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Membership

Name	Position	Represents	Term#	Ends
Pitts, Betsey	Chair	Research	1	9/10
Scott, Stacey	Chair-Elect	Academic	2	9/11
Bauer, Chris	Member	Academic	1	9/12
Cranston, Woody	Member	Research	P	9/10
Dettmann, Sheryl	Member	Administration	1	9/10
Edelman, Adam	Member	Adminstration	1	9/12
Filbin, Nancy	Member	Student Affairs	1	9/11
Plumb, Carolyn	Member	Academic	P	9/10
Swanson, Erika	Member	Student Affairs	1	9/12
Tatarka, Julie	Member	Academic	1	9/10
Gough, Gale R	Administrative Associate	----	-	----

 

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
For fall 2009 and spring 2010, meetings will be held 11:00 am – noon, every second and fourth Monday of each month, and/or as called by the Chair. All meetings are conducted according to the MSU policy on open meetings. Please consult the Professional Council web site for meeting locations: http://www.montana.edu/profcoun/

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: Administrative Assoicate 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--Betsey Pitts
Title--Research Scientist, Center for Biofilm Engineering
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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