Senate Processes
- Guidelines regarding committee business between meetings
- Flow Chart of How Business Moves Through Governance
- Guidelines for Scheduling Meetings
- Guidelines for Chairing a Faculty Governance Committee
- Carrying Over Business from Spring to Fall
- How to prepare documents for the Senate
- How to prepare minutes for meetings
- Writing Effective Resolutions
Standing Rules of the Sonoma State Academic Senate
Resources for Faculty Governance Committees and those presenting to the Senate
- List of acronyms commonly heard in faculty governance meetings
- More committee information and tips on serving in faculty governance
- Presentation Guidelines for Senate Meetings
- Policies recommended by the Academic Senate
- The Senate-Talk listserv
- Collegiality in the California State University - Statewide Senate statement
- Statement of Professional Responsibility & Faculty Bill of Rights
Robert's Rules Resources
- Robert's Rules Made Simple
- A thoughtful look at Robert's Rules
- Parliamentary Procedures by Robert D. Kully, former Chair of the CSU Statewide Senate
- video - Handling Motions
- video - Faculty Senate Orientation to Rules of Order - this university has some different rules than we do, but the general rules he discusses are good, especially how to make a motion.