12/11/2018
Faculty Staff Union
Executive Committee Spring Election
Announcement
The Faculty Staff Union (FSU) is a member driven union that represents faculty and librarians.
The FSU governing body is the elected FSU Executive Committee which includes: President, Vice President, Librarian representative, four (4) Non Tenure Track Faculty representatives, two (2) Pre-Tenure Track Faculty representatives, and four (4) Tenured Faculty representatives (to see current members go to http://www.fsu.umb.edu/content/executive-committee) .
The positions of President and Vice President are elected at large. The remaining eleven positions are elected (librarian, non-tenure track, pre-tenure tenure track, tenured) by their constituents only (for example, only tenured faculty vote for the tenured faculty representatives). The term of office is two years.
Each Spring semester, approximately half of the Executive Committee’s positions are up for election. The below table identifies the positions and their election year.
Position |
Number of positions |
Spring 2019 |
Spring 2020 |
President |
1 |
|
1 |
Vice-President |
1 |
1 |
|
Librarian |
1 |
|
1 |
Tenured Faculty |
4 |
2 |
2 |
Pre-Tenure |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Non Tenure Track |
4 |
2 |
2 |
Nominations for the Spring 2019 Election begins January 25, 2019 and runs to February 8, 2019. Elected candidates will begin serving on the Executive Committee at the end of the Spring semester.
The adopted Spring 2019 Election Schedule is on the next page. In addition, the nomination form and detailed election procedures will be distributed at the beginning of the Spring semester via email and placed on the FSU webpage.
FSU Bylaws includes the job description and responsibilities of the Executive Committee. Go to http://www.fsu.umb.edu/content/fsu-bylaws
FSU Executive Committee Election Schedule for Spring 2019
Activity |
Timeframe |
Dates |
FSU Executive Committee
|
|
Monday, December 3, 2018 |
Election Announcement
|
|
December 5, 2018 to
December 10, 2018 |
Nomination Announcement[1]
|
|
January 18, 2019 to
January 23, 2019 |
Nomination Period
|
Two weeks |
Friday, January 25th 9AM EST to
Friday, Feb 8th 5PM EST |
Nominating Committee Review
|
One week |
Monday, Feb 11th 9AM EST to
Weds, Feb 14th 9AM EST
|
Slate of Candidates Distributed
|
|
Thursday, Feb 14th 9AM EST |
Campaigning
|
Two Weeks |
Thurs, Feb 14th 9AM EST to
Friday, March 1st 9AM EST |
Candidate Forum |
|
Wednesday, February 27th
|
Voting |
One Week, include a weekend |
Friday, March 1st 9AM EST to
Friday, March 8th 9AM EST |
Election Committee
|
One day |
Friday, March 8th between 12PM and 3PM EST
|
Election Results Announced |
|
Friday, March 8th 3PM to 5PM EST
|
Note: Classes begin January 28, 2019, Monday, Feb. 18 is a University Holiday. Spring Break begins Sunday, March 10th
[1] The FSU may also include the election information when the welcome to the semester email is sent to members.