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Plan of Organization of the Department Plan of Organization of The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Maryland College Park, Maryland Article I. Department General Assembly and Constituent Assemblies Section I. General Assembly l. The General Assembly (unit-wide assembly mandated by Article 11.1 of the Revised Plan of Organization for UMCP, April 1, 1993) of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Department) shall be composed of four Constituent Assemblies: a. The Faculty Assembly A regular member of the Faculty Assembly is any full-time employee of the University who holds at least a part-time appointment in the Department with one of the following faculty academic ranks: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor. Research faculty, affiliate faculty, adjunct faculty, and visiting faculty are specifically excluded. An associate member of the Faculty Assembly is any faculty member of the university who holds an appointment in the Department with one of the following faculty academic ranks: Instructor, Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate Professor, Research Professor, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Affiliate Associate Professor, or Affiliate Professor. 3. The Staff Assembly consists of all staff members of the Department, defined as all full-time employees of the University who hold an appointment in the Department carrying no faculty academic title, as defined in Item 2 of this section. 5. The Graduate Student Assembly consists of all students who are officially registered at the University and are enrolled in a graduate program of the Department. 6. Any person who meets the criteria for membership in more than one Department Assembly shall be counted in the category of his/her choice as detailed in the Bylaws.
The Faculty Assembly shall have the following function: To ratify the Department Plan of Organization and Bylaws, and any amendments to either, as set forth in Articles IX and X. In addition, each Constituent Assembly shall have the following functions: To initiate suggestions to the Department Chairperson through its representatives on the Department Council, as defined in Article III, on any matter of concern to the Department. To act as the electorate in Department, College and University elections in which the members of the Constituent Assembly are entitled to vote, and to select, where applicable, its own candidates for any such election. To act as the referendum body for any referendum called by the Department Council.
Each Department Constituent Assembly shall be entitled to formulate and operate under its own plan of organization which shall not contravene this Plan of Organization and Bylaws or any other plan of organization or bylaws affecting the Department. Any such plan of organization will be filed with the Department Council. An annual State of the Department meeting of the Faculty Assembly, to be chaired by the Department Chairperson, should be held in April or early May. The purpose of this meeting is to provide an opportunity to the entire membership to receive information on the status of the Department, including financial, personnel and policy matters, from the Chairperson of the Department (Article II), and to receive reports from the Department Council (Article III) and the Chairpersons of the Department Committees (Article V) as well as possibly from Associate Chairpersons of the Department (Article II). The place, date and time of this meeting shall be announced by the Department Chairperson at least two weeks prior to the meeting. |