Word: matoryã
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Dates: during 2005-2005
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...With Matory??s motion on the Faculty meeting agenda, discussion of Summers’ leadership will likely once again dominate the floor...
Though discussion is likely, Matory??s vote will not necessarily reach the floor. There are several procedural moves by which faculty could prevent a vote from happening, including an objection to considering Matory??s motion at all—which would require a two-thirds majority to pass. Furthermore, if discussion goes on long enough, professors may run out of time in which to hold a vote. Faculty meetings are officially two hours long, though faculty may vote to extend them...
...Matory??s accompanying 375-word “explanatory note” expands on the official motion. The note acknowledges Summers’ apologies concerning remarks in January about women in science, but then criticizes him for “a pattern of aggressive communication and inattention to faculty opinions” and for expanding the power of the Presidency...
Further, professors have criticized Matory??s motion as too specific in its grievances to garner any significant support among the Faculty...