Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 26, 1996

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President Patrick T. C. Smith STUDENT SENATE MEETING 26-11 Monday, February 26, 1996 Moyer Student Union Room 201 6:00 p.m. Terry A. Moore Studies Senate President Pro-Tempore Shawna J. Campbell Liberal Arts Terence Carroll Engineering Leia Fleischman Fine & Performing Arts Joe Laxague Business & Economics Laura Zurek Hotel Administration Julie Wong Education Joaquin F. Trujillo Business & Economics Dan Fendell Human Performance & Development leremy A. Aguero tel Administration . eather Anderson Business & Economics Phoebe Block Student Development Marlon A. Howard Student Development James Kimmet Liberal Arts Bryan W. Lawe Hotel Administration Veronica Perez Liberal Arts Robert W. Soloman Education Craig C. Spanton Science & Mathmatics I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES IV. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS B. DIRECTOR REPORTS a. Nevada Student Affairs, INTERIM DIRECTOR STORY; b. Student Information, DIRECTOR HAGEN; c. Elections Board, DIRECTOR ARAIZA; d. Organizations Board, DIRECTOR COLE; e. Student Services, DIRECTOR GREENHALGH; f. Entertainment and Programming, DIRECTOR SALIBA; C. FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS D. RESIDENCE HALL LIAISON REPORT E. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT REPORT V. PUBLIC COMMENT [in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Alpha Gamma Delta funding request in the amount of $500.00 (see attachment 1); B. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Anthropological Society funding in the amount of $425.00 (see attachment 2); C. Action Item: the amount of $500.00 (see attachment 3); Discussion/approval of Art Club funding request in D. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Student Gallery Association c/o Steven Hagen funding request in the amount of $500.00 (see attachment 4); E. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Marlon Howard as Associate- Director to Elections Board Director Araiza; F. Action Item: Nomination/approval of SENATOR ROBERT SOLOMAN as a member to the 95-96 CSUN Elections Board, as submitted by SENATOR WONG; CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 G. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Bobbi Jo Spaine as a member to the 95-96 CSUN Elections Board, as submitted by SENATOR MOORE (see attachment 5); H. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Mike Lauffer as a member to the 95-96 Entertainment and Programming Board (see attachment 6); I. Action Item: Discussion/approval to expend an amount not to exceed $400.00 from fy 95-96 CSUN 2702(GenOp) account to co-sponsor approximately 60 engineering tee-shirts, as submitted by SENATOR CARROLL; J. Action Item: Discussion/approval to expend an amount not to exceed $5,250.00 from fy 95-96 CSUN 2702 (GenOp) account to co-sponsor lecturer Dr. William Keim on September 29, 30, as submitted by SENATOR CARROLL; K. Action Item: Nomination/approval of Tod Story to the position of CSUN Nevada Student Affairs Director; L. Action Item: Discussion/approval of disbursing a $400.00 monthly stipend amount plus a 12-credit fee-waiver to be retroactive from February 01, 1996 through April 30, 1996 for the position of CSUN Nevada Student Affairs Director to be encumbered out of the fy 95-96 CSUN 2702 (GenOp) account; M. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Victoria Faith Willis to the CSUN/KUNV professional staff (university employee) position of Radio Station Development Director; N. Action Item: Discussion/approval of a total annual contract salary amount projected not to exceed $9,724.62 retroactive from January 23, 1996 through June 30, 1996 to fund the remainder of a fy 95-96 CSUN/KUNV professional staff (university employee) position of Radio Station Development Director to be encumbered out of the fy 95-96 2703 (CSUN/KUNV) account. O. Discussion/nomination/approval of nominees to open Senate Seats for the colleges of Business & Economics, Communications, Student Development, and Architecture (note: discussion of nominees from Senate Meeting 26-10); P. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Executive Board nominations for open Judicial Council seats: nominees: Keith W. McLain, Matilda Betsuie, and Eric Feldman (see attachments 7-9); VIII. GOOD OF THE DAY IX. ADJOURNMENT Posted in accordance with Nevada Open Meeting Law (N.R.S. 241.000) at the following locations: Moyer Student Union, Frank & Estella Beam Hall, Flora Dungan Humanities, Wright Hall, and Thomas Beam Engineering Complex. