1. The Faculty Senate has already rejected PM-35, and the Executive Committee has not clarified the legal ramifications of post-tenure review on the restrictions of academic freedom and tenure.
2. PS-36 = Post-tenure review = elimination of tenure.
3. Tenure = indefinite | PS-36 = about 4 ½ years.
4. The difference between tenure and post-tenure review is the longevity of your academic position.
5. Accepting PM 35 (or PS-36) automatically is like accepting being condemned to death unfairly, but you are given the right to select the manner of your execution.
6. A tenured faculty is in a better litigation position under PM 35 than under PM 35 plus PS-36.
7. The current dismissal for cause policy (PS-104) requires the university to show that a faculty member is unfit. PM-35 and new PS-36 turns it around and requires a faculty member to show that he or she is fit to hold tenure.
8. If tenured faculty give up "indefinite tenure" for a contract as short as 4 ½ years, he or she should be compensated for damages from a breach of contract.
9. Tenured faculty at LSU are already subject to dismissal for incompetence, malfeasance, or failure to perform their duties under PS 104 [according to AAUP].
10. Post-tenure review should not be undertaken for the purpose of dismissal (like PS-36). See AAUP statement at http://www.aaup.org/position.htm .
11. Tenured administrators are not subject to PM-35 or PS-36. They are a protected group at L.S.U (e.g., a caste system).
12. It chills academic freedom when faculty members are subject to revolving contracts or recurrent challenge after they have demonstrated their professional competence (AAUP statement).
13. PS-36 can terminate you quicker (about 4 1/2 years) than it takes you to get tenure.
14. The PS-36 document shifts the standard of dismissal from "incompetence" to "unsatisfactory performance" so faculty members have to recurrently satisfy administrative officers (who have almost permanent tenure) rather than the basic standards of their profession. See AAUP statement.
15. Post-tenure review should be aimed at faculty development, not accountability (AAUP).
16. Post-tenure reviews should be carried out by faculty (not department chairs).
17. Tenured administrators should be subject to the same PM-35 and PS-36 documents.

-Vote against PS-36-