Academic Staff Assembly (ASA)
All Assembly meetings are open to the public. All academic staff members are specifically encouraged to attend. Guests are welcome to sit behind the taped area.
The Academic Staff Assembly is an elected body, currently 98 districts that represent the interests of academic staff in governance and policy development at the UW-Madison. The Assembly debates and votes on policy issues affecting academic staff presented by ASEC, members of Assembly standing committees, or the Assembly. Along with the other governance bodies mentioned above, the Assembly advises the chancellor.
Each academic staff member is assigned to a district that is represented in the Assembly by an elected representative. Each district has 35 to 75 members, generally grouped by similar position titles and, where possible, geographic proximity. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; there is no limit on the number of terms they can serve.
Duties of the Assembly Representative
(from Academic Staff Assembly Handbook (07-08)
How to be a good Assembly Representative and new member orientation (PowerPoint presentation)
Assembly Legislation list #1-209
Assembly Schedule 2007-08 and Agendas
The Assembly meetings are held in Room 272 Bascom Hall from 3:30 p.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. on the second Monday of the month during the academic year, September through May. If the second Monday falls on a holiday, the meeting is then held on the first subsequent Monday that is not a legal holiday. Special meetings may also be called as needed. (Click on date for meeting agenda.)
| DATE OF MEETING | DOCUMENT RECEIPT | FINAL |
| September 10, 2007 | August 24, 2007 | September 4, 2007 |
| October 8, 2007 | September 21, 2007 | October 1, 2007 |
| November 12, 2007 | October 26, 2007 | November 5, 2007 |
| December 10, 2007 | November 23, 2007 | December 3, 2007 |
| February 11, 2008 | January 25, 2008 | February 4 , 2008 |
| March 10, 2008 | February 26, 2008 | March 3, 2008 |
| April 14, 2008 | March 30, 2008 | April 7, 2008 |
| May 12, 2008 | April 26, 2008 | May 5, 2008 |
Districts
http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/district.html
(District, district members, what district am I in?)
Meetings
Assembly meetings are conducted according to Robert's Rules of Order Revised and the Assembly rules as set forth in Chapter 13 of the Academic Staff Policies and Procedures (ASPP). The meetings are chaired by the Provost. Any member of the academic staff may introduce items onto the agenda (with a petition by 15 academic staff members) and speak or ask questions. Only elected representatives or their alternates and ASEC members may offer motions and vote.
A typical agenda consists of the following:
- Report from the Provost and question period
- ASEC activities report and questions for the ASEC chair
- Announcements
- Approval of previous meeting minutes
- Committee reports
- Old and new business (here important issues are debated and voted upon)
Relationships with ASEC
The Academic Staff Executive Committee is the nine-member executive committee of the Assembly elected at large by all UW-Madison academic staff. ASEC refers policy issues to the Assembly, represents positions of the Assembly and academic staff at large, and provides administrative support for the organization. It implements policies passed by the Assembly and deals with day-to-day governance activities. ASEC reports its activities to the Assembly, which retains the authority to review, modify or rescind any action taken by ASEC. Not more than two ASEC members may be from the same Assembly district and no more than three can be from the same college, school or
Assembly Minutes
2008 Minutes
2007 Minutes
2006 Minutes
2005 Minutes
2004 Minutes
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