{"id":42,"date":"2019-01-30T16:15:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T16:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T18:38:40","slug":"senate-bylaws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/senate-bylaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Bylaws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Section 1:\u00a0 Statements by Candidates<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. All candidates are encouraged to submit a brief statement (no more than 250 words) of background and interest with their nomination email.<\/li>\n
  2. For those candidates who do not self-nominate, the deadline for the submission of the statements will be included in the nomination confirmation email from the Elections Committee.<\/li>\n
  3. A list of the candidates\u2019 names and statements will be emailed to the university community and posted on the University Senate website prior to the start of the election.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Approved 1\/31\/18<\/p>\n

    Section 2: Adjunct Senator Voting Seat<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    To be eligible for the nomination for election to the voting Adjunct Senator seat, an individual must meet the following criteria at the time of the election:<\/p>\n

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    1. Employed by the University by holding adjunct status with instructional duties<\/li>\n
    2. Be a member of the adjunct bargaining unit<\/li>\n
    3. Have taught at least one course per academic year for two consecutive years<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Eligibility to vote in the election for the Adjunct Senator seat follows the same criteria as eligibility for nomination.<\/p>\n

      If there is a break of continuity of service for two or more consecutive semesters, the seat will be declared open. The replacement process will follow the process described in Section E of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

      Approved 12\/19\/18<\/p>\n

      Membership Implementation Plan (Approved 12\/2018):\u00a0<\/strong>Approved Plan<\/a><\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

      Section 3: Recording of Senate Meetings<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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      1. Members of the University community who regularly use technological assistance for accommodation (via, e.g., via\u00a0 otter.ai or zoom ai companion), and are attending a regular meeting of the University Senate synchronously (remotely or in-person), shall be permitted to use their usual mode of technological assistance in order to support their attendance.<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Methods of recording\/transcribing a meeting (e.g., AI \u2018bots\u2019) not associated with a synchronous attendee shall not be allowed, and will not be accepted for remote connection.<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. Unauthorized recording (video and\/or audio) of meetings of the University Senate by members of the media, or others, is prohibited. Requests for authorization to record a meeting of the Senate must be submitted in writing to the Corresponding Secretary of the Senate at least Seventy-two (72) hours prior to the scheduled start time of such meeting.<\/span><\/li>\n
      4. Notwithstanding any other recording or transcript, the official meeting minutes, as presented by the Recording Secretary, and approved by the University Senate, shall constitute the official record of Senate meetings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Approved 11\/20\/24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Section 1:\u00a0 Statements by Candidates All candidates are encouraged to submit a brief statement (no more than 250 words) of background and interest with their nomination email. For those candidates who do not self-nominate, the deadline for the submission of the statements will be included in the nomination confirmation email from the Elections Committee. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}