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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Esteemed members of COE Faculty,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I send you the message below last week and asked you to consider changes to certain sections of the College policy file and consider for approval. Today we reviewed the changes requested to bring our policy file in compliance with the university policy file. We could not take a vote since we did not have a quorum in the meeting. The faculty attending the meeting suggested to vote by email and get approval of the faculty through email to the changes to the College policy file. I will appreciate if you spend a few minutes to read the changes ( the changes are tracked in the document) and if you agree with all the changes send me a message with APPROVE in the subject line. If you have any questions please send me your questions and consider replying to all. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I would like to collect the votes and finalize the changes t the policy document before Friday. I will appreciate if you can consider this as a priority on your list. The new policy file with its approved form has to be in RTP files of faculty applying for tenure and promotion. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards</p><p class="MsoNormal">Yusuf Ozturk </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I am the parliamentarian for COE and I chair the college policy council. Last year, Dean's office have been notified that certain sections of </p><p class="MsoNormal">the COE policy file and bylaws are contradicting with University policy file. Unfortunately we failed to address the required changes on time last year due to changes in the office. Dr. Mehrabadi's office </p><p class="MsoNormal">>worked with Edith Benkov to address the problem and modified the sections of</p><p class="MsoNormal">>the bylaws that pertain to the RTP/Personnel committee. The suggested</p><p class="MsoNormal">>changes to the RTP/Personnel committee to bring it to compliance with</p><p class="MsoNormal">>the university policy have been reviewed and approved by Edith</p><p class="MsoNormal">>Benkov, It has been reviewed by the college executive committee and it </p><p class="MsoNormal">>has been reviewed and approved by college policy council.</p><p class="MsoNormal">> </p><p class="MsoNormal">>According to college policy file, any amendment to the college policy </p><p class="MsoNormal">>file should be presented to faculty by the college policy council in a</p><p class="MsoNormal">>college meeting for discussions and approval. Unfortunately the current</p><p class="MsoNormal">>college policy file is out of compliance with the university policy and </p><p class="MsoNormal">>we have been given a deadline of September 10 (today) to bring it to </p><p class="MsoNormal">>compliance. We have been working very hard to address this issue and </p><p class="MsoNormal">>meet the deadline.</p><p class="MsoNormal">> </p><p class="MsoNormal">>I would like to ask your support to review the suggested changes to the </p><p class="MsoNormal">>college policy file offline and voice your concerns via email to me. </p><p class="MsoNormal">>If you kindly keep your responses addressed to me only we will avoid an </p><p class="MsoNormal">>explosion of emails. If you do not have any concerns regarding the </p><p class="MsoNormal">>changes, I will appreciate if you can vote via email sending me an </p><p class="MsoNormal">>"approved" message by the end of the day TODAY.</p><p class="MsoNormal">> </p><p class="MsoNormal">>I know it is a very short deadline but unfortunately this was an task </p><p class="MsoNormal">>that had to be completed last year and faculty affairs gave us a </p><p class="MsoNormal">>deadline of today to bring the policy file in compliance with the </p><p class="MsoNormal">>university policy file. I apologize for rushing this matter to your </p><p class="MsoNormal">>votes on such a short notice and appreciate your support in getting this change approved.</p><p class="MsoNormal">> </p><p class="MsoNormal">>Best regards</p><p class="MsoNormal">>Dr. Yusuf Ozturk</p><p class="MsoNormal">>COE Parliamentarian</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><br />--
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