Staff Affairs Committee

Charge

The Staff Affairs Committee shall review library policies as they affect staff members, recommend new policies, serve as a point of contact for staff who are not members of the Assembly, and actively promote understanding of and opportunities for staff involvement, particularly from non-faculty, in shared governance at every administrative level.

Membership

The Committee shall consist of seven members. Four members shall be elected by and from the exempt and non-exempt library staff; two members elected by and from the library faculty; and one member elected by and from the library graduate assistants.

2008-2009 Committee Membership

• Dawn Borgardt
• Tim Hackman
• Linda Sarigol (chair)
• Bruce Tennant
• Lisa Wheeler
• Jeremy Withnell
• Tanner Wray

Term of Office

Exempt and non-exempt staff members and library faculty members shall serve two-year staggered terms, with at least one member within the two membership groups elected annually. Members may serve no more than two consecutive terms. The Graduate Assistant shall serve a one-year term.

Chair

Following each year's election the committee shall meet to elect a chair.

From Article III, Section 5.C.6. of A PLAN OF ORGANIZATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND LIBRARIES

Policy on Shared Governance from Bylaws of the Board of Regents, Section I: Systemwide Councils and Institutional Boards, I.600.

Committee reflector: lib-staffaffairs@umd.edu

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