All committees shall be appointed during the spring semester to take office on September 1 unless otherwise specified. The Executive Committee consists of six members elected by the voting members of the Department. Before the end of the spring semester each year, the Executive Committee calls an election of new members for the following academic year. To be eligible for election, a faculty member must hold a tenured or tenure-track appointment in the Department. The term of an elected member is three years, and members cannot be elected for consecutive terms.
Membership is staggered so that two new members are elected each year.
When a member's service on the committee is interrupted by sabbatical or leave of absence, especially when longer than one semester off-campus, withdrawal from the committee is encouraged. When a member withdraws from the committee, an election will be called for an immediate replacement to serve out the remainder of the departing member's term. The Executive Committee elects a convener annually. The convener will call a meeting at least monthly. Any member of the committee may propose items for each meeting's agenda.