ITEM # 1-- FA 99-09: Submitted by Faculty Affairs Committee.

Proposed revisions of the Faculty Association Bylaws. (2nd Reading)

The name of this Constituent Association shall be the Faculty Association of the University of North Florida.

ARTICLE II
PURPOSES

SECTION 1.
The purpose of the Faculty Association shall be to exercise jurisdiction over: faculty appointment, retention and development; academic programs, organization, and standards; academic services and continuing education; faculty advancement; and such other matters as may pertain directly to the University instruction, service, and research programs.

SECTION 2.
In addition to carrying out the foregoing responsibilities, the Faculty Association shall cooperate in the overall governance of the University, as established by the University Constitution.

ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 1.
The membership of the Association shall consist of all persons holding regular full-time faculty appointments and participating in the instruction, research, or service programs of the University; , including visiting faculty and Library faculty, as well as faculty on phased retirement. and all Library faculty.

SECTION 2.
The President of the University shall be a non-voting ex officio member of the Association.

SECTION 3.
No member of the Faculty Association shall be a member of any other Constituent Association.

SECTION 4.
The Association shall be the judge of its membership where questions of eligibility arise, except as provided in the Constitution.

ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS

SECTION 1.
Association officers shall consist of the President, the Vice President, and the Secretary, to be elected to terms of two years. Any member of the Association shall be eligible to serve as an officer. Officers shall perform the duties prescribed herein and by the Association's parliamentary authority.

SECTION 2.
The President shall act as presiding officer of the Association. The President's principal duties as presiding officer are specified in the Association's parliamentary authority. The President shall appoint a parliamentarian whose duties are specified in the Association's parliamentary authority.

SECTION 3.
In addition to the duties prescribed by the Parliamentary authority, the President shall: represent the Association and its membership at meetings, conferences, and other occasions except as herein provided; provide leadership for Association activities; keep the membership advised concerning needs, programs, and accomplishments of the Association; coordinate the work of the Association; serve as an ex officio non-voting member of all Association committees; appoint such committees as the Association deems necessary to conduct business; serve as a delegate to other University governance bodies as specified in the Constitution and to any state-level faculty body; meet on a regular basis with the Academic Vice President and the President of the University; and be the accountable officer for the Association's budget. and Upon leaving office, the President shall assume the role of Past President and shall serve a two-year term as a voting member of on the Executive Committee, the Faculty Affairs Committee, and the Budget and Legislative Information Committee Strategic Planning Committee.

SECTION 4.
The Vice President shall assume the duties of the President in the President's absence. In the event of a vacancy in the Office of the President, the Vice President shall succeed to the Presidency for the duration of the unexpired term.

SECTION 5.
The Vice President shall assist the President in coordinating Association work; receive motions, resolutions, and proposals from the members and place all such matters on a legislative calendar in the order received; serve as a delegate to other University governance bodies as specified in the Constitution; and serve as a member chairperson of the Faculty Affairs Committee and as chair of the Executive Committee.

SECTION 6.
The Secretary shall keep the record of the Association's proceedings, and shall make a report of each Association meeting The Secretary shall serve as vice chairperson of the Executive Committee and receive motions, resolutions, and proposals from the members and place all such matters on a legislative calendar in the order received. The records and minutes shall be filed in the Association office and shall be available to members upon request. SECTION 7. The Secretary shall keep the record of the Association's proceedings and shall make a report of each Association meeting. The records and minutes shall be filed in the Association office and shall be available to members upon request. The Secretary shall conduct the Association's general correspondence; notify members of meeting time and place, make the physical arrangements for Association meetings; maintain the records of the Association, its officers and committees; assist the officers, committees, and members in coordinating their work; notify officers, committee members, and delegates of their election; and, in the absence of both the President and Vice President, call the meeting to order and preside until the election of a President pro tem. The Secretary shall serve as vice chairperson of the Executive Committee.

SECTION 8.7
The management of the Faculty Association office shall be the responsibility of the Executive Secretary of the Association, a USPS staff position. The Executive Secretary shall report to the Faculty Association President and work with the officers and members of the Association to assist them in the execution of their duties.

SECTION 8.
Officers shall be installed at the first meeting of the Fall semester. Terms of office shall begin immediately upon installation and shall terminate when successors are installed.

SECTION 9.
In the event of a vacancy in the office of either the Vice President or the Secretary, a special election shall be conducted within thirty days of the occurrence of the vacancy.

