Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 21, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #31 Session #13 06/21/83 4:00 p.m. MSU 20 3 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #30 and #29 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. International Education Committee Member - Raed Said B. Compensation for Student Services Committee Chairman - (D-2) - $200.00 per month /~Y C. Compensation for UNLV Rebel Yell Editor(D-2) - $150.00 per month for June, July and August; (D-l) - $285.00 per month for remainder of the months VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Bylaws Committee B. Nevada Student Affairs C. Organizations Board(05/13/83 tabled) D. Publications Board E. Other F. Appropriations Board VII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Academic Advisement (1) a. Mark Evans 2. Education College (2) a. Nanda Briggs 3. Arts and Letters College(1) f \ a. Tracy Church i ,** b. Nick Skrinjarie c. Barbara Taylor d. Barbara Zimmer UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 2 VIII. New Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seat 1. Math, Engineering and Science College(1) B. Approval of Senate Bill 013 - Senator Mounts C. Action on Senate Bill 013 - Senator Corrales D. Reprimand of C.S.U.N. Executive Board - Senator Wild E. Budget and Cash Transfers - T.B.A. TIVX . OE.p en SuDbimsicsusssiioon n of Annual Budg*e t - Chairman Eckert X. Adjournment No wonder we don't communicate. You say you understand what you think I said. What you don't understand is that what you heard is not what I meant. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting #31 Session #13 06/21/83 4:00 p.m. MSU 203 I. Call to Order Senate President Clay called the meeting to order at 4:06 p.m. II. Roll Call Members Present John Bostaph Zellie Dow Stephanie Pettit August Corrales Jef Wild Robert Eglet / Sindy Glasgow David Mounts Matthew McGuire Murray Long Jeff Chadwell III. Approval of Minutes #30 and #29 Senator Eglet moved to approve Minutes #29 and #30 in-cluding the Addendum, and Senator Mounts seconded. Senator Wild moved to amend Minutes #30 to delete from page 6 the following: "The following Senator abstained from the vote: Jef Wild" and to include Jef Wild's name on page 5 under the sentence "The following Senators voted for Jef Wild." This amendment was seconded by Senator Long. The mo-tion passed with all in favor. Senator Eglet moved to amend Minutes #30 under Approval of Minutes #28 and #29, page 2, part VI, Submission of Executive Board Nominations to delete the following: "Senator Corrales moved to direct President Lee to sign the newly appointed Student Services Chair-man's 9 cards for Summer Sessions I and II, and J Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention." Senator Corrales seconded the amendment. Members Absent John Pasquantino - excused late Virgil Jackson - excused Rian Flourens - unexcused Jim Eells - excused UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 2 The amendment passed with 10 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Mounts moved to amend Minutes #30, page 1 to delete the last sentence which is, "The motion failed with 9 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions." and insert the sentence, "The motion passed with all in favor." and delete on page 2, the first paragraph under part ITX, Approval of Minutes #28 and #29 as follows: "Senator Long moved to reconsider the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and move into Old Business, Agenda #29, item B and Agenda #28, item F, of Executive Board Nominations, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion to reconsider passed with all in favor." The above amendment was seconded by Senator Eglet who also moved to add another amendment to delete from, page 3 the following paragraph: "Senator Eglet moved that Rian Flourens' absences for Senate Meeting #29 be changed to "excused" from "unexcused" sending the Senate's decision on Flourens' request for a leave of absence, and Sena-tor Corrales seconded. The motion failed with 8 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 abstention." Egletfs amendment was accented as a friendly amendment. The motion to amend Dacres 1, 2 and 3 of Minutes #30 as stated above passed with all in favor. IV. Executive Board Announcements 1. President Lee A rally took place at the Regents' meeting on Thursday, June 16. The vote on the proposed fee increase of $5.00 per credit hour was post-poned and will be considered at a special meeting to be held on Monday, June 27. Lee has formed a Crisis Budget Team which met with the Vice-President for Business Affairs, Herman Westfall. The Team found out how money has been budgeted for the Fall Semesters in the past. At 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, Tandy Corpora-tion will be in the CSUN offices to give a presenta-tion in relation to the Computer Camp. Lee crave Senator Pettit soecial thanks for arranqing this presentation. Another school has started a Computer Camp and has found it to be very successful. Presi-dent Lee is confident that CSUN's Camo will be as equally successful. 