IIT Policies Regarding Voting Rights

• Overview
  from the Faculty Constitution (Appendix A of the Faculty Handbook), Article III, Paragraph C:
  A majority of the regular voting members of the Faculty voting at a meeting of the university faculty at which a quorum is present may extend fixed-term membership and voting rights to other faculty members as specified in Article I of the by-laws (Appendix B).
• Details
  from the Faculty By-Laws (Appendix B of the Faculty Handbook), Article I, sections A-E:
  
  1. The faculty of the University is defined in Article III.1. of of the Constitution (Appendix A).
  2. The regular voting members of the Faculty are defined in Article III.2. of the Constitution (Appendix A).
  3. The regular voting members of the Faculty may extend vote, on a fixed-term basis, to other members of the Faculty
  4. A list of candidates for fixed-term voting membership shall be prepared by the University Faculty Council for action by the Faculty at its regular spring meeting. The terms of such membership shall be for the next academic year.
  5. The regular voting members of the Faculty, along with fixed-term voting members, shall constitute the voting members of the Faculty
• Recent History:
  In spring 2004 the Category I faculty voted to extend voting rights to Category II faculty during the 2005-2006 academic year. The faculty were unable to vote on continuing this extension at our spring 2006 faculty meetings because the quorum count was lost before we could get to the agenda item related to this extension. Accordingly, only category I faculty are current voting members of the faculty. Extension of voting rights to Category II faculty are to be considered during the fall 2006 faculty meeting.
• The Proposal:
  The proposal, then, is to extend voting rights to all Category II faculty for the 2006-07 academic year.