October 2, 2002

Dear Member of Senate:

I advise you that a meeting of the Senate of Acadia University will occur at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, 15 October 2002, in Room 132 of the Beveridge Arts Centre.  The AGENDA follows:

1) Minutes of the meeting of 9 September 2002

2) Announcements and Communications

3) Approval of List of Graduates for the Convocation of October 2002
(023-06-CON)

4) Business Arising from the Minutes
 a) By-Laws Committee - Senate’s Notice of Motion Process (023-02-LAW)
 b) Nominating Committee - Members on the Task Force on Academic Integrity
  (023-07-NOM) *
 c) Nominating Committee - Chair of the Senate Library Committee
  (023-08-NOM) *
 d) By-Laws Committee – Membership of the Senate Library Committee
  (023-09-LAW) *

5) New Business

6) Other business

Yours sincerely
 
 

Jane Cayford
Registrar and Secretary of Senate

* Material Attached
 

Nominating Committee Report

There are two items from the Nominating Committee submitted for the October 15,  2002  meeting of  Senate.

Item 1   Nominations for positions on the Task Force on Academic Integrity
(023-07-NOM)

At the September 9th,   2002 meeting of Senate, a motion was passed for Senate to create a Task Force on Academic Integrity.  In respect to membership, the motion includes the following:

“The Task Force shall include a Chairperson appointed by Senate, one member of Senate from each Faculty, one student-Senator, one librarian, and the Registrar”.

The Nominating Committee was asked to nominate people to fill the positions on the Task Force. As a result, the Nominating Committee places in nomination the following names for the positions listed:

Chair: Jean De Wolfe
Senator from each Faculty:
- Malcolm  Grieve,  Faculty of Arts
- Gary Ness, Faculty of Professional Studies
- Andrew Mitchell, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science
- Robert Wilson, Faculty of Theology
Student Senator:  Jeffrey Britton
Librarian: Tanja Harrison
 

Item 2   Nomination for Chair of the Senate Library Committee (023-08-NOM)

In  accordance with Article VIII. (b) (ii),  the Nominating Committee places in Nomination for a  three year term (term to end on June 30, 2005), Dr. Barry Moody,  for the position of Chair of  the Senate Library Committee.

Respectfully submitted:
 
     Tom Archibald
     Scott Colwell
     Patricia Corkum (Chair)
     Antonio Franceschet
     Kelvin Ogilvie
     Daniel Silver
     Jessica Slights
 

By-Laws Committee Report

At the September 9th, 2002 meeting of Senate, members of the By-Laws Committee were asked to consider the following two aspects pertaining to membership of the Library Committee:

1) Members serving from the Faculties of Arts, Professional Studies and Pure and Applied Science are appointed for one-year terms and cannot be reappointed until all units within the applicable faculty have been represented. As a result, there may be a problem with continuity in representation on the Committee.

2) While the membership makes reference to the Faculties of Arts, Professional Studies and Pure and Applied Science, no reference is made to the Faculty of Theology.
 

Section VIII (e) i) of the Senate By-Laws currently reads as follows:

The membership of the Library Committee shall be elected in accordance with Article VI.1 and shall be as follows:
 
A Chair appointed for a three year term from the membership of Senate, nominated and elected under the provisions of VIII (b) ii.
Two members of the Faculty of Arts appointed for a one year term on a rotational basis throughout all academic units, with no one unit sitting twice before other units have served one term.
Two members of the Faculty of Professional Studies appointed for a one year term on a rotational basis throughout all academic units, with no one unit sitting twice before other units have served one term.
Two members of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science appointed for a one year term on a rotational basis throughout all academic units, with no one unit sitting twice before other units have served one term.
The Librarian
One professional librarian
One member of the Acadia Divinity College (Divinity College Collection only)
The Vice-President (Academic) of the Students Council
One undergraduate student
One full-time graduate student

After considerable debate and consultation, we move that By-Law VIII (e) i) be  amended (amendments highlighted in bold) as follows:

A Chair appointed for a three year term from the membership of Senate, nominated and elected under the provisions of VIII (b) ii.
Two members of the Faculty of Arts with each appointed for either a one  year or two year  term on a rotational basis throughout all academic units, with no one unit sitting twice before other units have served one term.
 

Two members of the Faculty of Professional Studies with each appointed for either a one year or two year term on a rotational basis throughout all academic units, with no one unit sitting twice before other units have served one term.
Two members of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science with each  appointed for either a one year or two year term on a rotational basis throughout all academic units, with no one unit sitting twice before other units have served one term.
One member of the Faculty of Theology appointed for a one year term.
The Librarian
One professional librarian elected for a one year term by the members of the University Community holding appointments as professional librarians
The Vice-President (Academic) of the Students Council
One undergraduate student appointed for a one year term by the Students’ Representative Council
One full-time graduate student appointed for a one year term by the Graduate Students

Respectfully submitted:

Patricia Corkum, Chair
Andrew Mitchell
Thomas Voss