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Section 1. Committees A. The following shall be the permanent committees of the Senate: the Committee on Committees, the Ways and Means Committee, the Academic Planning and Development Committee, the Governmental Concerns Committee, the Faculty Senate-University Council Committee, and the Faculty Senate-Faculty Advisory Council Committee. B. Special committees are temporary committees to serve the Senate in matters of a special nature or in any other way desired by the Senate for information or action. Such committees and their chairpersons shall be appointed by the Executive Officer. These special committees shall be dissolved immediately upon completion of their charge. Section 2. Committee on Committees A. In the event of a vacancy on a permanent Senate committee, the Committee on Committees shall present to the Senators of the unrepresented faculty unit at least two candidates from the respective unit for election to the committee. The Committee on Committees shall prepare slates of nominees for membership on certain University committees as specified in Article V of this constitution and for membership on other University committees as requested by the President. B. The Committee on Committees shall consist of one permanent member of the Senate from each faculty unit and three additional members from the elective members of the Senate. Permanent members shall be elected by the permanent members of the respective faculty units and shall serve three-year staggered terms. Elective members shall be elected by the elective members of the Senate and shall serve one-year terms. No member of the Committee on Committees may serve on another permanent committee of the Senate. C. The chairperson shall be elected by the Committee from among those permanent members who have served on the committee at least one year. Section 3. Ways and Means Committee A. The Ways and Means Committee of the Senate shall serve the Senate as liaison committee to University committees. Its function is that of mediator in differences of opinion in policy between the Senate and the University committees. It shall present to the Senate recommendations for solutions of policy differences. Twice each year (at the January and April meetings) the committee shall report to the Senate on the status of University actions in response to resolutions passed by the Senate during the previous half year or, when appropriate, during the previous year. The committee shall also be assigned those tasks which the Executive Officer deems advisable. B. The committee shall consist of one Senate member from each academic unit. Members shall be elected by the Senators from the respective unit. Members shall serve staggered three-year terms. C. The chairperson shall be elected by committee members from among those members who have served on the committee for at least one year. Section 4. Academic Planning and Development Committee A. The Academic Planning and Development Committee shall present to the Senate for recommendation to the President plans for the development of the academic stature, the areas of emphasis, and the direction of the University. These plans should include immediate goals as well as long-range goals. B. The committee shall consist of one member from each academic unit. Members shall be elected by the Senators from the respective unit. Members shall serve staggered three-year terms. In addition, the Director of Faculty Development and Academic Planning shall serve as a permanent member of the committee; in the event of a vacancy in the position, the Vice President for Academic Affairs shall serve until a new director has assumed office. No member of the Academic Planning and Development Committee shall serve on another permanent committee of the Senate. C. The chairperson shall be elected by the committee from among those members who have served on the committee for at least one year. Section 5. Governmental Concerns Committee A. The Governmental Concerns Committee shall call to the attention of the Senate issues pending before governmental bodies which affect higher education and shall furnish the Senate with information necessary to understanding such issues. B. The committee shall consist of one member from each faculty unit. Members shall be elected by the Senators from the respective unit and shall serve staggered three- year terms. C. The chairperson shall be elected by the committee from among its members. Section 6. Faculty Senate-University Council Committee A. The Faculty Senate-University Council Committee shall meet with the University Council in order to candidly discuss matters of University and faculty concern. Such meetings will not determine University policy nor shall they undermine the regular processes through which the faculty has input into University affairs. The meetings shall be designed to complement the input through existing channels and to provide an exchange of ideas on broad areas of concern. The committee shall meet whenever either group feels that such a meeting would be beneficial. B. The committee shall consist of the Executive Officer, the Secretary, the Senate Representative and the Alternate Representative to the Faculty Advisory Council of the University of Louisiana System Board of Trustees, the Editor of the Faculty Forum, and two members-at-large from different faculty units not represented by the members designated above. The members-at-large shall be elected by the Senate as soon as possible after the election of Senators in September of each odd-numbered year from a slate of eligible nominees prepared by the Committee on Committees; members-at-large serve two-year terms. C. The Executive Officer shall chair the comittee and shall report to the Senate on each meeting of the committee. Whenever possible, the Executive Officer will inform the Senate in advance of the main topics to be discussed at future meetings. Section 7. Faculty Senate-Faculty Advisory Council Committee A. The Faculty Senate-Faculty Advisory Council Committee 8 shall represent the Senate at the Faculty Advisory Council of the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors and shall report to the Senate on the activities of the Council. B. The committee shall consist of two members. One of the members shall be the Senate's official representative to the Council; the other, the alternative representative. The representative shall serve a two-year term in that capacity, at the end of which period the alternate shall become the representative. Thus membership on the committee is for a total term of four years. The alternate representative shall be elected by the Senate at the April meeting of each odd-numbered year from a slate of nominees prepared by the Committee on Committees and take office at the beginning of September. |