IV. 4 JOINT GOVERNANCE APPOINTMENTS

Per FPP 5.20, please keep in mind that faculty members who hold a less than 50% continuing tenure appointment do not have voting privileges on the departmental Executive Committee (unless the department in question was the principle sponsor of the appointment).  Therefore, a joint governance appointment must be approved by the Dean if the department wishes to extend voting privileges to the faculty member.

Departments considering such appointments should be sure all parties understand the terms of the appointment, such as any voting rights, the length of the appointment, any expectations of instructional or committee responsibilities, any prospective budgetary or tenure commitments, etc.

Occasionally a departmental executive committee may wish to arrange an appointment of or association with a faculty member from another institution in the UW System. If the association involves partial or full funding, the individual is typically appointed (by an Unclassified Appointment Add Form and Dean's approval) to the Department at the individual's current title and salary with the budget comment L/I (Location/Institution). The L/I designation, rather than the adjective "visiting," should be used in these cases, to denote appointees from other UW System institutions. Affiliation and joint governance appointments for individuals at other UW System institutions should also be noted with the budget comment L/I.