Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 04, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #8 Session #13 4:00 p.m. January 4, 1985^ MSU 202 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #6 & 7 (correction to minutes #5) IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Student Services Chairman (effective January 1, 1982) - Robert Eglet B. Parking and Traffic Committee member - Jim Eells C. Elections Board rriember - Clavin Valvo D. Organizations Board Chairperson - Karen Eckert E„ Vice President Pro Tempore - Tony Troccoli F. Nevada Student Lobby" member - Trent Parks G. Bylaws Committee member - Tammy Niedermeyer H. Bylaws Committee member - Michelle Hon I. Stipend of $450/month for CSUN President - Closed Personnel Session J. Fee Waiver for 7 credits, Spring Semester, for Senate Pre-sident K. Compensation for Elections Board Chairman equal to current compensation for the Publications Board Chairman VI. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Bylaws Committee B. Elections Board (from table) C. Entertainment and Programming Board D0 Nevada Student Affairs UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Senate Agenda Meeting #8 Page 2 E. Publications Board F. Radio Board G„ Security Coordinator H. Other I. Appropriations Board VII. Unfinished Business A. Approval of Bylaw #19 (Senate Bills Bylaw) - DiBenedetto B. Student Discount Card - Eitchet C. Amendment to Elections Board Rules - Clay D. Review/Amendment of Senate Bill 006 - DiBenedetto E. Approval of Bylaw #21 (Nevada Student Lobby Bylaw) - DiBenedetto VIII. New Business Ao Amendment to Organizations Board Operating Policy - Eckert B. Appointment of Acting Vice President C. Appointment of Acting Vice President Pro Tempore IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting #8 Session 13 4:00 p.m. January 4, 19 83 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:20 p.m. The meeting was called to order late because Senators Clayton and Eells said that they would be approximately 15 minutes late. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance David Begor Bill DiBenedetto - excused absent David Mounts Stephanie Pettit Ginger Clayton - unexcused absent August Corrales - excused absent MaryBeth Nitzschke - excused absent Trent Parks - excused absent Robert Barnum Robert Eglet Cathy Powell Mike Waller Brenda Roberts Calvin Valvo Sharlet McGregor Catherine Clay Marc Miller - excused absent Karen Eckert Jim Eells - absent Eric Emerson Due to a lack of quorum Senate President Wild moved on to Executive Board Announcements, part IV. IV. Executive Board Announcements 1. President Oshinski The Board of Regents will be holding a two day meeting this Friday and Saturday. On Friday at 2:00 p.m. the.Blue Rib-bon Athletic Committee Report will be given. At 7:00 p.m. there will be a reception. On Saturday beginning at 8:00 a.m. committee meetings will be held. At 1:00 p.m. the regular agenda will begin. President Goodall will be giving his report on the relationship between the UNLV Boosters and the Athletic Department. The regents will'.also be deciding who their next chairman will be. The meeting will be held in Education 399. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #8-January 4, 19 8 3 page 2 He announced that Lisa Griffith has resigned her position as Managing Editor of the Yell. President Oshinski sent a letter to Beecroft which included Chapter 6 of the Code regarding disciplinary procedures. When he receives Beecroft's comments about that chapter of the Code, he will distribute copies to the Senate. This fiscal year £10,000.00 was allocated to the Day Care Center. This money cannot be paid until a new contract has been written and signed. The old contract expired approximately 6 months ago. Over the break, President Oshinski is planning to work on the new contract with Dean Kunkel. Richie Adams was dropped from the UNLV Basketball team's rost. Vice President Westfall will be giving the Athletic Department's budget report this Friday. 