Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The staff employee advisory committee,
"SEAC," shall serve as an advisory body to the president. Matters involving
collective bargaining shall not be referred to or addressed by the
committee.
(B) The full committee
shall meet annually with the president. The executive officers meet with the
president quarterly or as needed. Meeting minutes shall be made available for
all full-time staff
employees for review.
(C) The
committee shall call an annual meeting - at the first meeting following
elections - whereby the following business, including but not limited to, must
be conducted: appoint a chair for the upcoming year, appoint a vice-chair,
appoint a secretary, appoint a treasurer, appoint university council members,
establish meeting times and location, and verify ex-officio members by
name(s).
(D) Composition.
(1) The "SEAC" shall consist of eighteen
full-time staff
employees employed by the university of Akron. The office of general counsel
shall provide assistance as appropriate.
(2) An ex-officio member. This is a current
member of the "SEAC" committee whose term is expiring. The ex-officio member is
voted on by the current "SEAC" committee for an additional year-long
appointment to complete a current assignment. Each ex-officio member appointed
will be evaluated annually at elections.
(E) Terms of office.
(1) "SEAC" members shall be elected/appointed
for three-year terms, with no more than one-third (six) of the committee
members leaving the committee each year. No member may be elected or appointed
to serve more than two consecutive full terms. Each year, members of "SEAC"
will be elected/appointed as follows:
(a) One
full-time staff member
appointed by the president of the university of Akron for a three-year
term.
(b) Five members elected by
university full-time staff members for a three-year term.
(c) An ex-officio member. This is a current
member of the "SEAC" committee whose term is expiring. The ex-officio member is
voted on by the current "SEAC" committee for an additional year-long
appointment to complete a current assignment.
(d) Each ex-officio elected member will be
evaluated annually at elections.
(e) The remaining twelve elected/appointed
full-time staff shall
continue their staggered three-year terms.
(F) Election.
(1) The "SEAC" shall establish election
procedures. Such procedures shall call for nominations from the
full-time
staff employees, which shall be sent
to all members at least one week(s)
prior to the elections. Each
full-time
staff employee may submit for
nomination the name of one full-time staff employee. Self-nominations are not
permitted, and the nominees shall indicate a
willingness to serve.
(2) Ballots
shall carry the names of all eligible persons who have been proposed for
nomination. The person or persons receiving the largest number of votes shall
fill the open position(s) in decreasing order of those votes, provided those
persons are otherwise eligible in accordance with the eligibility requirements
for membership on the "SEAC." Only full-time staff employees are eligible to
participate in the election. All documents and data will be returned as
confidential to the "SEAC" recording secretary .
(3)
Immediately following the election, the "SEAC" will certify to the president
the new composition of the elected members of the committee.
(4) In the
event that no member of the university's regional campus(es) is elected, the
president of the university of Akron will appoint a member(s) from the regional
campus.
(5) Should a vacancy occur,
the next eligible person receiving the largest number
of votes from the most recent election will be appointed
.
(G) Removal from membership/office. Any
member of "SEAC" may be removed upon a majority vote of the "SEAC." In the
event of a removal from membership/office, a new member/officer shall then be
appointed by for the
remaining term of the vacancy. Thereafter, the person so removed will be
ineligible to return to the committee.
