2.37.1 Committee Chairs, Membership, and Terms of Service
The Staff Council chair will appoint chairs for each standing committee and will define each committee's scope and charge. Committee chairs must be chosen from Council members.
The committee chair will establish membership from a committee pool of interested staff employees maintained by the Nominations and Elections Committee. Each standing committee will be composed of six (6) members and an ex officio member as appropriate. An ad hoc committee may have more than six (6) members if the Council deems it necessary by majority vote.
Committee membership shall be representative of a cross-section of staff classifications. A committee may remove by vote any member who does not actively participate, defined as missing three (3) consecutive meetings, in the committee's work. Upon a vacancy, the committee chair will fill the vacancy with a staff employee from the committee pool and shall so notify the chair of the Staff Council.
Staff Council standing committee membership will be announced by the Council chair.
Committee members shall serve three (3)-year terms. Terms shall be staggered so that approximately one-third (1/3) of the Staff Council standing committee members are replaced each year.
No individual shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms on the same standing committee unless approved by simple majority vote of the Staff Council.
Staff members shall serve on no more than two (2) standing committees concurrently.
The Staff Council chair may, at her/his discretion and/or the direction of the Council, appoint special and ad hoc committees and assign members who will serve one (1)-year terms. Such groups will generally be given a deadline by which they must complete their work and at which point their charge will expire.
Effective Date
Approved by Board of Curators: January 15, 2026