2. Vice-President Shaffer No announcements. SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 3 3. Senate President Clay Please note that item D, Compensation for Nevada Student Affairs Director(D-l) - $285.00 per month stipend has been added to the agenda under Execu-tive Board Nominations. Under item E, Budget and Cash Transfers - T.B.A. of New Business, the following transfer will be up for the Senate's approval: Transfer $2000.00 from 901-3000 to 901-2100 Clay reminded the Senators to turn their Signa-ture Sheets. These must be signed in order to verify grade point averages. The Senate should have received conies of Cara Iddings' resianation. The Senate should also have received her memos regardincr the delav in nominations, the correc-tions to Senate Minutes #30, the information the Senate requested about absences, the expla-nation on the Two-thirds Bylaw and the temoorary transfer of authoritv to Senate President Pro Tempore, John Pasquantino. Senate President Clav moved back into Aoproval of Minutes #30 and #29. III. Approval of Minutes #30 and #29 The motion to anorove Minutes #30 as amended with Addendum passed with all in favor. At 4:19 p.m. Senator Pascruantino was present. V. Executive Board Nominations A. International Education Committee Member - Raed Sayegh Senator Eglet moved to approve Raed Sayegh as a member of the International Education Committee, and President Lee seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 3 abstentions. B. Compensation for Student Services Committee Chair-man (D-2) - $200.00 for month Senator Eglet moved to anprove a stinend of $200.00 per month for the Student Services Committee Chair-man, and President Lee seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. C. Compensation for UNLV Rebel Yell Editor(D-2) - $150.00 per month for June, July and August; (D-l) $285.00 per month for remainder of the months Senator Wild moved to approve a $150.00 per month stipend for June, July and August and a $285.00 per month stipend for the remainder of the months for the Rebel Yell Editor, and Vice-President Shaf-fer seconded. The motion failed with 2 in favor, 7 opposed and 3 abstentions. D. Compensation for Nevada Student Affairs Director(D-l) - $2 85.00 per month Vice-President Shaffer moved to approve a $285.00 per month stinend for the Nevada Student Affairs Director, SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 4 and President Lee seconded. The motion passed with 5 in favor, 3 opposed and 4 abstentions. VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Bylaws Committee There was no report. B. Nevada Student Affairs There was no report. C. Organizations Board(05/13/83 tabled) There was no action taken on this item. D. Publications Board Senator Pettit read the minutes from the Publica-tions Board Meeting held on June 8, 19 83 at 9:30 a.m The meeting was called to order at 9:37 a.m. by Chairperson Griffith. Lisa Griffith, Stephanie Pettit, Randy Hockfeld and Linda Lehman were present Bill DiBenedetto, Josenh McCullouah and Richard Kalian were absent. The board approved a motion with a vote of 3 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 absten-tions to nominate Franco Frantellizzi for Yell Editor. A motion to reopen nominations for the Rebel Yell was made, seconded and withdrawn. The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 a.m. Senator Pettit moved to amend the minutes to read that Bill DiBenedetto is no longer a member of the Publications Board and to approve the minutes as amended, and Senator Mounts seconded. Senator Wild moved to amend the motion to read that the Publications Board Meeting did not achieve quorum, and the decisions made during that meeting are not binding on the Senate. This was accepted as a friendly amendment. The motion to approve the minutes without Bill DiBenedetto listed as a member of the committee to include in the minutes that the meeting did not achieve quorum and the decisions made during that meetincr are not bind-ing on the Senate passed with 10 in favor, 1 op-posed and 1 abstention. Senator Eglet moved to direct the Publications Board to meet before the next Senate Meetincr to consider Yell Editor Nominations, and Senator Wild seconded. Senator Eqlet withdrew his motion. Senator Pettit made the same motion, and Senator Wild seconded. The motion to direct the Publica-tions Board to meet, achieve quorum and consider Yell Editor Nominations passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. The motion the approve the minutes of the °ubli-cations Board Meeting as amended passed with all in favor. Senator Mounts moved to suspend the rules and move into New Business, items B and C, and Senator Pettit seconded. