At Flinders University in South Australia persons eligible to stand for
election to Council, to nominate a candidate and to vote must be members of
academic or general staff who hold an appointment of 0.4 or above for a
term of 12 months or more. This includes research staff who are classified
in accordance with our EB agreement.
We have the same dilemma about part-timers standing for election, but there
should be no impediment to them nominating a candidate or voting. Standing
for election raises the question of whether they are prepared to attend a
council meeting if it falls on a day that is not their usual working day,
and do they get paid for the time if they attend. The matter has not been
debated at length here.
Regards
Gillian
At 12:27 PM +0100 8/4/1999, J.I.Dimond wrote:
>At Kent we have a rule that only staff who work over 50%
>time are a)eligible for election to Council and b)entitled
>to vote in such elections.
>there is some discussion here as to the rights and wrongs
>of this, and I would be interested to hear of the set up at
>other Universities. While not a financial benefit, I feel
>that it treats part-timers differently for reasons which
>may be disputed.(the view is that to be involved in the
>governance of the Institution, one should have a
>considerable stake in it.) What is happening elsewhere?
>Thanks, Judith Dimond.
Gillian Lay
Equal Opportunity Officer
Flinders University of South Australia
phone: (08) 8201 3733
fax: (08) 8201 2485
http://www.flinders.edu.au
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