University Area Commission | Governance Committee Report
Meeting Details: Wednesday November 4, 2015, Northwood and High Building, Started X:XX PM and Ended X:XX PM (No quorum)
Attendance: (P: Present, A: Absent, E: Excused, G: Guest, R: Resigned) Sharon Young (E), Doreen Uhas-Sauer (P), Colin Odden (E) Jennifer Mankin (A), Steve Volkmann (P), Michael Sharvin (E) and David Hegley (P)
- We did not achieve a quorum so no official meeting took place and the proposed agenda was not taken up.
- For those members who were able to attend the discussion focused on UAC elections which were going on that evening and being supported by many of the Governance members.
- The focus was on the possible election rule changes that may be requested by the election committee during their final report to the Commission at the November meeting.
- Areas Governance was asked to consider:
- Document the election process
- Clarify the rules that a write in candidate must follow
- Survey candidates from the current and the previous year or two in order to find out what they liked, disliked and found confusing about the process.
- This survey should include anyone who ran as a write in candidate.
- Areas Governance was asked to consider:
Next meeting is December 2, 2015 at 6:00 PM in Room 100 of the Northwood & High Building