FACULTY SENATE MEETING AGENDA The Drake University Faculty Senate will meet in regular session February 21, 2001 in Olmsted Conference Rooms at 3:30 p.m. AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of January 2001, December 2000 and November 2000 minutes 4. Report from President Maxwell 5. Report from Provost Troyer 6. Report from President Simpson 7. Unfinished Business A) motion 01-17 to alter the Rules and Regulations of the Faculty Senate item 1.02 Election of the Senate President, J Torgerson The President of the Faculty Senate shall be elected by the faculty at large to serve a year as President-Elect and then a year as President of the Faculty Senate with full rights as a member of the Senate. The election process shall begin with faculty who are eligible to serve on the Faculty Senate being nominated (including self-nomination) for election. Faculty who accept the nomination and agree to have their names placed on the ballot will provide a brief statement stating their willingness to serve as President of the Senate and why. If a present member of the Faculty Senate is elected, that person’s position will be filled through normal procedures. The four years of consecutive service rule does not apply. A faculty member may serve as President only once in ten years. The President of the Faculty Senate will receive a one course reduction. After nominations are received, the traditional voting procedures will be used to reduce the final ballot to two candidates. The final ballot will consist of the two faculty members receiving the most votes. The Faculty member receiving the majority of votes cast on the final ballot shall be the next President-Elect and the President. 8. New Business A) motion to amend the Academic Charter (as presented to Senate, January 2001), J Reynolds 9. Adjournment