Responsibilities of the All-University Committee. The All-University Committee shall encourage the participation of all members of the bargaining unit, members of the University administration, and members of the student body in the process of decision making. The Committee shall be the primary agency for coordinating and implementing such participation in accordance with the provisions of this Article. Whenever any matter is submitted by any person who is a member of the university community for consideration by the All-University Committee or any standing committee, such matter shall be submitted to the All- University Committee and shall thereafter be promptly referred by the Committee to such standing committee, if any, within whose purview such matter falls; provided, however, that in the event that there shall be no standing committee within whose purview such matter falls, the All-University Committee shall, in accordance with Section D(3) hereof, refer such matter to an ad hoc committee. Such assignments to standing committees shall be made in accordance with the duties of such committees as they are hereinafter set forth. Through the vehicle of official minutes, the All-University Committee shall monitor the proceedings of the standing committees constituted pursuant to the provisions of this Article. All recommendations and reports from any standing or ad hoc committee shall, without exception, be made to the All-University Committee in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The All-University Committee may take up and act upon any recommendation, report or other matter submitted to it by any standing or ad hoc committee, provided only that a majority of its members shall have voted to do so. No later than thirty (30) days following its receipt thereof, the All-University Committee may, by majority vote, make to the President such recommendation as it deems appropriate concerning any recommendation or report that has been made to it by any standing or ad hoc committee. During that thirty (30) day period the All-University Committee may request of the President an additional thirty (30) days within which to make such recommendation. Whenever any recommendation of the All-University Committee shall be contrary in whole or in part to any recommendation or report of a standing or ad hoc committee, the All-University Committee shall, with its own recommendation, transmit to the President, a copy of the recommendation or report of such committee. When conducting its own review of a matter, ...
