Academic Senate Committee on Bylaws, September 21, 2022
Agenda
Date: Wednesday September 21, 2022
Location: Zoom
Queensborough Community College
Committee on Bylaws
Agenda
September 21, 2022
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Online Zoom Meeting
Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82888589999?pwd=ZFlpekdVdFBWVE5rT2dLRGd5WVp3UT09
1. Welcome committee members and liaison
- New members: William Blick and Rommel Robertson
- New Liaison: Lois Florman
2. Introduction of members
3. Review of Bylaws charges listed in Bylaws Committee webpage
4. Consideration and discussion on the proposed amendment to the Academic Senate Bylaws for the WIDWAC Committee. The proposed amendment is listed below:
The WIDWAC Committee met on Friday, September 9, 2022 to discuss and approve (via email, September 16, 2022) a proposal for consideration by the Bylaws Committee. With a vote of 9-0, we propose the following amendment to the Academic Senate Bylaws for the WIDWAC Committee.
FROM:
Section 28. The Committee on Writing in the Disciplines/Writing Across the Curriculum (WID/WAC)
The Committee on WID/WAC shall consist of the director or one co-director of the WID/WAC Program, nine (9) faculty members from different departments who have participated in WID/WAC professional development and one (1) student.
TO:
Section 28. The Committee on Writing in the Disciplines/Writing Across the Curriculum (WID/WAC)
The Committee on WID/WAC shall consist of the director or one co-director of the WID/WAC Program, nine (9) faculty members from different departments who have participated in WID/WAC professional development and one (1) student member who shall participate and vote only on matters of policy.
RATIONALE:
Because the WIDWAC deals with issues of student waiver requests for WI credit, which includes at the very least review of the student transcript and graded material, we want to carefully honor student privacy rights. We believe exclusion of this language may have been an oversight. The other Senate Committees (noted below) that deal with student cases have such an exclusion to avoid possible conflicts.
Consider:
Article VII. Committees
Section 10. The Committee on Admissions
The Committee on Admissions shall consist of six (6) members of the instructional staff and three (3) student members who shall participate and vote only on matters of policy.
Section 18. The Committee on Course and Standing
The Committee on Course and Standing shall consist of nine (9) members of the instructional staff and, in accordance with the Governance Plan, there shall be two (2) student members who shall participate and vote only on matters of policy.
5. Microsoft Teams as the communication channel of Bylaws Committee
- New members are to be invited to the Bylaws Committee team
- Committee document depository
6. Creation of Bylaws Committee activity database as a living local repository in Microsoft Teams
7. Review of committee guide and upload it to Bylaws Committee webpage.
8. Meeting modality: online or in-person
9. Next meeting schedule
10. Additional business
11. Action Items
12. Adjournment
