University Governance Organizations Sub-Council

Support open communication and shared governance activities at ETSU.

Serve as a clearing house for directing and facilitating the activities of committees as appropriate to support communication and shared governance among the University Community.

Membership:

• Sub-Council Chair will be appointed by the University President
• President or President’s Designee from
  • Council of Chairs
  • Faculty Senate
  • Staff Sente
  • Student Government Association

Sub-Council to be staffed by Provost's Office

• Conduct biennial reviews of all committees to assure that each is functioning as defined by its individual charge and that redundancies are avoided.
  
  
• Establish and enforce standards, guidelines, and procedures of committee administration, reviewed biennially to assure compliance and relevance to the work of the committees and the institution.
  
  
• Determine the procedures and responsibilities for identifying committee membership, monitoring terms of appointment, soliciting members as needed from the various constituent groups.
  
  
• Provide training for committee chairs.
  
  
• Assure accountability of committees by establishing a repository for minutes and annual reports and a process for reporting the work of the committees to the University Council.
  
  
• Act as a liaison to the University Council for motions from committees for endorsement and/or approval by the University Council.
  
  
• Act as a liaison to the University Council to recommend restructuring and/or dissolution of governance organizations as deemed appropriate and in the best interest of ETSU; this would not pertain to any governance organization representing a major constituency and having an established constitution and bylaws.
  
  
• Maintain a web site on committees and governance.
  
  
• Assist University Council as needed to address issues related to governance.

To be determined