Minutes of the University Senate Organizational
Meeting
May 27, 2009
Present: 2009-2010 members: T. Bars, C. Bybee, S.
Chakraborty, K. Dellabough, A. Emami, L. Forrest, H. Gangadharbatla, P. Gilkey,
M. Henney, M.A. Hyatt, M. Jaeger, C. Jones, D. Kennett, H. Khalsa, R. Kyr, K.
Lenn, H. Lin, C. McNelly, S. Midkiff, T. Minner, D. Olson, S. Plummer, M.
Price, N. Proudfoot, T. K. Thompson, L. Van Dreel, S. Verscheure, M. Williams.
2008-2009 members: C. Cherry, Chou, L-S., D. Falk, L. Forrest, E. Herman, J.
Lau, H. Lin, D. Miller, L. Soto Morales, S. Paul, E. Peterson, M. Redford, J.
Rowell, L. Stephen, N. Tublitz, P. van Donkelaar, L. Vandenburgh
Excused: 2009-2010 members: A. Berenstein, J. Bonine, L.
Middlebrook, J. Piger, R. Rajaie, P. Southwell. 2008-2009 members: C.
Vandercar Moore
Absent: 2009-2010: C. Bengtson, E. Chan, C. Ellis, J. Hurwit,
A. Laskaya, S. Libeskind, L. Sugiyama, T. Toadvine, P. Walker, P. Warner.
2008-2009 members: D. Bloom, R. Colby, C. Gray, R. Illig, M. Latteri, D. Levin,
S. Libeskind, M. Myagkov, A. Taylor, T. Toadvine, P. Walker
CALL TO ORDER
The organizational meeting
for the 2009-10 University Senate was called to order by 2008-09 senate
president Paul van Donkelaar in the Knight Library Browsing Room at 3:30
p.m. President van Donkelaar invited the newly elected senators to stand
and introduce themselves. (A complete list of the 2009-10 senate members
is at http://www.uoregon.edu/~uosenate/dirsen090/memsen090.html.)
ORIENTATION
The secretary provided
information on the basic procedures of the senate, including signing into the meetings,
wearing a name badge, and checking the website for agendas and other meeting
related information. Paper handouts will be kept to a minimum in an
effort to reduce the amount of paper generated for each meeting. The
secretary indicated that senate members have been added to the senate listserv
(senate09-10@lists.uoregon.edu)
which is a closed email list for senatorsÕ use. Additionally, archives of
previous minutes, agendas, motions, and other senate related information is
available from links on the senateÕs webpage (see http://www.uoregon.edu/~uosenate/senate.html). If there are any difficulties accessing
senate information, please contact Webmaster Peter Gilkey or Secretary Gwen
Steigelman. Lastly, the secretary indicated that senate meeting locations
are scheduled separately each term, with meeting held on the second Wednesday
of each month from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. (Note: the December meeting is held a week earlier.)
REMARKS
Comments from University
President Dave Frohnmayer.
President Frohnmayer made some brief remarks, acknowledging that it was his
last appearance with the University Senate as president of the university prior
to his retirement July 1, 2009. He noted that more than 100 University of
Oregon alumni, community people, and donors were taking tours of the campus
during the day, most seeing the panoply of structural changes on campus for the
first time. He noted that the collective opinion was they were stunned by
all the many good things that have transpired in recent years. The
president encouraged everybody to take a good walk around all of campus to see
firsthand all that has been accomplished.
Turning to budget matters,
the president said there has been some progress; June 11th is the
date of the work session for the Higher Education budget. The
administration believes that our universityÕs platform of success under that
budget is better than any other institution in the state system. Because
of our dependency on enrollment and student tuition, and our relative lack of
dependence (compared to other OUS institutions) on the stateÕs general fund, we
expect to be cut at least 15% of current revenue projections. Although
not welcome, the administration believes the budget cuts of this magnitude are
survivable and the UO can continue to move forward as an institution. The
Oregon legislature is meeting later than it typically does to make budgets
decisions, but it plans to adjourn by June 30th. Thus in order
for our faculty to be consulted about the budget, the administration has asked
the outgoing members of the Faculty Advisory Council and the incoming members
to be available to consult during the course of the summer. The objective
is to consult closely with the FAC over the summer months before any final
decisions are made, not only to the budget, but how budgetary issues will be
dealt with at the university.
