
Submitted by Frank Stahl (Assembly Member), Biology September 23, 2004
Except for item (k), this motion is identical to "Motion US03/04 10
Enable the University Assembly to Convene with Full Legislative Authority"
introduced at the Senate Meeting of May 12, 2003 and scheduled to be debated
and voted on at the meeting of October 13, 2004. Item (k) will be introduced
as a friendly amendment at that meeting.
WHEREAS: Section 6.6 of the Enabling Legislation of the UO governance
document requires that a UO Assembly with full legislative power shall
be convened after a petition to do so has been signed by 33% of the 3Voting
Faculty2, and
WHEREAS: convening the Assembly with 3full legislative power2 requires
the attendance of a majority of the Assembly members as prescribed by the
Oregon Public Meetings Law, and
WHEREAS: in the absence of explicit provisions, this quorum cannot be
met, be it
MOVED THAT: The University adopt the following procedures to enable
an Assembly to convene with full legislative power:
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(a) Prior to circulating a petition to convene the Assembly with full legislative
power, Petitioners will submit the text of their petition to the University
Secretary who will forthwith give notification of the petition to those
Members of the Assembly who have e-mail. The announcement shall include
the text of the petition and item (b) of this motion.
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(b) Deans, directors and department heads will adopt practices, appropriate
for their administrative units, that promote the face-to-face accessibility
of their Assembly Members to petitioners.
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(c) In order for the petition to go into effect, petitioners must submit
sufficient valid signatures to the Secretary within 100 days of the announcement
described in item (a).
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(d) A meeting of the UO Assembly called by petition of 33% of the Voting
Faculty shall be held at 3:30 PM, on a Wednesday, not less than 10 nor
more than 25 days from the time of submission of the petition, except that
no meeting shall be scheduled for exam week, between quarters or during
the summer quarter.
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(e) The University shall send notification of the meeting time and place
to all members of the Assembly by mail. The notification shall remind recipients
that they are Members of the Assembly, that their attendance at the Assembly
meeting is expected, and that attendance at the Assembly Meeting takes
priority over routine obligations. This first notice shall be timely, permitting
Assembly Members to make the best possible arrangements. The mailed and
e-mailed notices (section f) shall include the text of the WHEREAS section
of this Motion plus items (d) - (g).
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(f) Assembly Members shall be further notified of the meeting by notices
in the Daily Emerald and on the University Calendar, Senate, and Assembly
Web sites. On the Monday immediately prior to the meeting, Audix and/or
email will be used to remind members to attend.
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(g) A list of Assembly Members (without phone numbers or e-mail addresses),
organized alphabetically, shall be maintained and posted on the UO Assembly
Web site. The list shall be updated annually, as early in the Fall Quarter
as is feasible. Faculty on sabbatical leave who are not in residence are
not Assembly members during their leave.
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(h) An annually updated list of the Voting Faculty with office addresses
and phone numbers, organized by department, shall be maintained and posted
on the UO Assembly Web site. Faculty on sabbatical leave who are not in
residence are not Voting Faculty during their leave.
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(i) The UO Secretary shall maintain an annually updated list of Assembly
Members with phone numbers and e-mail addresses. The list shall be used
only to forward communications, from the University President, the University
Secretary, or the UO Senate President, that are relevant to the business
of the Assembly.
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(j) A link to the text of this Motion, entitled "Assembly with Legislative
Power" shall be maintained as a discrete item on the UO Assembly Web site.
A secondary link to the "Charter, Enabling Legislation and ByLaws" shall
be found there.
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(k) The UO Faculty Handbook shall include the following sentence: "The
Assembly also shall be convened, with full legislative power, after a petition
to do so has been signed by 33 percent of the voting faculty (those faculty
who are eligible to vote for the election of non-student university senators)."