dare I hope?

in the introductory faculty meeting this fall, the issue of tenure packets came up and my department chair remarked "well, the governing board changed stuff this year, and it may be that you have to wait until you've finished five years before you apply"

I am starting my fifth year. So if this is true, I've got another year to get my act together, to be a super teacher, to crank out some more publications, before I have to worry.

it would be a load off my mind this fall, and I could continue to pick away at it, so I would have The Best Tenure Packet Ever when it came time to submit it.

I've got a call in to the appropriate office. I'm waiting on a call-back.