The president then thanked
the senators for their valued engagement and interest in the university
governance system. He noted that the next meeting of the Statutory
Faculty will be November 18, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. at which time an appointed
governance committee will make a progress report on the design of the
governance system under the incoming new president. Lastly, President
Frohnmayer said thank you for the many courtesies extended to him and his
family during his service as the University President (1994-2009). He
commented that it has been a joy and pleasure.
Remarks from incoming new
University President Richard Lariviere.
President to-be Lariviere extended his appreciation to President Frohnmayer for
all that he has done at the university, saying that it is a really remarkable
institution due in no small measure to President FrohnmayerÕs efforts and
energy invested in public service.
Mr. Lariviere went on to say
that the UO is facing a daunting economic environment, an environment that
would normally only affect regions, not the entire nation as the current
situation does. Oddly enough, as an outsider, Mr. Lariviere stated that
he believes the University of Oregon is in a strong position in this
environment. He noted that over the past number of years, the university
percentage of state support has eroded at a rate greater than any other states,
and as a result, it is less vulnerable to these budget cuts than our peer
institutions. Mr. Lariviere said that adjusting to the economic
environment will not be easy, but he indicated that such adjustments will be
made in as transparent and consultative a manner as he can possibly manage.
He commented that he will be relying heavily upon the wisdom and
experience of the senate because it represents the faculty who are the governing
agencies for this organization. The incoming president stated that the
senators have an enormous responsibility to represent their constituencies
equitably, fairly, and productively and that he will be calling on the senate
members to fulfill those responsibilities. He commented further that the
university works very hard to identify the smartest, and hardest working
people, and it expect them to bring their talents to the classrooms,
laboratories, and research areas and also expects them to bring those talents
to the government of the institution. Mr. Lariviere said that he will be
asking for the senatorsÕ help, their patience, and occasionally asking for
their priorities; he promised that it would be a collective and collaborative
effort. Lastly, he thanked everyone for providing him the opportunity to
contribute to Òthis wonderful communityÓ.
Reflections on the past
year from 2008-09 Senate President Paul van Donkelaar. Senate President van Donkelaar thanked a number
of people who helped make his job easier throughout his term as president: the
secretary, Vice President Peter Gilkey, and Parliamentarian Paul Simonds.
In addition, he thanked all the senators who have been willing to serve on the
senate, giving their time effort in meetings as well as time away from meetings
with colleagues. He acknowledged those, too, who served on committees,
saying that service was another important role of the internal governance of
the university. President van Donkelaar opined that internal governance is
a two way street, and that the interaction between the faculty and the
administration is vital to getting governance right. He commented that it
has been an interesting and busy year. He highlighted several activities
in particular: the search process for the new president in which he was a
committee member, the budget issues (shortfalls) and dialogue dealing with
resolving those issues, a statutory faculty meeting regarding the internal
governance ratification, and extraordinary cooperative and collaborative work on
Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment policy issues.
President van Donkelaar
referenced President FrohnmayerÕs earlier remarks regarding the formation of a
committee to examine internal governance at the university with the arrival of
a new university president and noted that he has been asked to chair the
committee. He indicated that the goal of the committee is to produce a
revised Internal Governance document that satisfies the recent Department of
Justice opinion (regarding internal governance at the UO) as well as any
revisions or restructuring to better reflect the needs and desires of the
faculty of the University of Oregon. He said that he plans to have an
open and transparent process similar in structure to the recent participatory development
of the Academic Plan. He noted, too, that he hopes to have a blog page
where documents can be posted for the university communityÕs comments and
interest; he may well ask the senateÕs help in moving the process along.
Concluding his remarks, President van Donkelaar said that in all it has
been a wonderful year – he learned a lot about the University of Oregon
and how wonderful a place it is to work; he expressed that he is proud to have
served the University Senate.
Senate Vice President Peter
Gilkey then presented Paul with a carved duck, donated by artist Karen McNutt
whose son is in the graduate education program studying to become a mathematics
and science teacher. President Frohnmayer, on behalf of the university
administration, also thanked President van Donkelaar for his service and
presented him with a myrtle wood box.
ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS
Election of the incoming
vice president. President Paul
van Donkelaar announced that there was one person nominated prior to the
meeting, Andrea Coles-Bjerre, from the law school. As is customary,
President van Donkelaar asked if there were any other nominations from the
floor. Senator Carla McNelly, multicultural academic success, nominated
Senator Nathan Tublitz, biology.
