Recall of Department/Program Chair Sample Clauses

Recall of Department/Program Chair. 9.4.1 For the purposes of this entire Section 9.4, the department/program chair does not have voting rights nor is to be considered as a voting member of the department/program. Voting department/program faculty (as defined in 9.3 above), any time after a Chair has served one (1) full semester in office, may petition for recall of the department/program chair. (The one (1) full semester waiting period does not apply to Chairs who are serving a consecutive term.) 9.4.2 A petition for recall must state the reasons for the action, and must be signed by a simple majority of voting department/program members. 9.4.3 A petition meeting these specifications shall be presented to the appropriate AFT Guild tenured/tenure-track vice president and the appropriate college vice president, who will be jointly responsible for conducting a recall election within two (2) weeks of receipt of said petition. 9.4.4 The ballot shall simply state: "Should continue to serve as department/program chair; YES NO ." Voting shall be by written, secret ballot (written proxy ballots are acceptable). Ballots shall be cast, counted, and announced at the department/program recall election meeting by the appropriate AFT Guild tenured/tenure-track vice president and the appropriate college vice president. 9.4.5 If, and only if, a two-thirds majority of all eligible voting department/program faculty vote "NO," the Chair will be removed from office. The appropriate AFT Guild tenured/tenure-track vice president and the appropriate college vice president xxxx then jointly arrange for an interim election under the terms of 9.3.12 above. 9.4.6 None of the aforementioned materials will be placed in the Chair's campus-based performance review file, nor official personnel file. All written material relating to the above process must be destroyed after completion of the recall election. 9.4.7 The provisions of section 9.4 of this Article shall not be grievable.