University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Articles and By-Laws Committee (ABC) 2002-2003
MINUTES
Thursday, 9/26/2002
111 Wimberly Hall, 1:30P.M.
Present: Cynthia Berlin, Sandra Krajewski, Victor
Macias-Gonzalez; Susan "BOON" Murray, Keith Sherony
Meeting was called to order at 1:30p.m. by former ABC
Committee Chair Sherony.
1. Sherony facilitated new member introductions and election
of Berlin as Committee Chair and Murray as
Secretary by unanimous
consensus vote.
New Business
2. Berlin reviewed the special charge from the SEC to:
Review the size of standing faculty committees and propose reductions where
appropriate to improve the
productivity of the committee and the Committee on Faculty Commitees' ability to
appoint members.
Sherony guided review of the list of committees as well as the by-laws
stipulating number of members.
ABC members discussed
pragmatic factors affecting committee size (i.e., workload, adequate
departmental
representation). The
ABC recognizes the sensitivity of making recommendations for reduction and will
respect the collective
by inviting self-mediated opinions of individual committees regarding their
size. Current
committee chairs will
be requested to discuss this SEC charge with their members.
Berlin recommended that an e-mail poll might be more efficient than requesting
committee representatives
to appear at a
meeting. Berlin agreed to draft an e-mail memorandum to be circulated for
pre-approval
among ABC. Given that
some committees have not yet convened and a discussion is deemed essential, it
may take several
months to gather input from all committees.
3. Berlin reviewed the duties and responsibilities of the ABC:
1.
Conduct annual review of faculty senate bylaws and forward recommended changes
to faculty senate.
2.
Conduct periodic reviews of Articles of Organization and forward recommended
changes to the
chairperson of the faculty senate.
3.
Provide appropriate phasing for bylaw changes proposed to faculty senate from
other sources.
Krajewski, Berlin, and Sherony provided examples of past committee
activity to illustrate ABC duties and
responsibilities (i.e., evaluation of UW-L administrators).
4. Berlin will report election of chair and secretary 9/26/2002.
Old Business
5. No old business.
Mark Your Calendar
6. Next meeting
was set for Thursday, October 24, in Room 111 Carl Wimberly Hall.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan "BOON" Murray, Secretary