In the event that the outgoing president is unable to serve between the end of the spring semester and the beginning of the fall semester, the term of the incoming president shall commence at the end of the spring semester. In the event that an officer or representative of the Academic Senate shall resign or become unable or ineligible to serve, the Senate shall elect a successor to serve the unexpired portion of the term as soon as possible after the vacancy becomes known. Meetings Section 1. The Academic Senate shall hold at least sixteen nine Senate meetings during the school year on a schedule established annually and distributed to all members of the electorate before the first Senate meeting of the school year. The agenda shall also be posted in the mail rooms at each campus.
Special meetings require at least two days notice.
Special meetings of the Academic Senate may be called by the president of the Senate or by petition of one-third of the elected members of the Senate. In the absence of a quorum at any special meeting, if one-third of the elected members are present, the members present may constitute themselves as an interim committee of the Senate for the purpose of making recommendations, but any such recommendations shall require a majority vote of a quorum of the entire Senate and shall be subject to ratification by the entire Senate at the next regular meeting. The Academic Senate may be called into executive session at the discretion of a majority of the elected officers, but any action taken in executive session must be ratified in the next announced open meeting of the Senate before such action can become effective. Only elected senators, associate senators and the immediate past president shall be present at an executive session. All meetings except executive sessions shall be open to members of the full-time and hourly faculty electorate.