Common use of Selecting a Successor Department Chair or Filling a Vacancy from within the Department Clause in Contracts

Selecting a Successor Department Chair or Filling a Vacancy from within the Department. The unit members of each department to which these provisions apply shall meet upon the call of the Vice President to select and submit in writing to the President the name of a single nominee for the chair of the department. The Vice President shall submit to the Department Chair, the department members and the Chapter President a list of the members of the department who are eligible to vote. The Department Chair will provide department members who are eligible to vote not less than ten (10) days notice of the meeting. Such meeting shall be held between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. during the academic year. If a scheduling conflict occurs, the Vice President shall make an appropriate decision in order to allow the department member to attend the meeting. A quorum shall consist of a majority of those members of the department eligible to vote. The nominee shall be elected by a majority of those department members present and voting, and the nomination shall thereupon be transmitted to the President. Selection of such nominee shall be accomplished pursuant to written departmental procedures established by the department, which procedures shall not be contrary to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Thereafter, the President shall, within ten (10) working days of his/her receipt of such nomination, either appoint or decline to appoint such nominee. Should the President decline to appoint such nominee, the department shall reconvene and select a different nominee in accordance with the foregoing procedures. This process shall continue until the President of the University shall have appointed a nominee xxxx submitted.