Governance Council
Wednesday May 10
th, 2017
2:45 – 4:45 p.m.
UNH 306
Karin Reinhold, Chair
AGENDA
1. Approval of Minutes
a.Mar 29
th, 2017
2. Chair’s Report
3. Committee Reports
a.Liaison & Elections
b.Assessment of Governance & Consultation
4. Old Business
a.Representation of contingent faculty: planning for next year (enfranchising part
time faculty, process of amending bylaws)
b.Senate webpage: How and what to report on the website. How do we want to
represent ourselves?
5. New Business
a.Update of Senate Handbook.
b.Webpage: Where to report council/standing committees’ policies and procedures?
c.Should council/standing committees elect vice chairs together with the chair?
d.Strategies to encourage a larger voting response to amend the bylaws.
e.Addition to list of bylaws amendment: ability to make the non-substantive
changes to the bylaws and charter without going through amendment process.
