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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:15:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jacob Kogan <kogan@umbc.edu>
To: nagaraj@umbc.edu
Cc: Jacob Kogan <kogan@math.umbc.edu>
Subject: request for documents

Dear Nagaraj,

On Friday, July 12, 2013 I received a copy of my Peer Review Committee Report.
I am currently working on my respond to the chair. The additional information
described below would greatly assist my work.

On November 28, 2012 you provided me with the following documents pertaining
to the review process:

1. Faculty Comprehensive Review Check List.
2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics Statement of Performance 
   Expectations.
3. Addendum to the Statement of Performance Expectations.

Please let me know whether the "Faculty Comprehensive Review Check List" was
established in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. If this is not the
case please indicate the source.

As you know the Faculty Handbook requires each Department to have its statement
of Performance Expectations and its statement of policy and procedures for the
Departmental Comprehensive Review of Tenured Faculty to be submitted to the Faculty
Senate, the appropriate dean and provost for review and approval (please see
Section 6.5.2.5 Implementation, Faculty Handbook). Further, the Faculty Handbook
provides that "...any changes shall be submitted to the Faculty Senate, the
appropriate dean and provost for review and approval" (please see
Section 6.5.2.5.1 Performance Expectations, Faculty Handbook).

Please let me know when the documents 2 and 3 above ("Department of Mathematics and
Statistics Statement of Performance Expectations" and "Addendum to the Statement
of Performance Expectations") were submitted to the Faculty Senate, the
appropriate dean and provost for review and approval. If the documents are approved
by the Faculty Senate, the dean and provost, then please provide the approvals.

If "Faculty Comprehensive Review Check List" is a Departmental documents, then please
provide the same information and documentation as requested above for documents 2 and 3.

To allow me to verify compliance of evaluation procedure with that provided by the Faculty
Handbook please let me know when your office received the report.

Thank you for your cooperation. Please provide information requested by the end of this
week, Friday, July 19, 2013. Your timely response will allow me to provide you with my
response by September 15, 2013 as provided by the Faculty Handbook. I am looking forward
to working with you on this important issue.

With best regards,

Jacob Kogan


Jacob Kogan                       Math and Stat, UMBC
http://www.math.umbc.edu/~kogan   410-455-3297, -1066 fax