First Reading: By-Laws Revision and Committee Name Change Proposal

ARTICLE VI – COMMITTEES

Proposal #1 (Name Change):
To change the name of the Committee from the Faculty Association Strategic Planning Committee to the Faculty Association Strategic Planning Advisory Committee.

Rationale:
To ensure that the name of the Committee is an accurate reflection of what the Committee is tasked with, and empowered to do.

SECTION 2.
The Standing Committees shall be:
  A .   Academic Programs Committee
  B.    Academic Standards Committee
  C.    Adjunct Affairs Committee
  D.    Budget Advisory Committee
  E.    Campus Technology Committee
  F.    Faculty Affairs Committee
  G.   Faculty Enhancement Committee
  H.   Nominations and Elections Committee
   I.    Research Committee
   J.    Strategic Planning Committee (Strategic Planning Advisory Committee)
   K.  Support Services Committee
   L.   Executive Committee

Proposal #2 (In-Charge):
To modify the bylaws of the Committee to provide a more accurate reflection of what the Committee is tasked with, and empowered to do.

Rationale:
In essence the Committee exists and serves in a review and advisory role to the relevant Strategic plans and strategic planning processes it is tasked with. These Bylaw changes will provide a more accurate description of the extent of that role and responsibility.

SECTION 4. – J.
J. The Strategic Planning Advisory Committee shall review and recommend the University's Strategic Plan, to include its vision and mission statement s , the University's role within the State University System, its annual institutional priorities, and academic plan . ; and The Committee shall review and recommend strategies and activities which will further the achievement of the University's mission, institutional priorities, and academic plan. The Committee shall also develop review and recommend policies to guide the development of the Campus Facilities Master Plan and the Land Use Plan, and review and make recommendations on all changes to the Campus Facilities Master Plan and Land Use Plan.

Proposal #3 (Membership):
To modify the faculty make-up of the Committee to be more inclusive of representatives from across all academic units.

Rationale:
Strategic planning is a critical part of all academic units and as such all of these units need to be represented in the Faculty Association oversight and advisory Committee. This change will also bring the Committee in line with most of the other Faculty Association standing committees.

SECTION 3. – J.
J. Strategic Planning Advisory Committee:
The committee shall consist of seven faculty members elected at large : one from each of the colleges and the Library, and one elected at large.