Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 22, 2006

UNLVCSUN S T U D E N T G O V E R N M E N T STUDENT BODY SENA TE PRESIDENT CSVN SENA TE ADRIEL ESPINOZA MEETING 36-18 MONDAY, May 22 MSU201, 4:00PM NOTE: Below is an agenda of all items scheduled to be considered. Various items are listed as action items on the following agenda. Reasonable efforts will be made to assist and accommodate physically disabled persons attending the meeting. Please call the CSUN office at (702) 895-3645 in advance so that arrangements may be made. I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The following minutes are submitted for approval ACTION 36-17 V. PUBLIC COMMENT INFORMATION Public Comment will be taken during this agenda item. No action may be taken on a matter raised under this item until the matter is included on an agenda as an item on which action may be taken. The Chairman may place reasonable limitations as to the amount of time individuals may address the Senate. The Chairman may elect to allow public comment on a specific agenda item when the agenda item is being considered . VI. REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Business Manager Report D. Rebel Yell Report VII. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS INFORMATION VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS INFORMATION/ACTION A. Action Item: Approval of two (2) CSUN member to serve as the senators for the college of Urban Affairs for the remainder of the 36th Senate Session. As submitted by Senate President Espinoza. j ^ Q ^ _ p y / ^ f B. Action Item: Approval of one (1) CSUN member to serve as the senator for the college of Busines Espinoza. Business for the remainder of the 36th Senate Session. As submitted by Senate President — ' M k y C. Action Item: Approval of one (1) CSUN member to serve as the senator for the college of Health Sciences for the remainder of the 36th Senate Session. As submitted by Senate President Espinoza. D. Action Item: Approval of one (1) CSUN member to serve as the senator for the college of Engineering for the remainder of the 36th Senate Session. As submitted by Senate President Espinoza. E. Action Item: Approval of one (1) CSUN member to serve as the senator for the college of Liberal Arts for the remainder of the 36th Senate Session. As submitted by Senate President Espinoza. ^cr^ci" NEW BUSINESS INFORMATION/ACTION A. Action Item: Approval of Keeton Little to serve as the Vice President Pro-Tempore for a term ending April 30th, 2007. As submitted by Vice President Nakashima. B. Action Item: Approval of one (1) CSUN member to serve as the senator for the college of Business for the remainder of the 36th Senate Session. As submitted by Senate President Espinoza. C. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board nomination for the one (1) vacant Justice position. Term ending two-years from date of appointment. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima, and Senate President Espinoza. D. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board nomination for the one (1) vacant Justice position. Term ending two-years from date of appointment. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima, and Senate President Espinoza. E. Action Item: Approval of an amount not to exceed $1,300.00 for travel, food and lodging for Student Body President Panchavinin, Senate President Espinoza and Business Manager Hill to attend the Board Regents Meeting in Reno, Nevada June 8-10, 2006. Costs to be encumbered from the 2707 FY06 travel (in-state) budget. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. F. Action Item: Approvalof $ 1,500 to be paid to Votenet for the eBallot Consulting Service. Cost to be encumbered from CSUN FY06 2702 Elections (General) budget. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. 6 G . Action Item: Approval of $9,600 to be paid to Campus Scheduling and MPE/HPD Building Sales for the Intramural field rental of Rebelpalooza. Costs to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY06 E&P (Rebelpalooza) budget. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. H. Action Item: Committment of Senate Bill 36-47, proposing a new , . statute, 204.05, to the Constitutional Revisions and Statutes d cr*vv^< T • f Committee. As submitted by Senator Maxson. See attachment 36.18.01 I. Action Item: Approval of Senate Resolution 36-04 which implores university officials to adopt a curriculum of American Sign Language. As submitted by Senator Maxson, Senator Saint and President Panchavinin J. Action Item: Approval of $1,000 dollars to be paid to the Student Alumni Association to co-sponsor a conference trip to San Antonio, TX. Costs to be encumbered from the CSUN 2714 FY06 Campus Org. budget. As submitted by Senate President Espinoza on behalf of SAA. K. Action Item: Approval of the CSUN 2702 FY 06-07 Student Government Budget. As submitted by the Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jimenez. L. Action Item: Approval of Action Item: Approval of an amount not to exceed $35,000 to be paid to SHPE de UNLV for the Scholarship Poker Tournament, cost to |V\L-' be encumbered CSUN 2702 FY06 Senate Discretionary account. As submitted by Senator H. Jimenez, Liberal Arts College. M. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board Nominee for the position of Campus Life director for a term ending April 30th, 2007. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. N. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board Nominee for the position of CSUN Services director for a term ending April 30th, 2007. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. O. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board Nominee for the position of Elections director for a term ending April 30th, 2007. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. P. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board Nominee for the position of Entertainment & Programming director for a term ending April 30th, 2007. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. Q. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board Nominee for the position of Information Technology director for a term ending April 30th, 2007. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. R. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board Nominee for the position of Marketing (Design) director for a term ending April 30th, 2007. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. S. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board Nominee for the position of Marketing (promotion) director for a term ending April 30th, 2007. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. T. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board Nominee for the position of Nevada Student Affairs director for a term ending April 30th, 2007. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. U. Action Item: Approval of the Executive Board Nominee for the position of Publications director for a term ending April 30th, 2007. As submitted by President Panchavinin, Vice President Nakashima and Senate President Espinoza. X. Executive Board Summations XI. Good of the Senate XII. Adjournment Senate Bill No. 47 Of the 36th Session Proposed Statute 204.05 attachment 36.18.01 INTRODUCED BY: Senator Matthew Maxson Summary: To have organizations requesting amounts greater than$500 do so before they spend the money and to take away the illusion of the Senate being a rubber stamp. We the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, represented in the CSUN Senate, do enact as follows: 204.05 Any organization requesting an amount greater than $500.00 shall do so if and only if the funds have not yet been disbursed by the organization or the costs have not already been paid. Resolution 36-04 Attachment 36.18.02 Introduced by: Senator Maxson, Senator Saint, President Panchavinin, and Former President Goatz. WHEREAS, the undergraduate students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas feel that American Sign Language should be taught and allowed to fulfill foreign language requirements, and; WHEREAS, multiple schools within the Nevada System of High Education, including the University of Nevada, Reno allow American Sign Language to fulfill foreign language credits,1 WHEREAS, over 145 Universities, including Yale, accept American Sign Language to fulfill foreign language credit,2 and; WHEREAS, at Arizona State University, 18-22 sections of American Sign Language are taught every semester and fill up quickly,3 and; WHEREAS, over one million citizens of the United States' primary language is American Sign Language,4 and; WHEREAS, nearly 300,000 people in the United States today are completely deaf,5 and; WHEREAS, the 1995 Nevada State Legislature recognized American Sign Language as an autonomous language that should be given equal status with other linguistic systems in the public education system of Nevada,6 and; WHEREAS, the 1995 Nevada State Legislature insists that a course of study must allow any pupil to learn American Sign Language as a foreign language and to earn credits towards graduation requirements for the successful completion of the course of study,7 and therefore be it; RESOLVED, that the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas insist American Sign Language be taught at UNLV and allowed to fulfill foreign language requirements, and be it; 1 http://www.unr.edu/catalog/uccc/060206minutes.pdf 2 http://www.unm.edu/~wilcox/ASLFL/univlist/univlist.html 3 http://www.asu.edu/clas/shs/asl.html 4 http://library.gallaudet.edu/dr/faq-asl-rank.html 5 http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html 6 http://www.leg.state.nv.us/68th/95bills/AB366.TXT 7 http://www.leg.state.nv.us/68th/95bills/AB366.TXT RESOLVED, that the undergraduate students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas should be given the same opportunities as other students in the NSHE and the University of Nevada, Reno, and be it; RESOLVED, that the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas implore the University to adhere to the decision of the Nevada State Legislature, and be it; RESOLVED, that the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, calls upon the Board of Regents as custodians of the University to listen to the pleas of all students and accept a curriculum that teaches American Sign Language at UNLV. RESOLVED, that the Senate Secretary will forward a copy of this resolution to the following parties: the NSHE Board of Regents, NSHE Chancellor James E. Rogers, UNLV President Dr. Carol C. Harter, UNLV GPSA President Fred Krauss, Chairman of the Faculty Senate Bill Robinson, The Rebel Yell, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, and The Las Vegas Sun. APPROVED. day of May 2006 Senate President Adriel Espinoza President Jeff Panchavinin Senate Secretary Adam Lewis