University Senate Proposed: April 26, 2002

Adopted:

RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE

TEMPORARY AD HOC COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH STAFF AFFAIRS

WHEREAS, on January 26, 2001, the Senate resolved to establish an ad hoc committee on research staff affairs, to function until the end of the 2001–2002 Senate session, and resolved that the Ad Hoc Committee would report to the Senate with a recommendation about its own future during this period, and

WHEREAS, the Senate Committee on Structure and Operations is in the midst of reviewing, and considering the implications of, a proposal from the Ad Hoc Committee on Research Staff Affairs to (1) increase the number of Senate seats held by research officers, (2) create a standing Senate committee to deal with issues pertaining to research officers, and (3) place research officers on other Senate committees;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ad Hoc Committee on Research Staff Affairs be continued in its present form until the end of the 2002–2002 academic year, with the expectation that appropriate Senate action and other required action will be completed by that time.

Proponent:

Committee on Senate Structure and Operations