The Committee on Committees consists of five Faculty members elected at large, charged with conducting elections for Faculty Offices and committees, with maintaining the efficiency of the committee structure, and with ensuring that committee service obligations are widely distributed across the Faculty. In discharging the latter two responsibilities the Committee on Committees should consult regularly with the Faculty Secretary and the Faculty Conference. It is the responsibility of this committee to review the Faculty committee structure annually with a view to proposing the dissolution of inactive bodies and the elimination of duplication of functions. (Passed March 17, 1987)

1: Membership, Election, Tenure

The Committee of five shall consist of five Faculty members elected for three year terms, rotated. (Passed March 17, 1987)

2: Jurisdiction, Obligations, Procedures

2.1: It shall be the responsibility of this Committee to submit nominations for membership on the various elected committees (with the exception of the Joint Educational Policy Committee and the Joint Committee on Appointments and Promotions), conduct elections for all Committees, the Conference, the Faculty Secretary and the Ombudsman. Elections to committees will be conducted in April. In case of resignations, the Committee on Committees shall have the power to appoint a replacement who will hold membership on the Committee until the next election. (Passed January 16, 1970)

2.2: A parliamentarian shall be appointed annually by the Committee on Committees. (See Manual, section 2: Faculty Meeting Rules.)

2.3: All Faculty members have an obligation to serve on Faculty committees. Faculty committees should generally reflect academic areas and Faculty structure. The Committee on Committees shall have the responsibility of not only soliciting nominations from individuals, but also seeking out nominees to assure appropriately balanced slates. (Passed November 9, 1971)

2.4: At the end of each term the chairs of Faculty committees shall report to the Committee on Committees the names of members of their committees who have failed to attend more than half of all meetings during the term. Such members shall be dropped from their committees. The Committee on Committees shall, in consultation with committee chairs, appoint replacements for dropped committee members. (Passed March 17, 1987) (See Manual, section 6: Guidelines for Committee Service.)

2.5: The Committee on Committees shall explore the desirability and feasibility of various coordinating functions for the committee system as a whole. It should consider means of assisting the Secretary of the Faculty pursuant to his/her duties of recording all committee activities (both normal and extraordinary projects) and of preparing and publishing the decisions and policies of the Faculty. It should likewise consider the need for inter-committee cooperation and communication. (Passed January 16, 1970; Revised November 9, 1971)