PM-24 - Council of Faculty Advisors
May 29, 1997
| Memorandum to: |
Chancellors
Cavanaugh, Jenkins, Marsala, Nunez, O'Brien, Richardson,
Trail, Interim Chancellor L`Enfant, and Executive
Director Bray
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| Subject: |
LSU System Council of
Faculty Advisors |
This memorandum supersedes PM-24 dated March 8, 1996
LSU System Council of Faculty Advisors
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The LSU System Council of Faculty
Advisors was created in accordance with a
recommendation by the System Council of Chief Academic
Officers to serve as a liaison between the LSU System
Office and the faculties of the campuses that comprise
the system. The Council will communicate to the LSU
System, through the Office of the President, the views
and concerns of the faculties on system-wide matters
regarding the academic and professional policies of the
system. The Council will also serve to advise the
President of the LSU System and the LSU Board of
Supervisors on matters that they wish to bring before
the Council.
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Membership on the Council
shall include one faculty member and one alternate
faculty member from each of the following campuses: LSU,
UNO, LSUS, LSUE, LSUA, the LSU Health Sciences Center,
the LSU Agricultural Center, and the Paul M. Hebert Law
Center. Members and alternates shall be elected for
two-year terms by the appropriate faculty senate or
other faculty governance body of each campus. Members
and alternates may serve up to three successive terms.
In order to stagger the terms of the members and
alternates, the first regular members shall draw lots to
determine which three members will serve initial one
year terms. Members elected as alternates will be
eligible to serve additional terms as members of the
Council. A member or alternate who assumes substantial
administrative duties, resigns, or retires must be
replaced, and a new member or alternate elected for the
unexpired portion of that member's term. Members or
alternates who go on leave may be replaced, by the
faculty governance body, on a temporary basis during
their leave.
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The officers of the Council
shall consist of a Chair, a Vice Chair and a Secretary.
The officers will be elected annually by the members of
the Council at a meeting scheduled during the month of
August.
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Duties of the Officers:
The Chair will preside at the meetings of the
Council and will serve as the primary liaison
with the LSU System. The Vice Chair will assume
the duties of the Chair whenever the Chair is
not able to fulfill the assigned duties. The
Secretary will take the minutes of the meetings
and will distribute them in a timely manner to
the members of the Council and to all
chancellors and system administrators.
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Executive Committee:
The officers will function as an Executive
Committee in the period between Council meetings
and will be responsible for the preparation and
distribution of all meeting agendas. The
Executive Committee may conduct routine business
and seek the opinions of the members of the
Council on matters requiring expedient
disposition.
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Meetings of the Council shall
be held at the call of the Chair or a written petition
from four members of the Council. Ordinarily, Council
meetings will be held prior to the regularly scheduled
meetings of the LSU Board of Supervisors. The LSU System
President or designate shall attend meetings of the
Council to discuss matters of concern to the System and
the LSU Board of Supervisors. Travel expenses of the
members shall be reimbursed by their campuses. The
agenda for each regular meeting shall be mailed to the
members of the Council no less than seven days before
each scheduled meeting.
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The Council may form
subcommittees as needed to expedite the functioning
of the Council and may, in appropriate instances,
include persons outside the Council whose special skills
or knowledge may be applied to the deliberations of the
subcommittee.
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A quorum of the Council shall
be five members present and voting. Only regular members
shall vote on issues before the Council. Alternate
members from a campus may vote in the absence of the
regular member. In accordance with Louisiana's Open
Meetings Law, proxy voting and mail/fax ballots are
prohibited.
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Amendments to this Permanent
Memorandum may be proposed in writing by the LSU System
President, the Council Chair, or any member of the
Council. Amendments may be approved at the next
scheduled meeting of the Council by a two-thirds vote of
the entire Council present and voting. All amendments
must be submitted to the President of the LSU System for
final approval.
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Allen A. Copping
President
cc: Board Members and System Officers
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