Senator Tublitz had prepared
some remarks concerning his candidacy and asked to address the group. He
began by acknowledging Ms. Coles‐BjerreÕs
enthusiasm and willingness to stand for election to the senate vice president
position, saying that the vice president and president position are not easy
jobs and that the senate should be honored that someone of her caliber has
stepped forward. He also noted that it is an unusual situation to have
two candidates running for senate vice president, but added that these are not
usual times. Senator Tublitz said that we are in the midst of a very
serious budget crisis and need to work together as never before to develop
solutions to the problems facing us. In addition, he stated that we are
struggling with our governance system, and there is a crisis of faith in the
senate across the university.
Senator Tublitz continued
that many people believe our governance system is broken and unworkable, and
think that we are employees of a large corporation run by a CEO and management team.
Begging to differ, Senator Tublitz opined that we are not a corporation, but
rather are a university, not running on a business model but by a different set
of rules than a business. He noted that our goals are to teach
students how to live in the complex world of today and to give them the
skills to navigate through the world of tomorrow; he added that we are all part
of this effort, from classified staff to teaching faculty. He further
stated that Western academia has an 800 year history of a horizontal governance
system where the members of the academy make consensus decisions about the
direction of the University.
Unfortunately, Senator
Tublitz continued, we have lost that process at the University of Oregon and it
is time to get it back and working again. He suggested that we must work
with the new president, provost, and deans to re‐establishing
the cornerstone of the university – our system of shared governance --
and its centerpiece, the University Senate. He said that we should be
proud of the inclusive nature of the senateÕs membership, noting that it is the
only senate at any major academic institution with such broad membership.
Senator Tublitz went to say that the senate has not been included in most
of the serious decisions being made on this campus, and as a result has lost
the respect of our colleagues and co‐workers
across campus; he opined that it is time to reverse that trend and re‐establish the primacy of our shared governance system
at the University of Oregon. Shared governance, he states, means including all
stakeholder groups, listening to all points of view with respect, and working
together to solve the difficult problems in front of us.
Lastly, Senator Tublitz
touted his years of experience in campus governance, including chairing the
Faculty Advisory Council and serving previously as senate president as
providing the background and knowledge necessary to speak for all campus
groups. If elected as vice president, he pledged to work tireless to turn the
concept of shared governance into a reality at the University of Oregon.
(See full text of the remarks at http://www.uoregon.edu/~uosenate/dirsen089/NT27May09.pdf).
President van Donkelaar asked
the other candidate, Andrea Coles-Bjerre, if she would like to speak. Ms.
Coles-Bjerre indicated that she did not have a prepared speech, but did address
the group. She commented that it appeared to her that Senator Tublitz had
just described a bankrupt organization in his speech. Ms Coles-Bjerre
indicated that she has been at the university for 12 years, and that prior to
that she was a corporate bankruptcy attorney in New York City. She said
that she has considerable experience in a system that requires working toward
resolution of problems by which all parties agree. General speaking, all
organizations have to be agreed upon by all the parts. She said that she
believes that the problems the university has are not so intractable that they
cannot be resolved through respectful and thoughtful communication and
collaboration. She expressed a desire to do just that and looked forward
to serving as the senate vice president.
President van Donkelaar
indicated a paper ballot would be used and asked the secretary to distribute
ballots to members of the current (2008-09) senate and to collect and tally
them. While the tallying was being completed, President van Donkelaar
changed the order of the agenda slightly and asked Vice President Peter Gilkey
to proceed with making the presentation of the Wayne Westling Award for
University Leadership and Service.
Presentation of the Wayne
T. Westling Award. In naming
Brad Shelton, mathematics, as the 2009 award recipient, Vice President Gilkey
read the following passage from Mr. SheltonÕs nomination letter. ÒProfessor
Shelton, who has been a member of the University of Oregon faculty since 1985,
is an exemplary citizen of this academic community. In addition to his
teaching, research and administrative contributions as head of the mathematics
department for a number of years, Professor Shelton truly embraces the spirit
of this award. Although Brad is often quiet in these contributions, he
consistently seeks to make the University of Oregon a better place for all
faculty, staff and students through his unending commitment to the principles
of faculty governance, participatory decision making, and the fostering of a
campus climate of inclusiveness and respect. Let me elaborate. In
an era of often self-directed faculty efforts, Brad regularly and consistently
seeks way to makes unusual and outstanding contributions to the betterment of
this campus. He recognizes the inter-connectedness of all parts of the
institution (e.g., academics, student life, athletics, budget) and actively
pursues opportunities to positively impact as many of these that he can, while
always encouraging others to do so as well. Often, he takes on leadership
roles in these efforts, even though that may be behind-the-scenes.
