APPENDIX A
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BERKS
SENATE CONSTITUION
(Approved by the Senate Executive Committee, June 4, 2007)
The Executive Committee of the Penn State Berks Senate does hereby propose that the
following Amendment to the Standing Rules of the Penn State Berks Senate (duly ratified
on Tuesday, May 2, 2006) be duly approved and ratified by the Penn State Berks Senate.
Changes are in all caps. Deletions have a line drawn through them.
Background and Rationale:
There is currently a conflict between the term of the elected Vice Chair who serves as
either chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee or Academic Affairs committee and the
terms for other committee chairs. To reconcile this discrepancy, the following proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall reduce the term of each committee chair to one year
as given in Section 5 B below.
Article V
COMMITTEES
SECTION 5 CHAIRS AND TERMS OF OFFICE
(a) The term of office of the chair and committee members shall be for two (2) years beginning 1
June, with the maximum being two (2) successive terms;…
(B) THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR SHALL BE FOR ONE (1) YEAR
BEGINNING 1 JUNE, WITH THE MAXIMUM BEING TWO (2) SUCCESSIVE TERMS.