To: Peter Gilkey
From: Franklin Stahl Add to address book...
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 14:14:32 -0700

Colleagues,

The actions taken at the 6 May 2009 meeting of the Statutory Faculty have consequences for the University that are of concern to the University Senate. Two prominent consequences are:

• (1) The failure of the University to comply with the recommendations of the Department of Justice regarding the duties of the Professors and the President ("the Faculty").
• (2) the imposition upon the Senate, by Faculty ratification of the 1995 Senate Charter, of the Oregon Public Meetings Law.

These consequences are examined in the attached pdf "Reflections on the Faculty meeting of 6 May 2009."

The first consequence is particularly important because it leaves university governance in a clouded condition. The Senate can clarify the condition, however, by the simple expedient of discussing, amending, and proposing to the Faculty a governance document that specifies the manner in which the Faculty can carry out its oversight obligations. Such a document could be brought for ratification to the Faculty Meeting promised by President Frohnmayer for November, 2009. A proposed governance document that could serve as a foundation for such action is also attached.

Why not leave all this hard work for the committee that the University President proposes to appoint? That committee, if it is formed, might, again, create a governance document that fails to properly provide for the legally mandated role of the Faculty in University governance. Should that happen, it will be essential to have a well-prepared, well-circulated counter proposal.

Respectfully,

Frank

1. Microsoft Word - reflections on 6 May 2009'.doc.pdf
2. Microsoft Word - Governance Document''''.doc.pdf

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