2. Senate President Wild Unfinished Business, item D has been withdrawn until Senator DiBenedetto returns. All Senators not assigned to two com-mittees please see Jef after the meeting. The meeting was recessed until 4:45 p.m. At 4:46 the meeting was called to order and the secretary took roll. Second Roll Call • Memberin Attendance D a v i <J~Be go r Bill DiBenedetto - excused absent David Mounts Stephanie Pettit Ginger Clayton - unexcused absent August Corrales - excused absent MaryBeth Nitzschke - excused absent Trent Parks - excused absent Robert Barnum Robert Eglet Cathy Powell Mike Waller Brenda Roberts Calvin Valvo Sharlet McGregor Catherine Clay Marc Miller - excused absent Karen Eckert Jim Eells - absent Eric Emerson In the hopes of achieving quorum, the Senate recessed until 5:00 p.m. At 5:00 the meeting was called to order and the secretary took attendance. Third Roll Call NProbers' in -Attendance David Begor Bill DiBenedetto - excused absent David Mounts Stephanie Pettit Ginger Clayton unexcused absent August Corrales - excused absent MaryBeth Nitzschke - excused absent SENATE MEETING #8-January 4, 19 8 3 page 3 Trent Parks - excused absent Robert Barnum - late Robert Eglet Cathy Powell Mike Waller Brenda Roberts Calvin Valvo Sharlet McGregor Catherine Clay Marc Miller - excused absent Karen Eckert Jim Eells - absent Eric Emerson The meeting had not achieved quorum, so informal discussion took place. At 5:07 p.m. Senator Eells arrived and the meeting achieved quorum. III. Approval of Minutes #6 & 7(correction to minutes #51 Senator Clay moved to delete from Minutes- $5, Part VI, item J? - Appropriations Board, "The Board aooroved a transfer of $2500 from 906-9002 to 902-9001. Increase 902-3000 by $2500, Decrease 906- 3000 by $2500."Senator Emerson seconded the motion. There being no further additions or corrections, Minutes #5 stood approved as amended. Senator Clay moved to approve the Minutes from meeting #6 and #7, Senator Roberts seconded the motion. There being no additions or corrections, the minutes from meetings #6 and #7 stood approved. Senator Clav moved to suspend with the rules- and move directly into New Business, items B and C, Senator Emerson seconded and the motion passed. SENATE MEETING #8-January 4, 19 8 3 page 4 II. New Business Senator Clay moved to appoint Karen Eckert as Acting Vice President and Cathy Powell as Acting Vice President Pro Tempore through April 30, 1983. Senator Eglet seconded the motion which passed. V. Executive Board Nominations A. President Oshinski moved to approve Robert Eglet as the Stu-dent Services Chairman(effective January 1, 1983), and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 1 opposed and 2 abstentions. B. Senator Emerson moved to approve Jim Eells as a member of the Parking and Traffic Committee. Senator Roberts seconded, and the motion passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. C. Senator Emerson moved to approve Calvin Valvo as a member of the Elections Board, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. D. Senator Emerson moved to approve Karen Eckert as the Organiza-tions Board Chairperson, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. E. Senator Barnum moved to table item E, the nomination of Tony Troccoli for Vice President Pro Tempore, indefinitely, and Senator Clay seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor, and 0 opposed. F. Senator Eglet moved to disapprove Trent Parks as a member of the Nevada Studenv Lobby, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with 10 in favor, 1 opposed and 3 abstentions. G. Senator Clay moved to approve Tammy Niedermeyer as a member of the Bylaws Committee, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 abstentions. R. The nomination of Michelle Hon to the Bylaws Committee died due to the lack of a motion. I. Senator Emerson moved to approve a stipend of $4 50/month for CSUN President, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions, J. Senator Eglet moved to approve a fee waiver for 7 credits, Spring Semester, for the Senate President, and President Oshinski seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. K. Senator Emerson moved to table item K? Compensation, for Elections Board Chairman .equal to current compensation for the Publications Board Chairman, indef initely, and S,ena,tor McGregor seconded? >'• • The motion passed with 13 in favor and 1 opposed. VI. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Bylaws- Committee Senator Clay read the minutes from the Bylaws Committee meeting 13-3 held on December 14, 1982. The following people were present August Corrales, Robert Eglet, Hike Waller and Michelle Hon. Catherine Clay and Trent Parks were unexcused absences and Tammv Niedermeyer was excused absent. The committee made a motion, to submit Senate Bill 009 CBylaw #21? which .passed, 1 The committee made a motion to submit Senate Bill 001 (Bylaw #22) which passed. The meeting adjourned at 3:31 p.m. Senator Clay moved to approve the minutes, and Senator Eglet seconded the motion. There being no additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. SENATE MEETING #8-January 4, 19 8 3 page 5 Senator Mounts made a motion to recess the meeting for 5 minutes, and Senator Pettit seconded. The motion carried with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. At 5:37 p.m. the meeting was called to order and the secretary called roll. Fourth Roll Call Members in Attendance David Begor Bill DiBenedetto - excused absent David Mounts Stephanie Pettit Ginger Clayton - unexcused absent August Corrales - excused absent MarvBeth Nitzschke - excused absent Trent Parks - excused absent Robert Barnum - late Robert Eglet Cathy Powell Mike Waller Brenda Roberts Calvin Valvo Sharl.et McGregor Catherine Clay Marc Miller - excused absent Karen Eckert Jim Eells Eric Emerson B. Elections Board (from table) Senator Clay moved to remove the Elections Board Minutes #11 from the table. This motion died due to lack of a second. Senator Clay moved to approve the minutes from Meeting #13 held on December 14, 1982. At Meeting #13 the board made a motion to investigate the 19 82 CSUN Executive Board Election Campaign and Contributions.which, passed with 2 in favor, 0 opposed and 4 abstentions. The members present at this meeting were Randy Crum, Jim Wunrow, April Morse, Mary Borsellino, Michele O'Donnel, Mario Guerrina, Mike Waller and Terri Tollefson. Members absent were Dave Mounts, Delane Fitzpatrick, Charles Bloom, Pam Jacka and Steve Bowie. President Oshinski amended the minutes to add under section C, a directive to the Elections Board to have a member present at the next Senate Meeting to give a full report on what is happening with the investigation. This amendment was accepted as a friendly amendment. The motion to approve the minutes of meeting #13 as amended with the directive passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 abstentions. C. Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman Hamilton announced that there will be a meeting on Fri-day, January 7, 1983 at 2:00 p.m. in the Nerve Center. D. Nevada Student Affairs Senator Clay •mdved to approve the minutes from the meeting held on December 15, 1982 at 2:30 p.m., and Senator Begor seconded the motion. The members present were Ginger Clayton, Bill Di- Benedetto, Michelle DeTillio, Sam Lieberman, David Begor and Mark Shaffer. Michelle DeTillio was appointed as Assistant Director for Nevada Student Affairs. Bill Thompson was SENATE MEETING #8-Januarv 4, 1983 pacie 6 accepted as the CSUN Lobbyist with a review to take place after this semester. The proposal to change the name of the Nevada Student Lobby to the Nevada Student Affairs passed. President Oshinski amended the minutes to include that the name appear as the Nevada Student Lobby on the referendum bal-lot for the Executive Board Elections. This addition was accepted as a friendly amendment. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved. E. Publications Board Chairperson Griffith read the minutes from the Publications Board meeting held on December 20, 1982. The members present were Linda Lehman, Lisa Griffith, Richard Kalian arid /Mario ;. Guerrina. The unexcused absences v/ere Jan Craddock, Randy Hockfeld and Bill DiBenedetto. The board approved an amend-ment to add Article VII to the Publications Board Policy stating: All editors of CSUN publications cannot endorse a person run-ning for CSUN office in any shape or form.' No article, graphic art, photography, letters to the editor intentionally endorsing or intentionally favoring or opposing a CSUN candidate can be printed. Section 2: Any editor who violates this rule of endorsement refer to article III, section 1, 11, 13 and article VI. Senator Powell moved to approve the minutes of the Publi-cations Board, and Senator Emerson seconded. Senator Eglet added a friendly amendment to add after the sentence ending with