SECTION 10.
No officer may a hold more than one office at a time or be elected to a second consecutive term in the same office. An officer who has served more than half a term is considered to have served a full term in that office.

SECTION 11.
Failure to execute faithfully the duties of the office constitutes cause for an officer's removal. On receipt of a petition for recall of an officer for cause, signed by at least forty members of the Faculty Association, the Nominations and Elections Committee shall schedule a recall election. Removal from office shall require a two-thirds majority of those members voting.

SECTION 12.
No officer shall serve as an elected delegate or elected member of any Constituent Association committee.

ARTICLE V
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

SECTION 1.
The Association shall practice direct rule.

SECTION 2.
The Association's regular meetings shall be held once a month. The first fall term meeting will be held convened during the noon hour on the first Thursday of September. At that time, the Association officers will present the calendar of monthly meetings for the rest of the year, these meetings to be held convened during the noon hour on Thursdays.

SECTION 3.
The meeting in April shall be known as the Annual Meeting and shall be held for the purpose of electing committee members and delegates, and for any other business which may arise. The annual report of the President shall not be submitted until the first meeting in September, in order that it might include information about legislative activity during the preceding Fall, Spring and Summer semesters.

SECTION 4.
Special meetings may be called on the petition of any ten members or under emergency conditions by the President.

SECTION 5.
The Secretary shall give members seven days' written notice of all meetings, except that in the case of a special meeting called by the President, only twenty-four hours' written notice shall be required. Notice of all meetings shall indicate the full agenda to be considered.

SECTION 6.
The agenda of regular meetings shall contain seven six orders of business:. Minutes, Announcements, Standing Committee Reports, Special Committee Reports, Special Reports, Question and Answer Period, and Legislative Calendar.

SECTION 7.
The first order of business shall be the approval of the minutes of the previous meeting. Debate on the minutes shall be limited to five two minutes.

SECTION 8.
The second order of business shall be announcements, which shall be submitted to the President in advance. to be read by the Secretary. The announcement period shall be limited to five minutes. Announcements shall be confined to matters the President determines to be of importance to the general membership. With the prior permission of the President, announcements also may be made from the floor. The announcement period shall be limited to five minutes.

SECTION 9.
The third and fourth orders of business shall be the reports of standing and special committees. Standing committees shall report in alphabetical order, followed by reports of special committees. Each committee report shall be made by its chairperson or a designee and shall be limited to five two minutes.

SECTION 10.
The fourth order of business shall be Special Reports. which shall be limited to ten minutes. During this period, which shall be limited to ten minutes, the Association, at the discretion of the President, may hear the reports of other university committees, officers, delegates, and University officials, and other persons at the discretion of the President.

SECTION 10 11.
The fifth sixth order of business shall be the Question and Answer period, which shall be limited to ten minutes. During the Question and Answer period, any Association member may question any member of the University community concerning the conduct of that person's assigned duties and responsibilities, as they affect the Association's concerns. Questions may be submitted to the President to be asked anonymously but these become the President's questions and will appear as such in the minutes. The President has the right to modify anonymous questions and/or to refuse to ask such questions according to her/his best judgment. The Secretary shall address questions in writing to persons not present to reply or who decline to reply from the floor, and shall append all written responses to the minutes as responses are received.

SECTION 9 12.
The sixth seventh order of business shall be the legislative calendar. Prior to the Secretary's reading of the calendar to the members, The Chair President shall ask for motions to move any item to the top of the calendar. The total time available for such motions shall be five minutes. As an item is read, the Association may remove it from the calendar for any reason, including immediate action by the body or referral to a committee. Debate on all motions to remove items from the calendar each item shall be limited to twenty minutes. If debate on a motion to remove an item is interrupted by adjournment, that item shall be first on the calendar of the next regular meeting, when debate shall continue. Items which are not read due to adjournment shall be second on the calendar of the next regular meeting. Items read but tabled not removed shall be placed at the foot of the calendar. Any item not removed within four regular meetings shall be dropped from the calendar.

SECTION 13.
Members may extend the any order of business or period of deliberation and debate by a majority of those voting.

SECTION 14.
Forty members of the Association shall constitute a quorum for all meetings, except that during the summer term a quorum shall be forty members or twenty-five percent of the total number of FTE faculty lines, whichever is less. A majority of the Ffaculty Association committee members on an Association Committee shall constitute a quorum for all Association committee meetings of that committee. However, standing committees may determine their own quorums, subject to the approval of the Faculty Association Executive Committee.

