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AGENDA
2016-2017 Elections and Organizational Meeting
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
April 18, 2016
3:10 pm

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ILLINI UNION - ILLINI ROOM A

I.   Call to Order—Abbas Benmamoun, Vice Provost for Faculty & Academic Affairs
     
II.   Senate Executive Committee Report—Gay Miller
     
III.   Chancellor’s Remarks—Abbas Benmamoun, Vice Provost for Faculty & Academic Affairs
     
IV.   i>clicker Tutorial
     
V.   Proposals
       
  CC.17.01 Nominations for Membership on the University Senates Conference (USC)

Committee on Committees
(N. O'Brien)

       
  SC.17.02 Election of One Urbana Member of the University Senates Conference (USC) to Serve on the Senate Executive Committee
(ballot distributed at meeting)

Senate Executive Committee
(G. Miller, Chair)

    If the USC representative to the SEC is not elected by majority vote on the first ballot, a run-off election will be held immediately.  
       
  SC.17.03 Election of Faculty Members to the Committee on Committees

Senate Executive Committee
(G. Miller, Chair)

       
Educational Policy Committee (EPC) Chair Bettina Francis will explain the role of EPC during ballot counting.
       
  CC.17.02 Nominations for Membership on Standing Committees of the Senate and Senate Representatives to Other Bodies

See Committee Members for the most current Committee Membership

Committee on Committees
(P. Kalita, Chair)

       
  SS.17.01 Election of Committee Chairs to the Senate Executive Committee
(ballot distributed at meeting)

Senate

    The preliminary ballot consists of all Chairs willing to serve on SEC.
The final ballot consists of the top five Chairs receiving the most votes on the preliminary ballot.
The top three Chairs with the highest number of votes on the final ballot will be declared elected.
       
Parliamentarian H. George Friedman will explain basic parliamentary procedure.
       

We request that all senators remain in the auditorium until
all elections results have been announced.

       
VI.   Reports
       
  SC.17.01 Results of the Election for Senate Executive Committee Chair and Vice Chair, and Student Members of the Committee on Committees

Senate Executive Committee
(G. Miller, Chair)

       
  SP.17.01 Faculty, Academic Professional, and Student Electorate and Senator Distribution

University Statutes and Senate Procedures
(W. Maher, Chair)

       
  SP.17.02 2016-2017 Urbana-Champaign Senate Membership

See Senate Membership for the most current Senate Membership

University Statutes and Senate Procedures
(W. Maher, Chair)

VII.   Adjournment

 

Supplemental Materials:
Proposed 2016-2017 Senate/SEC Calendar