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government o . „ M . STUDENT SENATE Office of the Senate President MEETING 26-11 MINUTES Monday, February 26,1996 Moyer Student Union Room 201 6:00p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH passes the gavel to SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MOORE. II. ROLL CALL PRESENT ABSENT Jeremy Aguero Heather Anderson Phoebe Block Shawna Campbell Terence Carroll Dan Fendell Leia Fleischman Marlon Howard James Kimmet Bryan Lawe Joe Laxague Terry Moore Veronica Perez Robert Solomon Craig Spanton Joaquin Trujillo Julie Wong Laura Zurek III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Out of order. IV. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS SENATOR CAMPBELL-Constitutional revision met with no quorum. Meeting again on Friday at 1:30 p.m. SENATOR ZUREK-Ways and Means committee meeting on Monday at 5:30 p.m. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN-There is a walk around campus planned, the chief of police is looking for suggestions of areas for blue light placement on campus. SENATOR CARROLL-Rules and Ethics will be having a meeting soon. If there are any suggestions for any of the rules, please let him know. Bylaws sent out memos to the people that did not fulfill the requirement of Bylaw 27 to require everyone receiving a stipend to give speeches to two classes. B. DIRECTOR REPORTS CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 SENATE MINUTES 26-11 / FEBRUARY 26, 1996 a. Nevada Student Affairs-have a meeting tomorrow with Katherine Ferguson. Will be meeting in the Senate chambers. b. Student Information-no report. Web Page is still awaiting posting. c. Elections Board-not present. d. Organizations Board-not present. e. Student Services-Had last meeting for the Career day hosts. Has promotional items for all the Senators to promote Career Day to their constituents. f. Entertainment and Programming-no report. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MOORE passes the gavel back to SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH. C. FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH-Pre-school committee met on Friday. There will be an article written in the Rebel yell regarding what was discussed. D. RESIDENCE HALL LIAISON REPORT Had two conferences for the Residence Hall Association in the last week. The members of the Executive attended a regional conference. Application are out now for the national conference. There are applications currently out for Executive board positions for next year. National Residence Hall Honorary is currently considering bidding to have national office at UNLV for the next two years. E. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT REPORT Business Manager Karla Kirk advised the senate of the current financial situation of KUNV. Provided the Senate with a summary of the current status of the Senate Operating Account. V. PUBLIC COMMENT [in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] No comment from the gallery. VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS No unfinished business. Motion to move out of the order of the day to New Business Item K made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN. Move into a vote. Motion passes 18-0-0. VII. NEW BUSINESS K. Action Item: Nomination/approval of Tod Story to the position of CSUN Nevada Student Affairs Director. Motion to approve made by SENATOR AGUERO, seconded by SENATOR MOORE. Move into a vote. Motion passes 17-0-1. SENATOR ZUREK abstained. Motion to move back into the order of the day made by SENATOR AGUERO, seconded by SENATOR LAXAGUE. SENATOR LAXAGUE would like to move back to Item H. SENATOR MOORE would like to pass all items relating to Director Story, as he has a test in a class. SENATOR AGUERO withdraws his motion. 2 SENATE MINUTES 26-11 / FEBRUARY 26, 1996 L. Action Item: Discussion/approval of disbursing a $400.00 monthly stipend amount plus a 12-credit fee-waiver to be retroactive from February 01, 1996 through April 30, 1996 for the position of CSUN Nevada Student Affairs Director to be encumbered out of the fy 95-96 CSUN 2702 (GenOp) account. Motion to approve made by SENATOR KIMMET, seconded by SENATOR MOORE. Motion to table made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN. Move into a vote. Motion passes 18-0-0. Motion to move back into the order of the day to New Business Item H made by SENATOR LAXAGUE, seconded by SENATOR TRUJILLO. Move into a vote. Motion approved by unanimous acclimation. H. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Mike Lauffer as a member to the 95-96 Entertainment and Programming Board (see attachment 6). Motion to approve made by SENATOR LAXAGUE, seconded by SENATOR TRUJILLO. Move into a vote. Motion passes 18-0-0. Motion to move back into the order of the day to Item A made by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN, seconded by SENATOR MOORE. Move into a vote. Motion approved by unanimous acclimation. A. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Alpha Gamma Delta funding request in the amount of $500.00 (see attachment 1). Motion to approve made by SENATOR CARROLL, seconded by SENATOR MOORE. Move into a vote. Motion passes 18-0-0. B. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Anthropological Society funding in the amount of $425.00 (see attachment 2). Motion to approve made by SENATOR CARROLL, seconded by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN. Move into a vote. Motion passes 18-0-0. C. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Art Club funding request in the amount of $500.00 (see attachment 3). Motion to approve made by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN, seconded by SENATOR FENDELL. SENATOR KIMMET questioned if the Art Club was still a current member of the O-Board. The club's President Steven Hagen stated the club is a current member in good standing. Move into a vote. Motion passes 18-0-0. 3 SENATE MINUTES 26-11 / FEBRUARY 26, 1996 D. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Student Gallery Association c/o Steven Hagen funding request in the amount of $500.00 (see attachment 4). Motion to approve made by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN, seconded by SENATOR TRUJILLO. SENATOR TRUJILLO questioned why the request was in care of Steve Hagen. SENATE SECRETARY replied that the name is listed on the agenda the way it is written on the request form. Steve Hagen explained that the Gallery Association does not have an account of its own, so it needs to be written in an individual's name. Move into a vote, motion passes 11-0-7. SENATORS SPANTON, KIMMET, PEREZ, LAXAGUE, SOLOMON, ANDERSON, TRUJILLO, MOORE abstained. Motion to move out of the order of the day to Item J made by SENATOR CARROLL, seconded by SENATOR SOLOMAN. Move into a vote. Motion passes 12-4-2. SENATORS CAMPBELL, BLOCK, LAXAGUE, KIMMET opposed. SENATORS ZUREK, ANDERSON abstained. J. Action Item: Discussion/approval to expend an amount not to exceed $5,250.00 from fy 95-96 CSUN 2702 (GenOp) account to co-sponsor lecturer Dr. William Keim on September 29, 30, as submitted by SENATOR CARROLL; Motion to approve made by SENATOR HOWARD, seconded by SENATOR MOORE. Motion to amend the item to read...September 29-30, 1996 made by SENATOR CARROLL, seconded by SENATOR MOORE. Motion passes by unanimous acclimation. SENATOR MOORE would like to bring Dr. Keim back to campus, but does have a problem taking the money for the event out of the budget for this fiscal year, when the event is going to be in the next fiscal year-this item should be coming out of the 96-97 fiscal budget, not the 95-96. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH explained that this item is on the agenda now because Dr. Keim is booked far in advance and this is the only time available to UNLV to have him speak. As far as funding, there have been several co-sponsors and it looks like those co-sponsors will happen again for this lecture. SENATOR MOORE questioned if CSUN can make a verbal commitment to Dr. Keim now rather than approving the money at this point. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH replied that he will talk to Dr. Keim about that possibility, but if Dr. Keim is offered payment to speak somewhere else, he will take that engagement, and encouraged the Senate to not wait long on this decision. Motion table made by SENATOR TRUJILLO, seconded by SENATOR KIMMET. Move into a vote. Motion passes 18-0-0. Motion to move back into the order of the day to Item E made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR FENDELL. Motion passes by unanimous acclimation. E. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Marlon Howard as Associate-Director to Elections Board Director Araiza; 4 SENATE MINUTES 26-11 / FEBRUARY 26, 1996 Motion to approve made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR CARROLL. