Academic Senate Committee on Bylaws Meeting on Wednesday, September 21, 2022

The Academic Senate Committee on Bylaws met on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 12:00 p.m., via Zoom virtual platform

Committee Members in Attendance:

1. Blick, William, Library (2025) – secretary
2. Lam, Raymond, Engineering Technology (2023) - chair
3. Robertson, Rommel, Social Sciences (2025)
4. Rome, Barbara, Nursing (2024)
5. Tokke, Cheryl, Business (2024) 

Liaisons in Attendance:

 

1. Liza Larios (Liaison, Human Resources and Labor Relations)

 

 

 

Business:

The meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m.

1. The Committee welcomed committee members and liaison and all members provided a brief introduction to their roles at the College

1. New members: William Blick and Rommel Robertson
2. New Liaison: Lois Florman

2. Members briefly reviewed Bylaws charges listed in Bylaws Committee webpage.

 

3.There was consideration and discussion on the proposed amendment to the Academic Senate Bylaws for the WID/WAC Committee. The proposed amendment is listed below:

 

The WID/WAC 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 WID/WAC 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.

 

4. The Committee members unanimously voted to approve these changes.

 

5. Committee members approved Microsoft Teams as the communication channel of Bylaws Committee

1. Two new members were invited to the Bylaws Committee team
2. Ray discussed the continuing project of the Committee document depository

 

6. Creation of Bylaws Committee activity database as a living local repository in Microsoft Teams was agreed upon as the preferred format for the local repository. Ray agreed to share his Excel sheet with updated information.

 

7. Review of committee guide and upload it to Bylaws Committee webpage. Committee members agreed to continue the process of sharing ideas and additions to the committee guide in accordance with the Steering Committee’s guidelines.

 

8. Meeting modality: Lois Florman explained the mandate has been lifted for remote modalities and provided legal and CUNY-wide rationale for this change. It is now mandatory for Committees to meet in person, unless there are extraordinary circumstances that prevent such.

 

1. Ray will send out a Doodle Poll to determine availability of members, and to help to establish the appropriate dates to meet
2. Some options for a meeting place were discussed. The committee will determine and secure, along with appropriate dates and times, a place to meet.

 

9. Next meeting schedule: As a result of availability of rooms and Committee members we will determine the next meeting

 

10. Additional business- No additional business was brought up.

 

11. Action Items:

 

1. Unanimous vote to approve WID/WAC Bylaw amendment
2. New invitations to be sent for Microsoft Teams
3. Work on updating Bylaws Committee webpage will commence
4. Continue to develop Bylaws Database. Ray will share his Excel worksheet
5. Messaging and documents to be shared in Microsoft team
6. The Committee will determine appropriate meeting times and place for future meetings.

 

 12. Adjournment- Meeting was adjourned at 1:35.

Respectfully submitted,

William Blick
Committee on Bylaws, Secretary

Minutes typed on September 23, 2022

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