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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 24, 1980

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    uac000247. Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Records, 1965-2019. UA-00029. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d16689j16

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    j CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 AGENDA SENATE MEETING it 6 June 24, 1980 Moyer Student Union Building Fireside Lounge I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes §6 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Nominations A. Intramurals Director 1. Ray Corbett B. $200.00 stipend and Grant-in-Aid, Intramurals Director (vote) C. $175.00 stipend and Grant-in-Aid, Radio Station Student Manager (vote) D. Grant-in-Aid, Entertainment and Programming Director (vote) VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Radio Board C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Ad Hoc Fee Investigation Committee E. Ad Hoc Bicycle Information Committee VII. Old Business A. Vacant Senate Seat, Business & Economics (vote) 1. Martha J. Boos 2. Bill Botos 3. Ron Deems 4. Mike Sauer B. Vacant Senate Seat, University College (vote) 1. Tom Foskaris VIII. New Business A. Fee Change Resolution, Senator Martinez B. CSUN Endorsement of Hunger Project, Plus One, Senator Campbell C. USUNS Constitution Revision Approval IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment MINUTES SENATE MEETING 116 JUNE 17, 1980 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 I. Call to Order The sixth meeting of: the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by the Senate President, Marty Burz.inski. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Kelly Campbell Scott Karosa Dorothy Ilalpin Rick Oshinski Mike Taylor Tim McGarry Skip Kelley Dale Hulen Ray Corbett Sandy Williams Claire Dowell Howard Reign Derrek Yelton David Martinez Denise Rajnovich Lisa Rollins Joe Petrizzo III. Approval of Minutes ft5 There being no additions or corrections to the minutes, the minutes of Senate Meeting #5 stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Paul J. Machin, Health Fair Project Director Paul J. Machin, Project Director of Health Fair Week gave a short presentation to the Senate. He stated that this project was sponsored by Channel 13 and the Red Cross. The concept of this project is prevention of disease and health education. He said that there would be a two day site here at UNLV, and stated that they needed non-medical volunteers. President Chanos stated that if any Senators were interested in volunteering their services to please contact Mr. Machin. B. Physical Plant Meeting President Chanos announced that he had attended a meeting of the Physical Plant Committee. lie informed the Senate that the 12 trailers were still vacant, and that if CSUN wished to utilize the trailers, that perhaps a written proposal should be submitted to this committee, proposing what we want, why we want it, and what we want to use the trailers for. Senate Meeting 116 Page 2 C. Senate Party Fund Senator Kelley announced that there was $9.00 in the party fund. D. Senate President Burzinski asked the Senate to delete, under New Business-B, USUNS Constitution Revision Approval. He stated that he just didn't have time this past week to devote all his efforts to it. It will be on next week's agenda. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Extension of Stipend for June, Dave Gist, Entertainment & Programming Board $200.00 Senator Kelley moved to approve the extension of stipend for June 1980, for Dave Gist, Entertainment & Programming Board for $200.00. The motion was seconded. No discussion was held. The motion was approved unanimously. B. Radio Station Student Manager - Bill Saxton Senator Campbell made a motion to approve Bill Saxton as Radio Station Student Manager. The motion was seconded. There was no discussion. The motion passed with 16 in favor and one abstention. C. Appropriations Board - Randy Agrellas Senator McGarry made a motion to approve Randy Agrellas as a member of Appropriations Board. The motion was seconded. Senator Martinez spoke in favor of Mr. Agrellas, and stated that he has attended the last two Appropriations Board meetings. The motion was passed with 16 in favor and one abstention. D. Entertainment & Programming Board 1. Bruce Bradley 4. Marie Ropell 2. Adriana Escobar 5. Kelly Green 3. Scott Mendini Senator McGarry moved to approve the Executive Board nominations for student at large positions on the Entertainment & Programmins Board individually. Discussion took place. Senator Karos moved to amend the main motion to let each individual speak before the Senate for three minutes, with a question and answer period to follow. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. The amendment was passed with 15 in favor, one opposed, and one abstention. Moved back into discussion on main motion. Motion passed with 16 in favor and one abstention. 1. Bruce Bradley Bruce Bradley addressed the Senate breifly. Question and answer period followed. Bruce was approved as a member of the Entertainment & Programming Board by a unanimous vote. 2. Adriana Escobar Adriana Escobar addressed the Senate breifly. Question and answer period followed. Adriana was approved as a member of the Entertainment and Programming Board by a vote of 12 in favor, four opposed, and one abstention. 3. Scott Mendini Scott Mendini addressed the Senate breifly. Question and answer period followed. Scott was approved as a member of the Entertainment and Programming Board by a vote of 14 in favor and three abstentions. 