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FSU Spring 2018 Election Announcement

12/6/17

The Faculty Staff Union (FSU) is a member driven union that represents faculty and librarians.

The FSU governing body is the elected FSU Executive Committee which includes: President, Vice President, Librarian representative, four (4) Non Tenure Track Faculty representatives, two (2) Pre-Tenure Track Faculty representatives, and four (4) Tenured Faculty representatives. (to see current members go to  http://www.fsu.umb.edu/content/executive-committee)

The positions of President and Vice President are elected at large. The remaining eleven positions are elected (librarian, non-tenure track, pre-tenure tenure track, tenured) by their constituents only (for example, only tenured faculty vote for the tenured faculty representatives). The term of office is two years.

Each Spring semester, approximately half of the Executive Committee’s positions are up for election. The below table identifies the positions and their election year.

Position

Number of positions

Spring 2018

Spring 2019

President

1

1

 

Vice-President

1

 

1

Librarian

1

1

 

Tenured Faculty

4

2

2

Pre-Tenure

2

1

1

Non Tenure Track

4

2

2

Nominations for the Spring 2018 Election begins January 29, 2018 and runs to February 9, 2018. Elected candidates will begin serving on the Executive Committee at the end of the Spring semester.

The adopted Spring 2018 Election Schedule is below. In addition, the nomination form and detailed election procedures will be distributed at the beginning of the Spring semester via email and placed on the FSU webpage.

FSU Bylaws includes the job description and responsibilities of the Executive Committee.  Go to http://www.fsu.umb.edu/content/fsu-bylaws 

From the FSU Elections Committee:

Sofya Aptekar, Sociology

Caroline Coscia, Political Science

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FSU Executive Committee Election Schedule for Spring 2018

Activity

Timeframe

2018 Dates

FSU Executive Committee

  • Inform those members whose term expires Spring 2018.

 

 

Friday, December 1st 

Election Announcement

  • Email to membership with Election Overview document 

 

 

December 4th to 8th 

Nomination Announcement[1]

  • Email to membership with election schedule and general election information.

 

 

January 12th to 22nd 

Nomination Period

  • The Nomination form is made available.
  • Email sent to all members no later than 9AM January 29th

 

Two weeks

Monday, January 29th   9AM EST  to

 

Friday, Feb 9th  5PM EST

Nominating Committee Review

 

 

Monday, Feb 12th  EST to

 

Weds, Feb 14th EST

 

Slate of Candidates Distributed

  • Email to membership announcing those running for office.

 

Thursday, Feb 15th 9AM EST

Campaigning

 

Two Weeks

Thurs, Feb 15th 9AM EST to

 

Friday, March 2nd  9AM EST

Candidate Forum

 

Wednesday, February 28th 

 

Voting

One Week, include a weekend

Friday, March 2nd 9AM EST to

 

Friday, March 9th 9AM EST

Election Committee

  • Count the ballots

One day

Friday, March 9th between 9AM and 1PM EST

 

Election Results Announced

 

Friday, March 9th 1PM to 5PM EST

 

 

Note:    Classes begin January 22, 2018. Martin Luther King Day is Monday, January 15th. Presidents’ Day (university holiday) is Monday, Feb. 19.  Spring Break begins Sunday, March 11th. 

 

[1] The FSU may also include the election information when the welcome to the semester email is sent to members.