Guidelines and Procedures for Nomination of Faculty to Board of Trustees

1. There shall be two faculty members on the Board of Trustees
2. Eligibility
   Any full-time faculty member who has been at Edgewood for at least a full academic year prior to taking a seat upon the Board is eligible.
3. Procedures (these are in chronological order)
   1. The Nominations and Governance Committee, serving as the nominating committee, will choose a slate of at least five potential candidates.
   2. The Nominations and Governance Committee will publish the slate at least one week before the balloting.
   3. Any group of three faculty members may nominate additional candidates by submitting petitions to the Nominations and Governance Committee during the period of open nominations.
   4. At a meeting of the Faculty Association, the nominees will present their view of the role of the faculty member on the Board of Trustees.
   5. Based upon the balloting results, preference ranking of the nominees will be done by the Nominations and Governance Committee.
   6. The slate of five candidates, ranked in order of preference, will be presented by the Nominations and Governance to the VPAA prior to submission to the Search and Nominating Committee of the Board.
4. Terms of Office and Vacancies
   1. All terms will be for three years.
   2. No one will serve more than two consecutive terms.
   3. Vacancies will be filled by preference ranking of nominees according to the above procedures for the remainder of the unexpired term.