Agency: Any
Council, Committee, Faculty, or Board constituted by the Senate.
Board: An independently constituted Senate Agency, organized for a specific
purpose, and reporting to one of the Senate Councils.
Bylaws: Statements of authority, membership, powers, duties, and organization
that guide the Senate’s business.
Code: The Code of the Irvine Academic Senate comprises the Manual of the
Academic Senate and the Manual of the Irvine Division.
Committee: Defined as the Senate Cabinet, Standing Committees, and Special
Committees. See Irvine
Bylaw 35A.
Division: The members of the Irvine Division of the UC Academic Senate as a whole.
See Irvine Bylaws 20 and 155.
Divisional Senate Assembly:
The legislative body of the Irvine Divisional Senate, with members elected or
appointed to serve as representatives of the Division. See Irvine Bylaw 26.
Mail: Any documents distributed by electronic means
or by paper copy.
Manual:
The document that contains the Bylaws, Regulations,
and Appendices, and Legislative Rulings of the Senate.
Regulations: Means by which Bylaws are applied to Senate
business such as admissions and degree requirements. Irvine Regulations may not modify or conflict with
Senate Bylaws and Regulations.
Subcommittee A subdivision of a Council or committee, organized
for a specific purpose, whose Chair is a member of the parent Council.