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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY?
MEMORANDUM
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Senate
FROM: ?
Barry Honda, Chair, Senate Nominating Committee
SUBJECT: Senate Nominating Committee membership and terms of reference
DATE: ?
24 October, 2006
The Senate Nominating Committee (SNC) reviewed its membership and terms of
reference/procedures recently and recommends the following revisions:
Motion:
That the following revisions to the membership and terms of reference of the Senate
Nominating Committee be approved, and take effect on June 1, 2007.
1.
That the number of Faculty Senators shall be increased, so that there is one
Faculty Senator representing each Faculty on the Senate Nominating
Committee.
2.
That the terms of office of Faculty Senators shall all be 2 years, and that the
terms should be staggered so that that the terms of half of the positions end
each year.
3.
That the editorial revisions shown on the attached Terms of Reference be
approved.
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Senate Nominating Committee (SNQ
Standing (Reporting Category "A")
Members
Conditions
Term
Expiry Date
Name
Faculty
Elected by and
2 years
May 31, 2008
Barry Honda
Senator
from Senate
Faculty
Elected by and
2 years
May 31, 2008
Martin Ester
Senator
from Senate
Faculty
Elected by and
1 year
May 31, 2007
Peter
Senator
from Senate
Dickinson
Faculty
Elected by and
I year
May 31, 2007
Christine
Senator
from Senate
MacKenzie
Student
Elected by and
1 year
May 31, 2007
(vacant)
Senator
from Senate
Graduate
Elected by
1 year
May 31, 2007
Mark Weiler
Student
Senate
Director,
Secretary (non-
Alison Watt
University
voting)
Secretariat
It is suggested that the terms of all faculty members are
changed to 2 years, and they should be staggered, so half the
terms end each year.
It isalsosLiggest that the fat
ultymenther represen.
tationbe
changed to "one faculty member from each faculty"
Elected by and from members:
• (Chair) Barry Honda
• (Vice-Chair) vacant
Terms of Reference
1. To present Senate as required with the name of candidates to fill
vacancies however occurring on all Senate committees or sub-
committees to which election or appointment is required. It shall be
the responsibility of the
Director, University Secretariat Registrar,
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to inform the Chair of the Nominating
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Committee as early as possible, and in any case not less than thirty
days prior to a vacancy of such vacancies as may occur on Senate
committees or sub-committees.
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2.
All nominations must
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Senate Office
from the Nominating Committee at least fifteen days
before the appropriate meeting of Senate, and will then be sent out to
Senators at least thirteen days before the meeting of Senate, along
with a note pointing out to members of Senate that further
nominations may be made by individual members of Senate. Any such
nominations must reach the Director, University Secretariat 72 hours
before the meeting of Senate, and no further nominations will be
accepted after this time. The
Director, University Secretariat
Registrar
will provide members of Senate at the
beginning o14
Senate meeting with such further nominations as may have been
received. Oral nominations during the meeting of Senate will not then
be allowed.
3.
It is the responsibility of the Nominating Committee to satisfy itself
as to the availability of all nominees.
4.
The Nominating Committee should attempt to bring forward more
than the minimum number of names required to fill any vacancy.
S. Persons nominated by the Nominating Committee need not
themselves be members of Senate, unless this is required by the
University Act or by Senate's own rules.
6.
Members of the Nominating Committee are not themselves
disbarred iñãñy *ayfrbñi being presented
as
nominees.
7.
In bringing forward nominees for vacancies on Senate committees,
the Nominating Committee should give consideration to the
composition of the campus community.
Chair and Vice-Chair
The
Chair and
Vice-Chair shall be elected annually.
Quorum
The quorum is three committee members.
Proposed revision: 20 October, 2006
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