- ACADEMIC PERSONNEL COMMITTEE. 4.25.1 STRUCTURE OF THE APC a. There shall be an Academic Personnel Committee (APC) composed of five (5) eligible tenured Members and a Chair, who will be a Xxxx. The Chair will ensure that proper procedures are followed and will have no vote. The five voting members will designate one of their own to serve as liaison with the President, especially to ask for letters of reference. In case membership of the APC falls below five members, additional members will be drawn from cognate disciplines in the Faculty of Humanities or Social Sciences. If there are more than five eligible members, they will elect the five among themselves. b. Members who have a matter before the APC are not eligible. Members on leave are not required to participate on APC, but in special circumstances may request permission of the APC to be included in its membership, with the understanding that this requires attendance at all meetings. Untenured faculty within the same department or program as a candidate for renewal or tenure are not eligible to sit on the APC for that academic year. In the event that an otherwise eligible Member goes on leave during the term of the APC, he/she may express a willingness to continue serving during the term of the APC. Eligibility shall be determined subsequent to the expiry of the deadline for application for promotion. Should a Member designated as eligible later become ineligible, the Member shall become ineligible on the date that her/his ineligibility becomes known to the Chair of the APC and this Member shall cease to serve on the APC for the duration of the academic year. c. It is understood that no new member can be added to the APC in the midst of deliberations on a specific application. d. If, prior to completion of its deliberations in a given academic year, the membership of the APC falls below five due to disability, leave, or termination of employment, the reduced number shall be deemed to constitute quorum, unless the membership of the APC falls below three.
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- ACADEMIC PERSONNEL COMMITTEE. 4.25.1 1. STRUCTURE OF THE APC
a. a) There shall be an Academic Personnel Committee (APC) composed of five (5) all eligible tenured Members, untenured Members in at least their fourth year of a probationary appointment Members, and a Chairtenured Member of the Faculty of Humanities or Social Sciences of the Laurentian University Federation, who will would normally be a the Xxxx. The Chair will ensure that proper procedures are followed and will have no vote. The five voting members will designate one of their own to serve as liaison with the President, especially to ask for letters of reference. In case membership of the APC falls below the minimum, which is five members, additional members will be drawn from cognate disciplines in the Faculty of Humanities or Social Sciences. If there are more than five eligible membersThe Chair of the APC shall be elected by the Faculty Council from among the Thorneloe representatives and shall have a vote, they unless this will elect the five among themselvesresult in an even number of voting Members.
b. Members b) An eligible Member is one who is not on leave and/or does not have a matter before the APC are not eligible. Members on leave are not required to participate on APC, but in special circumstances may request permission of the APC to be included in its membership, with the understanding that this requires attendance at all meetings. Untenured faculty within the same department or program programme as a candidate for renewal or tenure are not eligible to sit on the APC for that academic year. In the event that an otherwise eligible Member goes on leave during the term of the APC, he/she may express a willingness to continue serving during the term of the APC. Eligibility shall be determined subsequent to the expiry of the deadline for application for promotion. Should a an eligible Member designated as eligible later become ineligibleineligible subsequent to this deadline, the Member shall become ineligible on the date that her/his ineligibility becomes known to the Chair of the APC and this Member shall cease to serve on the APC for the duration of the academic year.
c. c) It is understood that no new member can be added to the APC in the midst of deliberations on a specific application.
d. d) If, prior to completion of its deliberations in a given academic year, the membership of the APC falls below five due to disability, leave, or termination of employment, the reduced number shall be deemed to constitute quorum, unless the membership of the APC falls below three.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
- ACADEMIC PERSONNEL COMMITTEE. 4.25.1 1. STRUCTURE OF THE APC
a. a) There shall be an Academic Personnel Committee (APC) composed of five (5) all eligible tenured Members, untenured Members in at least their fourth year of a probationary appointment, and a Chairtenured Member of the Faculty of Humanities or Social Sciences of the Laurentian University Federation, who will would normally be a the Xxxx. The Chair will ensure that proper procedures are followed and will have no vote. The five voting members will designate one of their own to serve as liaison with the President, especially to ask for letters of reference. In case membership of the APC falls below the minimum, which is five members, additional members will be drawn from cognate disciplines in the Faculty of Humanities or Social Sciences. If there are more than five eligible membersThe Chair of the APC shall be elected by the Faculty Council from among the Thorneloe representatives and shall have a vote, they unless this will elect the five among themselvesresult in an even number of voting Members.
b. Members b) An eligible Member is one who is not on leave and/or does not have a matter before the APC are not eligible. Members on leave are not required to participate on APC, but in special circumstances may request permission of the APC to be included in its membership, with the understanding that this requires attendance at all meetings. Untenured faculty within the same department or program programme as a candidate for renewal or tenure are not eligible to sit on the APC for that academic year. In the event that an otherwise eligible Member goes on leave during the term of the APC, he/she may express a willingness to continue serving during the term of the APC. Eligibility shall be determined subsequent to the expiry of the deadline for application for promotion. Should a an eligible Member designated as eligible later become ineligibleineligible subsequent to this deadline, the Member shall become ineligible on the date that her/his ineligibility becomes known to the Chair of the APC and this Member shall cease to serve on the APC for the duration of the academic year.
c. c) It is understood that no new member can be added to the APC in the midst of deliberations on a specific application.
d. d) If, prior to completion of its deliberations in a given academic year, the membership of the APC falls below five due to disability, leave, or termination of employment, the reduced number shall be deemed to constitute quorum, unless the membership of the APC falls below three.
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Samples: Collective Agreement