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DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE
Minutes of a Meeting of the Senate of Simon Fraser University held on
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Monday, June 5, 2000 at 5:00 pm in Room 3210 West Mall Centre
Open Session
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Present:
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Blaney, Jack, President and Chair
Absent:
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Barrow, Robin
Atkins, Stella
Bawa, Parveen
Budra, Paul
Chan, Albert
Clayman, Bruce
D'Auria, John
Cooper, Kait
Finley, David
Copeland, Lynn
Gerson, Carole
Davidson, Willie
Hill, Ross
Delgrande, James
Livadiotakis, Georgia
Dunsterville, Valerie
Marteniuk, Ron
England, William
Mauser, Gary
Giffen,
Ken
McArthur, James
Grimmett, Peter
McFetridge, Paul
Gupte, Jaideep
McInnes, Dina
Hart, Stephen (representing J
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Driver)
Naef, Barbara
Harris, Richard
Ogloff, James
Hold, Angela
Runyowa, Mac
Jackson, Margaret
Warsh, Michael
Jones, John
Wessel, Silvia
Klymson, Sarah
Wong, Milton
LaRocque, Linda
Miralles-Sanchez, Veronika
Munro, Jock
Osborne, Judith
Paterson, David
Percival, Paul
Perry, Tom (representing J
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Pierce)
Peters, Joseph
Peterson, Louis
In attendance:
Russell, Robert
Berggren, L.
Sanghera, Balwant
Smith, Michael
Steinbach, Chris
Stewart, Ryan
To, Shek Yan
Waterhouse, John
Weldon, Larry
Wortis, Michael
Yau, David
Yerbury, Cohn
Zaichowsky, Judith
Zazkis, Rina
Heath, Ron, Dean of Student Services and Registrar
Watt, Alison, Director, University Secretariat
Grant, Bobbie, Recording Secretary
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On behalf of the University, the Chair extended a welcome to newly elected/re-
elected Senators: (i) Elected by Faculty: Carole Gerson, Judy Zaichowsky, Linda
LaRocque; (ii) Elected by Joint Faculty: Parveen Bawa, Peter Grimmett, Ross
Hill, Margaret Jackson, Paul Percival; (iii) Elected by students: Kait Cooper, Bill
England, Ken Giffen, Jaideep Gupte, Angela Hold, Sarah Klymson, Georgia
Livadiotakis, Veronika Miralles-Sanchez, Mac Runyowa, Chris Steinbach, Ryan
Stewart, Shek Yan To, David Yau.
Approval of the Agenda
The Agenda was approved as distributed.
2.
Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of May 15, 2000
The Minutes were approved as distributed.
3.
Business Arising from the Minutes
There was no business arising from the Minutes.
4.
Report of the Chair
On behalf of Senate, the Chair extended congratulations to John Waterhouse on
his appointment as Vice-President, Academic, effective September 1st•
5.
Reports of Committees
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Senate Nominating Committee
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Paper S.00-55 Revised - Elections to Senate Committees
The following are the results of elections to Senate committees. There were
insufficient nominations received to fill all positions; vacancies will be carried
over and brought forward to the next meeting of Senate.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINARY APPEALS (SCODA)
Three Faculty Members (at-large) (1 Regular,
2
Alternate).
One Regular
member to replace Sam Black from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002; and 2 Alternate
members to replace Colleen Collins-Dodd, and David Paterson from June 1,
2000 to May 31, 2001.
Elected by acclamation: ?
David Paterson (Regular Member)
Peter Kennedy (Alternate Member)
Five Students
(at-large) (3
Regular,
2
Alternate)
to replace Cohn Percival,
Shauna Reist, Caroline Murdoch, Joseph Emerson, and Lawrence Ho from June
1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Candidates: L. Ho, A. Hold, C. Percival, D. Saraceno, C. Steinbach, D. Yau
Elected as Regular Members: ? Angela Hold
Cohn Percival
David Yau
Elected as Alternate Members: ?
David Saraceno
Chris Steinbach
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY PRIORITIES (SCUP)
Five Faculty Senators (one from each Faculty)
from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002
Applied Sciences
Candidates - J. Jones,
J .
Peters
Elected:
Arts
Elected by acclamation:
Business Administration
Elected by acclamation:
Education
Elected by acclamation:
Science
Candidates - P. Percival, L. Weldon
Elected:
Joseph Peters
Carole Gerson
Judy Zaichkowsky
Peter Grimmett
Larry Weldon
One Lay Senator
from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Valerie Dunsterville
Two Student Senators
from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Candidates: J
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Gupte, A. Hold, R. Stewart
Elected: ?
Jaideep Gupte
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Angela Hold
SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGENDA AND RULES (SCAR)
Three Senators (at-large).
