Senate Document SD 88-23
(Approved, 2/13/1989)

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

Apportionment and Election of Senators
(approved, 2/7/1989)
  1. Apportionment


    2. The School of Business and Management Sciences will apportion Senate seats in the following manner:

    a. One Senate seat for each department
    b. One Senate seat for the chief academic officer of the School (as provided for in the Fort Wayne Faculty Constitution)
    c. The remaining allotted Senate seat(s) designated as at-large Senate seats to be filled by and from the voting faculty of the School.

     
  2. Eligibility

    3. Eligibility for Senate seats and for casting votes for Senators shall be governed by the Constitution of the Faculty. The Senate Secretary shall distribute a list of voting faculty in the School and the affiliated departments.
     
  3. Departmental Elections

    4. Each department shall elect their Senator according to generally accepted principles of democratic representation.
     
  4. School Elections

    5. The School of Business and Management Sciences service committee (or similarly constituted School committee) shall conduct the election for at-large Senate seat(s). The slate shall be composed of nominees from eligible faculty members.

    The at-large Senate seat(s) shall be filled by a general election among the voting faculty of the School. This election shall be conducted by the standard secret ballot mail procedure.

    When vacancies occur simultaneously, the departmental elections shall precede the School election.
     

  5. Elections to Fill Vacancies

    6. Vacancies which occur during a Senator's term shall be filled as follows:
    a. Department Senate seat vacancies shall be promptly filled by the department as described in Item 3 above. If a department is unable to fill its Senate seat within four semester weeks of its vacancy or by March 28 for the annual apportionment, the seat shall become an at-large seat for the remainder of its term
    b. Vacancies in at-large Senate seats shall be filled by a general election in accordance with item 4 above.
    c. An at-large or department Senate seat may be considered vacant due to the Senator's excessive absence from Senate meetings.

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