Senate Elections A. Edwards noted that no feedback came in Reduction of and that she hopes the Senate will approve the Senate forms and the timeline so that nominations can Reassigned Time to be be declared The Senate Election “open.” placed on next Forms and the Timeline were approved (M. Senate Parker 1st; C. Mainzer 2nd). R. Cabral – – Agenda. then noted that the Chancellor has proposed a reduction in Senate reassigned time over the next three years as follows: next year from – 2.0 to 1.8; the following year from 1.8 to – 1.6; the following year from 1.6 to 1.4. L. Kamaila asked that the Senate Exec. present a resolution to change the By-Laws in times of such reduction in reassigned time in order to guide the Senate on how to proceed to do its business. M. Butler objected to such an effort to limit participation in shared governance through such means. A. Valle asked that the Senate make its reaction known, namely, that is not ok.” R. Cabral stated that the “This Exec. team has evaluated how many hours of service such reassign time enables, explaining that the current level of service is 2,000 hours annually (albeit only 600 hours is required). This item will be brought back for more extensive discussion at the next Senate meeting. New Business Update on Faculty Special After giving the history of the Faculty Special T. Bonham to Project Funding, R. Cabral explained that T. Project Funding R. Cabral be paid within – Bonham should be reimbursed for all funds next two weeks. she expended within the next 2 weeks.
Senate Elections A. Edwards noted that no feedback came in and that she hopes the Senate will approve the forms and the timeline so that nominations can be declared “open.” The Senate Election Forms and the Timeline were approved (M. Parker – 1st; C. Mainzer – 2nd). R. Cabral then noted that the Chancellor has proposed a reduction in Senate reassigned time over the next three years as follows: next year – from 2.0 to 1.8; the following year – from 1.8 to 1.6; the following year from 1.6 to 1.4. L. Kamaila asked that the Senate Exec. present a resolution to change the By-Laws in times of such reduction in reassigned time in order to guide the Senate on how to proceed to do its business. M. Butler objected to such an effort to limit participation in shared governance through such means. A. Valle asked that the Senate make its reaction known, namely, that “This is not ok.” R. Cabral stated that the Exec. team has evaluated how many hours of service such reassign time enables, explaining that the current level of service is 2,000 hours annually (albeit only 600 hours is required). This item will be brought back for more extensive discussion at the next Senate meeting. Reduction of Senate Reassigned Time to be placed on next Senate Agenda. New Business Update on Faculty Special Project Funding – R. Cabral After giving the history of the Faculty Special Project Funding, R. Cabral explained that T. Bonham should be reimbursed for all funds she expended within the next 2 weeks. T. Bonham to be paid within next two weeks.
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