the word "form,:" the words "With the exception of paid political advertisements" which would begin the next sentence. The motion to approve the minutes with amendment passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. F. Radio Board There was no report. G. Security Coordinator There was no report. H. Other 1. Intercollegiate Athletic Council President Oshinski announced that he will be bringing the report on Athletics to the Senate for their consideration. UNLV Basketball player Jeff Collins was not eligible for play until December 23. There was ; a presentation by Vice President Westfall, and Dr. Harp reported on pending NCAA legislation. 2. Student Services Committee Senator Eglet announced the meeting to be held on Friday, January 7, 19S3 at 5:00 p.m. in MSU 122. I. Appropriations Board Chairman Goussak read the minutes from Appropriations Board Meeting #23 held on January 4, 1983. The members present were Karen Eckert, Cathy Powell, Brenda Roberts and Sindy Glasgow. Excused absences were Rosana Reyes and Pam Jacka. Paul Berger is on a leave of absence. The following were the action items: 1. Transfer $4,000.00 from 906-9002 to 902-9001 Increase 902-3000 by $4,000.00 Decrease 906-3000 by $4,000.00. SENATE MEETING #8-January 4, 19 8 3 page 7 2. Transfer $4,918.00 from 906-9002 to 903-9001 Increase 903-3000 by $8,018 Decrease 906-3000 bv $8,018.00. 3. Transfer $650.00 from 906-9002 to 907-9001 Increase 907-1100 by $650.00 Decrease 906-1100 by $650.00. 4. Transfer $6,200.00 from 906-9002 to 908-9001 Increase 908-1100 by $1,200.00,908-1600 by $12.00 • 908-3000 by $7,088.00 Decrease 906-1100 by $1200.00, 906-1600 by $12.00, 906-3000 by $7,088.00. 5. Transfer $10,000.00 from 906-9002 to 911-9001 Increase 911-1100 by $800.00, 911-1600 by $8.00, 911-3000 by $9,192.00 Decrease 906-1100 by $800.00, 906-1600 by $8.00, 906-3000 by $9,192.00. The above transfers carried with a vote of 4 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Powell moved to approve the minutes from meeting *23, and Senate Emerson seconded. There being no additions or corrections the minutes stood approved. VII. Unfinished Business A0 Senator Clay moved to approve the Approval of Bylaw #19 (Senate Bills Bylaw) and President Oshinski seconded. Senator Clay amended"the bill to read in part III, after " the words "session in which they are passed dissolves" to add "or if other-wise stated in the bill." Senator Mounts moved to delete part III from Bylaw #19, and Senator Powell seconded. The amendment to delete part III passed with 12 in favor, 2 opposed and 0 abstentions. Bylaw #19 with amendment was approved with a vote of 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. B. Student Discount Card - Fitchet There was no action taken on this item. C. Senator Clav moved to substitute the proposed elections rules with the following amendment instead of the current election rules. The amendment is as follows: 1. add under section I, C on number 4, the securitv deposit will be set at $25.00 The motion to substitute the proposed election rules with amend-ment for the current election rules, failed with 3 in favor, 10 opposed and 1 abstention. D. Review/Amendment of Senate Bill 006 - DiBenedetto This item has been withdrawn. E. Senator Clay moved to approve Bylaw #21 (Nevada Student Lobby Bylaw) and to repeal Senate Bill 008 and to change the wording to Nevada Student Affairs. Senator Eglet seconded the motion, which passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. VIII. New Business A. Amendment to Organizations Board Operating Policy - Eckert This item was withdrawn. B. Appointment of Acting Vice President This item was taken care of earlier in the agenda, C. Appointment of Acting Vice President Pro Tempore This item was taken care of earlier in the agenda. IX. Open Diseusssion President Oshinski announced details about the WICHE program which would give Nevada students the possibility to be accepted by professional schools with resident status. SENATE MEETING #8-January 4, 19 8 3 page 8 Senate President VJild announced his candidacy for Vice President of CSUN. His campaigning will begin as soon as he receives his materials from the printers. X. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted^by, Respectfully prepared by, CSUN Senate President CSUN Secretary