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5025 DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL FACULTY GENERAL FACULTY RULES COMMITTEE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE FUNCTION STATEMENT OF THE FACULTY WELFARE COMMITTEE On behalf of the General Faculty Rules Committee, Professor Philip L. Varghese (aerospace engineering and committee chair) submitted the following motion that proposes that the function statement of the Faculty Welfare Committee be revised. The secretary has classified this proposal as minor legislation. The Faculty Council will act on the motion at its meeting on October 16, 2006. Sue Alexander Greninger, Secretary The Faculty Council and General Faculty GENERAL FACULTY RULES COMMITTEE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE FUNCTION STATEMENT OF THE FACULTY WELFARE COMMITTEE Motion: The General Faculty Rules Committee unanimously recommends that the function statement of the Faculty Welfare Committee be revised to read as follows (additions are underlined/bolded and deletions are crossed out): FUNCTION: 1) To advise the president on all matters pertaining to faculty welfare[.], and 2) to monitor and evaluate implementation of all legislation pertaining to faculty welfare. Background and Rationale: This proposal originated from Martha Hilley, chair of the 2006-07 Faculty Welfare Committee. Both the Faculty Welfare Committee and the president's office see a faculty benefit from a more specific function statement. Distributed through the Faculty Council Web site on October 11, 2006. Copies are available on request from the Office of the General Faculty, WMB 2.102, F9500.