February 23, 1995
Responsive to their roles as agents of the faculty and its Senate and also as prime contributors to them of information and recommendations, all committees are charged to report to the Faculty Senate at least once annually in writing. Committees may be charged further by the Faculty or its Senate for special reports on prescribed subjects.
In the conduct of its business a committee may hold hearings and open meetings as well as joint meetings with another committee.
Faculty appointments to committees are to be for terms of two years, unless otherwise specified in the charge to a committee, staggered so as to ensure satisfactory continuity, but faculty members shall not normally serve for more than two consecutive terms on any one committee. The Committee on Committees and Nominations shall fill the unexpired terms of Senate committee members on leave, except in the case of a committee member who is able to return for a two-year period; in such cases a temporary replacement is permitted. (Rev. fall 1988)
Elections for the standing Committee on Committees and Nominations shall take place at the regular May meeting of the Senate so that this committee is fully constituted on September 1 of each year; and this committee shall prepare its nominations for other committees for action at the following regular May meeting of the Faculty Senate. Officers of the Senate (who with the chair of the Committee on Committees and Nominations form the Executive Committee) shall take office on September 1. Committee members and chairs shall take office on September 1 following their election or appointment. (Rev. fall 1988)
A committee may subdivide itself into working subcommittees in performing its duties and may turn to the standing Committee on Committees and Nominations for the appointment of task forces, study panels, and the like as hereinafter provided, to expedite its work.
Each committee is to recognize where its work touches upon the responsibilities of individual colleges, departments, and divisions, and accordingly is to effect liaison with them so as to ensure adequate exchange of information and viewpoint.
No charge to or statement of authority or responsibility of any committee of the Faculty or its Senate hereinafter occurring shall be construed to confer upon any committee of the Faculty or its Senate any powers, duties, responsibilities, or authorities contrary to or in conflict with the Bylaws of the Board of Trustees of the University of Delaware. The purpose of the committee structure here established is solely in keeping with Trustee Bylaw Chapter 2, Section II, Paragraph C. Article 10: "(The faculty shall): determine the duties which it will delegate to faculty committees and to the faculties of the several colleges and divisions of the University."
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February 23, 1995