Two Senators to replace Larry Boland and Michael
Wortis from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002; and one Senator to replace Mary Ann
Gillies from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Candidates: P. Budra, K. Giffen, P. Percival, R. Stewart, M. Wortis
Elected to May 31, 2002: ?
Paul Percival
Michael Wortis
Elected to May 31, 2001:
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Paul Budra
SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES (SCCS)
Four Faculty Senators
to replace Paul Budra, Louis Peterson, Jon Driver, and
Lannie Kanevsky from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation:
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Paul Budra
Linda LaRocque
Louis Peterson
One Student Senator
to replace James Fletcher from June 1, 2000 to May 31,
2002.
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One Alternate Student (at-large)
to replace David Yau from June 1, 2000 to May
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SENATE GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE (SGSC)
Two Graduate Students (at-large)
from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Candidates: T. Lacourse, G. Livadiotakis, S. McCarthy, T. Riordan, C. Vanston
Elected:
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Sharon McCarthy
Tim Riordan
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY HONOURS (SCUH)
One Senator (Faculty of Applied Sciences)
to replace John Jones from June 1,
2000 to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation:
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John Jones
One Senator (Faculty of Arts)
to replace Mary Ann Gillies from June 1, 2000 to
May 31, 2001.
One Senator (Faculty of Business Administration)
to replace John Heaney from
June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Gary Mauser
One Senator (Faculty of Education)
to replace Lannie Kanevsky from June 1,
2000 to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Linda LaRocque
One Student
(at-large) for term of office from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Ken Giffen
SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE (SLC) and LIBRARY PENALTIES APPEAL
COMMITTEE (LPAC)
One Senator (at-large)
to replace Mary Ann Gillies from June 1, 2000 to May 31,
2001.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Carole Gerson
Two Undergraduate Students (1 Regular/lAlternate).
One student to replace
James Fletcher as the Regular member from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001; one
student to replace Lawrence Ho as the Alternate member from June 1, 2000 to
May 31, 2002.
One Graduate Student (Alternate)
to replace Laila Singh from June 1, 2000 to
May 31, 2002.
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SENATE NOMINATING COMMITTEE (SNC)
Four Senators (at-large).
Two Senators to replace Gary Mauser and Rina Zazkis
from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002; and two Senators to replace Richard Harris
and Paul Budra from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Candidates: P. Budra, S. Klymson, G. Mauser, P. Percival, Rina Zazkis
Elected to May 31, 2002: ?
Paul Budra
Rina Zazkis
There was a tied vote among the rest of the candidates for the remaining two
positions, and a run-off ballot to break the tie was necessary. A mail ballot was
distributed to Senators; the results are as follows.
Elected to May 31, 2001: ?
Sarah Klymson
Gary Mauser
One Student Senator and One (Alternate) Student (at-large)
from date of
election to May 31, 2001.
Candidates: J. Gupte, A. Hold, C. Steinbach
Elected as the Regular Member: ?
Chris Steinbach
• ? Elected as the Alternate Member:
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Angela Hold
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS &
BURSARIES (SPCSAB)
One Faculty Member
(at large)
to replace Sheila Roberts from June 1, 2000 to
May 31, 2002.
Candidates: P. Bawa, S. Roberts
Elected: ?
Sheila Roberts
One Undergraduate Student (at-large)
to replace Shek Yan To from June 1, 2000
to May 31, 2001. Note: The student elected to this committee coincidentally
becomes a member of the Senate Undergraduate Awards Adjudication
Committee.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Ken Giffen
One Graduate Student (at-large)
from date of election to May 31, 2001. Note:
The student elected to this committee coincidentally becomes a member of the
Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee.
SENATE UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE
(SUAAC)
One Lay Senator
to replace Michael Warsh from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002.
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Elected by acclamation: ?
Michael Warsh
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One Undergraduate Student (at-large)
to replace Kuan Chuah from June 1, 2000
to May 31, 2001.
Candidates: K. Chuah, D. Yau
Balloting resulted in a tied vote. In accordance with Senate rules which state that
if there is a tied vote between two candidates for one position, the winner shall
be determined by a toss of the coin conducted by the Registrar which took place
on Monday, June 12, 2000 at 1:30 pm in the Registrar's Office.
Elected:
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Kuan Chuah
SENATE GRADUATE AWARDS ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE (SGAAC)
Lay Senator
to replace Silvia Wessel from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Silvia Wessel
One Graduate Student (at-large)
for term of office from date of election to May
31, 2001.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Sharon McCarthy
SENATE APPEALS BOARD (SAB)
Three Faculty Members (at-large) (2 Regular/1 Alternate).
