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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Esteemed members of College Faculty, </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I would like to thank you for your cooperation in reviewing the <span style="color:red">policy file </span>and casting your vote. Today is a critical deadline since faculty applying for tenure and promotion needs to include a copy of the current policy file to their PDS. As I have iterated in many emails I send earlier, our current bylaws are in conflict with the university bylaws and this is not acceptable. The change to the bylaws are necessary comply with University bylaws. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">To date 29 faculty members voted YES and one faculty member voted NO to the changes. We have 57 faculty and need 2/3 of the faculty votes to be able to change the bylaws. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I regret to inform you that the bylaw <span style="color:red">changes will not pass by the deadline of September 24<sup>th</sup> </span>unless we receive another 9 votes today. As result of this our colleagues applying for tenure and promotion will not be able to complete their PDS on time. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your cooperation.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Yusuf Ozturk </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><br />--
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