When nominations were collected last week for five task forces aimed to look at faculty's role in university decisions, Executive Committee of Academic Council Chairperson Jon Sticklen said he noticed a problem.

At Tuesday's executive committee meeting, Sticklen informed the committee that there weren't enough nominees to fill the largest task force, which will be looking at restructuring the Academic Governance system.

Last month, Faculty Council ruled that each task force requires a certain amount of nominees before they can be approved.

These task forces are a result of last year's Faculty Voice report, compiled by faculty members who made recommendations that would give them more of a presence in administrative decisions.

Other task forces will be looking at the process for reviewing administrators and academic programs, general communication procedures in Academic Governance and the role of fixed-term faculty.

Judith Andre, philosophy professor and member of the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, said she was hesitant to postpone all work with the Academic Governance reorganization task force. She said she wanted to proceed with the nominees already available and begin tackling the issue at hand.

The task force will look at whether to eliminate the executive committee and replace it with a similar faculty committee.

Ralph Putnam, associate professor in counseling, educational psychology and special education, said he was afraid waiting would only complicate the process.

"What makes us believe the list (of nominees) will be larger in a few months?" he said.

The meeting went into a closed executive session to discuss the individual nominees for the four other task forces.

Any approved nominees will be formally placed in the task forces at the next Faculty Council meeting on Oct. 18.