Eliminating College at-large seat

Overview

This proposal removes the at-large seat designated for the College of Arts and Sciences and makes a necessary adjustment to reflect the elimination that position as liaison to the College Policy Committee.

The Bloomington Faculty Council voted unanimously to approve this proposal.

Current constitution

Article V SECTION 5.5: MEMBERS Part A. Representation of Faculty and Librarian Units subpart 2. Basis of Representation
The College of Arts and Sciences, in addition to its representatives of its sub-election units, shall have a representative to represent the College at large.

and

Article V SECTION 5.6: RELATION OF BLOOMINGTON FACULTY COUNCIL TO FACULTY AND LIBRARIAN UNIT GOVERNANCE
The Council's bylaws shall provide for ways in which the work of the Council and faculty and librarian unit governance may be coordinated. To that end, a Council representative from each faculty and librarian unit elected pursuant to section 5.5.A shall serve as a Council liaison to the policy committee, or equivalent, of the unit. In the case of the College of Arts and Sciences, this representative shall be the representative elected from the College at large. For other units with more than one Council representative, the Council's bylaws shall adopt a means of specifying which of its representatives shall serve in the policy committee liaison role.