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH yielded the floor to Elections Board Director Araiza. Director Araiza spoke to the Senate regarding the reasons for needed help for the Director. SENATOR AGUERO stated that SENATOR HOWARD has done nothing but act with integrity and class in the position he has been fulfilling on the elections board. Can't imagine anyone who would do as good a job. SENATOR KIMMET stated that it is for that exact reason that he opposes this. It is not proper for other people to see this type of situation existing within the system. SENATOR MOORE states that if there are specific problems such as filing complaints, file them with another of the five members of the elections board. Worrying about what the public might see, there is a system of checks and balances in place to prevent anything. SENATOR AGUERO stated that the worry about the image sends a message to the public that the senate does not feel they can keep control within which is not a good message to send. SENATOR LAXAGUE expressed concern about the subjective decision making role dealing with fines and disqualification's that the Elections Board has to deal with. Move into a vote. Motion fails 8-6-4. SENATORS LAXAGUE, CAMPBELL, WONG, BLOCK, SPANTON, KIMMET, PEREZ opposed. SENATORS ZUREK, SOLOMON, HOWARD, FLEISCHMAN abstained. F. Action Item: Nomination/approval of SENATOR ROBERT SOLOMAN as a member to the 95-96 CSUN Elections Board, as submitted by SENATOR WONG; Motion to approve made by SENATOR ANDERSON, seconded by SENATOR CAMPBELL. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH calls a recess. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH calls the meeting back to order at 6:55 p.m. Motion to move out of the order of the day to Item I made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR CARROLL. Move into a vote. Motion fails 10-7-1. SENATORS KIMMET, FLEISCHMAN, BLOCK, CAMPBELL, LAXAGUE, ANDERSON, TRUJILLO opposed. SENATOR SPANTON abstained. Item F is ruled out of order as per Bylaw 19, Section II, Item C. G. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Bobbi Jo Spaine as a member to the 95-96 CSUN Elections Board, as submitted by SENATOR MOORE (see attachment 5); Ruled out of order. I. Action Item: Discussion/approval to expend an amount not to exceed $400.00 from fy 95-96 CSUN 2702(GenOp) account to co-sponsor approximately 60 engineering tee-shirts, as submitted by SENATOR CARROLL; Motion to approve made by SENATOR CARROLL, seconded by SENATOR KIMMET; Motion to yield the floor to Raquel Spears and Didi Moleck made by SENATOR CARROLL. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH grants that motion. 5 SENATE MINUTES 26-11 / FEBRUARY 26, 1996 Raquel Spears and Didi Moleck spoke to the Senate and answered questions. Move into a vote. 12-6-0 Vote SENATORS ZUREK, LAXAGUE, CAMPBELL, WONG, SPANTON, KIMMET opposed. Motion to reconsider made by SENATOR CARROLL, seconded by SENATOR HOWARD. Move into a vote. Motion passes 16-2-0. Motion to amend the item to read...$600.00...made by SENATOR CARROLL, seconded by SENATOR ZUREK. Move into a vote. Motion passes 12-4-2. Move into a vote on the original amended item. Item passes 13-5-0. Motion to move out of the order of the day to Item O made by SENATOR CAMPBELL, seconded by SENATOR LAXAGUE. Move into a vote. Motion passes by unanimous acclimation. O. Discussion/nomination/approval of nominees to open Senate Seats for the colleges of Business & Economics, Communications, Student Development, and Architecture (note: discussion of nominees from Senate Meeting 26-10); Motion to waive Bylaw 4 for Item O made by SENATOR LAXAGUE, seconded by SENATOR KIMMET. Move into a vote. Motion 16-0-2. SENATORS CARROLL, HOWARD abstained. Motion to allow Douglas deBecker to speak to the Senate for no more than two minutes to be followed by questions by the Senate and approval made by SENATOR CAMPBELL. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH grants that motion. Douglas deBecker spoke to the Senate. Move into a vote. Motion passes by unanimous acclimation. Douglas deBecker receives the seat for Architecture. Motion allow nominees Terrie Taylor and James Chandler to speak to the Senate for no more than two minutes to be followed by limited question and answer to be followed by division of the house and roll call vote made by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN, seconded by SENATOR ANDERSON. James Chandler spoke to the Senate and answered questions. Terrie Taylor spoke to the Senate and answered questions. Move into a roll call vote. James Chandler received 3 votes. Terrie Taylor received 15 votes. Terrie Taylor received the seat for Student Development. 