Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 19, 1980

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes §13 IV. Executive Board Announcments V. Executive Board Nominations VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Elections Board C. Radio Board D. Entertainment and Programming Board E. Ad Hoc Transportation Committee F. Ad Hoc Fee Investigation Committee VII. Old Business A. Re-Evaluation of USUNS dues S grant, Senator Corbett (discussion)(from table) B. Construction of Intramurals Office, Senator Corbett (from table) VIII. New Business A. Ad Hoc Committee Formation, Rebel Mascot Committee B. Student Directory Project, Request for funds C. Admendment ot Elections Board Operating Policy, Senator Boos IX. Open Discussion 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 AGENDA Senate Meeting #14 August 19, 1980 Moyer Student Union Building 4 p.m. Room 203 X Adjournment MINUTES Senate Meeting #14 August 19, 1980 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p.m. I. Call to Order The fourteenth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by the Senate President Pro Tempore. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Dorothy Halpin Tom Foskaris Mac Jackson Scott Karosa Kelly Campbell Dale Hulen Martha Boos Skip Kelley Joe Petrizzo Ray Corbett Lisa Rollins Claire Dowell David Martinez Rick Oshinski-excused absent Tim McGarry-excused absent Derrek Yelton-excused absent Sandy Williams-absent Howard Reign-excused absent III. Approval of Minutes #13 Senator Campbell called for the question concerning the Intramurals motion. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as corrected. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. CSUN Table Vice-President Reyes reminded the Senatois to sign up for a least 2 hours to work at the CSUN table during registration, August 27-28. The table will pass out information concerning CSUN. B. Plus-Minus Grading System Vice-President Reyes reported to the Senate that she had spoken with Dr. Goodall about the plus-minus grading system. He told her that she would first have to approach the Faculty-Senate for an appeal. This meeting will take place August 28, 1980. C. Energy Committee Vice-President Reyes announced that there would be a meeting, Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the CSUN offices. D. Vice-President Pro Tempore Senate Hulen, Vice-President Pro Tempore, encouraged all the Senators to work at least two hours at the CSUN table during registration. Also,he announced that there would be a petition going around,concerning the plus-minus grading system. Senate Meeting #14 August 19, 1980 Page 2 Parliamentarian E. Senate President Pro Tempore announced that Lorraine Alderman would be serving as his parliamentarian for the Senate Meeting today. F. Emergency Agenda Item Senate President Pro Tempore Kelley announced that there would be a emergency agenda item under Old Business, item C. Approval of Wholesale Vitamin program. G. Resignation Senate President Pro Tempore Kelley announced that Denise Rajnovich, Allied Health Senator, resigned today from her Senate seat. V. Executive Board Nominations There were no nominations at this time. VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board There was no report. B. Elections Board Chairman, Martha Boos, read the minutes of meeting //2 of the Elections Board. Senator Ilulen moved to approve. The motion was seconded. It was discussed at this time that computers for the elections be the 1st priority of the Elections Board. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. C. Radio Board John Wennstrom announced that on Thursday,August 28, there would be a general staff meeting. There will be an orientation for all new workers of the Radio Station on Friday afternoon. The Radio Station will be playing on the air during registration. D. Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman, Radford Smith, read the minutes of the 7th Entertainment and Programming Board meeting. He announced that on August 28th there would be a party for the dorm students. The theme for homecomming will be, "The Rise of the Rebels Roman Empire". Vice-President Reyes moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. E. Ad Hoc Transportation Committee There was no report. F. Ad HOc Fee Investigation Committee There was no report. VII. Old Business A. Re-Evaluation of USUNS dues & grant, Senate Corbett (from table) Senator Corbett moved to remove this item of discussion from the table. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with eleven in favor and one opposed. Discussion took place. Senator Corbett asked Senator Martinez concerning the use of the dues & grant to USUNS. Senator Martinez said that the money would be used for traveling expenses to the Chancellor's meetings, future USUNS projects, and general expenses. Senator Karosa moved to end disucssion. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with eleven in favor and one abstention. Senate Meeting it 14 August .19, 1980 Page 3 Senator Martinez moved to suspend with the rules and move into New Business. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with eight in favor and four opposed. VIII. New Business D. USUNS Senator Martinez moved to process the check from CSUN to USUNS for USUNS grant and dues, which was approved as Senate Meeting #12 immediately. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. The motion passed with seven in favor, three opposed, and one abstention. VII. Old Business B. Construction of Intramurals Office, Senate Corbett (from table) Senator Karosa moved to remove the main motion from the table to approve construction of an Intramurals office totaling $2600.00, $1000 would come out of the Intramurals budget and $1600 from the general account. The motion was seconded. The motion to remove the main motion from the table passed unanimously. Senator Corbett made a brief presentation to the Senate concerning the construction of the new proposed Intramurals office. Discussion took place. Senator Jackson called for the question. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed with eleven in favor and one opposed. The vote to approve the $2600.00 for the construction of the office, $1000 from the Intramurals budget, $.1600 from general, passed with ten in favor, one opposed, and one abstention. Senator Karosa moved to recess for 5 minutes. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with eleven in favor and one opposed. Senate President Pro Tempore Kelley called the meeting back to order. C. Vita-Plus Senator Corbett moved to approve the Vita-Plus, selling wholesale vitamins to student, program. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. It was strongly suggested by the Senate that a contract be drawn up between Vita-Plus and CSUN. There was a motion to table the approval of the Vita-Plus program. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. X. Adjournment The fourteenth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was adjourned by the Senate President Pro Tempore at 6:00 p.m. because of lack of quorum. Respectfully Submitted by, Respectfully Prepared by, J.A. Skip Kelley Senate President Pro Tempore Robin Starlin CSUN Senate Secretary