SC.03.04
December 9, 2002

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SENATE

Senate Executive Committee
(Final;Action)

SC.03.04 Deadline for Filing Nominations for the Faculty Advisory Committee

BACKGROUND
The germane section of Article II, Section 4, of the University Statutes states:

"... at each campus the faculty shall elect a Faculty Advisory Committee of nine members from the faculty, three of whom shall be elected each year. ... The three-year terms will commence on the first day of the academic year following the election.

"Each campus senate shall determine eligibility for membership on the Faculty Advisory Committee for its campus from among the members of the Faculty Advisory Committee electorate, excluding those who hold administrative appointments. Any eligible person may be nominated as a committee member by a petition signed by three members of the electorate and filed with the clerk or secretary of the senate. The deadline for filing shall be set by each campus senate. ..."

Nomination forms will be prepared for mailing on Friday, February 7, 2003.

RECOMMENDATION
The Senate Executive Committee recommends that the deadline for filing nominations for the three-year term beginning August 21, 2003, be set at 5:00 p.m., Friday, February 28, 2003.

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Robert Fossum, Chair