By-Laws of the Interfaculty Council
- 第1条: Name of Body
- 第2条: Purpose and Responsibilities
- 第3条：会员
- 第4条: Officers of the Council
- 第5条: Meetings
- 第6条：委员会
- 第7条: Amendments and Adoptions
PREAMBLE
The body shall be known as the Interfaculty Council (hereinafter known as the IFC).
The purpose of the IFC shall be to investigate, assess, deliberate and recommend action on matters important to the several faculties of UTHealth, emphasizing, but not limited to the following areas:
Section 1. Faculty Governance and Academic Affairs
国际金融公司将至少每五年至少每五年评估教师责任的范围，而在UTHealth和每所学校内部的治理和学术事务范围，并建议总统在当前不在的情况下重新建立或重申这些责任外围beplay被完全假定。此类评估的标准将从UTHealth中得出关于治理的声明 -appearing as Appendix 1to this document-这肯定了课程中的主要教师权威，教学，研究，教师身份的主题和方法以及与教育过程相关的学生生活的方面。beplay苹果手机能用吗IFC将与学校的教师治理组织保持积极的联系，并交换有关其各自活动和计划的信息。外围beplay
At the institutional level, the IFC serves as the primary agency for faculty participation in governance. The IFC shall be the primary representative of faculty interests and communicate directly with the President of UTHealth. It may elaborate a position or positions on matters referred to it by the President, on matters generated within any of the constituent schools or their faculties, or on matters generated within the IFC. Its recommendations, if any, shall be forwarded to the President in writing.
Section 2. Faculty Status, Rights, and Responsibilities
IFC将调查限制教师特权的实例，侵犯教师权利，干预教师责任的干预以及/或在学校中对教师身份和福利的衰减，并向总统和适当的教师治理组织采取措施外围beplay和恢复。
第3节行政事务
国际金融公司将serve as a liaison between the faculty and the administration for disseminating and exchanging information on institutional strategic planning, operational budget planning and priorities, institutional management and effectiveness, and other UTHealth-wide administrative activities. The IFC will monitor, and when appropriate, represent faculty interests in the deliberation over UTHealth-wide administrative policies and priorities.
第1节：会员组成
Each UTHealth school, except the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, shall have a minimum of four representatives, excluding the members on the IFC Executive Committee, serving on the IFC. Of these four, at least two shall be elected at-large and at least one, but no more than two, shall be elected officers or designees of each school's faculty-elected governance organization. Schools with more than 200 FTE faculty shall elect one additional at-large representative for each 200 FTE faculty beyond 200. The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences shall have two representatives elected by the Graduate Student Education Committee of UTHealth from among its membership.
Section 1.a: Transition of School Representation Numbers as a Result of Bylaw Change
在每所学校允许的一般成员人数由于章程的相关变化而减少的情况下，每所学校的一般成员人数减少，以满足新的章程标准，随着现任一般成员的到来他们当前期限的完成。根据本学期结束时，当前任期最快到期的一般职位将被淘汰，直到根据章程从每所学校获得适当的总成员总数为止。
第2节：会员资格
所有全职教员instr排名的uctor and above shall be eligible for membership on the IFC except for those holding major administrative appointments at or above the rank of department chair or equivalent. In the event that a faculty member has joint appointments with two operating units of UTHealth, he/she is eligible to represent only the institution with which he/she is primarily associated.
Section 3: Election Procedure
Prior to September of each year, the appropriate number of at-large IFC representatives shall be elected by the faculty governance organization of each school in UTHealth. The Secretary, on behalf of the IFC Chair, shall notify the chair of each school's faculty governance organization when this election should be held and indicate the appropriate number of at-large representatives to be chosen. The nominating and election process shall be monitored by the incumbent IFC members, and shall follow the established election procedures within each school's faculty governance organization. The chair of each school's faculty governance organization shall inform the IFC Secretary of the election results and any other changes in the school's delegation prior to the September IFC meeting.