4. Marie Ropell Marie Ropell was unable to attend the Senate meeting because of work. Senate Meeting 116 Page 3 Senator Halpin spoke in favor for Marie. Marie was approved as a member of the Entertainment and Programming Board by a unanimous vote. 5. Kelly Green Kelly Green addressed the Senate breifly. Question and answer period followed. Kelly was approved as a member of the Entertainment and Programming Board by a vote of 12 in favor, one opposed, and three abstentions. VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board Chairman, David Martinez, read the minutes of the Appropriations Board. He announced that the Board has formed sub-committees, and that they will be reporting to the Appropriations Board on Wednesday, June 18, 1980 at 3:30 in the Moyer Student Union, Lounge 203. He also announced that there would be a Appropriations Board meeting on Monday, June 23 in order to submit the CSIJN 1980-81 budget to the Senate on the 24th, so that the Senate can take action on it on their July 1st meeting. The Appropriations Board meeting on Monday will be at 3:30 in the Moyer Student Union in Rm 203. Senator Martinez moved to approve the minutes. Senator Kelley seconded the motion. There being no additions or corrections to the minutes, the minutes stood approved. B. Radio Board Chairman, Dale Hulen read the minutes of the Radio Board meeting. He announced that the Radio Station would be submitting their budget to the Appropriations Board on Wednesday, June 18, 1980 at 3:30p.m. There being no additions or corrections to the minutes, the minutes stood approved. John Wennstrom, KUNV Radio Station General Manager, made an announcement that the FCC would be coming to Las Vegas on July 28, 1980. Ha stated that if anyone wished to take the exam for a 3rd class FCC commercial radio operators license. He also announced that the Radio Board would be establishing programming sub-committees. Senators are invited to participate in those committees. C. Ad Hoc Fee Re-Structuring Committee President Chanos reported on the progress of the committee. He stated that the committee is in the process of trying to compile a presentation that will incorporate all arguments against O-based budgeting. He said that all the information needed had been sent by the Regents. He announced that there would be another Ad Hoc Committee meeting on Wednesday, June 18, 1980. He asked the Senators if they had any suggestions or arguments that would help the committee, to please contact him. The report was approved. D. Entertainment and Programming Board Radford Smith, Chairman reported on the progress of the July 4th Concert. He stated that the concert would bo held on the top of the McDermott Physical Education Building. He stated that beer would be provided by Budweiser, three local bands would be providing entertainment, and that they had a promotion campaign with Radio KFM-102. He also stated that there would be a fireworks display, the details were not quite worked out yet. 1. Bruce Bradley - Vice Chairman, Entertainment and Programming Board. There was motion by Senator Hulen, seconded by Senator Martinez to approve Senate Meeting 116 Page 4 Bruce Bradley as Vice Chairman of the Entertainment and Programming Board. Bruce was approved unanimously by the Senate. VII. Old Business A. Vacant Senate Seat (nominations) 1. Business & Economics Senator Rajnovich nominated Bill Botos. Senator Martinez moved to close nominations, seconded by Senator Karosa. Motion was approved unanimously. A v6te will take place in Meeting 117. 2. University College Senator Oshinski moved that nominations be closed for one University College Seat. The motion was seconded, and passed unanimously. A vote will take place in Meeting 117. VIII. New Business A. Claude Warren - Bicycle Path Presentation Claude Warren gave a presentation to the Senate concerning better bicycle facilities. He suggested the idea of having a Bicycle Information Center where bicyclists could go for information. He expressed the need for more bicycle racks; and also the need for a Bike Ad Hoc Committee. Vice President Reyes did say that she had talked to Dr. Dixon about the need for better facilities for bicycles, and that he was very positive about the idea. President Chanos made a motion to form an Ad Hoc Bicycle Investigation Committee with Vice President Susana Reyes as Chairman. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. The members are: Senator Joe Petrizzo, Senator Mike Taylor, Chas Vadcn, and Claude Warren as an advisor. The motion was passed unanimously. IX. Open Discussion President Chanos reminded those members of the Ad Hoc Fee Re-structure committee, about the meeting on Wednesday June 18, 1980 at 1:00 p.m. Senator Oshinski. asked that if there were any Senators or students who wanted to get involved in the Dorm Committee, to please contact him. He hopes to be able to set up a meeting sometime next week. Senator Hulen brought up the plus-minus grading system. He expressed the need of having this item reconsidered by the Board of Regents. lie asked that anyone with ideas or suggestions on the grading system, to please get with him. Senator Karosa stated that he has been in contact with local fence companies about maybe getting these companies to donate a fence for the Soccer Field. Senator Karosa also asked as to the status of the Yell, Epilogue, and Publications appointments. Senate President Burzinski stated that the Executive Board has decided to reopen applications for Yell Editor, deadline to be July 10, 1980. Senator Martinez urged the Senate again, to not be so anxious to call for the question on a motion so quickly. Vice President Reyes informed the Senate that she had been in touch with students, and many departments as to their feelings on the plus-minus Senate Meeting 116 Page 6 grading system. She said that the Graduate was definitely against it, the registrars Office also. Senator Oshinski expressed the importance of the next Board of Regents meeting to UNLV. He made a suggestion of having maybe a couple of well informed Senators attend the Board of Regents meeting, along with the Executive Board. Radford Smith, Chairman of Entertainment and Programming Board, announced that there would be an informal E & P Board meeting, on Wednesday, June 19, 1980, at 11:00 a.m. X. Adjournment The sixth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was adjourned at 5:40 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by Respectfully Prepared by Sandy Castleberry CSUN Secretary Martin J. Burzinski Senate President