Two faculty
members to replace Rina Zazkis (Regular member) and Martin Hahn (Alternate)
from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002; and one faculty member to replace Rolf
Mathewes (Regular member) from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Elected by acclamation to May 31, 2002:
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Hilmar Pabel
Rina Zazkis
Elected by acclamation to May 31, 2001:
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Martin Hahn
Two Graduate Students (at-large) (1 Regular/i Alternate)
to replace Leanne
Sersun (Regular member) and Dan Preece (Alternate) from June 1, 2000 to May
31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation as Regular Member: Dan Preece
One Undergraduate Student (at-large)
to replace Sameh Al-Natour from June 1
to August 31, 2000
Candidates: B. England, C. Steinbach
Elected:
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Bill England
COMMITTEE TO REVIEW UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS (CRUA)
One Faculty Member (at-large)
to replace Ian Dyck (Regular member) from June
1, 2000 to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Mason Harris
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Two Graduate Students (at-large) (1 Regular/i Alternate)
to replace Carmen
Choi (Regular member) and Jeff Powell (Alternate) from June 1, 2000 to May 31,
2002.
Candidates C. Livadiotakis and J
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Powell were elected by acclamation but ballot
was required to determine committee order.
Elected as the Regular member: ?
Georgia Livadiotakis
Elected ad the Alternate member:
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Jeff Powell
One Undergraduate Student (at-large) Alternate
to replace Sameh Al-Natour
from June 1 to August 31, 2000
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES (SCUS)
Two Undergraduate Students (at-large)
from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Candidates: G. Dent, G. Percival, D. Yau, S. Yeung
Elected:
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Geordie Dent
Graham Percival
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
(SCEMP)
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Two Faculty Senators
from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation:
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Parveen Bawa
Larry Weldon
One Student Senator
from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Candidates: B. England, D. Yau
Elected: ?
Bill England
One Graduate Student (at-large)
for term of office from June 1, 2000 to May 31,
2001.
ELECTORAL STANDING COMMITTEE (ESC)
Three Senators (at-large) (one of whom must be
a
student)
to replace Albert
Chan, Shek Yan To, and Jon Driver from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002.
Candidates: L. Copeland, J. Driver, K. Giffen, D. Yau
Elected:
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Lynn Copeland
Jon Driver
Ken Giffen
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES (SCIA
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Two Faculty Senators
to replace Jon Driver and James Delgrande from June 1,
2000 to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Linda LaRocque
Larry Weldon
One Senator (at-large)
to replace Joseph Peters from June 1, 2000 to May 31,
2002.
Candidates: J
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Driver, R. Stewart
Elected:
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Jon Driver
One Undergraduate Student Senator
to replace Sameh Al-Natour from June 1,
2000 to May 31, 2002.
Candidates: J. Gupte, V. Miralles-Sanchez, M. Runyowa
Elected:
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Veronika Miralles-Sanchez
One Graduate Student (at-large)
to replace Lorena Jara from June 1, 2000 to May
31, 2001.
Candidates: L. Jara, S. McCarthy
Elected: ?
Lorena Jara
INTERNATIONAL
Two Faculty Members
STUDENT
(at-large)
EXCHANGE
to replace
COMMITTEE
Andy Heard and
(ISEC)
Rina
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Zazkis from
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June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Leah Bendell-Young
Lucy Lemare
One Student (at-large)
to replace Sameh Al-Natour from June 1, 2000 to May 31,
2001.
Candidates: V. Miralles-Sanchez, M. Runyowa
Elected: ?
Veronika Miralles-Sanchez
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND LEARNING
(SCUTL)
One Faculty Member (at-large from the Faculty of Education)
to replace Cheryl
Amundsen from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Cheryl Amundsen
One Undergraduate Student (at-large)
to replace Tina Niwinska from June 1,
2000 to May 31, 2001.
One Graduate Student (at-large)
to replace Thomas du Payrat from June 1, 2000
to May
Elected
31, 2001.
by
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acclamation: ?
Jonathan Hughes
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DIVERSE QUALIFICATIONS ADIUDICATION COMMITTEE (DOAC)
One Lay Senator
to replace Barbara Naef from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation:
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Barbara Naef
Two Undergraduate Students (at-large)
to replace Shek Yan To and Derek Tsui
from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Elected by acclamation:
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Sean Tucker
Steven Yeung
CALENDAR COMMITTEE
One Student (at-large)
to replace Shek Yan To from June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001.
Candidates: K. Giffen, C. Percival
Elected:
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Graham Percival
VICE-CHAIR OF SENATE
One Senator (at-large)
to replace James Ogloff whose term as Vice-Chair of
Senate expires on May 31, 2000. Term of office is from June 1, 2000 to May 31,
2001.
Elected by acclamation: ?
James Ogloff
b) ?
