UNH Faculty Senate

Motion on Referral to Faculty
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UNH FACULTY SENATE
MOTION # VIII-M5
Referral to Faculty

1. Motion presenter: Jim Farrell
2. Date of Faculty Senate discussion: November 3, 2003
3. Motion:

A motion for referral of the Academic Plan motion approved in the 11/3/03 Faculty Senate meeting, to the faculty at large, because the motion is a fundamental issue. Article three of the Faculty Senate Constitution states that "Decisions by the Faculty Senate that envision fundamental changes to current practice must be ratified by the tenure-track faculty as a whole. If one third of the senators or the majority of the tenure-track faculty of any college or school votes that a decision is of such fundamental importance, a faculty meeting to ratify the decision will be called by the Faculty Senate chair. This meeting will be conducted by the procedural rules of the Faculty Senate."

4. Senate action: passed, on November 3, 2003

Vote: A motion to refer requires a one-third affirmative vote. The motion passed, with sixteen ayes, twenty-four nays and no abstentions.

Senate chair's signature: Thomas Laue, on November 10, 2003
Forwarded to: President Ann Hart, on November 13, 2003
Forwarded to: VPAA Bruce Mallory, on November 13, 2003

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