X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:23:14 -0400To: ann.portwood@gcsu.edu, beth.rushing@gcsu.eduFrom: Mike Digby <mike.digby@gcsu.edu>Subject: new Gov/Soc SenatorCliff Wilkinson has been elected by the Gov/Soc faculty to fill the unexpired term of Veronica Womack on the University Senate.MDMichael F. DigbyChair, Department of Government & SociologyProfessor of Political Science & Public AdministrationCampus Box 018Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, GA 31061phone: 478-445-4925; fax: 478-445-5273
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:30:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Beth Rushing <beth.rushing@gcsu.edu>
Subject: Fwd: University Senate Replacement for Dr. Veronica Womack
To: mike.digby@gcsu.edu
Cc: craig.turner@gcsu.edu
Mike,As you can see in the correspondence below, we need to elect areplacement for Veronica Womack for University Senate (and Budget &Planning). Please let me know as soon as the department has selected areplacement senator.Thanks,Beth
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:23:48 -0400
To: Beth Rushing <beth.rushing@gcsu.edu>
From: Craig Turner <craig.turner@gcsu.edu>
Subject: University Senate Replacement for Dr. Veronica Womack
Dean Rushing,
A replacement for Dr. Veronica Womack on the University Senate will need to be elected.
She has resigned her position on the Senate and Budget and Planning Committee effective
immediately. Her resignation is copied below as a point of information.
The relevant University Senate Bylaws are cited below and indicate that the
replacement should be elected in the same manner as Dr. Womack was elected.
In addition the following apply:
**The two eligibility requirements to be an elected Senator are
(1) be on the Corps of Instruction List and
(2) have at least two years of service at GCSU.
**Senator elections shall take place in each academic unit by secret ballot after open nominations.
**Only Corps of Instruction faculty members are eligible to vote.
The replacement will be elected to complete the current term of service from
April 2006 to April 2008, and will serve as a member of the Budget and Planning
Committee for the 2006-2007 academic year. In addition, in Spring 2007 this individual
will be able to express preferences for the committee on which (s)he would like to
serve for the 2007-2008 academic year
The relevant Bylaws and BOR definition of Corps of Instruction follows are cited here for your convenience.
University Senate Bylaws, Article II, Section A.3. Terms of service shall begin with
the call to order of the last University Senate meeting of the academic year. Vacancies
that occur during a term of service shall be filled for the remainder of that term in the
same manner as the original election or appointment.
BOR Policy Manual 302.02 CORPS OF INSTRUCTION Full-time professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, lecturers, senior lecturers, and teaching personnel with such other titles as may be approved by the Board, shall be the Corps of Instruction. Full-time research and extension personnel and duly certified librarians will be included in the Corps of Instruction on the basis of comparable training. Persons holding adjunct appointments or other honorary titles shall not be considered to be members of the faculty.
University Senate Bylaws Article II, Section 2.A.1. By October 1 of each academic year, the Executive Committee shall obtain from the Office of Academic Affairs a list of the faculty in the Corps of Instruction. This list shall also show the academic area where each Corps of Instruction faculty member is assigned. Faculty not assigned to one of the academic schools shall constitute a group of faculty hereafter referred to as the Library/General Division. Administrators who are members of the Corps of Instruction and serve on the University Senate by virtue of office shall not be included when calculating the apportionment based on this list. Using the faculty numbers represented on this list, the Executive Committee shall apportion thirty-four (34) of the University Senate elected faculty positions among the Schools and the Library/General Division. This apportionment shall be based on the percentage of the members of the Corps of Instruction (excluding administrators defined above) assigned to each of the Schools and the Library/General Division. The remaining two (2) University Senate faculty positions shall be elected at large by faculty members in the Corps of Instruction. Only Corps of Instruction faculty members counted in the numbers for apportionment of senators are eligible to vote for the thirty-six (36) University Senate faculty senators.
University Senate Bylaws Article II, Section 2.A.3. The faculty of each School shall determine how the University Senate faculty senators are elected in their School and each Dean shall be responsible for carrying out the election by March 1 of each year or a date specified by the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall announce the results of the School Elections to the University Community within five (5) calendar days of March 1. The Executive Committee shall conduct the election of at large University Senators and shall also conduct elections for University Senators from the Library/General Division. The Executive Committee shall announce the results of these elections to the University Community no later than March 31.
University Senate Bylaws Article II, Section 1.A.2. Elected faculty members must have at least two (2) years of service at Georgia College& State University at the time they take office and shall be elected for two (2) year terms. Faculty elections for the forthcoming academic year shall be held during the spring semester of the current academic year and shall take place in each academic unit by secret ballot after open nominations. It will be the responsibility of the Executive Committee to ensure that the terms for all academic units shall be staggered so that approximately one half of the University Senate membership changes in any given year. Elected faculty representation shall be limited to faculty in the Corp of Instruction.
University Senate Bylaws Article II, Section 1.A.3. Terms of service shall begin with the call to order of the last University Senate meeting of the academic year. Vacancies that occur during a term of service shall be filled for the remainder of that term in the same manner as the original election or appointment.
Let me know if you require any clarification.
-craig
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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:16:44 -0400
To: "Richard Mercier" <richard.mercier@gcsu.edu>,
"Craig Turner'" <craig.turner@gcsu.edu>
From: Veronica Womack <veronica.womack@gcsu.edu>
Subject: Re: B&P committee meeting change
Cc: mike Digby <mike.digby@gcsu.edu>
Richard and Craig,
Due to illness, I am forced to resign from my faculty senate seat. I am very heart broken over this decision but at this time I can not be a very useful representative for my constituents. I am a very strong proponent of the democratic process and firmly believe in active representation. Therefore, the seat must be filled by someone who can perform the needed work without interruption or long absences. Thank you for the opportunity.
Sincerely,
Veronica Womack