The Faculty Evaluation Comittee (FEC) is elected by the faculty. For the purposes of this document, ``faculty'' shall refer to the body of people who are subject ot evaluation by FEC. Election of a new FEC of four members will normally be done in the early fall semester, before annual evaluations are begun. Vacancies on the committee should be filled by special election as they occur. Elections should be conducted by the Department Secretary who is appointed by the Chairperson from the faculty. Voting may be done in a meeting of the faculty or by mail, but in any case should be by secret ballot and is not valid unless two thirds of the faculty casts a ballot. Selection of members of the FEC shall be one at a time in the following manner: The Secretary calls for nominations from the faculty. Once nominations are made, a vote is taken to select one member of the FEC from those nominated. A member of the FEC must be elected by a majority vote of the faculty present at the meeting. This process is repeated sequentially for each of the four FEC membership slots. In case no nominee obtains a majority, a runoff is held between the nominees with the highest two vote counts (not necessarily distinct) on the previous ballot. If, after repeated ballots, the tie still holds, the tie is resolved as follows: The person who has served most recently on FEC loses (i.e., is not selected for membership); secondarily, the person of lower academic rank loses; tertiarily, the person with fewer years of employment at FSU loses. In cases where these rules do not resolve a tie, the Secretary may attempt to select committee members by unanimous agreement among himself or herself and the faculty members involved in the tie.