Quorum for Departmental Sample Clauses
The 'Quorum for Departmental' clause defines the minimum number of members required to be present for a departmental meeting to be considered valid and able to conduct official business. Typically, this clause specifies a set number or percentage of department members whose attendance is necessary before decisions can be made or votes can be taken. For example, it may require that at least half of the department's voting members be present to proceed. The core function of this clause is to ensure that departmental decisions are made with sufficient participation, thereby promoting fairness and legitimacy in the decision-making process.
Quorum for Departmental. Program Personnel Committee meetings, at which a reappointment file is being discussed and/or voted on, shall be all members of the Departmental/Program Personnel Committee, save any members who are in a conflict of interest. Members who are in a conflict of interest will recuse themselves from any Departmental/Program Personnel Committee meetings at which the relevant reappointment file is being discussed and/or voted on.
III.6.8.2.1 Committee decisions shall be made by formal vote. Votes shall be conducted by secret ballot. Committee members may not abstain from voting. A simple majority of votes carries. A record of the results of the vote as well as the minutes of all Departmental/Program Personnel Committee meetings shall be forwarded to the Office of the ▇▇▇▇ when the Chair of the Departmental/Program Personnel Committee forwards the Departmental/Program Personnel Committee’s recommendation to the ▇▇▇▇. Such records are confidential, and the Departmental/Program Personnel Committee’s minutes will not form part of the reappointment file. They shall be kept for twelve (12) months after the reappointment decision has been issued or until the end of any related grievance or arbitration.
III.6.8.2.2 Members of the Departmental/Program Personnel Committee shall maintain confidentiality regarding the Departmental/Program Personnel Committee’s deliberations and decisions, unless, as a result of a grievance process, legal or contractual proceedings require otherwise. Committee members who violate this requirement of confidentiality shall be removed from the Departmental/Program Personnel Committee by the Chair of the Departmental/Program Personnel Committee.
III.6.8.2.3 Notwithstanding the confidential nature of the deliberations and decisions leading to recommendations of the Departmental/Program Personnel committee, any allegations of procedural irregularities may be brought to the attention of the ▇▇▇▇ or any TUFA officer.
Quorum for Departmental. Program Tenure Committee meetings shall be all members of the Departmental/Program Tenure Committee.