Procedures

• Formal announcement of faculty action will be made only by the President or his/her designee or by vote of the faculty.
• Non-voting members may participate in discussion.
• A major policy item, including a curriculum change, will not be allowed to come to a vote at a regular meeting unless the proposal in writing has been distributed with the agenda three days in advance or unless the item has been discussed at a previous meeting.
• All motions will be decided by a majority (more than one half) of the legal votes cast unless otherwise specified. Legal votes are defined as votes cast by eligible voters. Abstentions are not included in the legal vote count as a member who voluntarily abstains from voting gives up their vote. 
• All elections will be decided by a majority of votes cast by eligible voters.