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Presented to the M膩noa Faculty Senate by the Senate Executive Committee (SEC) for a vote of the full Senate on December 14, 2016. A resolution calling for a revised committee structure for the University of Hawai鈥榠 Board of Regents. Approved by the M膩noa Faculty Senate on December 14, 2016 with 31 votes in support; 8 votes opposed; and 3 abstentions.

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A REVISED COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI鈥睮 BOARD OF REGENTS (BOR)

WHEREAS, a university functions best when students, faculty, administration, and staff are empowered to communicate directly with the governing board; and

WHEREAS, the Longanecker report recommended clarification of the lines of authority to support clearer communication and governance of the campuses vis-脿-vis the University of Hawaii System; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of a governing board is to enact policies that optimally facilitate the mission of the university they oversee; and

WHEREAS, the voice of faculty, students, and key stakeholders provides information that can lead to more effective governance; and

WHEREAS, the community college system has missions that are fundamentally distinct from those of four year colleges and research universities; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, that the University of Hawaii Board of Regents should enact a new structure to better support the various missions of the university system whereby the chancellors of 麻豆传媒M膩noa, 麻豆传媒Hilo, and 麻豆传媒West Oahu each report directly to a subcommittee of the board focused on the four-year
campuses, and the current Vice President for Community Colleges reports directly to a subcommittee of the BoR focused on the two-year campuses; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that authority over individual campuses be delegated to individual chancellors of the four-year institutions and the Vice President for the Community Colleges with direct oversight by the relevant committee of the BoR; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that each subcommittee shall have one faculty member who is a senate chair chosen from amongst the chairs of the faculty senates to serve as a non-voting member of the subcommittee.

Presented to the M膩noa Faculty Senate on behalf of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) for a vote of the full Senate on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, a motion to endorse the JABSOM Faculty Senate resolution in support of the revised proposed reorganization proposal for the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). Approved by the M膩noa Faculty Senate on September 21, 2016 with 44 votes in support; 2 votes opposed, and 5 abstentions.

MOTION TO ENDORSE THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (JABSOM)
FACULTY SENATE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE REVISED PROPOSED REORGANIZATION PROPOSAL
FOR THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

A resolution was passed unanimously by the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Faculty Senate on August 25, 2016. The JABSOM Faculty Senate is requesting that the M膩noa Faculty Senate endorse its call for support of the Revised Proposed Reorganization Proposal for the John A. Burns School of Medicine.

If approved by the M膩noa Faculty Senate, the JABSOM Resolution, along with the M膩noa Faculty Senate Motion to Endorse, will be transmitted to the M膩noa Interim Chancellor, to the President of the University of Hawai’i System, and the University of Hawai’i Board of Regents.