<div dir="ltr">Hey Everyone!<div><br></div><div>Mona Dragosics, Hrönn Egilsdóttir, and I spoke with Þór this morning about the representation of students in the various Faculty and Science Institute meetings as there had been some confusion. In the university's bylaws, students have the right to vote and participate in Faculty meetings (see end of email for exact wording). These meetings are different from the board meetings, which are small joint meetings between the Institute and Faculty that typically a member of Folda attends. The Faculty meetings occur every 1-2 months throughout the year, who currently has ~27 members with voting rights and no one from the Science Institute. </div><div><br></div><div>We determined that the students of Earth Sciences are allowed 5 representatives, this includes both undergraduate and graduate. Two of these spots will be allocated for the undergraduate students, meaning we fill the remaining three. Ideally it is at least one Masters and one PhD. As many of us might be in class, in the field or out of the country during any one of these Faculty meetings, we are also allowed substitutes. </div><div><br></div><div>It is important for us to be represented at these meetings as various points regarding teaching, research, administration, and so on are put on the agenda, discussed and voted on. This is definitely our chance to make sure any issues we come across are heard and discussed.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Therefore I am looking for at least 4 Masters students and 4 PhD students that would be interested in representing and voting for the graduate students during these Faculty meetings. If it is a question of commitment, remember that you do not have to attend every single Faculty meetings as we by having 8+ students, at least 3 should be available.</div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you are interested! There is a meeting next Wednesday, 9 December at 15:00 and we will need to submit a list of potential representatives by Monday, 7 December. Also, if there are any issues in general please feel free to talk to myself or Mona so we can put it on the agenda for any Board and/or Faculty meetings.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again to those who did attend last week's Faculty meeting, greatly appreciated considering the late notice.</div><div><br></div><div>Deirdre</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:14.2667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Extract from article 17</span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="IS">"Enn fremur eiga þar sæti<u> </u><u>þrír</u> fulltrúar stúdenta í deildum, þar sem fjöldi annarra, sem <u>rétt hafa til fundarsetu með atkvæðisrétti</u>, er<u> </u><u>tólf eða færri</u>, og síðan <u>einn fulltrúi stúdenta fyrir hverja sex til viðbótar</u>. Um val á fulltrúum stúdenta <u>fer eftir reglum sem deildarfundur setur</u>. Í þeim reglum skal tryggt, eftir því sem kostur er, að stúdentar í grunnnámi og í framhaldsnámi eigi aðild að deildarfundum. Deild <u>er heimilt að fela samtökum stúdenta í deildinni ákvörðunarvald </u>um hvernig þeir standa að vali á sínum fulltrúum.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="IS">Öllum sem sæti eiga á deildarfundi er skylt að sækja fundi."</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="IS"><br></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-GB">Loose translation into English by ÞÞ:</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-GB">"In addition, the Faculty student cohort (undergraduate and graduate students) has the right to three representatives in Faculties, where the number of those others that have rights to participate and vote is 12 or fewer. When the number exceeds 12, then the student cohort get one representative for every 6 additional faculty members. Rules for the selection of the student representatives are decided by the Faculty Meeting. These rules should guarantee, as much is possible, that both the undergraduate and graduate students have their representatives in Faculty Meetings. The Faculty, if it so chooses, can forward the authority to decide on the rules regarding the student representative selection process to the student organizations within the Faculty.</span></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><u></u></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Deirdre Clark, PhD Research Fellow<br></div>University of Iceland | Háskóli Íslands<br></div><div>Institute of Earth Sciences<br></div><div>Sturlugata 7, Askja, Room 265<br></div><div>101 Reykjavík, Iceland<br><br></div><div>+354 525 5414 (Office)<br>+354 690 5745 (Mobile)<br></div><div><a href="mailto:dec2@hi.is" target="_blank">dec2@hi.is</a><br></div></div></div>
</div></div>