Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 25, 1988

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA SENATE MEETING 18-11 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1988 4:00PM MSU 201 I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES 18-10 IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS V. BOARD AND COMMITTEES REPORTS VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS A. Approval of Lisa Story as Public Information Specialist for Publications Board. VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Approval of Senate Bill #13. (Kurt Hildebrand) [Majority vote] B. Approval of Senate Bill #14. (Senator Bailey) [Majority vote] C. Approval of Senate Bill #15. (SEnator Bailey) [Majority vote] VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Approval to not exceed $1200 for UNLV Bowling Team to go to Sacramento for regional met on March 10th. [Majority vote] B. Approval of contract with Sampsons Army for TGIF Party for $300. (Ric Jimenez) [Majority vote] C. Approval of contract for cleaning up for College Republicans for $75- (Ric Jimenez) [Majority Vote] D. Approval of Inland Empire for Springfest. E. Approval of Executive Board Nominations. [Majority vote] UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 AGENDA CONTINUED F. G. Hi I. IX. OPEN DISCUSSION X. ADJOURNMENT SEE/pw Nominations/approval of Science, Math and Engineering College. (2) , A.) Todd Gottschalk •-> ' 1 B.) Craig Brooksy C.) Phillip DaQuino^^ D.) Tammy Founatin^ E , ) David Spiller^. F.) Nicole Wagner• . Nominations/Approval of Academic Advising Seat.(l) A.) Dan Richmond Nominations/Approval of Education Seat (1). A.) Kristin Sakahara Nominations/Approval of Hotel College. (1) A.) M.C. Johnson B.) Chris Robertson C.) Elizabeth Shepard CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS SUPPLEMENATL AGENDA SENATE MEETING 18-11 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1988 4:00PM MSU 201 VIII. NEW BUSINESS J. Approval of $50-$75 clean up for Delta Sigma Phi for work done February 12, 1988. VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS B. Approval of Mike Bosma to OPI co-director. C. Approval of David Donovan to OPI co-director SEE/pw UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES SENATE MEETING 18-11 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1988 4:00PM MSU 201 I. CALL TO ORDER Senate President Pro Tempore Jack Spicer called the Senate Meeting 18-11 to order at 4:00pm. There was no quorum at this time. V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS Greg Smith the chairman of the Bylaws Committee, announced that the committee met to discuss Senate Bills 13, 14, and 15. The board recommends that Senate Bill #13 contain the following changes: The Bill should be introduced by Jack Spicer, and written by Kurt Hildebrand. Section III. Duties, Powers and Responsibilities section B. instead of section D. it should be section E. of the CSUN Constitution. Section C. The Board, number 4. The Board shall establish any necessary subcommittees, the chairman of which must be Board members. (Subcommittees was spelled wrong, and chairmen was changed to be the singular form.) THe board also recommended that Senate Bills #14 and 15 were against the CSUN Constitution and that in order to make them valid bills they would have redrafted. Kurt Hildebrand, editor of the Yellin' Rebel introduced Advertising Manager Connie Scordato who gave the profit report for the semester. There was quorum at this time. II. ROLL CALL PRESENT Senator Ax Senator Bailey Senator Bosma Senator Carlson Senator Clay Senator Cozine Senator Donovan 1 ABSENT Senator Bennet (Excused) UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Senate Minutes 18-11 2/25/88 Page 2 II. ROLL CALL -continued PRESENT Senator Lowe Senator Mangual Senator McGinty Senator Sanchez Senator C. Smith Senator Spicer Senator Varela Senator Hoffman III. APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES Motion to approve Senate Minutes 18-10 by Senator McGinty. Seconded by Senator Cozine. Call for the vote. Motion carries, unanimously. Motion to move out of the order of the day by CSUN President Kirk Hendrick and into item A. of New Business. There were no objections. VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Approval to not exceed $12 00 for UNLV Bowling Team to go to Sacramento for regional meet on March 10th. Motion to approve by Senator McGinty. Seconded by Senator Carlson. There was discussion. Jerry Foster addressed the Senate. Motion by CSUN President Kirk Hendrick to have $400 come from the Intramurals Account, $400 coming from the Organizations Account, $4 00 coming from the Student Services. Senator McGinty included the amendment to be apart of the main motion. 