The department chairperson will write to all full-time faculty members of the department to tell them that nominations of persons to be reviewed that year for tenure or for promotion must be given to the chairperson by [a specified date]. The chairperson must nominate all faculty whose tenure review is mandatory for that year. All others may be nominated by the chairperson or by the faculty member himself or herself. (See WSU Policies & Procedures Handbook, section 4.18 for further directions.)