WHEREAS,     The Legislature in its enactment of the Higher Education Employer Employee Relations Act
                           (HEERA) declared that "[h]armonious relations between each higher education employer and
                          its employees are necessary ... to provide an academic community with full freedom of inquiry
                          and insulation from political influence in their administration of the system of higher education"
                          I Title 1, Division 4, Chapter 12, Article 1350(D) 1, and

WHEREAS,     Chancellor Charles B. Reed through his repeated public disparagement of the faculty of the CSU,
                          such as his remarks at Cal Poly on March 7, 1999, has undermined the morale of the faculty and
                          created acrimony between the faculty and the administration of the CSU, and

WHEREAS,     Chancellor Reed's often repeated message that there is a need to establish a "culture of quality"
                          in the system has cast aspersions on the integrity of the CSU by implying that quality does not
                          already exist within the system, and

WHEREAS,     Chancellor Reed has continually misrepresented the faculty position on merit and other employment
                          conditions, and

WHEREAS,     Chancellor Reed recommended that the Board of Trustees of the CSU impose on the CSU faculty
                          conditions of salary and employment that the faculty find disrespectful, onerous, and a threat to
                          academic freedom, and

WHEREAS,     The imposition of salary and employment conditions has further eroded collegiality and faculty
                          morale within the CSU, and

WHEREAS,     The current discord within the CSU resulting from Chancellor Reed's comments and actions is
                          threatening to disrupt the educational processes of the system, therefore be it

RESOLVED:     That the Academic Senate of Cal Poly conduct a campus wide referendum, asking the faculty to
                           vote on whether or not they have confidence in the ability of Chancellor Reed to continue to lead
                          the CSU, and be it further

RESOLVED:     That this referendum be held no later than April 30, 1999, and be it further

RESOLVED:     That the chair of the Academic Senate of Cal Poly be instructed to ask the Academic Senates of all
                           other campuses of the CSU to also hold campuswide referenda asking the same question during
                           the same time period.