SECTION 15.
During the summer term, if a quorum cannot be achieved, the Faculty Association may act as a committee of the whole, and whichever members attend an Association meeting shall comprise a quorum. The purpose of this provision is to permit the Association to carry on routine business. Under this provision, the Association President shall not permit the introduction of legislative calendar items other than routine business, as determined by the President. At the beginning of the fall term the Association President shall present a written report of all actions taken under this provision; a. A majority of the members voting at that or the next regular Association meeting may reopen for discussion any action taken by the Association during the summer term under the provisions of this section.

SECTION 16.
There shall be no proxy votes except on the Executive Committee in those instances in which a standing committee is represented by a member other than its chairperson.

SECTION 17.
External elected Representatives to Association committees elected by other constituent bodies as provided for in these Bylaws may attend Association meetings and may participate in debate on motions relating to their committee responsibilities.

SECTION 18.
The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised Cannon's Concise Guide to Rules of Order shall be the parliamentary authority for the Association when applicable and when not inconsistent with these bylaws or any special rules of order the Association may adopt.

ARTICLE VI
COMMITTEES

SECTION 1.
The standing committees of the Association shall be as listed in the Constitution and these bylaws. Standing committees other than those specified in the Constitution herein may be added, deleted, or altered only through amendment to these bylaws.

SECTION 2.
The Standing Committees shall be:

SECTION 3.
All faculty members of standing committees shall be elected by the Association, and all members of the Association may vote for all standing committee faculty vacancies. Standing committees shall each contain no more than twelve members, All Association members may vote for all standing committee vacancies. In addition to The President of the Association, and the Chief Academic Officer or a her/his designee, who shall be an ex officio non-voting members of all Association standing committees. Other membership on standing committees shall be:

B. Academic Programs Committee: Undergraduate

The committee shall consist of eight members: seven faculty, one from each of the colleges and the Library, and one at large; and one undergraduate student selected by the Student Government Association. Three members from the Student Government Association; eleven members from the Faculty Association, of whom two shall be elected from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, two from the College of Business Administration, two from the College of Education and Human Services, two from the College of Health, one from the College of Computer and Information Sciences, one from the Library and one shall be elected at large.

C. Academic Standards Committee

The committee shall consist of seven faculty members: Three members from by the Student Government Association and eight one member from each of the Colleges , and four two members from the Faculty Association elected at large.

D. Academic Technology and Support Services Committee

The committee shall consist of seven faculty members: one member from each of the Colleges and the Library, and one four members from the Faculty Association elected at large.

E. Adjunct Affairs Committee.

The committee shall consist of seven faculty members: Eight members elected from the Faculty Association of whom one shall be elected from each of the five academic units Colleges and the Library, and one two shall be elected at large.

F. Budget Advisory and Legislative Information Committee

The committee shall consist of seven faculty members elected at large. Seven members elected from the Faculty Association at large and immediate past president of the Association.

G. Faculty Affairs Committee

The committee shall consist of nine faculty members: Seven members elected from the Faculty Association at large, and the immediate past president of the Association, and the current Vice President of the Association.

H. Faculty Enhancement Committee

The committee shall consist of seven faculty members: one from each of the colleges and the Library, and one at large.

I. Governmental Relations Committee

The committee shall consist of eight faculty members: Seven elected at large and the immediate past president of the Association.

J. Nominations and Elections Committee

The committee shall consist of eight faculty members: Eight members elected from the Faculty Association, of whom one shall be elected from each of the Colleges and five academic units, one from the Library, and two shall be elected at large. An at-large member who is in the second year of his/her term shall serve as chairperson of the Committee.

K. Promotion and Tenure Committee

The committee shall consist of eleven full-time faculty tenured associate or full professors who do not have line authority over promotion and/or tenure decisions and are not personally related to candidates for promotion and/or tenure: from the Faculty Association of whom one shall be elected from the tenured associate and full professors in each of the Colleges and six the remainder shall be elected at large from the tenured associate and full professors of the Association. No candidate being considered by the committee for promotion and/or tenure may serve on the committee.

L. Research Committee

The committee shall consist of seven faculty members: one from each of the colleges and the Library, and one elected at large.

M. Strategic Planning Committee

The committee shall consist of eight faculty members: Seven elected at large and the immediate past president of the Association.

N. Executive Committee

The committee shall consist of seventeen members: The Vice President of the Faculty Association (who shall serve as chairperson), the Secretary of the Association (who shall serve as vice chairperson), the President of the Association, the current chairpersons of the Association's other standing committees, and the immediate past president of the Association.

