THE MANUAL OF THE IRVINE DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
CHAPTER III: Organization
Section 2: Divisional Senate Assembly
27. Election of Representatives (Am 5 Jun 03)
(A) Procedures
Each Faculty of the Division shall devise its own procedures for nomination and election of Representatives and for the filling of vacancies that occur. If vacancies are not filled within thirty (30) days, exclusive of administrative recesses, the Committee on Committees of the Division shall name a Representative from the Faculty.
(B) Apportionment
The representation of the Faculties of the Division shall be based on the proportion of Senate membership in each Faculty, in accordance with the formula in Appendix IV. The Faculty Chair of each Faculty shall be a representative of the Faculty; any additional representatives shall be elected by the Faculties as Representatives to the Divisional Senate Assembly. The Divisional Senate Assembly shall be reapportioned by the Committee on Committees every five years or at any time when a Faculty is added or eliminated. The apportioned representatives shall be elected from the voting Senate membership of the Faculties. (Am 7 May 98)
(C) Terms
Representatives of each Faculty shall be elected for two-year terms in the winter quarter and shall serve from September 1 following the election.
(D) Multiple Appointments
Members of the Division holding appointments in more than one Faculty must vote for Representatives and be counted for apportionment in the Faculties in which their major appointments are held. Members holding equally split appointments shall have the option of choosing the Faculty in which they vote for Representatives and are counted for apportionment.
(E) Replacement of Representatives
In Faculties with more than one Representative, terms of elected members are staggered, approximately one-half to be elected every year. In the first election, one-half of the members (rounded to the next higher integer) shall be elected for one year so that in each subsequent year only one-half the terms shall expire.
(F) Limitation of Terms
No elected Representative may serve consecutively for more than two terms or portions thereof.
August 2003 Edition