Rationale
Support open communication and shared governance activities at ETSU.
Charge
Serve as a clearing house for directing and facilitating the activities of committees
as appropriate to support communication and shared governance among the University
Community.
Membership Structure
Membership:
- Sub-Council Chair will be appointed by the University President
- President or President’s Designee from
- Council of Chairs
- Faculty Senate
- Staff Sente
- Student Government Association
Sub-Council to be staffed by Provost's Office
Responsibilities
- Conduct biennial reviews of all committees to assure that each is functioning as defined
by its individual charge and that redundancies are avoided.
- Establish and enforce standards, guidelines, and procedures of committee administration,
reviewed biennially to assure compliance and relevance to the work of the committees
and the institution.
- Determine the procedures and responsibilities for identifying committee membership,
monitoring terms of appointment, soliciting members as needed from the various constituent
groups.
- Provide training for committee chairs.
- Assure accountability of committees by establishing a repository for minutes and annual
reports and a process for reporting the work of the committees to the University Council.
- Act as a liaison to the University Council for motions from committees for endorsement
and/or approval by the University Council.
- Act as a liaison to the University Council to recommend restructuring and/or dissolution
of governance organizations as deemed appropriate and in the best interest of ETSU;
this would not pertain to any governance organization representing a major constituency
and having an established constitution and bylaws.
- Maintain a web site on committees and governance.
- Assist University Council as needed to address issues related to governance.
Meetings
To be determined
Resources