SECTION 4.
All standing committees shall initiate proposals and actions concerning their areas of responsibility whenever they feel that such proposals and actions are needed and appropriate. All such proposals and actions shall be submitted to the Association for its consideration, with the exceptions noted below. No standing committee of the Faculty Association shall assume responsibility beyond those designated in the following paragraphs, or be reconstituted on an ad hoc basis, without prior approval from the Executive Committee. Specific standing committee duties and responsibilities shall include the following:

A. The Academic Programs Committee: Undergraduate shall review and recommend policies regarding undergraduate degree requirements, academic programs and priorities, program

evaluation, organization of academic units, and major changes in the University's undergraduate curriculum.

B. The Academic Programs Committee: Graduate shall review and recommend policies regarding graduate degree requirements, academic programs and priorities, program evaluation, and major changes in the University's graduate curriculum.

C. The Academic Standards Committee shall review and recommend regulations concerning admission and re-admission of students to the University, suspension of students, academic loads, withdrawal from courses and from the University, award of credit, award of academic honors, and maintenance of academic integrity.

D. The Academic Technology and Support Services Committee shall review and recommend policies, regulations, and practices concerning computer support, distance learning, academic and career advisement, instructional media, cooperative education, the bookstore, the library, the academic enrichment center, and any other academic technological or support services, and shall be advisory to the Center for Instruction and Research Technology (CIRT), meeting regularly with its Director. The chairperson of this committee shall serve as one of the faculty representatives on the University Technology Committee.

E. The Adjunct Affairs Committee shall review and recommend policies and practices with regard to the appointment, evaluation, retention, professional development, ethics, affirmative action, and teaching issues methods of adjunct faculty; their instructional support; their orientation and training; their advancement; and such other matters as may pertain to the role of adjunct faculty in the instructional effort of the institution. The Committee shall seek the opinions and recommendation of adjunct faculty. The Committee shall also review, on request, unresolved differences between adjunct faculty members and the administration and make appropriate recommendations. , except in instances that are clear violations of such agreements as may be negotiated between UFF and the BOR and are addressable through the grievance process.

F. The Budget and Legislative Information Advisory Committee shall evaluate and recommend policies, procedures, and practices concerning the University budget with special emphasis on the academic budget and shall meet regularly with the University Budget Officer.. apprise the Association of budgetary considerations, including formulas; shall provide the Association with information about current University budget expenditures, on faculty position availability, and the use of unfilled faculty positions; and shall inform the Association of Florida Legislature and Department of Education actions pertaining to higher education in general and to the University of North Florida in particular.

G. The Faculty Affairs Committee shall review and recommend policies and practices regarding academic freedom, faculty evaluation, promotion and tenure, professional development, the organization and/or re-organization of academic units, faculty assignments and released time, ethics, affirmative action, teaching issues methods, honorary degrees, the use of the Faculty Commons and such other matters that customarily concern the regular faculty. The Committee shall approve all proposed recipients of honorary degrees from the University. The Committee shall also review, on request, unresolved differences between regular faculty members and the administration and make appropriate recommendations, except in instances that are clear violations of the BOR/UFF Agreement and are addressable through the grievance process.

H. The Faculty Enhancement Committee shall review and recommend policies, procedures, and practices concerning activities which enhance and improve a faculty member's knowledge and skills with regard to his/her duties in teaching, research, and service; and shall be advisory to the Faculty Enhancement Office, meeting regularly with its Director. The Committee shall consider the enhancement needs of both full-time faculty and adjuncts.

I. The Governmental Relations Committee shall, in cooperation with the University's Legislative Liaison and UNF's chapter of the UFF, be actively involved in representing the interests of the faculty and the University to the local Legislative Delegation and other governmental bodies, and shall inform the Association about Florida Legislature and Department of Education actions pertaining to higher education in general and to the University of North Florida in particular.

J. The Nominations and Elections Committee shall conduct elections of officers, all Association standing committees, and faculty delegates to other committees; shall adopt and announce procedures for such elections in accordance with these bylaws, and shall present an appropriate list of nominees for all vacancies, occurring on all standing committees other than itself, and shall recommend candidates to fill vacancies which occur outside of the normal election cycle. establish procedures for filling interim vacancies when a committee member's leave is a full semester or more.

K. The Promotion and Tenure Committee shall review all nominations for faculty promotion and tenure which have been presented to the Chief Academic Officer of the University. The Committee shall submit its recommendations in all cases to the Chief Academic Officer of the University.

