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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Memorandum

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Senate

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Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules

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October 24, 1995

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Participation on Senate Committees

From time to time Chairs of Senate Committees have raised with the Secretary of

Senate and the Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules their concern when a

member of the committee fails to attend meetings on a regular basis. It is SCAR's

opinion that membership on Senate committees is often established with

representation from various campus constituencies to allow for wide consideration of

issues as the committee conducts its business and, consequently, continued failure by

individual committee members to attend meetings interferes with this objective.

• The current Rules of Senate Committees do not address the replacement of committee

members for this reason. It is the recommendation of SCAR that the following be

included in the Rules of Senate Committees.

MOTION:

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"that Senate approve the following addition to the Rules of

Senate Committees:

If, in the opinion of a committee chair, a member of the

committee fails to attend meetings of that committee on a

regular basis, the Chair should discuss his/her concern with

the member. If there is no resolution through regular

attendance, reasons that are acceptable in the short-term,

or the resignation of the member, the Chair may submit,

through the Secretary of Senate, a written request to SCAR

that the member be removed and a replacement sought.

SCAR will advise the member of the request and provide

the member with the opportunity to respond. SCAR will

decide on the action to be taken and so advise the chair

and the member.'

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