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 3 opposed SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 5 and 1 abstention. VIII. New Business B. Approval of Senate Bill 013 - Senator Mounts Senator Mounts moved to approve Senate Bill 013 as follows: S.B. 013 IN THE SENATE OF THE CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVER-SITY OF NEVADA June 21, 1983 CSUN Senator Mounts introduced the following Senate Bill: A BILL To establish a Professional Proaramming Department and a Budgetary account for same: I. Be it enacted by the Senate assembled that this bill be designated as the "Professional Programmincr Department Bill." II. Upon passage of this bill, the Senate shall establish a department known as the Professional Programming Department. The Professional Programming Department shall consist of a Director, an Assistant Director and five members, two of which must be Senators. III. Upon passage of this bill, the Professional Programming Department Director, Assistant Director and Department Members shall be nominated and approved by the Senate. IV. Upon passage of this bill, the Professional Programming Department Director, Assistant Director and members shall serve from the day of appointment to April 30. V» Upon passage of this bill, the Professional Programming Department shall have sole authority and the responsi-bility of administering procrrams in the fields of Pro-fessional subjects(i.e., lectures, debates, political issues, etc.) VI. Upon passage of this bill, the Senate shall establish a budgetary account(912) which shall be administered by, and shall be for the use of, the Professional Pro-gramming Department. VII. Upon passage of this bill, the Senate shall appoint a D-2 status to the Director of the Professional Program-ming Department and a monthly stipend of $150.00. VIII. Upon passage of this bill, the Professional Programming Department members shall write an operating policy which shall govern the Department. This policy shall be writ-ten in accordance with the C.S.U.N. Constitution and its bylaws. Senator Eglet seconded the motion to approve S.B. 013. Senator Mounts moved to divide the question to consider sections I through VI and VIII as a whole and section VII SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 6 as an individual item, and Senator Pettit seconded. The motion passed with 10 in favor, 2 opposed and 0 absten-tions. Senator Wild pointed out that paragraph five of S.B. 013 is in conflict with pacre 18 of the CSUN Constitution. Senator Wild moved to amend the motion to approve S.B. 013 by substituting the following resolution and Senator Long seconded. "Be it resolved bv the 13th Session of the CSUN Senate that the Senate directs the Entertainment and Program-ming Board to create the position of the Professional Programming Department as a subcommittee and that the Professional Programming Department Director shall receive a stipend of $100.00 per month from the 903-1100 account." Senator Eglet left the meeting at 5:07 p.m. and returned at 5:08 p.m. Vice-President Shaffer moved the previous Question, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. The resolution as stated above failed with 3 in favor, 9 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Mounts moved to amend S.B. 013 by deleting "sole" from paragraph V, and Senator Eglet seconded. This amend-ment was accepted as a friendly amendment and included in the main motion. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor and 1 opposed. The motion to approve sections I through VI and VIII deleting "sole" from section V passed with 10 in favor, 2 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Mounts moved to submit section VII of S.B. 013 as an agenda item for the Senate's consideration at the next meeting, and Senator Corrales seconded. Senator Mounts moved the previous question, and Senator Pettit seconded. The motion to end debate passed with 10 in favor and 2 opposed. The motion to submit section VII of S.B. 013 as an agenda item for the next meeting passed with 9 in favor, 2 opposed and 1 abstention. C. Action on Senate Bill 013 - Senator Corrales Senator Corrales nominated David Mounts as the Director for the Professional Programming Department, and Senator Eglet seconded. Senator Corrales moved to close nominations for Director, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion to close nominations passed with 9 in favor, 2 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Mounts nominated Matthew McGuire as Assistant Director for the Professional Programming Department, and Senator Eglet seconded. Senator Eqlet moved to SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 7 close nominations for Assistant Director, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 1 opposed and 2 abstentions. Senator Eglet moved to anprove David Mounts as the Director of the Professional Programming Depart-ment and Matthew McGuire as the Assistant Director of the Professional Programming Department, and President Lee seconded. