Formation of a Continuance Appeal Hearing Board

• The Chair of the Promotion Review Committee will serve as Chair of the Continuance Appeal Hearing Board unless he/she has participated in any way in the review process being appealed (this includes, but is not limited to, being the supervisor of the librarian in question or contributing a letter of reference to that persons’ file.) In the event that either of these conditions applies to the Chair of the Promotion Review Committee, the Promotion Review Committee will elect a librarian member of the committee who has not participated in any way in the process being appealed to serve as Chair of the Hearing Board.
• Upon receipt of the Notice of Appeal, the Chair of the Continuance Appeal Hearing Board will ask the teaching faculty representative from the Promotion Review committee and a librarian who has successfully completed the continuance process to serve on this Hearing Board for the appeal, making certain that none of the two have participated in any way in the process being appealed (this includes, but is not limited to, being the supervisor of the librarian in question or contributing a letter of reference to that persons’ file.) Representatives will recuse themselves from the Hearing Board if they believe they have a conflict of interest.