To: LAUC Committee on Committees, Rules and Jurisdiction 2001/2002

Date: October 30, 2001

From: Deborah Murphy, LAUC President

Re: Charge to the LAUC Committee on Committee, Rules and Jurisdiction

ROSTER:

Peter Brueggeman (CHAIR) San Diego (2002)
Email: pbrueggeman@ucsd.edu

Berkeley (2003)

Elaine Franco Davis (2003)
Email: eafranco@ucdavis.edu

Jim Crooks Irvine (2003)
Email: JECROOKS@UCI.EDU

Ken Wade Los Angeles (2003)
Email: kwade@ucla.edu

Heidi Hutchinson Riverside (2002)
Email: heidi@citrus.ucr.edu

Paul J. Wakeford San Francisco (2002)
Email: wakeford@library.ucsf.edu

Gerardo (Gary) Colmenar Santa Barbara (2002)
Email: colmenar@library.ucsb.edu

Gregory A. Careaga Santa Cruz (2002)
Email: gcareaga@cats.ucsc.edu

Dear colleagues,

Thank you for agreeing to serve on the Committee on Committees, Rules and Jurisdiction. LAUC committee work is key to our success in our role in advising the University on professional and governance matters of concern to all librarians. Your work is meaningful, valued and absolutely essential. The work of this committee has enabled LAUC to aid many colleagues in their research and professional activities.

This year, the overall goal for the committees is to complete work that is in progress and to determine the need for further action. The Committee has worked very hard over the past two years to identify amendments to the LAUC By-laws necessitated by changes in the University Librarians Advisory Structure. These revised By-law have worked their way through the appropriate channels and are now available from the LAUC statewide web site.

The LAUC Bylaws call for the members on each standing committee to be appointed by the LAUC President to serve two-year staggered terms, and for the divisions to be divided alphabetically into two groups, with divisions in one of the two groups having new members appointed each year. To ensure continuity, Peter Brueggeman, has agreed to continue as Chair of the Committee for the 2000-2002 term.

I would like the committee to review their standing charge and make recommendations as appropriate. I would also like the committee to explore issues around the possibility of an alternative structure for this commitee, reducing the number of committee members so that not all campuses need have a representative with the LAUC Executive Board could potentially act as the final review body as needed. Such a change would involve amending the Bylaws and your input would be invaluable in determining whether such a change is feasible.

Finally, I would also like the committee to have the LAUC Web Manager (Andrea Duda) place their final report as well as any other pertinent documents on the on Professional Governance web page on the LAUC systemwide web site.

As specified in the Bylaws (Article VIII, Section 1.J.1), the standing charge to the Committee on Committees, Rules and Jurisdiction is the following:

a) Review annually, or at the special request of the LAUC President, the LAUC Bylaws and submit recommendations to the LAUC President.

b) Review the Divisions' Bylaws to assure that they are consistent with the LAUC Bylaws. (See Article VI, Section 2.d.)

c) Address other subjects at the request of the LAUC President and consider and develop recommendations upon matters concerning LAUC's committees, rules and jurisdiction.

The Committee's recommendations may be submitted to the LAUC Executive Board for

review at any of the scheduled meetings. You will present a progress report at the Spring Assembly, May 3, 2002 with a final report presented at the Fall Assembly, 2002.

Formal recommendations that need approval of the membership are presented in the form of motions. Please review the appropriate sections of Sturgis for how to make motions.

Your contribution to the work of LAUC is very important. Thank you again for your willingness to serve on this very significant LAUC Committee.

Sincerely,