General Information

Membership & Dues

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Officers

	Faculty Member	Extension	E-mail Addresses	Term Expires
President	Jim (James) Grabowska	5530	james.grabowska@mnsu.edu	2013
Vice-President	Mary Visser	2672	mary.visser@mnsu.edu	2012
Secretary	Daniel Swart	6454	daniel.swart@mnsu.edu	2013
Treasurer	Lynnette Engeswick		lynette.engeswick@mnsu.edu	2012
IFO Rep	Angela Monson		angela.monson@mnsu.edu	2012
IFO Rep	Barbara Carson	6265	barbara.carson@mnsu.edu	2013
IFO Rep	Paul Hustoles	2118	paul.hustoles@mnsu.edu	2012
State Negotiator	Donna Brauer	6807	donna.brauer@mnsu.edu	2012

Allied Health & Nursing	Kelly Krumwiede	6810	kelly.krumwiede@mnsu.edu	2012
Arts & Humanities	Dick Liebendorfer	2317	richard.liebendorfer@mnsu.edu	2013
Business	Georgia Holmes	2207	georgia.holmes@mnsu.edu	2012
Education	John Seymore	5907	john.seymour@mnsu.edu	2013
Library Services & Unaffiliated Faculty	Becky Schwartzkopf	5956	rebecca.schwartzkopf@mnsu.edu	2013
Science, Engineering, & Technology	Gregg Marg	5731	gregg.marg@mnsu.edu	2013
Social & Behavioral Sciences	Kevin Parsneau	5262	kevin.parsneau@mnsu.edu	2013

Elections

Following the appointment of the Nominations and Election Supervision Committee, the FA Administrative Assistant (Donna Blom) works closely with the Committee Chairperson and the members to insure that the following procedures are accomplished.

OCTOBER

1. President appoints a Nominations and Election Supervision Committee consisting of one member from each unit and designates its chair. ART. VII, Sect. 2

2. Association membership informed of the membership of this committee. ART. VII, Sect. 2

NOVEMBER

1. Committee determines offices subject to election, and eligibility of incumbents. ART. VII, Sect. 2A

2. Committee prepares a list of all offices that will be vacant at the beginning of the next academic year.

JANUARY

1. Committee sends one list with vacant offices to all Association members to solicit nominees for April election. ART. VII, Sect. 2B; BYLAW 3B

2. Association members return nominations to appropriate committee members. BYLAW 3B

FEBRUARY

1. Prior to distribution of preliminary ballot, nominees give permission, in writing, to appear on ballot. ART. VII, Sect. 3

2. Committee distributes preliminary ballot recommendations to entire membership nominating at least one person for each position to be elected, AND solicits nominations by petition from the Association membership. ART. VII, Sect. 2C; BYLAW 3C

FEBRUARY/MARCH

Members may nominate to final ballot by petition:

1. In the case of unit representatives on the Executive Committee or on Sub-Meet and Confer Committees signatures of at least 10 Association members from the appropriate constituency are required. ART. VII, Sect. 4

2. In the case of positions whose constituency is the whole campus signature of at least 25 Association members are required. ART. VII, Sect. 4

MARCH

1. Prior to distribution of final ballot, nominees give permission, in writing to appear on ballot. ART. VII, Sect. 3

2. Committee prepares final ballot no later than March 15, mails it to the Association membership (with instructions for its return to the Committee), and counts votes after ballots are returned. ART. VII, Sect. 2D

3. A plurality of votes is sufficient to elect a candidate, while tie votes are decided by lot following a procedure established by the Nominations and Election Supervision Committee. ART. VII, Sect. 5

APRIL

1. Results of the election are published to the membership no later than April 20. ART. VII, Sect. 2D

2. Committee informs Association Executive Committee, at its last Spring meeting, of election results. ART. VII, Sect. 6

3. Executive Committee retains results of the ballot as a resource for filling vacancies should they occur prior to the next election. BYLAW 3D

Faculty & Staff

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Academic Programs

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University Policies and Procedures

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