Responsibilities of Committee Members

Article 9: Committees Section

9.1—Labor-Management Committee Chapter officers, as defined in Article 5.1, shall constitute the UUP committee responsible for representing the Chapter at Labor-Management meetings conducted pursuant to the Agreement between The State of New York and UUP. The Chapter President shall be responsible for the conduct of the meetings. Members of the Executive Board, Chapter members, the NYSUT Labor Relations Specialist, and UUP representatives or staff employees may be added to this group by the Chapter President. In the event the Chapter President is absent, the Vice President from the alternate membership category shall be responsible for the conduct of the meetings.

Section 9.2—Standing Committees

9.2.1 Affirmative Action Committee: The Affirmative Action Committee shall assist the Affirmative Action Officer in monitoring campus Affirmative Action programs and policies, and shall recommend actions designed to implement and enforce Affirmative Action goals. The Affirmative Action Officer shall serve as chairperson.

9.2.2 Outreach Committee: The Outreach Committee shall plan and coordinate activities to inform legislators of Chapter and UUP needs, and educate the Chapter membership about legislation of interest to UUP. It shall coordinate activities with the statewide UUP Outreach Committee and coordinate the annual VOTE/COPE campaign. The Outreach Chairperson shall serve as the chairperson.

9.2.3 Membership Committee: The Membership Committee shall assist the Membership Chairperson in recruiting new members, organizing membership drives, maintaining up-to-date lists of members, and disseminating literature to the membership. The Membership Chairperson shall serve as the chairperson.

9.2.4 Contingent Concerns Committee: The Contingent Concerns Committee shall assist the Officer for Contingents and the Contingent Concerns Representative in encouraging and promoting membership and activities of Contingents, and shall make recommendations with regard to Stony Brook Chapter Bylaws. Adopted May 1985; Revised April 7th, 2017— Page 7 organizational structures wherein Contingents work. The Officer for Contingents shall serve as chairperson and the Concerns Representative as Deputy Chair.

9.2.5 Safety and Health Committee: The Safety and Health Committee shall assist the Safety and Health Chairperson to identify and review safety-related issues affecting employees and shall recommend plans for the correction of such matters. The Safety and Health Chairperson shall serve as the chairperson,

9.2.6 The College Committee on Professional Evaluation (CCPE) shall review an appeal by a professional whose evaluation report’s characterized as “unsatisfactory” in accordance with the UUP contract. The appointments for the UUP members of the CCPE will be from the Professional rank and consist of at least five members appointed of which three will be selected for each case for the UUP seats on the CCPE.

9.2.7 The College Review Panel (CRP) shall review applications for promotions and salary increases for members of the Professional rank in accordance with the UUP contract. These appointments for UUP will be from the Professional rank and consist of at least eight members of which five to seven will be selected to serve on the CRP.

9.2.8 Additional Standing Committees may be established by amendment of these Bylaws.

Section 9.3—Ad Hoc Committees

Ad hoc committees may be created by the Chapter or by the Executive Board.

Section 9.4—Selection and Terms

9.4.1 Unless otherwise specified, members of all standing and ad hoc committees shall be appointed by the Chapter President, subject to approval by the Executive Board.

9.4.2 The term of office of Standing Committee members shall coincide with the terms of the elected officers.

9.4.3 The term of office of Ad hoc Committee members shall expire upon the completion of their charge and/or the expiration of the term of the officers.

Excerpted from the Stony Brook Chapter Bylaws. Adopted May 1985; Revised April 7th, 2017