The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #128 on March 7, 2005:

MOTION:

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The UAF Faculty Senate reaffirms that authority for setting the academic calendar traditionally--and for good academic reasons--belongs to the individual MAUs that comprise the University of Alaska. 

The UAF Faculty Senate further reaffirms that substantive changes to UAF�s academic calendar can only be made with the explicit agreement and approval of UAF�s Governance Coordinating Committee; that is, with the implicit approval by UAF faculty (through the Faculty Senate), staff (through Staff Council), and students (through ASUAF).  

The UAF Faculty Senate hereby charges the UAF Registrar to not publish a UAF academic calendar that has not been approved by UAF�s Governance Coordinating Committee.

EFFECTIVE:              Immediately

RATIONALE:              The UA VP for Academic Affairs recently announced a unilateral decision to establish a common start date for all MAUs, which most likely will change UAF's start date effective Fall 2006.  UAF's faculty, staff, and students have not been part of the decision making process.  The purpose of this motion is to clarify to all concerned how shared governance is supposed to work.

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The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #128 on March 7, 2005:

MOTION:

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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to override the veto of the motion to amend Section 3, (Article V, Committees, Standing) of the Bylaws pertaining to membership and adding the Faculty Research Oversight Committee.

      EFFECTIVE:              Immediately

RATIONALE:              Research is a prerogative of the faculty, therefore it's the Faculty Senate's obligation and right to make recommendations to the Chancellor regarding classified and proprietary research. 

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ORIGINAL MOTION:

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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend Section 3, (Article V, Committees, Standing) of the Bylaws pertaining to membership and adding the Faculty Research Oversight Committee.

[[  ]] =  Deletion
CAPS = Addition

Sect. 3              (ART V:  Committees)

B.            Membership on standing and permanent committees will be for two years except as noted below with the possibility of re-appointment. The initial appointment or re-appointment is made by the Administrative Committee or as specified in the definition of a Permanent Committee and confirmed by the full Senate.  [[Senators are limited to serving on a maximum of one standing committee at any one time.]]  To provide continuity, terms will be staggered and an initial appointment may be made for one or two years as determined by the Administrative Committee based on need.

STANDING

8.            Faculty Research Oversight Committee

The Faculty Research Oversight Committee shall review all classified and proprietary proposals, grants, and contracts according to the guidelines of the UAF Policy concerning Classified and Proprietary Research and advise the chancellor of their compliance or lack thereof with university policy.  The committee will publish an annual report on the status of classified and proprietary contracts, grants and proposals at UAF to the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Research Oversight Committee will offer changes to the UAF policy as needed through periodic reviews occurring no less than once every 5 years.

Membership on the committee shall be limited to 9 senators, with no more than 2 members being from the same unit.  A Facilities Security Officer shall be an ex-officio member of the committee.  The committee will also include someone from the Office of Sponsored Research and a designee of the chancellor as ex-officio members.  Committee membership must broadly represent the university community.

        

EFFECTIVE:              Immediately

RATIONALE:  The new UAF Policy Concerning Classified and Proprietary Research calls for the Faculty Senate to establish a Faculty Research Oversight Committee to review all proposals and make recommendations to the chancellor for action.  The policy includes guidelines for the review process.

The number of Faculty Senate committees has increased to a level that may require some of the senators to serve on more than one committee.  Therefore, restrictions on committee membership on standing committees are removed.