Senate Charter Amendment No.: 1011-02A
UNIVERSITY SENATE
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Introduced by: Governance Council
Date: October 2010
Amendment RE: Senate Approval of Council Chairs
IT IS HEREBY PROPOSED THAT THE FOLLOWING BE ADOPTED:
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That the proposed amendment of the University Senate Charter be adopted.
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That this amendment go into effect in Spring 2011
VIII.3.2. The election shall occur at an organizational meeting. An organizational meeting of
each council shall be convened by the Vice Chair of the Senate or designee before September
1, but no sooner than approximately 2 weeks after the completion of election of Senators at
Large. A slate of Chairs elect shall be forwarded to the Senate for approval by the ultimate
spring meeting.
Rationale:
Under the current Charter, it is possible for the SEC to have disproportionate representation
from a single unit. This does not follow the spirit of Bylaws, Article II, 2.3.2 which advocates
proportional representation in the Senate:
The 44 Senators shall be allocated to the schools and colleges in proportion to the numbers of
voting faculty members in each school or college; however, each school or college shall have at
least one Senator and the School of Public Health shall have two Senators. A school or college
shall not be deprived of a Senator because of shifting faculty ratios until the term of the Senator
would normally have expired.
Approval of the Council Chairs gives the Senate, as a whole, responsibility for the composition
of the SEC.
