Greetings! Your faculty senate's constitution/bylaws probably indicate that meetings will be conducted according to the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) or something similar. According to RONR, 11th Ed., p. 45, "The chair should not call for abstentions in taking a vote, since the number of members who respond to such a call is meaningless. To "abstain" means not to vote at all, and a member who makes no response if "abstentions" are called for abstains just as much as one who responds to that effect." The teller's (vote counter's) report should indicate the number of votes cast, the number necessary for adoption, the number of votes for, the number of votes against, and the number of illegal votes (improperly done so they are not counted as for or against). Abstentions are not considered at all. I'm studying to become a registered parliamentarian J Sheryl Sheryl Rippke, Policy Administrator Office of University Counsel 3550 Beardshear Hall Ames, IA 50014 515-294-1385 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Policy Library<http://policy.iastate.edu/> "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." --Maya Angelou
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Oren Yagil Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [acupa-l] Faculty abstention votes Good morning colleagues, Do you have policies, guidelines or other regarding faculty's vote of abstention? My interest in particular relates to when voting on tenure. Are abstention votes allowed, not allowed, do not count, or other? Thanks for your help Oren Oren Yagil, PhD Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Partnerships Nebraska State College System 1327 H St., Suite 200 Lincoln, NE 68508 (402) 471-2505 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Three Colleges. Thousands of Opportunities. Chadron State. Peru State. Wayne State ATTN: Please be aware that when you respond to an ACUPA-L e-mail, the reply will be distributed to the ENTIRE e-listing of members. If you do NOT want to send an e-mail to everyone, please reply directly to the individual who initiated the query (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). If you wish to remove yourself from the ACUPA e-mail list, please go to this web address and fill out the form. We will remove you from the list within 24 hours during normal business hours. http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue.html