Administrators and faculty alike, regardless of their discipline or academic
unit, regularly consult him on key issues. Brad Shelton represents the
very best of our faculty governance ideals, in that he takes on these voluntary
responsibilities for the good of the entire community. He has served the
University of Oregon in the following ways (the list is not exhaustive):
University of Oregon Presidential Search Committee, 2008, Faculty Advisory
Council, 2004-2008, Chair 2007-2008; Provost's Budget Task Force, 2006-2008;
Provost's Committee on Course Evaluations, 2005-, Chair 2006-Present;
President's Task Force on Athletics, 2001-2004; and Intercollegiate Athletics
Committee, 1998-2004 (chair 2003-04), 2009 to present.Ó
Mr. Shelton was gracious in
accepting the award, thanking everyone and saying that it truly a great honor
that he appreciates very much.
Results of the Vice
President election. President
Paul van Donkelaar announced that there were 11 votes for one candidate and 12
for the other which he said indicated that there was not a quorum
present. With that in mind, he said there are a number of options to
resolve the situation, one of which was to delay the vice president election
until the first meeting in fall. In response, Vice President Gilkey
opined that delaying the election was not a good idea. Asking for other
opinions and options there was some discussion. Senator Lidiana Soto
Morales, ASUO, suggested waiting to the fall would allow the new senators for
the 2009-2010 senate to take some time to review the candidates. This
idea found some support and President van Donkelaar asked the two candidates if
waiting to hold the election was okay with them, to which they replied
yes. Mr. Frank Stahl suggested holding another meeting in a weekÕs time,
informing all the senators of the importance of the meeting. Others
commented that waiting until the fall made sense to them. President van
Donkelaar noted that going the summer without a vice president in place was not
without precedent – it had occurred once before.
After hearing a variety of
opinions, President van Donkelaar indicated that voting for the vice president
would occur at the first meeting of the fall term. [Note: A substantial
amount of email communication transpired among senators and others for several
days after the meeting. Various parliamentary points and issues were
raised, such as the possibility that there may have been a quorum present but people
simply chose not vote or to indicate in their abstention in writing, for
example, thus challenging the legitimacy of holding another election at the
first fall meeting. Taking all points of view into advisement and
consideration, and consulting with Parliamentarian Paul Simonds, President van
Donkelaar announced that the outcome of the vote taken during the May 27th
organizational meeting was 12 votes for Senator Nathan Tublitz and 11 votes for
Ms. Andrea Cole-Bjerre and that Senator Tublitz was declared the winner and
elected as vice president for 2009-2010.]
Confirmation of and
remarks from new senate president for 2009-2010 Peter Gilkey. Outgoing president van Donkelaar asked for a
received confirmation of Peter Gilkey as the new senate president, and as is
customary, passed him the gavel. New Senate President Gilkey said that
was is a high honor and privilege to have been elected to serve as senate
president for the coming academic year. He commented that he believes
passionately in the role that higher education plays in the state of Oregon,
noting that higher education is one of the few positive sum games where the
output benefit to our state far exceeds the input dollars provided by the state
legislature. He remarked, too, that both his children received their
undergraduate education at the UO and have had an excellent start in their
adult lives. He went on to say that the UO has two primary obligations:
the creation of knowledge and the dissemination of knowledge, and in doing so
affects the development of character and the guiding of change. Nearly
everyone in the university plays a role in these two endeavors, either directly
or by providing support.
President Gilkey further
commented that his task as president is to facilitate the functioning of the
Senate, to ensure that it works smoothly from a parliamentary point of view,
and above all else, to further senatorsÕ agendas. He said no doubt the
senate will have to deal with faculty governance and budgetary issues in the
coming year, but those items are not the primary focus of the university; our
task at the university is to further our joint missions of creating and
disseminating knowledge. He concluded his remarks saying that he looks
forward to being senate president and to making it possible for the senate to
do what needs to be done.
