Faculty_1964-71_095

In the case of (a) above, we should recommend that a new committee be elected. In the case of (b), then what is needed is the amendment by-laws committee0 In the case of (c), we need no discussion* The President himself suggested that I bring this matter to you* I am sure, despite the fact that he is not here, he will be sympathetic and will consider our proposals with good spirit* We have full confidence in the administration and the administrators and no one has ill-feeling against them* All we aimed at is to bring the gap between them and the faculty more closer, to avoid centralization and ensure fuller representation of the faculty in the numerous committee* DISCUS SION s Dr. Faulkner; I have no questionvdthrespect to the progressive nature of the by-laws, but the committee of the Econ* Pol. Sc. Department felt that there should be substantial enlargement of faculty in committees. These are those who are teaching full-time. The papers that were given to you, entitled "The faculty and Institutional Policy" furnish the rationale for participation* The striking feature of these by-laws is that there are too many administrators in the sense of what I have seen in other schools* They sit on the academic board by virtue of their office. This document that we presented to our department and then passed it to the by-laws committee is to loosen up the structure so that more people are involved directly in the university. This is important; if we go to the President's remark in the opening faculty meeting, he points to problems with respects to faculty turnover, salaries, etc. One should talk to them and discuss this. What we are proposing is a loosening-up of the academic board and other committees* We suggest removing some members from committes. It is not clear that they should belong to them by virtue of their office. Also, to anticipate a criticism, a faculty member, even if he is hergfor one or two or three years, this does not incapacitate him form making contributions* Our House of Representatives in the U*S<, has no assurance that people will be elected for more than two years, despite the fact that they may stay on