Senate Committee on Academic Planning
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Paper S.00-56 - Establishment of the Department of Statistics and
Actuarial Science
Moved by J
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Munro, seconded by W. Davidson
"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, the formation of a new Department of Statistics and
Actuarial Science within the Faculty of Science effective 1
September 2001 and the renaming of the remaining department as
the Department of Mathematics, as set forth ins S.00-56"
J.L. Berggren, Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics was in
attendance in order to respond to questions.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
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ii)
Paper S.00-57 - Establishment of the Institute for Health Research and
Education
Moved by J
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Munro, seconded by J
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Osborne
"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors the establishment of the Institute for Health Research
and Education, as set forth in S.00-57"
Question was called, and a vote taken. ?
MOTION CARRIED
iii)
Paper S.00-58 -
For Information -
Revised Undergraduate Admission
Targets for 2000/01
Senate received information with regard to revised undergraduate admission
targets for each basis-of-admission group for each semester in 2000/01 and
revised undergraduate admission targets to each Faculty. The revisions reflect
the allocation of 230 new undergraduate FTE's for SFU by the provincial
government. A discrepancy in the figures in Table 2 for semester 2000-3 for
Science and for the university total was pointed out. Senate was advised that
there appeared to be a 'rounding off' error in Table 2 that would be corrected but
the figures as they appeared in the memorandum from W. Wattamaniuk were
correct. It was noted that the allocation of 230 FTE's by the provincial
government had translated into 400 new admissions recommended by SCEMP
and an inquiry was made about the difference in numbers. Senate was advised
that one FTE equaled more than one student and in order to get 230 additional
FTh's SCEMP has estimated an additional 400 new students are required.
iv)
Paper S.00-59 -
For Information -
Undergraduate Curriculum Revisions -
Mathematics
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies, acting under delegated authority, approved a change to the upper
division requirements in the Mathematics and Computing Science program, and
revisions to the Mathematics entry in the Faculty of Arts section in the Calendar.
v)
Paper S.00-60
—For Information -
Graduate Curriculum Revisions -
Chemistry
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Graduate Studies,
acting under delegated authority, approved the deletion of Chemistry 805 and
806 and a modification of M.Sc. and Ph.D. course requirements to reflect these
deletions.
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Senate Review Committee
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Paper S.00-61 - Implementation of recommendations relating to
committees
Motion #1
Moved by J
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Munro, seconded by J
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Osborne
"that Senate approve the revised terms of reference for the Senate
Committee on Enrolment Management and Planning, as set forth in
S.00-61"
Question was called, and a vote taken. ?
MOTION CARRIED
Motion #2
Moved by J
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Munro, seconded by J
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Osborne
"that Senate approve the revisions to the membership and terms of
reference of the following committees:
Senate Committee on Disciplinary Appeals - Policy T10.03
Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules
Senate Nominating Committee
Senate Appeals Board
International Student Exchange Committee
Senate Policy Committee on Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries
as set forth in S.00-61"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
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Other Business
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Paper S.00-48 - Revisions to the Rules of Senate
Moved by J
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Munro, seconded by C. Steinbach
"that Senate approve the revisions to the Rules of Senate as set
forth in S.00-48. These revisions would take effect 6 June, 2000"
Reference was made to the deletion with respect to the attendance of the editor of
The Peak at open sessions of Senate. It was pointed out that Senate Rules limit
the number of observers at open meetings and concern was expressed that
should the number of observers exceed the limit a place for The Peak should be
maintained. Senate was advised that this statement was a hold over from a time
when Senate meetings were not regarded as open but since anyone was
permitted to attend Senate there was no longer a need for this specific reference.
• If the numbers of observers were too large, priority would be given to
representatives from Simon Fraser News and The Peak since their observations
would reach a wider audience.
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Inquiry was made as to why the question period had been placed at the
beginning of the meeting rather than the end. Opinion was expressed that if it
was at the end of the meeting it could be waived if there was an extraordinary
long agenda. Senate was advised that the Senate Review Committee went
beyond just Senate related matters with regard to the question period and it was
felt to be of sufficient priority that it should be at the beginning of the meeting
because Senate was the only forum in which university wide issues could be
discussed and if left to the end of the agenda these general issues might get
crowded out.
Reference was made to page 3, the last sentence of Section V.B.2 that appeared to
be an unintentional repetition of earlier sentences in the same section. A
suggestion to delete the last sentence was accepted as an editorial amendment. It
was also noted that there were typographical errors within the document which
would be addressed by notifying the Secretary of Senate of the details.
Referring to page 3, section 5, it was noted that there are a number of work
stations quite close to the reserve collection in the Library and suggestion was
made that since Senate materials were on the Web there was no need for a paper
copy to be kept on reserve. It was pointed out that only the agenda without
supporting papers was on the Web and that the whole set of Senate papers was
available on reserve.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
without opposition
The Open Session adjourned at 5:20 pm, and following a brief recess, Senate moved into
Closed Session.
Alison Watt
Director, University Secretariat
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