FY07-08 Membership; Updated April 3, 2008

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Membership

Highlighted names are e-mail links.

Name	Position	Represents	Term#	Ends
Rognlie, Matthew Craig	Chair	Academic Affairs	1	9/09
Dettmann, Sheryl	Chair Elect	Administration	1	9/09
Gough, Gale R	Secretary	----	-	----
Blake, Nancy K	Member	Research	1	9/10
Butler, Jeffrey L	Member	Administrative Offices	2	9/09
Inskeep, Patty	Member	Student Affairs	1	9/09
Pester, Julie	Member	Academic Affairs	1	9/10
Pitts, Betsey	Member	Research	1	9/10
Rossmann, Doralyn	Member	Academic Affairs	2	9/10
Rozier, Rita T	Member	Student Affairs	1	9/08
Scott, Stacey	Member	Academic Affairs	1	9/08

Charge

Provide a means for professional employees and administration to interact and to discuss, formulate, and recommend university policy to the appropriate university authority. The Professional Council Constitution describes the powers of the Council to recommend such policy, always within the constraints of the Montana University System powers as described in the Constitution of the State of Montana. Please see the Professional Council By Laws and Constitution.

Meetings

1:15-2:15 p.m. every other Wednesday of each month during the academic year, and/or as called by the Chair. All meetings are conducted according to the MSU policy on open meetings.

Membership

Voting Members: Eight voting members are elected from professionals employed in the three divisions: Four members from Academic Affairs, two from Student Affairs, two from research and two from other Administrative Offices (see Professional Council By-Laws for definition). Alternates to regular members may attend and vote in the absence of members to whom they are alternates. These divisions and a provision for alternates are established in the Professional Council By-Laws.

Nonvoting Member: Secretary of Professional Council.

Length of Term

Elected members serve three-year terms and may be re-elected. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms. (See Professional Council By-Laws.) P=partial term.

Appointed By

Elected members are elected by their individual constituencies according to the By-Laws of Professional Council.

Chair

Current--Matt Rognlie
Title--IT Coordinator, AES Director's Office
Appointed By--Elected by Professional Council membership
Length of Term--One year, from September to September

Advisory To

Administrators of Montana State University-Bozeman

Reports Due

A Chair's report is included in each meeting, and minutes of meetings are distributed by posting on MSU Today.

Mechanism for Changing This Information

Changes may be made to committee structure and information only in accordance with Professional Council Constitution and By-Laws. Authorization of changes comes only through the Secretary to University Governance Council, with the approval of the current Chair and Chair Elect of Professional Council.

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