Bring to Meet and Confer items 1 and 2 in non-renew draft regulations. Sabbatical Policy Bring to Meet and Confer Items 1,2, and 3. 1. The regulation seems to be combining procedures for mandatory and non-mandatory sabbaticals. Faculty should not have to make decisions regarding the academic merit of sabbatical proposals from departments outside their own area. Faculty members from one department don't necessarily have a good understanding of the academic expertise of another department, and might not be qualified to address issues of quality regarding sabbatical proposals from a colleague in another department.
Administration can request faculty input at any time.
However, IFO Association members do not make decisions regarding other members on issues regarding hiring, firing, awarding or punishing. For your information, I will be soliciting once more for remaining committee openings. PPG needs 3 more members as well. G. Elections Senators Vernon Leighton, and Yogesh Grover. Committee on Committees Bruce Svingen.