L. The Research Committee shall recommend policies to the Association, as necessary and appropriate, with respect to research activities, facilities, personnel, allocation of moneys, and intellectual property; and, shall be advisory to the Division of Sponsored Research and Training, meeting regularly with its Director.

M. The Strategic Planning Committee shall recommend the University's mission statement, the University's annual institutional priorities, and academic plan; and 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 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.

N. The Executive Committee shall serve as an advisory body to the President of the Association; shall approve items to be included on the Legislative Calendar of the monthly meetings of the Association; shall coordinate the efforts of all standing committees, determining committee purview as necessary; shall review and recommend to the Association on all questions concerning membership in the Association; and shall interpret to the Association the University Constitution and Association Bylaws.

SECTION 5.
With the exception of the Nominations and Elections Committee and the Executive Committee, each committee shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its Faculty Association members. The vice chair of the Budget and Legislative Information Committee shall succeed the chair and shall be elected to serve as vice chair in his/her second year on the committee. Each committee shall otherwise determine its own operating procedures in compliance with these bylaws.

SECTION 6.
With the exception of the Promotion and Tenure Committee and the Nominations and Elections Committee, all standing committees shall meet at least once per calendar month during the academic year, if there are unless the chair of the committee polls the membership in advance and determines that there are no matters to be considered. Notice of all regularly scheduled meetings shall be communicated to the Executive Secretary at the beginning of each academic term, who shall The secretary shall notify the Association membership. of the committee-meeting calendar for the term. Standing Association committees may schedule additional meetings, but must by notifying the Executive Secretary at least three days in advance, so that The Secretary shall post notices of such meetings may be posted in the Association office.

SECTION 7.
The Promotion and Tenure Committee and the Nominations and Elections Committee shall meet as they deem necessary but at least once per term. Except in unusual circumstances, notice of meetings shall be communicated to the Executive Secretary at least fifteen days in advance, so that The Secretary shall post notice of such meetings may be posted in the Association office.

SECTION 8.
Minutes of each Association standing committee meeting shall be placed on file in the Association office within five working days after the meeting. Minutes shall include items submitted for the committee's consideration, items considered by the committee, and a count of the committee's final vote on each item. The committee's report at each Association meeting shall include a summary of deliberations on each action item.

At the September meeting of the Executive Committee, each Association committee shall submit a written report of its activities over the past year. This report should be a synopsis of its deliberations and any action items submitted to the Association; the status of any current work still in progress; and any issues or concerns that need to be addressed in the coming year.

In view of its special responsibilities, the reporting requirements of the Promotion and Tenure Committee shall be as follows:

SECTION 9.
With the exception of the Budget and Legislative Information Committee and Unless otherwise provided for by the Constitution or these Bylaws, all standing committee terms shall be for two years. The term of membership for the Budget and Legislative Information Committee shall be for three years. The Association may approve one-year terms if necessary to establish and/or maintain a pattern of staggered memberships for committees requiring a two-year term; or one or two-year staggered terms for committees requiring a three-year membership term. Terms of membership for all committees except the Nominations and Elections Committee shall begin and end on the date of the first regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Association in the fall term. Terms for members of the Nominations and Elections Committee shall begin and end on the date of the January meeting. The At-large member who is in the second year of his/her term shall serve as Chairperson of the Nominations and Elections Committee.

SECTION 10.
No Association member may serve on more than two standing committees (excluding the Executive Committee) at one time or as chairperson or vice chairperson of more than one standing committee at one time. An Association member may serve no more than two consecutive terms on any one standing committee. In determining eligibility for re-election, a member elected or appointed to fill more than half of an incomplete term shall be considered to have served the entire term.

SECTION 11.
All standing committees may form subcommittees. Any subcommittee, except those reporting to the Promotion and Tenure Committee, may include non-committee members from the Association.Subcommittees shall have at least one member from the parent committee, and this member shall be the chairperson. Minutes of subcommittee activity are to be kept in the same manner as are committee minutes. Subcommittee activities and recommendations are to be reported to the committee as a whole for action and for inclusion in the committee's report to the Association.

SECTION 12.
The Association shall have the President form or cause to be formed such special committees as it needs. Each Special Committee shall have a charge which includes its organization, responsibilities, term of existence, and method of meeting and reporting. No Special Committee charge may subsume or be subsumed by charges to any standing committees of the Association, as interpreted by the Executive Committee. A Special Committee must be dissolved within six months of its creation, unless a petition for a six-month extension is submitted in writing to, and approved by, the Executive Committee prior to the normal expiration date of the Committee. Additional six-month extensions may be granted by means of the same petition process.