NEW BUSINESS
As a first order of new
business, President Gilkey appointed Paul Simonds, anthropology, as the
parliamentarian and recognized Gwen Steigelman as secretary of the senate for
2009-2010. He asked Parliamentarian Simonds to review, for those new to
the senate, the basic procedures for debating motions that come before the
senate. Mr. Simonds obliged by saying that during the procedure of making
motions, the mover of the motion is recognized and presents it. Then if
there is a second to the motion, the president of the senate presents that
motion to the senate body and it becomes the property of the Senate.
During debate of the motion, each senator is entitled to the floor to
speak to the motion once, either in support or opposition, before anyone else
has a second chance to speak to the motion; there is no third time for anyone
to rise and argue the motion. If there are amendments proposed, the
process starts again, that is, everyone has an opportunity to argue for or
against once, and then when everyone is done, a second time. There can be
an amendment to an amendment, but no further amending. This means when
going through a series of motion and amendments, there are many times a person
may have the floor to talk, but he or she must be recognized by the president
to have the floor. There may be a substitute motion replacing the
original if it fits the same issue that is raised by the original motion;
procedures for a substitute motion are essentially the same as for the main
motion. Amendments are voted on in reverse order: in other words, if
there is an amendment to an amendment, the second amendment is voted on first
then the amendment, and then the main motion. During debate, one
may request points of order, points of privilege, and points of information
after first being recognized by the president – these requests do not
count as a turn to speak to a motion. If someone feels the debate has
gone on long enough, one can call for the question – that is, to call for
a vote to stop debate and proceed directly to voting on the motion, provided
that the person is recognized first by the president when no one else is
speaking. The president is the person who recognizes who can speak, but
once recognized the person has the floor uninterrupted (for as many as 10
minutes, if necessary).
Before proceeding to new
business, President Gilkey asked the secretary to confirm if a quorum of the
2009-10 senate was present; 27 members were present, thus there was a
quorum.
Motion US09/10-1
concerning preparation of a draft university governance document. President Gilkey recognized Mr., Frank Stahl,
emeritus biology, to introduce the Motion US09/10-1, which reads as
follows:
Moved,
That
the Senate request the so-called "Dead Presidents" [former Senate
Presidents, excluding the current (2009-2010) President] to prepare a draft
university governance document for discussion at the announced meeting of the
Statutory Faculty on Wednesday 18 November 2009 at 15:30.
The motion was seconded and
the chair recognized Mr. Stahl to speak to the motion. Mr. Stahl said
simply that his motion was to create a senate committee, comprised of past
president (excluding the current president Gilkey), to write a governance
document for presentation at the Statutory Faculty meeting in November.
He acknowledged that in some sense, the proposed senate committee may be
redundant (to the committee being appointed by President Lariviere).
However, there are differing opinions on campus regarding the nature of what
governance should be on the campus. He indicated that there is room for
interpretation to have a model that is top down, or to have a model that is a
community of scholars. It is his hope that in November the statutory will
have a chance to consider documents that represent both views.
President Gilkey recognized
Senator Mary Ann Hyatt, who said she had a concern about the proposed committee
in that she would like to see greater diversity in the group. Former president
van Donkelaar spoke against the motion. He indicated that he has been
asked by President Frohnmayer to be the chair the appointed committee drafting
a governance document. He noted that the idea of that committee is to be
as open and transparent as possible. The committee will be posting on its
website potential revisions to any proposed legislation, as well as any other
ideas, for viewing and response by the broad University of Oregon community in
advance of the November meeting. The committee formed by President
Frohnmayer will address the same issues as would the proposed committee of past
senate presidents. Further, in discussion with President Frohnmayer regarding
the make up of the committee, and number of past senate presidents would be included,
so it is clear that the senate will have voice on the presidentÕs
committee. Thus, he encouraged senators to vote against the motion.
Former Senator Lynn Stephen,
anthropology, supported the idea that a senate committee would need more
diversity than as proposed. She opined that it is important to bring
people in that are new and that have different perspectives to take advantage
of the opportunity to re-examine governance. Senator Linda Forrest,
education, also spoke in favor of the importance of greater diversity on the
committee looking at faculty governance. Senator Carl Bybee, journalism
and communication, asked Mr. Stahl if the primary intent of having two
committees (one appointed by President Frohnmayer and one appointed by the
senate president comprised of past presidents) is to assure that the senate
committee would produce a document that would represent the professoriate, whereas
the presidentÕs committee would produce a document reflecting views of the
administration. Mr. Stahl confirmed that was his concern, that both views
be heard and reflected in proposed governance documents.
