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Senate Committee Records
Function
Governance
PIB
No
RRSDA Number
1997-003
Department
Senate
Description, purpose and use of records
Records created and used to support the activities and deliberations of the various committees established by Senate. Includes committees with delegated Senate authority as well as advisory committees. Records include minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, supporting papers. The records are grouped by committee and arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Retention periods
| Records | Active Retention |
Semi-Active Retention | Total retention | Final disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Committee Secretariate | CY + 2 years | 3 years | CY + 5 years | Full Retention by Archives |
| All other departments | No longer needed for reference | Nil | No longer needed for reference | Destroy |
Active = Active Retention Period, Keep in Office; Semi-Active = Semi-Active Retention period, transfer to University Records Centre; CY = Current calendar year; CFY = Current fiscal year; CS = Current semester; S/O = Superseded or obsolete; OPR = Office of Primary Responsibility; Non-OPR = All other departments
Authorities
These records are created, used, retained and managed in accordance with the following authorities:
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RSBC 1996, c. 165)
Retention rationale
The records created by Senate committees document their activities and deliberations, and are valuable for documenting academic governance at the University generally; therefore, these records should be retained permanently.
Retention and filing guidelines
Each committee should clearly designate which member (typically the Chair or Secretary) is responsible for maintaining the official records of the committee (as opposed to the copies of committee records which may be distributed across campus).
Related RRSDAs
Status
RRSDA is in force
Approval Date
29 Jan 1999
Last Revised Date
20 Jun 2023