Victory!
(The Washington Post, 10/17/06)
The Faculty at Gallaudet University had a meeting this afternoon at 4:00 PM and announced the press conference with the results sometimes after 7:15pm.
Props to Elisa at ElisaWrites.com who posted the results including the motions that has been discussed, and the number of votes/percentages.
(excerpt from elisawrites.com)
Faculty Demands Fernandes to Resign - 138 Ayes, 24 Nayes
Results of Faculty meeting Oct 16 2006
(Note: there are 221 eligible voting faculty members at Gallaudet University; 168 are present at this meeting, representing 76% of eligible voting faculty)
Motion A
“The University Faculty moves that Faculty Governance. Through their official contacts with the Administration and the Board, examine and discuss models for including faculty, staff, students and alumni as members of the Board, and set a timetable for incorporating one of these models into practice at Gallaudet.
PASSED Unanimously (168 by standing vote)
Motion B
“Be it resolved that the faculty demand that Jane Kelleher Fernandes resign or be removed from her position for the greater good of Gallaudet University”
PASSED
Ayes 138
Nayes 24
Abstain 6
Motion C
“Be it resolved that the Faculty request the Board of Trustees convene an emergency meeting with four elected representatives from the students, four elected faculty members, two elected staff members, two elected Clerc Center representatives, and two elected members of the Alumni Association to determine how to manage Gallaudet University during the interim and to plan for a re-opening of the search process.”
PASSED
Ayes 131
Nayes 23
Abstain 2
MOTION D
“Be it resolved that the Faculty request no reprisals against any member of the community, including students, staff and faculty, Clerc Center teachers and staff, Trustees and alumni for their support of or dissent from the current protests.
PASSED
Ayes 133
Nayes 15
Abstain 0
MOTION E
“Be it resolved that the Faculty express loss of confidence in I. King Jordan as the leader of Gallaudet University.”
Ayes 80
Nayes 60
Abstain 7
MOTION F
“Be it resolved that the Faculty express a loss of confidence in the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees”
PASSED
Ayes 106
Nayes 10
Abstained 0
POSTPONEMENT OF VOTE DURING A SPECIAL MEETING TO BE CALLED
MOTION G
“Immediately bring an outside. Neutral. Professional mediation team to campus. The team should include Deaf and hearing representatives who are familiar with Deaf issues and Gallaudet University to facilitate discussion between the various stakeholders involved in the current crisis”
MOTION H
“Bring and outside neutral party to investigate the search process that resulted in the selection of Dr. Jane Fernandes as the 9th President of Gallaudet University”
MOTION I
“Establish fixed, renewable terms for the Gallaudet University president. At the end of each term, Gallaudet presidents will have a performance evaluation by the Board of Trustees that will include feedback from the campus community. The performance evaluation will be used to help determine whether reappointment should occur”
MOTION J
“Ask that Committee A and the Senate work together to change faculty guidelines such that all previously tenured faculty will be required to take the same sign language assessment test that untenured faculty take. GU till rovide interps in the classroom for any currently tenured fac member who does not pass the sign lang assessment at the same level required for new fac to gain tenure. This would not replace the system of testing non tenured faculty”
Some of the numbers don’t add up - because some faculty
members walked out before the meeting was done.
Results of Faculty meeting Oct 16 2006
(Note: there are 221 eligible voting faculty members at Gallaudet University; 168 are present at this meeting, representing 76% of eligible voting faculty)
Motion A
“The University Faculty moves that Faculty Governance. Through their official contacts with the Administration and the Board, examine and discuss models for including faculty, staff, students and alumni as members of the Board, and set a timetable for incorporating one of these models into practice at Gallaudet.
PASSED Unanimously (168 by standing vote)
Motion B
“Be it resolved that the faculty demand that Jane Kelleher Fernandes resign or be removed from her position for the greater good of Gallaudet University”
PASSED
Ayes 138
Nayes 24
Abstain 6
Motion C
“Be it resolved that the Faculty request the Board of Trustees convene an emergency meeting with four elected representatives from the students, four elected faculty members, two elected staff members, two elected Clerc Center representatives, and two elected members of the Alumni Association to determine how to manage Gallaudet University during the interim and to plan for a re-opening of the search process.”
PASSED
Ayes 131
Nayes 23
Abstain 2
MOTION D
“Be it resolved that the Faculty request no reprisals against any member of the community, including students, staff and faculty, Clerc Center teachers and staff, Trustees and alumni for their support of or dissent from the current protests.
PASSED
Ayes 133
Nayes 15
Abstain 0
MOTION E
“Be it resolved that the Faculty express loss of confidence in I. King Jordan as the leader of Gallaudet University.”
Ayes 80
Nayes 60
Abstain 7
MOTION F
“Be it resolved that the Faculty express a loss of confidence in the Gallaudet University Board of Trustees”
PASSED
Ayes 106
Nayes 10
Abstained 0
POSTPONEMENT OF VOTE DURING A SPECIAL MEETING TO BE CALLED
MOTION G
“Immediately bring an outside. Neutral. Professional mediation team to campus. The team should include Deaf and hearing representatives who are familiar with Deaf issues and Gallaudet University to facilitate discussion between the various stakeholders involved in the current crisis”
MOTION H
“Bring and outside neutral party to investigate the search process that resulted in the selection of Dr. Jane Fernandes as the 9th President of Gallaudet University”
MOTION I
“Establish fixed, renewable terms for the Gallaudet University president. At the end of each term, Gallaudet presidents will have a performance evaluation by the Board of Trustees that will include feedback from the campus community. The performance evaluation will be used to help determine whether reappointment should occur”
MOTION J
“Ask that Committee A and the Senate work together to change faculty guidelines such that all previously tenured faculty will be required to take the same sign language assessment test that untenured faculty take. GU till rovide interps in the classroom for any currently tenured fac member who does not pass the sign lang assessment at the same level required for new fac to gain tenure. This would not replace the system of testing non tenured faculty”
Some of the numbers don’t add up - because some faculty
members walked out before the meeting was done.