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Faculty Senate

MEMORANDUM

The General Faculty of East Carolina University

FROM: Caroline Ayers
Chair of the Faculty

DATE: August 1, 1982
SUBJECT: Constitutional Amendments To Be Considered At The
General Faculty Meeting August 23, 1982, at 9:00 A.M.
in Hendrix Theatre, Mendenhall Student Center
Faculty Senate Resolutions 82-35, 82-36, and 82-37, Constitutional
Amendments to Appendix A, Constitution of the Faculty Senate, East Carolina
University, were recommended by the Faculty Governance Committee, passed
by the Faculty Senate on April 20, 1982, approved by Chancellor John Howell,
and are subject to final approval by the General Faculty. These amendments,
as printed on the reverse side, will be considered on August 23, 1982; and
if approved, will be part of Sections I, V, and VII of the Faculty Senate
Constitution, on pages A-1, A-2, and A-3 of the 1978-79 Faculty Manual.
Faculty members who desire to amend the proposed Constitutional
Amendments should present their amendments in writing to the Chair of the

Faculty, Raw] Annex 140.
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AMENDMENTS TO THE FACULTY SENATE CONSTITUTION

Page A~1, Section I. Add as second paragraph:

Y Purpose:

The purpose of the faculty organization shall be to provide the
means by which the faculty is enabled to fulfill its function with
respect to academic and educational policies and other affairs of
East Carolina University. The faculty organization shall be comprised
of the General Faculty and the Faculty Senate. The General Faculty
shall be the general electorate, and the Faculty Senate shall be a
legislative and advisory body representing the General Faculty and
shall consist of elected and ex officio members. The functions, duties,
and privileges of these two bodies, stipulated in the following document,
shall be exercised under the authority of the Chancellor of East
Carolina University.

The Faculty Senate and the various committees on which the faculty
serve shall be the primary media for the essential joint effort of
faculty and administration in the government of East Carolina University.
Ihe Chancellor and the Chair of the Faculty shall facilitate conmunica-
tion which will enable continuing and effective faculty participation.

Page A-2, Section V, paragraph 2, seventh line. Insert as the fourth sentence:

V. Organization of the Faculty Senate

The number of elected Faculty Senators shall not exceed 52 nor be
less than 44. Prior to the election of the spring of each academic
year, the ratio of faculty members to elected Faculty Senators will
be determined by the Chair, Vice Chair and the Secretary. Each electoral
unit represented will than be informed as to the number of elected
Faculty Senators to which that electoral unit is entitled. No electoral
unit will be allocated more than ten percent-of the elected Faculty Senate
members. (This change shall take effect when the officers of the Faculty
Senate determine the number of Senators allocated to each unit in the
spring of 1983.) Electoral units for the purposes of this constitution
shall be the various schools (including the Division of Continuing Educa--
tion, the Division of Library Services, and the Counseling Center) and
the departments of the College of Arts and Sciences. In the event that
an electoral unit must reduce its existing number of Faculty Senators,
it shall do so by following democratic procedures.

Page A-4, Section VII, replace third sentence:

VII. Officers of the Faculty Senate

Further nominations, from the ranks of the elected membership and

by the elected members, will be accepted from the floor. Officers ee
will be elected by a majority of those present and voting. They shall
assume their duties on August first following election.