Meetings of Academic Units and Programs. A. The University encourages academic units and programs to invite Full-Time Bargaining Unit Faculty Members to participate in academic unit level meetings except personnel or compensation-related committees. Full-Time Bargaining Unit Faculty Members’ participation in these types of meetings and activities may vary depending on the purpose of the meeting or activity. Schools, Colleges, departments and programs shall independently exercise discretion as to who will be invited to meetings and activities sponsored by the academic unit. Nonetheless, a Full-Time Bargaining Unit Faculty Member who is appointed by the academic unit to serve on a decision- making committee shall be permitted to attend and to vote on any decision made by that committee. A decision by an academic unit not to invite a Full-Time Bargaining Unit Faculty Member(s) to participate at meetings or serve on a committee of the academic unit shall not be subject to grievance or arbitration under this Agreement.