Senator Kassia Dellabough,
AAA, indicated that she would support the motion if it included new
participants. She proposed amending the motion to include a diversity of
new participants with different experience levels, genders, diversities, and
perspectives. The chair asked for clarification from Senator
Dellabough as to how this would be accomplished (in the current motion, he
invited the past president to participate). Senator Dellabough was
uncertain how this might be done. Senator Tublitz was recognized next and
he spoke in support of having two separate committees, citing that the senate
had a separate search committee for the recent presidential search to have
input there. He suggested that Mr. Stahl devise another motion or
amendment to the current motion.
University President Dave
Frohnmayer asked for a point of information. He said that it strikes him
a bit odd that an appointment that has not been exercised is already is being
called to question, or perhaps so. He gave assurances that the notice of
the appointment of a committee to start the process of review was made at the
statutory faculty meeting (May 6, 2009). He said he asked the outgoing
senate president to serve as chair. President Frohnmayer further
indicated that he and past president van Donkelaar have discussed the committee
composition with the Faculty Advisory Council (a body elected by the entire
faculty), asking them to give advice as to the most appropriate working group
that might best embody the needs of the statues of the organic charter of the
university. There are different views of diversity in my view, than
happens to be represented in the historic lists of persons who have been senate
presidents. He assured the senators that the issues of faculty governance
and its prerogatives are foremost in their thinking.
Senator Dellabough sought
clarification that the chair was already appointed, but not the
committee. With that affirmation, she withdrew her amendment to the
motion. Mr. Stahl then clarified that the reasoning behind calling for a
second committee in part was due to his disappointment that the senate did not
develop and circulate a draft governance document last year in a timely manner
to have it available for review prior to the May statutory faculty
meeting. He indicated that he had little confidence that having the same
senate president appointed to chair the presidentÕs governance committee would
produce a governance document. A committee made up of past senate
president would assure that at least one draft governance document would be
produced; and if the presidentÕs governance committee also produces a document,
it would not be detrimental to have two draft governance documents for the
November meeting.
In response to earlier voiced
concerns about diversity on the senate committee, Mr. Stahl then moved to amend
the original motion to add that after the past presidents were invited to
participate, the senate president should invite any members of the 2009-2010
senate to join the committee as full members. This amendment was seconded
and on the floor for debate. There was some clarifying discussion to
ascertain whether the senate president would contact members of the senate to
invite their participation on the committee, or whether the past presidents already
on the committee would fill out the committee with senate volunteers. The
secretary clarified that the amendment directs Senate President Gilkey to
contact past presidents to invite them to serve on the governance committee and
then to contact the senate membership for volunteers to also serve on the
committee. With that clarification, no one sought the floor to speak to
the amendment, so President Gilkey put the amendment to a vote; 15 were in
favor of the amendment and 10 were opposed, so the amendment passed.
Next, the main motion, as
amended was back on the floor for debate. Mr. Stahl wished to further
amend the main motion, as amended, to say that no person may serve on both the
presidentÕs governance committee and the senate governance committee. This
amendment was seconded and on the floor for debate. President Gilkey
clarified that if the amendment passes he could not constitute the senate
committee for two weeks (until after President Frohnmayer appoints his
committee). President Gilkey recognized Senator Tracy Bars, AAA, who
moved to table the motion until the October senate meeting. A vote was
taken to table the motion with 13 in favor of tabling the motion and 11 opposed
to tabling the motion. The motion to table until the October 14, 2009
meeting passed.
To a question raised
regarding the timeframe by which faculty governance must be ratified or revised
when a new president comes into office, President Gilkey responded that it was
his understanding that governance must be ratified in a reasonable time frame,
which does not mean by July 1st when the new president takes
office. Presumable we would continue with our current governance form
until such time as it is either ratified as is or revised and ratified.
President Gilkey then asked incoming University President Richard Lariviere if
he wished to speak to the question. President-to-be Lariviere said that
he is under no time restraints at this time. As the university continues
to conduct business as usual in the interim, his assumption is that until such
time that the faculty recommends an alternative governance structure, the one
that is in place now will continue. He added that the faculty could take
all the time to they need to make such a recommendation.
ADJOURNMENT
With the orientation and
business portion of the meeting concluded, President Gilkey entertained a
motion to adjourn the meeting, which will be followed by a welcoming reception
for the new senators and recipient of the Westling Award. The meeting was
adjourned at 5: 13 p.m.
Gwen Steigelman
Secretary of the Faculty