Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Administration & Budget (CAB) for a vote of the full Senate on October 16, 2019, a resolution opposing campus services reorganization. Approved by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on October 16, 2019 with 46 votes in favor to support; 1 vote against; and 2 abstentions.
RESOLUTION OPPOSING CAMPUS SERVICES REORGANIZATION
WHEREAS, Executive Policy A3.101 calls for the Mānoa Faculty Senate (MFS) to review any proposed reorganization; and,
WHEREAS, the MFS has delegated to the MFS Committee on Administration and Budget (CAB) the duty to review reorganization proposals and, based on a Reorganization Proposal Consultation Review Checklist, to present their recommendations to the MFS Executive Committee; and,
WHEREAS, it has been proposed that oversight of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (鶹ýMānoa) Office of Campus Services be transferred from 鶹ýMānoa, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration, Finance and Operations to the 鶹ýSystem, Office of Administration; and,
WHEREAS, most of Campus Services is Mānoa specific, including campus mail, public safety, food services, H-Zone, campus solutions (duplicating and document finishing), commuter and fleet services, and conference and event services; and,
WHEREAS, the only two components of Campus Services that serve campuses besides 鶹ýMānoa (University Housing and 鶹ýBookstores) serve mainly Mānoa constituents; and,
WHEREAS, similar services offered at other campuses are not under the oversight of the 鶹ýSystem; and,
WHEREAS, there are no cost-based benefits to transferring oversight to the 鶹ýSystem, since all positions remain in place and only reporting lines change; and,
WHEREAS, no distinct problem has been identified that the reorganization would solve, and no empirical evidence is provided as to how the reorganization will make Campus Services more effective; and,
WHEREAS, the Office of Campus Services is unclear how this reorganization would positively benefit or negatively impact the Office and 鶹ýMānoa; and,
WHEREAS, the reorganization has been partially accomplished, without review, via “temporary” personnel reassignments; and,
WHEREAS, the “temporary” personnel reassignments constitute a circumvention of the faculty consultation and shared-governance structure; and,
WHEREAS, moving the 鶹ýMānoa Office of Campus Services to the 鶹ýSystem will inhibit the process of faculty consultation and shared governance; and,
WHEREAS, there is no stated plan or process for evaluation of the success or failure of the proposed reorganization in the future; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the 鶹ýMānoa Faculty Senate opposes the proposed reorganization of Campus Services.
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