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S.97-33
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
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From: Nick Heath
Secretary, SAB
Subject: Senate Appeals Board (SAB)
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Date: March 11, 1997
Annual Report 1996
The Senate Appeals Board met eight times in 1996.
Dates of Meeting in 1996:
January 11, 1996
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July 19, 1996
March 1, 1996
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September 6, 1996
April 9, 1996
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October
25,
1996
June 21, 1996
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November 19, 1996
SAB agreed to meet monthly, if there is sufficient business to warrant a meeting.
Membership - 31
December 1996
Chair - Elected b
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Senate:
Kai-Lee Klymchuk Chair - elected April 1, 1996
(Alternate Student Member January, 1996 - April 1, 1996)
Facult y
Members Elected b
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Senate:
Stephen Steele
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Faculty Member elected January, 1996
Martin Hahn
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Faculty Member elected January, 1996
Michael Wortis
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Alternate Faculty Member elected September, 1996
Lee Hanlan ?
Alternate Faculty Member elected November, 1996
Student Members Elected b
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Senate
Harry Nip
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Student Member elected January, 1996
Vacant
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Student Member
Ken Giffen
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Alternate Student Member elected June, 1996
Albert Chan ?
Alternate Student Member elected November, 1996
Members leaving SAB in 1996
Ralph Jahn
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Student Member January 1996 - May, 1996
Tom Hakemi
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Student Member June, 1996 - December 1996
Ednoi Boun
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Alternate Student Member February, 1996 - May, 1996
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Senate Appeals Board Annual Report
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March 11, 1997
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Page 2
General
New late course drop procedures went into effect 1 January 1996, greatly reducing appeals
for retroactive and selective retroactive course drop. At the same time, admission and
readmission appeals, previously handled by SAB, are now adjudicated by the Committee to
Review Undergraduate Admissions.
As a consequence, the meetings were short, unlike the marathon meetings of previous
years. Attendance at the Senate Appeals Board meetings in 1996 was good and few
difficulties were experienced achieving quorum.
Procedure
Each appeal is first screened by the Senate Appeals Board to determine whether Special
Circumstances are present. Once this screen has been passed, all appeals are first heard in
written form only (Stage 1) and some of them are resolved at that Stage. If the SAB is
unable to give a positive judgment at Stage 1, and if the student has requested an in-
person hearing, the case is settled at a personal hearing (Stage 2), usually lasting about 10
minutes.
This process resulted in the following action in 1996:
Appeal Type
Admission
Cancelled
(no special circumstances)
0
Resolved at
Stage I
0
Resolved a
Stage 2
1
Readmission
0
0
1
Retroactive withdrawal
1
1
5
Selective Retroactive withdrawal
1
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6
Transfer Credit
0
0
0
Other
1
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0
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3
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