Section 17A and Division 2 of Schedule 1 of the Murdoch University Act require all members of Senate who have a material personal interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered:

At the Senate meeting on 24/05/2006, Senate resolved to appoint Mr Terry Budge as the Chancellor of Murdoch University on 29 November 2006, for a term of three years (S/18/2006). Senate is asked to confirm Mr Budge’s appointment in the terms as follows:

To confirm the appointment of Mr Terry Budge as the Chancellor of Murdoch University on 29 November 2006, for a term of three years.

Over the past few months the University has been engaged in a project to rediscover the meaning of the Murdoch Brand in a way that can be easily communicated and reflected in the way the University engages with the community.

Gaining a strong and clear current understanding of Murdoch from the perspective of its key stakeholders has been an important step in developing new marketing initiatives and in determining future strategic directions.

The project has been undertaken in conjunction with an external consulting group “Meerkats”. The project has been wide ranging and involved a diverse group of Murdoch staff and students as well as outside stakeholders such as government, employers and research groups.

The results of this project will be presented by Ronnie Duncan from Meerkats. The presentation shown has already been seen by several large groups of the University staff over the past few weeks and has evoked strong emotional engagement from these different audiences, particularly the long term Murdoch staff.

The project is part way through to completion. While the brand meaning component is now being communicated within the University, work around translating the brand meaning to communication and marketing tools is still underway.

On 06/09/2006 Senate approved the amendments to Statute 18 - Intellectual Property (S/39/2007). This statute has been dealt with in accordance with s 25(1)(b) of the Murdoch Act and is being re-presented to Senate for ratification. In addition, title amendments to Statute 5 – Academic Council and Statute 17 – Guild of Students are attached for Senate’s approval. The following items contain recommendations to Senate:

On 21/11/2006, in accordance with Standing Order 3, Senate resolved by decision by circulation to approve the sale of the University’s landholding in Forrestdale.

The minutes of the Academic Council meeting held on 01/11/2006 are attached. Other than in relation to legislative matters, there are no recommendations to Senate:

Note: All legislative matters are dealt with under item 13 of the agenda (Legislation Committee).

Statute 23 - Student Discipline states that the Chair of the Board of Discipline shall be appointed by the Senate after consideration of a recommendation from the Chair of Legislation Committee. The Chair of Legislation Committee, Ms Alison Gaines, has recommended that Senate reappoint Ms Braddock for a term of three years. Ms Braddock has been approached and is pleased to be reappointed.

The minute of the Legislation Committee resolved by circular resolution on 20/11/2006 is attached. The following items contain recommendations to Senate:

The minutes of the Resources Committee meeting held on 14/11/2006 are attached. The following items contain recommendations to Senate:

While preparing the minutes for the 25/10/2006 meeting of Senate, it was noted that the document detailing policy statement number 1601, from the meeting of the Resources Committee held on 03/10/2007, was not attached. This item has been included on this agenda to ensure the proposed resolution as recommended is correctly passed.