第4节：任期
Term of office for at-large IFC members shall be three years commencing in September of the year they were elected.Term of office for IFC members serving as officers of their respective faculty governance organizations will be set in the applicable bylaws of the school's governance organization, but they shall begin their IFC duties in September of the year elected.国际金融公司成员最多可以连续两个3年任期任期，并且在至少一年的时间间隔内可以选择后期。When an IFC member is elected into the Chair-elect leadership, their position and remaining term as a representative with their school on the IFC ceases and shall be filled in accordance with the IFC Bylaws, Article 3, Membership, Section 5:Vacancies.
Section 5: Vacancies
Unexpired terms of at-large IFC members and unexpired terms of school faculty governance organization officers shall be filled using the applicable selection mechanisms designated in the school's faculty governance organization bylaws. IFC members finding that they are not able to fulfill their term must contact the Chair of the IFC in advance of their last day served on the Interfaculty Council.
第六节:国际金融公司任命的损失
Any member of Interfaculty Council, other than前任在学年中连续三个或四次定期/特别会议中缺席的人，他们将使用该章程第5节中填补空缺的程序取代其职位，并由学校的另一位代表取代。国际金融公司秘书应代表主席监测出勤率并实施任命损失。一名成员可以选择另一位教职员工来代表他/她参加会议；但是，替代代表每年不超过三次IFC会议。
Section 7:前任Membership
- 过去的主席应继续担任IFC担任Ex官员和顾问，并在其任期担任主席后一年。过去的主席应拥有地板的特权，但不得有权投票。
- The Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer (EVP/CAO) shall serve on the IFC as an ex officio member, but shall not have the right to vote. The EVP/CAO shall assist in providing liaison with the President, Vice Presidents, Deans, and other administrators pursuant to facilitating IFC business.
- The Associate Vice President of Faculty Affairs and Development shall serve on the IFC as an ex officio member, but shall not have the right to vote.
- 大学分类人员委员会成员和学生互阵会与各自的机构联系起来。一名主任代表应从其各自理事会的成员中选出。这些人应拥有地板的特权，但不得有权投票。
- The President of UTHealth shall appoint a representative from the staff of the EVP/CAO to serve as the Secretary of the Interfaculty Council. The Secretary may serve for an indefinite number of terms until replaced by the EVP/CAO office. The Secretary shall have privileges of the floor, but shall not have the right to vote. The function of the Secretary shall be to assist with the preparation and distribution of minutes, agendas, and other documentation as well as to provide administrative support as required to facilitate the work of the IFC.
- In the event a UTHealth faculty member is elected to serve as an officer (Chair-Elect, Chair, Past-Chair, or Secretary) of the UT System Faculty Advisory Council (UTFAC), during the term of such service, he or she may选择担任Uthealth IFC的前任成员。因此，该成员应具有地板的特权，但不得有权投票。UTFAC官员，无论他/她是否也担任IFC的主任成员，都将邀请向IFC提供定期报告。
Section 1: Definition of the IFC Executive Committee
The IFC Executive Committee is identified as the Chair, Chair-Elect, and Past-Chair leadership positions, further described in these Bylaws under Article 4, Section 2: Chair and Article 4, Section 3: Chair-Elect and Past-Chair.
第2节：主席
The duties of the Chair shall include presiding at meetings, chairing the Executive Committee of the IFC, calling meetings, appointing IFC members to standing and ad hoc committees, approving the minutes prior to distribution, preparing a year-end report, and otherwise facilitating and directing the affairs of the IFC, including representing the IFC at other forums. The Chair shall not participate in voting, except in the circumstance that there is a tie vote. In the circumstance of a tie vote, the Chair shall cast the tie-breaking vote. The term of office shall be for one year. A chair may be elected to a subsequent term after an interval of one or more years after completing his/her term as immediate Past Chair.
