Motion SF08/09-1 - To legitimize the University Senate
Preamble: The Department of Justice has provided an opinion
(
OP-6735) in
response to a letter from 2007-08 University Senate President Gordon
Sayre concerning the quorum and voting requirements of the University
Assembly. The opinion recommends, as an important first step, that the
faculty delegate the exercise of its statutory powers to the University
Senate.
Whereas, the ruling of the Department of Justice
(
OP-6735)
clearly states that this step is desirable to conduct the affairs of the
present University Senate in a manner that leaves its actions free from
challenge in its exercise of previously delegated authority;
Be it moved that, the statutory faculty delegates the exercise of its
statutory powers to the University Senate and ratifies the version of
the Senate Charter, enabling legislation, and bylaws as amended, that
exists as of 28 April
2009 (http://www.uoregon.edu/~assembly/dirSF/dirExtra/SenateCharter28April09.html).
Legislative History and related documents
This was passed at the
6 May 2009 meeting of the Statuatory Faculty.
