Section 3 - Faculty Governance and Regulations

III. Faculty Meetings

1. Faculty meetings are held regularly during the academic year.
   
2. All faculty members having voting franchise are expected to attend faculty meetings.
   
3. Special meetings of the faculty are held at the call of the President or the Dean of the College:
   
   1. Upon petition of one-third of the voting membership of the faculty, the President or a designated representative shall convene a special meeting of the faculty within ten days.
      
   2. Special meetings shall not be announced later than noon of the day preceding the meeting.
      
4. Faculty meetings shall follow predetermined rules of order (Roberts' Rules of Order, Newly Revised).
   
5. Faculty members must be present at a faculty meeting to vote on any motion presented at the meeting.
   
6. The quorum for a faculty meeting shall be ninety of the voting members of the faculty.
   
7. Faculty members on leave may attend but shall not vote at faculty meetings during the period of their leave.
   
8. If the faculty should vote to hold a referendum then all voting members of the faculty, including those on leave, shall have the right to vote on the referendum. At least two weeks shall elapse between the vote to hold the referendum and the counting of the ballots from the referendum.
   
9. Reports of faculty committees recommended for action shall be sent to all faculty members at least seven days before the date of the meeting at which they are to be considered. The faculty may suspend this rule by a two-thirds majority vote.
   
10. Faculty meetings are closed to students with the following exceptions:
    
    1. The student body president and the editor of the student newspaper may be present at faculty meetings but may speak only by vote of the faculty.
       
    2. Student members of faculty committees may be present at faculty meetings in which the business of their committee is being discussed but they may speak only by vote of the faculty except that any student chair of a faculty committee always has speaking rights at faculty meetings on business concerning that committee.
       
11. It is understood that matters discussed in faculty meetings will be treated with discretion.
    
12. At the April meeting of the faculty, the Nominating Committee will nominate and the faculty will elect members to serve in the positions of secretary to the faculty and parliamentarian. These terms will be for one year.
    
13. The secretary of the faculty will be responsible for taking the minutes of each meeting and making them readily available to all faculty. The secretary will submit a formal record of all proceedings of the faculty meetings to the College Archives at the end of the academic year.