Date of Notice: 01/18/2017
Current Status: Approved 02/15/2017
Motion Type: Legislation
Sponsor: Committee on Committees
Motion
Section I:
1.1 WHEREAS, the Committee on Committees has difficulty filling seats on committees; and
1.2 WHEREAS, some committees require multiple years for members to become proficient with the policies and procedures germane to the operation of those committees;
Section II
2.1 BE IT THEREFORE MOVED, that the University Senate hereby repeals US12/13-38: Term Limits for Senate Committees
Related Documents:
Senate Committees with Term Limits – 02/08/17
This legislation would repeal the ‘umbrella’ term limits that were passed under motion 12/13-38. Several committees have term limits specified in their charge/enabling legislation. Were the repeal to pass, the following committees would still have the term limits.
The Study Abroad Programs Committee (SAPC) requires member and chair with a good deal of experience in the area of study abroad and in the deliberations of the committee. While new blood is good, so is experience; we have had some difficulty recruiting the latter kind of member of late. Thus we respectfully request that the committee be removed from the list of committees that continue to have term limits attached.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Robert Haskett
Professor, Chair, SAPC
Department of History
rhaskett@uoregon.edu