{"id":23,"date":"2010-09-22T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T16:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:32:42","slug":"senate-minutes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For draft minutes that have not yet been approved by the faculty senate, please see &#8220;News from the Faculty Senate&#8221; on the Faculty Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/\">home page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id23_f30319-8d > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id23_f30319-8d > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id23_f30319-8d > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 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class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Minutes 11 February 2026<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-6382 post type-post status-publish 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