2 SENATE MINUTES 18-10 2/25/88 PAGE 3 Call for a vote. Motion carried, unanimously. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS Senate President Evenson retained the gavel. Senate President Evenson gave his report on the Faculty- Senate meeting, he announced that the resolution about the book store will go to the Book Store Committee for more results. He mentioned that the Student Health Services Committee was approved by the President Maxson's Advisory Committee. CSUN President Hendrick announced that he was in the process of setting up a interest account for Student Government that will help other administrations down the road. The watches are in the works, and $8 should be paid by March 4th. V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS August Corrales chairman for the Appropriations Board, announced that 23 groups requested funding from the Organizations Board. The food that Marriott provided was a good idea, it gave the students a chance to give their suggestions. CSUN President Hendrick commended August Corrales and Denise Gentile for the nice job that they are doing with the organizations. Michael Chastain chairman for the Elections Board announced that the Primary Elections will be March 2nd and 3rd from 9:00am -7:00pm. Christine Mangual, Publications Board Chair mentioned that Tuesday will be the Publications Board meeting in the Fireside Lounge. VI. EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS A. Approval of Lisa Story as Public Information Specialist for Publications Board. B. Introduction of Mike Bosma to OPI co-director. C. Introduction of David Donovan to OPI co-director. 3 VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Approval of Senate Bill #13. (Kurt Hildebrand) [Majority vote]. Motion to approve by Senator Spicer. Seconded by Senator Bailey. There was discussion. Motion to table by Senator Bosma. Seconded by Senator Ax. Call for a vote. Motion carried with eight in favor, four opposed (Spicer, Bailey, Hoffman, Clay), and two abstentions (Carlson, Lowe). Motion to move out of the order of the day and into item F. of New Business by CSUN President Hendrick. There were no objections. Motion by CSUN acting Vice President Tristam Harrington to have the candidates for the Engineering college speak for no more than two minutes have which senators can ask questions and then an election will be held. Seconded by Senator McGinty. Phillip DaQuino addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Tammy Fountain withdrew her nominations from the seat. David Spiller addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Call for a vote. There was a tie vote between Phillip DaQuino and David Spiller, the Senate President voted to break the tie for Phillip DaQuino. Phillip DaQuino was appointed to the Engineering College Senate seat. Approval of Nominations/approval of the Engineering College Senate seat. 4 Senate Minutes 18-11 Motion by Senator McGinty to have each of the candidates speak for two minutes, and then an election will be held and the top vote getter wins. Seconded by Senator Bailey. Todd Gottschalk addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Nicole Wagner addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Gottschalk Senator Ax Senator Bailey Senator Bosnia Senator Carlson Senator Clay Senator Lowe Senator Sanchez Senator Smith Senator Spicer Senator Hoffman G. Nominations/approval of Academic Advising Seat. A) Dan Richmond Motion by Senator Ax to approve. Seconded by Acting Vice President Harrington. Dan Richmond addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried, unanimously. Motion to move out of the order of the day by Senator Spicer. I. Nominations/approval of Hotel College. A) M.C. Johnson B) Chris Robertson C) Elizabeth Shepard WAGNER Senator Cozine Senator Donovan Senator McGinty 5 SENATE MINUTES 18-11 Motion by Senator McGinty to have the candidates speak for two minutes and then questions will be asked, an election will be held, and the top vote getter wins. Seconded by Senator Smith. M.C. Johnson addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Chris Robertson addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Elizabeth Shepard addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Call for a vote. JOHNSON Senator Ax Senator Bailey Senator Bosma Senator Carlson Senator Sanchez *One abstention ROBERTSON Senator Clay Senator Lowe Senator Hoffman Senator Smith (Senator Spicer) SHEPARD Senator Cozine Senator Donovan Senator Mangual Senator McGinty H. Nominations/Approval of Education Seat. A) Kristin Sakahara Motion by Senator Spicer to approve. Seconded by Senator Bailey. Kristin Sakahara addressed the Senate. At this time during the meeting two birds slammed against the window, leaving feathers fallen on the ground and a sample of fecal matter on the window. Call for a vote. Motion carried, unanimously. 