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George Pedersen................ 

President 

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April 25., .1.98.0 .......................................... 

VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC 

At the March 25, 1980 meeting of our Board of Governors, 

approval was given to the procedures to be used in identifying 

a suitable candidate for the position of Associate Vice-President, 

Academic. These procedures which were approved made no provision 

for a ratification vote to be taken by regular, full-time faculty. 

These procedures were then forwarded to Senate for approval, as 

required in Section 28 (e) of the Universities Act, as follows: 

Powers of 28. Subject to the powers of the Universities 

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Council, the management, administration, 

and control of the property, revenue, 

business, and affairs of the university 

are vested in the board, and, without 

limiting the foregoing or the general 

powers conferred upon or vested in the 

board by this Act, the board has power 

(e) with the approval of the senate, 

to establish procedures for the 

recommendation and selection of 

candidates for president, deans, 

librarians, registrar, and other 

senior academic administrators 

as the board may designate. 

As you are aware, Senate at its regular meeting on 

April 14, 1980, elected to amend the proposed procedures 

through the inclusion of ratification procedures. The legality 

of such an amendment aside, the amended procedures were further 

considered by our Board at its meeting on April 22, 1980. In 

addition to considering the wishes of Senate on this matter, 

the Board heard arguments on behalf of the Faculty Association 

in support of the ratification provision. After considerable 

discussion on this matter, the Board, by majority vote, defeated 

inclusion of a ratification procedure of the candidate, thereby 

retaining the procedures of the original proposal as submitted 

to Senate for approval. 

Clearly, the Board of Governors has no desire to assume a 

position of confrontation with Senate. However, the Board 

does feel it has sound reasons for the action which it proposes 

and I will attempt to elaborate on them at our meeting on 

May 12, 1980. In the meantime, I would like to remind Senate 

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of the necessity to move ahead with this appointment as soon 

as possible. In this regard, I urge you to consider seriously 

the need to approve the procedures submitted for consideration 

by the Board of Governors. 

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Senate 

April 25, 1980 

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MOTION: "That Senate approve the proposed Search Procedure 

for Associate Vice-President, Academic, as follows: 

1. Search Committee Composition 

Chairman -Vice-President, Academic 

2 Deans - selected by the Deans 

3 faculty - elected at large 

President, Faculty Association, or his designate 

2 students - appointed by Student Forum 

2. Terms of Reference: 

a)

To recommend to the President a candidate to be 

appointed Associate Vice-President, Academic, 

if possible effective September 1, 1980. 

b)

The search is to be limited to current faculty 

members at Simon Fraser University. 

c)

The Committee is expected to undertake an 

active search for candidates. 

d)

The Committee's deliberations shall be 

confidential and shall be conducted according 

to the rules of procedure for Senate committees. 

A decision on recommendation to the President 

of a candidate for appointment shall be made 

by majority vote. 

e)

If the President does not find it possible to 

recommend to the Board of Governors the 

appointment of the candidate recommended by 

the Committee, the Committee shall undertake 

once more the responsibilities outlined above." 

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