Got the message from Jesse Fuller

Hello, here is an email of what is going on inside the faculty meeting
today at 4pm, its a big one cause they tend to have a meeting once in
the spring and fall.. In the below information, you can understand what
faculties, staff did proprosed in the meeting with four different
motions..

The rally today talked mostly abt the faculty meeting and
We can't do anything to make jane resign until she decides to resign
herself. So our goal is to not give up and pressure her to resign..
That's it for today.. =)
Goodnight..
PS read below for the faculty meeting motions which were voted by the
faculties, staff to support it..


-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Apollo
To: saveourdeafschools
Subject: [SODS] UNOFFICIAL RESULTS--Faculty Senate calls on Fernandes to
resign or be removed--"No confidence" in Jordan and also the Board of
Trustees
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:02:11 -0400

Here are the unofficial results of the voting on the resolutions put
before the Gallaudet Faculty Senate this evening, Monday, October 16,
2006.

They call on Jane Fernandes to resign or be removed from her position,
and also vote "no confidence" in current Gallaudet President I. King
Jordan and also "no confidence" in the entire Board of Trustees at
Gallaudet.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

Results of Faculty meeting Oct 16, 2006

(Note: there are 221 eligible voting faculty members at Gallaudet
University; 168 are present at this meeting, representing 76% of
eligible voting faculty)

Motion A

"The University Faculty moves that Faculty Governance. Through their
official contacts with the Administration and the Board, examine and
discuss models for including faculty, staff, students and alumni as
members of the Board, and set a timetable for incorporating one of
these models into practice at Gallaudet.

PASSED Unanimously (168 by standing vote)

Motion B

"Be it resolved that the faculty demand that Jane Kelleher Fernandes
resign or be removed from her position for the greater good of
Gallaudet University"

PASSED

Ayes 138
Nayes 24
Abstain 6

Motion C

"Be it resolved that the Faculty request the Board of Trustees convene
an emergency meeting with four elected representatives from the
students, four elected faculty members, two elected staff members, two
elected Clerc Center representatives, and two elected members of the
Alumni Association to determine how to manage Gallaudet University
during the interim and to plan for a re-opening of the search process."

PASSED
Ayes 131
Nayes 23
Abstain 2

MOTION D

"Be it resolved that the Faculty request no reprisals against any
member of the community, including students, staff and faculty, Clerc
Center
teachers and staff, Trustees and alumni for their support of or dissent
from the current protests.

PASSED

Ayes 133
Nayes 15
Abstain 0

MOTION E

"Be it resolved that the Faculty express loss of confidence in I. King
Jordan as the leader of Gallaudet University."

PASSED

Ayes 80
Nayes 60
Abstain 7

MOTION F

"Be it resolved that the Faculty express a loss of confidence in the
Gallaudet University Board of Trustees"

PASSED
Ayes 106
Nayes 10
Abstained 0

POSTPONEMENT OF VOTE DURING A SPECIAL MEETING TO BE CALLED

MOTION G

"Immediately bring an outside. Neutral. Professional mediation team to
campus. The team should include Deaf and hearing representatives who
are familiar with Deaf issues and Gallaudet University to facilitate
discussion between the various stakeholders involved in the current
crisis"

MOTION H

"Bring and outside neutral party to investigate the search process that
resulted in the selection of Dr. Jane Fernandes as the 9th President of
Gallaudet University"

MOTION I

"Establish fixed, renewable terms for the Gallaudet University
president. At the end of each term, Gallaudet presidents will have a
performance evaluation by the Board of Trustees that will include
feedback from the campus community. The performance evaluation will be
used to help determine whether reappointment should occur"

MOTION J

"Ask that Committee A and the Senate work together to change faculty
guidelines such that all previously tenured faculty will be required to
take the same sign language assessment test that untenured faculty
take.

GU till provide interpreters in the classroom for any currently tenured
faculty
member who does not pass the sign language assessment at the same level
required for new faculty members to gain tenure. This would not replace
the system
of testing non-tenured faculty"