Staff Senate Committees

Article IX. Other Committees

The Staff Senate shall be responsible for appointing committees as necessary. Ad hoc committees may be appointed by the Staff Senate President and/or by request of the Staff Senate. The Staff Senate president may appoint committee membership.

  1. The standing committees of the Staff Senate shall be determined by the Senate each year, but may include committees such as, University Development and Events; Constitution and Elections; Communications; Business Processes; Professional Development.
  2. The Staff Senate president can appoint one or more ad hoc committees address specific issues of concern not already being addressed by a standing committee of the staff senate.
  3. Committee membership is open to all Staff Senate members. Each standing committee shall consist of a minimum of three members who shall serve for one year.
  4. Committees shall meet as convened by the committee Chair on a quarterly basis, or as determined by the committee, and provide monthly reports to the Staff Senate Executive Board prior to called monthly staff senate meetings.
  5. A Staff Senate member may not serve as a committee Chair on more than one standing committee.
  6. General Committee duties are as follows:
    1. Each standing committee shall accept business items assigned to it by the Staff Senate Executive Board and may also initiate their own agenda in consultation with the Executive Board.
    2. Committee members will address their assignments in a responsible timely manner.
    3. The committee Chair will make a report to the full Staff Senate at each monthly meeting and will prepare and submit a written annual report that includes all items placed on the committee agenda and the disposition of each.
    4. Funding and/or approval items

 

SECTION 2: INSTITUTIONAL AND SYSTEM COMMITTEES

In the spirit of shared governance and in an effort to ensure support for the vast array of projects and work at UTRGV, the Staff Senate should have representation on institutional and UT System committees. The Staff Senate should be represented by a minimum of one member on committees that directly affect staff and the execution of their duties. Moreover, Staff Senate should have a representative on all committees that affect the overall maintenance and operation of the institution. Each staff representative should serve as a voting member of institutionally designated or UT System sanctioned committees as appointed. It is the Staff Senate member’s responsibility to report on the activities of these committees to the full Staff Senate on a monthly basis. If unable to attend, the Staff Senate member should send an alternate to participate and report.