The purpose of the University Council of Chairs and Directors (UCCD) is to provide a university-wide forum for the discussion of ideas and mutual concerns of all faculty-based departments and schools. Recommendations and resolutions that reflect the sentiments of a majority of the UCCD's members may be forwarded to the appropriate administrative officer for consideration.

MEMBERSHIP

The University Council of Chairs and Directors shall be comprised of and limited to the chairs and directors of all faculty-based departments and directors of all faculty-based schools. The UCCD shall operate through an elected Steering Committee (SC) and the latter's own slate of elected officers.

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

The department chairs and school directors of each faculty-based college of the University shall elect from among their combined membership their representatives to the University Council of Chairs and Directors' Steering Committee (UCCD-SC).

This election of representatives must be completed before the end of each academic year (for the following year) or as soon as possible after the beginning of the subsequent academic year. Hence the outgoing chair of (UCCD-SC) will inform the dean of each college of the upcoming vacancies in the month of April. The Steering Committee shall be constituted and ready to meet for its first session in the new academic year within four weeks of the start of the fall academic term.

The Steering Committee shall be comprised of one member for each five faculty-based departments and schools (or fractions thereof) in each faculty-based college. Each member of the Steering Committee shall serve a term of two years, with half of the number of representatives being elected each year. In the event that a member of the Steering Committee cannot complete his or her term, a replacement shall be elected from among that college's chairs and directors to complete the original term.

STEERING COMMITTEE OFFICERS

The new officers of the Steering Committee shall consist of the Chair and the Secretary. Each officer will serve for a term of one academic year. These positions will rotate among the colleges each year. The order of rotation for Secretary shall be: Business, Education and Human Development, Health and Human Services, Library and Learning Resources, Muscial Arts, Technology, and Arts and Sciences. The college providing the Secretary will be the college providing the Chair in the following year.

The new officers of the Steering Committee shall be elected from its eligible members at the first meeting of the new school year. This meeting will be called and temporarily chaired by the outgoing UCCD-SC Chair.