CM Charter Revision Page

The Department of Chemical Engineering is reviewing and updating its charter throughout the 2003/2004 school year. Each draft below represents a version of our charter that must be reviewed by the department, discussed, and voted on by the faculty. The status of each draft is indicated.
Charter Committee:
M. Sean Clancey
Joseph H. Holles
Faith A. Morrison
Carl Nesbitt
Chris Abramson


changes	version of charter	date discussed by committee	date discussed by department	date of vote tally	pass/fail	current charter
	original			20 May 1996	pass	original
easy grammar changes; new vision	charter_v1_100803.pdf	3 October 2003	08 Oct 2003	22 Oct 2003	pass 13/1	CM_Charter_2003[2].DOC
committee constitution and memberships	charter_v4_120803.pdf	27 Oct 2003	3 Dec 2003	16 Dec 2003	pass 11/2	CM_Charter_2003[3].DOC
remove faculty rank descriptions; defer to university policy	charter_v5_120803.pdf	31 Oct 2003	3 Dec 2003	16 Dec 2003	pass 13/0	CM_Charter_2003[4].DOC
reorganize charter to improve flow - no changes in policy	current outline of charter new proposed outline of charter charter_v6_012804_red_changes.pdf charter_v6_012804_changes_accepted.pdf	12 Dec 2003, 16 Dec 2003, 23 Jan 2004	28 Jan 2004, 18 February 2004, 10 March 2004	15 March 2004	pass 13/0
Computer committee	new text for definition of Computer Committee	30 January 2004, 13 February 2004	18 February 2004; 10 March 2004	15 March 2004	pass 13/0
Space and Safety Changes	new text for definition of Space and Safety Committee	30 January 2004, 13 February 2004	18 February 2004; 10 March 2004	15 March 2004	pass 13/0	CM_Charter_2004[5].DOC
review grievance committee structure - ExCom should not be grievance committee	new text for GrievanceProcedure (Link to MEEM charter) Proposed new version of charter with new grievance process	13 February 2004; 12 March 2004; 19 March 2004	31 March 2004	5 April 2004	pass 9/0	CM Charter 2004[6].pdf
clean-up chair evaluation process - it has been proposed to evaluate less than annually	New text on chair evaluation These proposed changes were withdrawn by the committee after departmental discussion on March 31, 2004.	Mar 19, 2004	31 Mar 2004	none	none	no change
merge text on teaching, creative activity, service, and leadership	New text on merged sections	Mar 19, 2004 and by email and April 5, 2004	31 Mar 2004, April 14, 2004, April 21, 2004	26 April 2004	pass 10/0	CM_Charter_2004 final[7].DOC
	more revisions undertaken in 2006-2007; see this web page

Charter Revision Process

Department of Chemical Engineering