S.08-1O1
    FOR INFORMATION
    Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules
    Annual Report 1 June 2007 - 31 May 2008
    As required by the Rules ofSenate, the Senate Committee on Agenda and
    Rules is pleased to submit its annual report to Senate.
    1.
    Membership
    Michael Stevenson, President and Chair of Senate
    Stephen Easton, Faculty Senator, Vice-Chair
    John Waterhouse, Vice-President, Academic
    Michael Hayes, Faculty Senator, until December 2007
    Stella Atkins, Faculty Senator from January 2008
    Daniel Weeks, Faculty Senator
    Amanda van Baarsen, Student Senator
    Derrick Harder, Student Senator (alternate)
    Cohn Percival, Convocation Senator
    Alison Watt, Director, University Secretariat, Secretary of SCAR
    2.
    Meetings
    SCAR meets 13 days before each scheduled meeting of Senate, and held
    meetings on:
    2007 26 June, 4 September, 2 and 23 October, 20 November, 18 December
    2008 22 January, 18 February, 25 March, 29 April, and 20 May
    3.
    Matters considered
    Almost all
    items considered by SCAR are forwarded to Senate for
    information or approval and are not repeated here.
    Some items are considered by SCAR and SCAR determines that there is no
    need for them to be forwarded to Senate. The following items were not
    forwarded to Senate;
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    a)
    Two motions dealing with the implications of the Trade, Investment and
    Labour Mobility Agreement between BC and Alberta were forwarded to
    SCAR for consideration by Senate. This item was referred to the VP
    Finance and Administration to request feedback on this issue from the
    University Presidents' Council (TIJPC). When this matter returned to
    SCAR, the general consensus was that the matter did not fall within the
    jurisdiction of Senate and the matter did not come forward.
    b)
    SCAR discussed the possibility of moving to a different method of
    distribution of materials. One possibility was having the materials distributed
    electronically, and having them displayed on projector at the Senate meeting.
    No conclusion was reached and this was a matter that would be raised for
    discussion at a future Senate meeting.
    Michael Stevenson, President
    Chair of Senate and the Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules
    30June, 2008
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