Section 3: Chair-Elect and Past-Chair
The duties of the Chair-Elect shall be to serve as parliamentarian, participate in voting on the IFC, and on the IFC Executive Committee.In the absence of the Chair, the Chair-Elect will preside at meetings, and otherwise carry out the duties of the Chair.The Chair-Elect will assume the Chair position of the IFC after completion of a one year term.主席将在完成一年后任职后的前椅职位。
第4节：选举官员
The Chair-Elect shall be elected by IFC members at or before its July meeting for a term of one year.Nominees for Chair-Elect shall be chosen by self-nomination or from nominations from among the current members.所有目前具有良好信誉的IFC成员都有资格获得提名。
Nominations from the floor will also be entertained at the June meeting. Each nominee will provide a short description of his/her proposed role and future plans for the IFC. The nominee receiving the majority of votes cast shall assume the Chair-Elect position. All members of the IFC, both incoming and outgoing, are encouraged to attend the September meeting at which officers are installed.
在椅子上不完成他/她的term of office, the Chair-Elect shall succeed to that office to complete the Chair's unfinished term. In addition, the Chair-Elect will then serve his or her complete term as Chair. In the event the Chair-Elect does not complete his/her term of office, the IFC shall elect a member to serve as Chair-Elect.
UT系统教师咨询委员会代表将担任IFC的前任主席和主席。The Chair-Elect will serve as the alternate.如果这些代表中的一位无法服务，则IFC会员资格将选择替代方案。
第1节：常规
在每个日历年中，IFC至少应有9次定期会议。这些应由椅子安排。
Section 2: Special
主席可能会召集特别会议，也可以根据IFC的四个或更多成员的书面要求召集。特别会议必须至少提前72小时和定期工作日进行。
Section 3: Agenda
The agenda for regular meetings shall include a call to order, determination of a quorum, approval of minutes of previous meeting(s), old business, new business, committee reports, and adjournment.
Section 4: Quorum
法定人数至少应为至少四个UTHealth学校的IFC成员中至少三分之一。外围beplay
第5节：投票
Matters requiring a vote will typically occur at meetings of the IFC. At the discretion of the Executive Committee, electronic voting can be used in place of or in conjunction with in-person voting at IFC meetings.
Section 6: Minutes
由总统任命的IFC秘书将提供记录所有IFC会议的会议记录。
Standing committees shall be established that are functionally related to the purpose and responsibilities of the IFC as delineated in Article 2.
第1节：治理和学术事务委员会
治理和学术事务委员会将考虑治理和学术事务问题。委员会将不时评估教师责任的范围，而在UTHEADY和每所学校中的治理和学术事务。外围beplay必要时，委员会将向总统和/或个人学校治理组织推荐，这些组织被指控适当的教职治理组织负责对目前出现在其管辖范围之外的指定领域承担主要责任。此类评估的标准将从UTHEALTH关于治理的声明中得出。Academic matters that the committee will review include educational goals, curricula and procedures of student instruction in each of the schools.
第2节：教师身份，权利和职责委员会
教师身份，权利和责任委员会将考虑教师身份，权利和责任问题，并在必要时调查削减教师特权的实例，侵犯教师权利，干预教师责任的干预以及/或/或在几所学校中，教师身份和福利的衰减，将向国际金融公司，总统和教职治理组织提供措施，以提供支持，保护和恢复。外围beplay
第3节：行政事务委员会
行政事务委员会将审议并向国际金融公司提出建议，并作为教职员工与政府之间的联络，以传播和交流有关机构战略计划，运营预算计划和优先事项，机构管理和有效性的信息，管理员的绩效评估，以及其他范围内的行政活动。该委员会将在适当的情况下监视并在适当的情况下代表有关范围内对UTHealth范围的行政政策和优先事项的审议的教师利益。
Section 4: Executive Committee
The Executive Committee shall be composed of the Chair, Chair-Elect, Immediate Past Chair leadership positions. The function of the Executive Committee shall be to determine the agenda of IFC meetings, develop operating procedures and/or bylaws as required, establish rapport and coordinate with external agencies or individuals to facilitate the work of the IFC, and to provide guidance and direction to the IFC.
第5节：临时委员会
The Chair shall be empowered to appoint from time to time ad hoc committees to deliberate and make recommendations on issues of special interest to the IFC. Ad hoc committees shall remain empanelled only until their business is completed.
Amendments shall be submitted in writing, must be presented at two consecutive meetings, and may be adopted at a regular or special meeting by a two-thirds vote of voting members provided that a quorum is present. Amendments will take effect immediately upon adoption.
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