| TO: | Eligible
OSU Voting Faculty |
| FROM: |
Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate Nancy Rosenberger, President, OSU Faculty Senate |
| RE: |
2002 Faculty Senate Elections: 1. Election of Senate President-Elect 2. Election of Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Senator |
1.
SENATE PRESIDENT-ELECT
On October 6, 1977, the Faculty Senate Adopted amendments to its Bylaws
that provide for the officers of the Senate -- a President and a President-Elect.
Their duties are outlined in Section 2, Article VI of the Faculty
Senate Bylaws.
2. INTERINSTITUTIONAL FACULTY SENATE SENATOR
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Senator duties and purpose are outlined
in Sections 1 and 2, Article VIII of the Faculty
Senate Bylaws. Continuing IFS Senators are: Jim Lundy, Civil, Construction,
and Environmental Engineering and Dan Edge, Fisheries and Wildlife.
Eligibility: Those Faculty determined to be eligible to
be elected and to vote in the election of Senators of the Faculty Senate
are also entitled to vote in the election of the Senate President-Elect
and IFS Senator. Faculty eligible to vote are those who were included
in the FTE count for the current apportionment table, as determined by
official university personnel statistics.
Method of Voting: As specified in Senate action of June,
1978, the election is to be conducted through mail ballot (not E-Mail). Ballots for
those eligible to vote in the election are mailed to individual faculty
members whose names have been provided to the Faculty Senate Office by
the University.
Dates of Voting: The election will be conducted November
12-December 3, with signed ballots returned to the Faculty
Senate Office (107 Gilkey Hall) no later than noon on Tuesday,
December 3. Late ballots are not counted.
Election and Ballot Counting Committee: A ballot-counting
committee is appointed by the Senate President. Results of both elections
are published in the staff newsletter, OSU THIS WEEK, and reported at
the December Faculty Senate meeting.
Nomination and Election Procedures: The candidates for this
election were determined at the November 7 Faculty Senate meeting. Biographical
sketches and candidate statements for each of the candidates are enclosed.
The ballot contains nominees for President-Elect and IFS Senator
on the same card. Any faculty member eligible to vote who has not received
a ballot by November 18 should call the Faculty Senate Office (541-737-4344)
to determine inclusion on the computer-generated list of eligible voters
provided by the University
Candidate Statements: In addition to the enclosed statements,
candidates were given questions to answer regarding their candidacy; these
responses can be found on the Faculty Senate Elections website.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE....
