Faculty Handbook 2020-2021

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2020-21

iii. Elected officers will assume office on July 1 of the year in which they are elected. e. Decision Making: Five members of the Faculty Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum. Decisions of the Faculty Executive Committee shall be made by majority vote. E. Records The Harold Kohn Vision Science Library is the official depository for official faculty documents and the minutes of the faculty meetings. F. Conduct of Faculty Meetings 1. Robert’s Rules of Order will apply. An official parliamentarian will be appointed at each meeting by the faculty presiding officer. 2. Twenty of the voting faculty shall constitute a quorum for a faculty meeting or a meeting of the faculty of the Professional Program. 3. First order of business at faculty meetings will be the report of the chancellor or her/his designated representative followed by reports of the president and the vice president and dean for Academic Affairs. 4. Minutes of faculty meetings will be taken by the secretary, or an individual designated by the officer presiding, in the case of faculty meetings of specific programs. These minutes will be distributed by this individual to all faculty members within two (2) weeks of the meeting date, and a copy will be placed on record in the library (see Section IIE of the Bylaws). G. Additional Meetings In addition to faculty meetings, the representatives of the Professional and Graduate Programs may call and preside at meetings of their respective constituencies regarding issues of their respective programs. Meetings will be held at the call of the president, the program representative, or at the request of five members of the voting faculty. All requests must be made in writing and presented to the program representative. All meetings shall be announced by a public notice, and may be attended by any faculty member. If the meeting is a meeting of the faculty of a specific program, other faculty members may attend as non-voting participants.

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