6 SENATE MINUTES 26-11 / FEBRUARY 26, 1996 Motion to allow each candidate (for Communications) to speak for no more than two minutes to be followed by limited question and answer to be followed by a division of the house and a roll call vote made by SENATOR LAXAGUE, seconded by SENATOR TRUJILLO. Erin Finley spoke to the Senate and answered questions. Candidate Brian Kuchar was not in attendance. Ron Hibble spoke to the Senate and answered questions. Richard Kimbrough spoke to the Senate. Erika Horvath spoke to the Senate. William Price spoke to the Senate and answered questions. Move into a roll call vote. Erin Finley received 5 votes. Brian Kuchar received 0 votes. Ron Hibble received 4 votes. Richard Kimbrough received 1 vote. Erika Horvath received 1 vote. William price received 8 votes. William Price received the seat for Communications. Motion to allow each candidate (for Business and Economics) to speak for no more than two minutes to be followed by limited question and answer to be followed by division of the house and a roll call vote made by SENATOR LAXAGUE, seconded by SENATOR TRUJILLO. Andreas Roell spoke to the Senate. Shaun Lehr addressed the Senate announcing his withdrawal of his application due to a conflicting class on Monday nights. SENATOR CARROLL thanked him for waiting the entire meeting and extending such a courtesy to the senate by withdrawing in person and giving the reason. Robert Levy spoke to the Senate and answered questions. Chas Wassmuth spoke to Senate. Candidate Rick Detisch was not in attendance. Jason Tupper spoke to the Senate. David Kaizer spoke to the Senate. Move into a roll call vote. Andreas Roell received 9 votes. Robert Levy received 2 votes. Chas Wassmuth received 1 vote. Rick Detisch received 0 votes. Jason Tupper received 6 votes. David Kaizer received 0 votes. Andreas Roell received the seat for Business and Economics. P. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Executive Board nominations for open Judicial Council seats: nominees: Keith W. McLain, Matilda Betsuie, and Eric Feldman (see attachments 7-9); Motion to approve made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR SPANTON. 7 SENATE MINUTES 26-11 / FEBRUARY 26, 1996 SENATOR PEREZ questioned the status of the nominees suggested by Vice President Mills, as they differ from the nominations on the agenda. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH replied that these candidates were selected by the Executive Board as a whole at the last Executive Board meeting. Motion to separate the candidates and vote on them individually by division of the house (and a roll call vote) made by SENATOR CAMPBELL, seconded by SENATOR LAXAGUE. Move into a vote. Motion passes by unanimous acclimation. Keith McLain answered questions from the Senate. Motion to waive Bylaw 4 for Item P due to any possible conflict that may arise with the CSUN Bylaws and Constitution made by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN, seconded by SENATOR ANDERSON. Move into a vote. Motion passes 17-0-0. Move into a roll call vote. Keith McLain receives a Judicial seat with 12 ayes, 1 nay, 4 abstentions. Matilda Betsuie answered questions from the Senate. Move into a roll call vote. Matilda Betsuie receives a Judicial seat with 17 ayes, 0 nays, 0 abstentions. Eric Feldman answered questions from the Senate. Move into a roll call vote. Eric Feldman does not receive Judicial seat with 6 ayes, 4 nays, 7 abstentions. Motion to move back into the order of the day to Item M made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR CAMPBELL. Move into a vote. Motion passes by unanimous acclimation. M. Action Item: Discussion/approval of Victoria Faith Willis to the CSUN/KUNV professional staff (university employee) position of Radio Station Development Director; Motion to approve made by SENATOR CAMPBELL, seconded by SENATOR KIMMET. SENATOR CAMPBELL questioned what the job entails, SENATOR CARROLL offered explanation. Move into a vote. Motion passes 18-0-0. N. Action Item: Discussion/approval of a total annual contract salary amount projected not to exceed $9,724.62 retroactive from January 23, 1996 through June 30, 1996 to fund the remainder of a fy 95-96 CSUN/KUNV professional staff (university employee) position of Radio Station Development Director to be encumbered out of the fy 95-96 2703 (CSUN/KUNV) account. Motion to approve made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR ANDERSON. Move into a vote. Motion passes 18-0-0. VIII. GOOD OF THE DAY SENATOR SPANTON-Thanked the candidates for coming to speak. 8 SENATE MINUTES 26-11 / FEBRUARY 26, 1996 SENATOR KIMMET-Last Thursday's comedy night was great. SENATOR PEREZ-Does not approve the way the Judicial nominations were handled by the Executive Board in relation to Vice President Joe Mills and the overriding of the nominations he made for candidates. SENATOR CARROLL-Would really have preferred to narrow down the candidates before making a final decision, that made it a tough decision. The people that did not make the positions, encouraged them to get involved in other parts of student government. Thanked everyone that voted for the t-shirts. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN-Congratulations to the new Senators and Judicials. Regarding the Justices, hopes everyone was interviewed and applications were reviewed, her decision was based on reading of the candidate's applications. Disappointed that a recess was taken and time was spent on items F,G when they were out of order. STUDENT BODY VICE-PRESIDENT MILLS- Handed out Director evaluations. Congratulated candidates on positions. SENATOR FENDELL-Regarding Item E, does not see it as a conflict, disappointed in the vote. SENATOR CAMPBELL-If Director Araiza is going to have trouble completing her obligation to the job, maybe she should step down and a replacement should be chosen. Regarding the Judicial nominations, believes there were many qualified candidates in the pool for the seats that were not brought up for nominations. Asked about the status of the elections service for the elections. Congratulated the new Senators. SENATOR LAXAGUE-Congratulations to the new Senators, choosing new Senators is a difficult task. There was a wealth of talent in the pool of applicants for the Judicial seats, questioned the qualifications of Keith McLain. Matilda Betsuie is overqualified and glad to have her on the Council. Eric Feldman is quite possibly very qualified, sad that this process has failed him. Glad the Executive Board responded to the Directive. SENATOR ANDERSON-Stated difficulty in deciding on new Senators. Apologized to Eric Feldman regarding the vote, encouraged him to apply again. SENATOR TRUJILLO-Congratulated new Senators. Elections Board issue is one he is still questioning. SENATOR AGUERO-Congratulated new Senators. Glad to hear all of the speeches discussing how the candidates could further the student body rather than themselves. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT PIDA-Does not appreciate the criticism of his job performance. Made his decision on the judicial council recommendations based on experience and the applications. Apologized to Eric because of the process, is saddened by the stopping of progression of a student that the Senate is supposed to represent by the Senate itself. Executive Board never delegated the responsibility to Vice President Mils to conduct interviews, etc., it was an assumption on the Executive Board that he would take on that responsibility-he is the liaison between Executive Board and the Judicial Council. President Pida stated that he does not have the time to review all of the tapes of every interview that Vice-President Mills made. Regarding several items on the agenda, if the Senators would take the time to ask the Executive board their opinions and discuss items with them prior to a Senate meeting, a lot of time could be saved. STUDENT SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MOORE-Congratulated new Senators and council members. Glad that there is finally a Judicial Council. Sorry about result on vote of Eric Feldman, encouraged him to remain involved and interested in student government. Reminded Senators that have two (2) absences not to miss another meeting. 9 SENATE MINUTES 26-11 / FEBRUARY 26, 1996 SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH-Apologized to the Senate for cutting off Senators in the past and in the future, has a slight hearing problem and has trouble understanding people clearly when they mumble. Elections Board does have two other members other than SENATOR HOWARD. Student Health committee is still working on getting the survey put together-any ideas forward to him. As per Nevada Open Meeting Law, our agendas are posted five (5) to six (6) days in advance of the meeting, and the Senate has all that time to ask questions of the Executive Board and anyone else before the Monday meetings. Encouraged the Senators to be in the office more often, and ask questions and be around to obtain background information on items prior to a meeting. Would also be able to improve relations between Executive Board and the Senate. Regarding Eric Feldman, he can honestly say that he has seen Eric in the office more than one or two of the Senators that were voted in last November. IX. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR TRUJILLO. Move into a vote, motion passes by unanimous acclimation. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m. Note: All minutes are subject to summation. 10