Election of Representatives to the IFS

The following is from the minutes of the Senate meeting March 12, 1997 and deals with electing representatives to the IFS. Note that the two returning representatives to the IFS from the UO (Ann Tedards and Paul Simonds) are former presidents of the UO Senate and therefore have "previous senate experience".


President Bybee asked for consideration of Motion US 97-3, a proposed change in senate bylaws election procedures for Interinstitutional Faculty Senate representatives from the UO. The motion reads as follows:
 
The three representatives and one alternate from the University of Oregon to the Interinstitutional Faculty Senate shall be elected by the University Senate from the university voting faculty as a whole. The three IFS senators serve staggered terms of three years. The alternate shall serve a one year term, which may be renewed. When electing an IFS representative, the senate shall ensure that at least one of the three IFS representatives is a current member of the senate or has previous senate experience.


This motion would amend election procedures for IFS representatives to have the senate elect all three representatives, from both the senate and faculty at large. Formerly, one seat of three was elected by the voting faculty from the faculty at large, the other two by the senate from current senators. The motion proposes that the senate elects all three IFS positions, but from a wider constituency with the caveat that at least one IFS representative has previous University Senate experience.

After asking for discussion on the motion and hearing none, the motion was put to a vote and passed unanimously. 


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