SECTION 13.
Committee members who fail to execute faithfully the duties of their positions may be removed by the consensus of that committee. A vacancy in any committee position of less than one year's time shall be filled promptly by appointment by the Faculty Association President, in consultation with the Nominations and Elections Committee, who shall be charged with finding appropriate candidates for consideration for appointment to these vacancies. Vacancies of one year or more shall be filled by appointment, as described above, and subsequently filled at the next regularly scheduled spring election. In the event that the Faculty Association President deems that filling a vacancy by appointment is inappropriate, a special election shall be held for this purpose.

SECTION 14.
Committee members who fail to execute faithfully the duties of their positions, by failing to attend at least three consecutive meetings or to complete assignments, may be removed by the consensus of that committee. In such circumstances, the committee may vote to remove its delinquent member and shall report the results of this vote to the Faculty Association President and request that the President appoint a new member to fill the vacancy.

ARTICLE VII
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS

SECTION 1.
Nominations of Association officers shall be made from the floor at the March February meeting in even numbered years. , beginning in March, 1984. No member may accept nomination to more than one office at a time.

SECTION 2.
Candidates for officer positions shall submit for publication in the March Agenda a one-page statement outlining their credentials and what they hope to accomplish as officers of the Association. Election of Association officers shall be by ballot, to be held immediately following the March Faculty Association meeting, and on the following Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

SECTION 3.
If no Association Officer candidate receives a majority of votes, the two top vote-getting candidates for that office shall be in a runoff election to be conducted by the Nominations and Elections Committee prior to the Annual meeting. Election of Association officers shall be by plurality vote, which means that the person receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared the winner. At the Annual Meeting, the Chairperson of the Nominations and Elections Committee or a designee shall report in writing the results of the election of officers.

SECTION 4.
At the March meeting, the Nominations and Elections Committee shall submit such nominations as are necessary for all vacancies scheduled to occur on the following all standing committees of the Association and any other University committees that have regular faculty representatives and request participation in this election process: The Academic Standards Committee; the Academic Support Services Committee; the Faculty Affairs Committee; the Academic Programs Committee; the Promotion and Tenure Committee; and the Budget and Legislative Information Committee. These nominations shall be in accord with the representative apportionment described in Article VI. Procedure for these committee elections shall be as follows:

SECTION 5.
Election of membership on all Standing committees shall be decided by plurality vote, meaning that "the candidates will fill the positions in the order of the number of votes that they receive" (Cannon 1995, 132). The Executive Committee shall determine whether elections to special committees shall be by majority or plurality.

SECTION 6.
The Nominations and Elections Committee shall be nominated from the floor and elected at the meeting in November.

SECTION 7.
Any nominations and elections required by the Association and not specified herein shall be conducted by the Nominations and Elections Committee.

SECTION 8.
Faculty Association members unable to vote at the scheduled voting times for the Spring any Association elections may exercise their votes during the week before the election day. For this purpose they may obtain absentee ballots from the Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee Office of the Faculty Association.

ARTICLE VIII
DELEGATES

SECTION 1.
The Association shall elect two members annually to the
Student Government Association University Programming Committee,
and two members to the Student Advocate Committee.

In addition, the Association shall elect three members annually to the Budget and Allocation Committee of the Student Government Association.

SECTION 2.
Delegates who fail to execute faithfully the duties of their position may be removed by consensus of the Faculty Association Officers. A vacancy in any delegate position shall be filled promptly through appointment by the Association President.

ARTICLE IX VIII
FINANCE

SECTION 1.
Each May the President shall submit to the Association a proposed budget request for funds to support the Association's activities for the following year. Upon approval by the Association, the President shall submit the budget request to the Chief Academic Officer of the University prior to June 1st.

SECTION 2.
Any funds allocated to the Association shall be from the University's Instruction and Research Budget and shall be included in the University's Annual Operating Budget. The Association President shall be the accountable officer.

ARTICLE X IX
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

SECTION 1.
These Bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Association by two-thirds of the votes cast, provided that the amendment has been submitted in writing to the membership at the previous regular meeting.

Revised and Adopted by the Association on March xx, 1999

Please check the minutes of the Faculty Association Meeting on March 11, 1999 for all the corrections.