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The Chair of the Faculty Senate will receive an annualized salary equal to four-thirds of his or her academic year base salary. The Office of the Provost will fund three- quarters of the annualized salary and the Chair's home department will fund the remaining quarter. The Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate will receive a yearly stipend from the Office of the Provost. This stipend will be increased each year by a percentage equal to the average percentage raise received by the faculty of Ohio University.

The Secretary of the Faculty Senate will receive a yearly stipend from the Office of the Provost. This stipend will be the same amount as that received by the Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate.

4. Meetings

a. Notice. Notice of meetings may be given by campus or U.S. mail or by telephone. Mailed notices of meeting must be given so as to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the meeting. If the member cannot be reached personally, leaving a telephone message announcing the meeting with a responsible person at the member's house or office, at least four hours prior to the meeting, will constitute sufficient notice.

b. Notice for Special Meetings. All business to be taken up at special meetings must be announced with reasonable particularity in the notice of the special meeting.

c. Closed Meetings. In unusual circumstances, the Senate may wish to close its meeting to various persons or groups of persons for a variety of reasons. Closing may be accomplished in two ways:

i. the Chairperson and/or the Executive Committee of the Senate may announce in the notice of a meeting that the meeting or particular portion of the meeting will be closed. The Chairperson will ask the members of the Senate, when the meeting convenes, if there is objection to closing the meeting or particular portions of the meeting. If a member so requests, a roll call vote will be taken on this question. A simple majority of those voting will close the meeting, except that if the meeting is to be closed to faculty, a two-thirds majority of those voting will be required.

ii. a motion from the floor may close a meeting or a portion of a meeting. Again, a roll call vote on the motion will be taken and a simple majority of those voting will close the meeting or portions of the meeting to whomever is named in the motion, except that if the meeting or portions of the meeting are to be closed to faculty, a two-thirds majority of those voting will be required.

Any motion or recommendation to close a meeting must specify

i. the person or persons to whom it is to be closed,

ii. the reasons for the closure, and

iii. the business to be transacted during the closed period. Once the conditions in the motion or recommendation have been fulfilled, the meeting will be re-opened in accordance with the Senate Constitution, Article 2.

d. The Faculty Senate shall hold at least one regular meeting each month during the calendar year except for the months of July, August, and December. This meeting shall be on the third Monday of each month (unless members are notified of an exception) at an announced time and place. During the summer months (June, July, and August) the Senate membership shall comprise all Senators elected in May of that calendar year, those whose terms continue into the same or subsequent academic years, and those whose terms end on August 31. If necessary, the Executive Committee may ask alternates from the list maintained by the Secretary to fill vacancies in the Summer Senate. These alternates shall be chosen from among those most recently elected. A quorum of the Summer Senate shall be a majority of the number of Senators who serve during the regular academic year.

e. If the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson, and the Secretary are all absent from the campus during the summer, the Chairperson shall appoint a chairperson pro tempore

from the Senate's Executive Committee (or from the other members of the Senate if necessary.)

f. The resolution process is the method most often used by the Senate in carrying out the functions specified in Article 3 of the Senate’s Constitution. The Senate’s standing committees in formulating resolutions will engage in broad-based discussion, seeking input from Senators, constituents, and other interested parties. No final action on a main motion or resolution introduced at a regular or special meeting may be taken at that same meeting. This rule may be suspended by a two-thirds majority of those voting at any regular or special meeting.

Senate resolutions fall into three categories:

• Resolutions of Position: Such resolutions reflect the Senate’s position, or the “Sense of the Senate,” regarding a specific issue and do not require the

signature of the Provost to be effective. The Provost may sign the resolution as reflection of support for the Senate’s position.

• Resolutions of Handbook Policy: Such resolutions result in changes in Handbookprovisions and require the signature of the Provost, as the President’s designee, to be effective. The Provost shall respond to these resolutions within 60 days of a resolution’s passage in one of three ways: by signing the resolution; by stating in writing that the resolution will not be signed and explaining why it will not be signed; or by stating in writing the need for an extension of time to consider the resolution, after which a new date will be mutually agreed to in writing by the Provost and the Senate Chair. Should the Provost fail to respond at all within 60 days of the resolution’s passage, the resolution will be considered signed and will go into effect. • Resolutions of Non-Handbook Policy: Such resolutions result in policies not

involving provisions in the Handbook, such as matters covered in the policy and procedure manual, or matters of curriculum or other academic concerns. Such resolutions require signature of the Provost, as the President’s designee, to be effective. The Provost shall respond to these resolutions within 60 days of a resolution’s passage in one of three ways: by signing the resolution; by stating in writing that the resolution will not be signed and explaining why it will not be signed; or by stating in writing the need for an extension of time to consider the resolution, after which a new date will be mutually agreed to in writing by the Provost and the Senate Chair. Should the Provost fail to

respond at all within 60 days of the resolution’s passage, the resolution will be considered signed and will go into effect.