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 1 opposed and 3 abstentions. Senator Mounts moved to open applications for mem-bers of the Professional Programming Department setting the deadline for 2 weeks from today, and President Lee seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Eglet moved to direct that S.B. 013 be sent to the Bylaws Committee to be written into Bylaw form, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstention. VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports E. Other There was no report. E. Appropriations Board Chairman Eckert reported that the Board met at 1:30 today(June 21) but did not achieve quorum. There was no action taken at this meeting. Senator Eglet moved to approve the minutes from the Appropriations Board Meeting, and Vice-President Shaffer seconded. Senate President Clay announced that since the meeting had not achieved quorum and there were no actions items, the Senate did not need to approve these minutes. VII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Academic Advisement(1) a. Mark Evans Senator Eglet nominated Sari Bloom. 2. Education College(2) a. Nanda Briggs There were no nominations. 3. Arts and Letters(1) a. Tracy Church b. Nick Skrinjarie c. Barbara Taylor d. Barbara Zimmer Senator Corrales nominated Gina Walker. Senator Wild nominated Kirk Voelcker. Senator Pettit moved to close nominations, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 3 absten-tions . Senate President Clay reminded the Senate that appli-cations for Arts and Letters must be turned in before SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 8 rs 7 A 5:00 p.m. Thursday, June 23. VIII. New Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seat 1. Math, Science and Engineering College(1) Senator Corrales nominated Mark Doubrava. Vice-President Shaffer moved to suspend the rules and move back into Old Business from various agendas. Senate President Clay passed the qavel to Senate Presi-dent Pro Tempore Pasquantino. Vice-President Shaffer nominated the following people to the following boards and committees: A) APPROPRIATIONS BOARD 1) Students at large a) Richard Riedy bl Egillespie Sinavoko B) BYLAWS COMMITTEE 1) Student at large a) Richard Riedy C) CURRICULUM COMMITTEE 1) Student at large a) Sari Bloom D) ELECTIONS BOARD 1) Chairman: Sari Bloom 2) Students at large a) Egillespie Sinavoko b) Gus Varona E) ENTERTAINMENT AND PROGRAMMING 1) Students at large ba)) YSvaorni neB lMoaonm cuso c) Robert Glenn F) FINANCIAL AID COMMITTEE 1) Students at large a) Jack McClary G) GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE 1) Students at large a) Mark Shaffer b) Clarence Lee 2) Senators a) Sindy Glasgow 2) Senators a) John Pasquantino b) John Bostaph c) Jeff Chadwell d) Murray Long 2) Senators a) Murray Long 3) Senators a) Jeff Chadwell BOARD 2) Senators a) Stephanie Pettit b) Jeff Chadwell 2) Senators a) Virgil Jackson SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 9 H) I) J) K) L) Ml N) JUDICIAL COUNCIL 1) Students at large a) Michael Schumacher b) Steve Burgess c) Nick Skrinjarie ORGANIZATIONS BOARD 1) Senator a) John Pasquantino PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL 1) Students at large a) John Mroz PUBLICATIONS BOARD 1) Students at large a) Egillespie Sinayoko b) Christine Lorentz c) Mojgan Sobhani 2) Senators a) Stephanie Pettit 3) Advisors a) Linda Lehman b) Joseph McCullough c) Richard Kalian PARKING AND TRAFFIC COMMITTEE 1) Senators a) Jim Eells RADIO BOARD 1) Students at large a) Bob Compan b) Charles Martin c) Rafael Villanueva d) Tony West e) Mojgan Sobhani STUDENT SERVICES COMMITTEE 1) Students at large a) Sari Bloom b) Gus Varona c) Richard Phillips d) Kai Fischer 21 2) Senator al Zellie Dow Senators a) Sindy Glasgow b) Virgil Jackson The nomination of John Pasquantino for Bylaws Committee was withdrawn. Vice-President Shaffer nominated the above, and Senator Eglet seconded. ( Senate President Clay moved to divide the question to consider each item separately, and Senator Wild seconded. Senator Mounts moved to table these nominations and have them referred back to the Executive Board, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with 10 SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 10 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. Senate President Pro Tenroore Pasquantino passed the gavel back i;to Senate President Clay. Senator Mounts left the meeting at 5:43 p.m. The approval of Senator Flourens1 request for leave of absence was inadvertently omitted from the agenda. B. Approval of Request of Leave of Absence for Senator Flourens until August 15, 1983 - Senator Flourens Senator Eglet moved to remove this item from the table, and Senator Pettit seconded. The motion failed with 7 in favor, 4 opposed and 0 absten-tions . Senate President Pro Tempore Pasquantino raised a point of order stating that a motion to remove an item from the table needs only a simply majority meaning the above motion passed. Senator Eglet moved that Senator Flourens1 ±equest for a leave of absence until August 15 be granted, and Vice-President Shaffer seconded. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Pasquantino seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor and 2 opposed. The vote on the motion to approve Flourens' leave of absence was 4 in favor, 4 onraosed and 3 abstentions. The chair cast her vote in opposition to the motion which failed with 4 in favor, 5 opposed and 3 absten-tions . Senator Eglet requested that Jim E ells' leave of absence be revoked, and the item appear on next week's Senate Agenda. VIII, New Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seat 1. Math, Science and Engineering(1) Senator Wild nominated Karen Eckert. Senator Corrales nominated Mark Doubrava. Senator Eglet moved to close nominations, and President Lee seconded. The motion passed with 10 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. B. Approval of Senate Bill 013 - Senator Mounts This item was taken care of earlier in the meeting. C. Action on Senate Bill 013 - Senator Corrales This item was also taken care of earlier in the meeting. D. Reprimand of C.S.U.N. Executive Board - Senator Wild Senate President Clay passed the gavel to Senate President Pro Tempore Pasquantino. Senator Wild moved to approve a reprimand of the C.S.U.N. Executive Board for failure to comply with SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 11 Senate Bylaw 002 in making nominations, and Senator Corrales seconded. Senator Glasgow left the meeting at 5:57 n.m. The absence was excused. The reprimand of the CSUN Executive Board failed with 4 in favor, 5 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senate President Pro Tempore Pasquantino passed the gavel to Senate President Clay. E. Budget and Cash Transfers - T.B.A. Senator Pasquantino moved to approve a transfer of $2000.00 from 901-3000 to 901-2100, and Senator Wild seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. F. Submission of Annual Budget - Chairman Eckert Senator Wild moved to approve the fifth draft of the CSUN budget for submission to the Senate at next week's meeting with amendments in the accounts 900, 901, 911, 906 and adding 912 with amendments to this account, also. This motion was seconded by Senator Corrales and massed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. IX. Open Discussion Senate President Pro Tempore Pasquantino located S.B. 00 8 which passed in November as the Nevada Student Lobby Bill which was repealed and approved as Bylaw 21 for the Nevada Student Affairs. The Senate then approved the Publica-tions Board Bill as S.B. 008. He thanked Jef Wild, David Mounts, August Corrales and Lynn Best for their heln in locating the bill. Senator Corrales stated that he was sorry that the Resolution did not pass. Chairman Eckert announced that department heads should give their budget projections at the next Appropriations Board Meeting on Monday, June 27 at 12:00 noon. President Lee thanked John Pasquantino, Jeff Chadwell and August Corrales for their support at the rally. Senator Eglet commended the Senate for their action on S.B. 013. This is a step toward more professional and responsible programs and lectures for the students. Senate President Clay reminded the members of the G.P.A. Verification Committee to check on the Executive Board Members' G.P.A.'s. She also thanked the Senate for consider-ing the reprimand. She! feels that the Senate dealt with the problem and the issue cannot come back and "haunt" the Executive Board. Senator Loner announced that he will be absent from the next three Senate Meetings. He hopes that he will not be kicked off the Senate while he's gone. Rick Oshinski announced that the CSUN versus the LACC Softball game was held on Saturday, and CSUN crushed the LACC, 37 to 9. SENATE MEETING #31 - June 21 , 19 83 page 12 He expressed the fact that there were only 12 students who attended the Regents' meeting. Of those 12, 4 were from ASUN, 2 were from CCCC that leaves only 6 students from CS'UN. The Senate spends hours doing the Senate Meetings, but when the big issues occur, there is no support. He was ashamed at the low participation of the Senate and CSUN in creneral. What is student govern-ment here for? If it weren't for the neople who were at the rally, Rick Oshinski felt that the students would currently be'looking at a $5.00 increase. Senate President Clay thanked Rick Oshinski and Dean Daniels for attending the meeting. X. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 6:13 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Respectfully-prepared by CSUN Senate President CSUN Secretary CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA EMERGENCY SENATE MEETING 13/02 12:00 P.M. 01 JULY 19 8 3 MSU 203 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Executive Board Announcements IV. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Bylaws Committee V. Old Business A. Approval of 19 8 3-84 Budget B. Approval of Resolution: Voice of Conscientious Objection VI. New Business A. Approval of Yell Editor Nomination VII. Approval of Minutes VIII. Open Discussion IX. Adjournment UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477