6 SENATE MINUTES 18-11 Justice Toby Romer swore in new senators. Todd Gottschalk Senator for Science, Math College Phillip DaQuino Senator for Engineering College Kristin Sakahara Senator for Education College M.C. Johnson Senator for Hotel College Dan Richmond Senator for Academic Advising College VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS B. Approval of Senate Bill #14. This item was considered unconstitutional. C. Approval of Senate Bill #15. There was no action, since there was a conflict with the constitution. VIII. NEW BUSINESS B. Approval of contract with Sampsons Army for TGIF Party for $3 00. There was no action taken. C. Approval of contract with College Republicans for clean up contract for $75. E. Approval of Executive Board nominations. A) Approval of Lisa Story as Public Information Specialist for Publications Board. Motion to approve by Senator Bosma. Seconded by Vice President Pro Tempore Harrington. Call for a vote. Motion carried, unanimously. Motion to move out of the order of the day by CSUN Senate President with no objections. K. Approval of CSUN lectures not to exceed $10,000 for either Carl Sagan, Issac Asimov, Jean Michael Cousteau, Michael Collins. Motion to approve by Senator Carlson. Seconded by Senator Ax. 7 Senate Minutes 18-11 Vice President Pro Tempore Harrington addressed the Senate. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried, unanimously. Senator Bosma left at 5:30pm. D. Approval of Inland Empire for $1500 for Springfest. Motion to approve by Senator Spicer. Seconded by Senator Donovan. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried, unanimously. Senator Mangual reconsidered her vote for item A. on Unfinished Business. A. Approval of Senate Bill #13. Seconded by Senator McGinty. Call for a vote. Motion to have reconsideration for item A. carries, eight in favor, one opposed (Ax) and three abstentions (Carlson, Clay, Lowe). A. Approval of Senate Bill #13. Motion to approve Senate Bill #13 with the following changes: Section 2 part C, remove "print" from "professional print media" and Section 3, part B. should read: The duties of the assistant director shall be as those of CSUN Service Directors as described in Article IX, section E of the CSUN Constitution. Part C. number 4. The Board shall establish any necessary subcommittees the chairman of which must be Board members, by Senator Ax. Seconded by McGinty. There was discussion. 8 Senate Minutes 18-11 Call for a vote. Motion carried, unanimously. J. Approval of $75 clean up contract for Delta Sigma Phi for work done February 12, 1988. Motion to approve by Senator McGinty. Seconded by Vice President Pro Tempore Harrington. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried, with one opposed (Gottschalk) and no abstentions. IX. OPEN DISCUSSION Senate President Pro Tempore Spicer thanked all of the candidates who applied for positions on the Senate. He mentioned that he would help Senator Bailey on Senate Bill #15. Senator Bailey mentioned that he was looking into getting reader boards for all of the colleges. Senator Clay left at 6:00pm. Senator Lowe left at 6:00pm. CSUN President Hendrick announced that at next weeks meeting the Yellin' Rebel will be taking pictures of each Senator to put up for the students to see who they are. He mentioned for everyone to attend the next Senate meeting 10 minutes early. Senator Donovan thanked the Senate for giving him the opportunity to be a co-director for OPI. He mentioned that he and Mike Bosma had plans to do a lot. Senator Carlson congradulated all the new Senators. Senator Gottschalk thanked the Senate for his appointment and Tristam and Kirk for their remarks. Senate President Evenson asked for a roll call on the Director who came to the meeting. Not present: Student Services director Mike Frank, Entertainment and Programming directors, Bar Manager, Mike Mixer, and Intramurals director Mike Popp. 9 Senate Minutes 18-11 Senate President Pro Tempore Spicer introduced that any director not in attendance at the next Senate Meeting will have $50.00 removed from his stipend. Vice President Denise Gentile announced that another blood drive would be soon. X. ADJOURNMENT Senate President Evenson adjourned the meeting at 6:00pm. SENATE PRESIDENT PALMA T. WESELY SENATE SECRETARY 10