How ACAD Senate Chair Makes Committee Appointments
Once the Chancellor has informed the ACAD Senate Chair that a Grievance has been filed, the chair is then responsible for appointing five ACAD staff members to serve on the Academic Staff Appeals Committee. In selecting the ACAD members, the chair uses the following process of elimination and selection.
The chair will NOT consider ACAD who fall under one or more of the following categories:
works in the same office/department of any of the named parties
directly reports to any of the named parties
reports to the next level, if a possible conflict of interest may exist with any of the named parties
has known direct personal or professional relations with any of the known parties
are unable to be objective regarding the complaint
are unwilling to serve, for whatever reason
The chair WILL consider for selection ACAD who fit one or more of the following categories:
possesses insight, knowledge, and/or background of the complaint theme (not necessarily of the specific case)
seeks to objectively learn about the concerns, from all perspectives
are willing to provide the Chancellor thoughtful recommendations that lead to a productive resolution
The ACAD Chair collects all the committee self-nominations from the ACAD membership, and is responsible for developing an outline of ACAD members’ committee preferences. This outline is then presented to the ACAD Senate for approval. Whenever possible, the chair will seek to honor the ACAD member’s first and/or second choices. Otherwise, members may be assigned to their third or fourth preferences, or may be asked to fill committee vacancies not previously considered. In the event there are inadequate self-nominations for committee slots, the chair will then seek out ACAD members to fill the seats. If vacancies and special committee assignments are made after the Senate has met, the chair will make appointments and then inform the Senate. Due to the fact that the chair is quite aware of the importance of having the committees filled by conscientious members, the chair is charged with finding the most appropriate ACAD members to help support the purpose of the committees.
Exceptions to not assigning members’ to their preferred committees include one or more of the following reasons:
a seat on the committee is already designated to someone in the same unit
too many members interested in limited seats – in this event then attention must be given to the purpose of the committee and decision made as to who would be most appropriate to serve, given the focus and charge of the committee
member is needed to serve on another committee (chair will discuss with member)