Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 08, 2001

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President Steph Davy SENATE AGENDA MEETING 31-31 Monday, October 8, 2001 MSU 201, 6:00PM Monica Moratjkhan Senate President Pro- Education II. Samra Dayani Urban Affairs J-Q Sarah Bmvers Business Chris Powell IV. Education Lisa Fleming Liberal Arts Katie MacDonald Hotel Adm in isMuion Ken Aoki Student Development Jessica Zarndt Health Services ShawnaHughes Fines Arts Cora Chasin Sciences Aaron Dunning Education Tony Salsaa Business Alyson Ling Business Luke Bowland Engineering Rocco Gonzalez Liberal Arts Jason Schrock Education Giselle Stewart Urban Affairs Scott Fauske Hotel Administration Nicole Reddick Business Lauren Miller Student Development Nicholas Farrey' Health Sciences Anisalzzolo y[_ Hotel Administration Glenn Butler Liberal Arts 1.,. e mCpAorLe L TO ORDER ROLL CALL ANNOUNCEMENTS APPROVAL OF MINUTES 31-29 and 31-30 BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports B. Business Manager Report D. Directors' Reports Michael Bond- Office of Student Information A1 Heck- Nevada Student Affairs Davin Hill- Rebel Radio Ali Laman-Lyons- Elections Joseph Lucchese- Entertainment & Programming Kelly Martinez- CSUN Services E. Liaison Reports Greek Advisory Multicultural Student Affairs Residence Hall Association Student Athletics Student Health Advisory Committee UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4 5 0 5 MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 4 - 2 0 0 9 • (702) 8 9 5 - 3 6 4 5 • FAX ( 7 0 2 ) 8 9 5 - 4 6 0 6 A. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of changes to Bylaw 57 (See Attachment). As submitted by SENATOR POWELL; B. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of changes to Bylaw 10 (See Attachment). As submitted by SENATOR POWELL; C. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of an amount not to exceed $3,100 to be paid to the UNLV Performing Arts Center for use if Artemus Ham Hall and Security on October 29t h , 2001 for "The Real World Forum." Costs to be encumbered from CSUN 2702 Nevada Student Affairs (Lecture Series) Account; D. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of Nicole Reddick, Jennifer Hale, Michael Bertetto, Katie Hooper, Michael A. Aburas, Michael Cummins, Sherry Snyder, and Jaidev Gupte to serve on the CSUN NSA Board; VII. PUBLIC COMMENT VIII. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS IX. GOOD OF THE SENATE X. 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, Classroom Building Complex and Thomas Beam Engineering Complex. MINUTES MEETING 31-31 Monday, October 8,2001 MSU 201,6:00PM I. CALL TO ORDER « SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY calls Meeting 31-31 to order at 6:03 pm; H. ROLL CALL PRESENT ABSENT Monica Moradkhan Samra Dayani (unexcused) Sarah Bowers Aaron Dunning (unexcused) Chris Powell Glenn Butler (excused) Lisa Fleming * (6:40pm) Katie MacDonald Ken Aoki Jessica Zarndt Shawna Hughes Cara Chasin Tony Salsaa * (6:15pm) Alyson Ling Luke Bowland Rocco Gonzalez Jason Schrock Giselle Stewart Scott Fauske Nicole Reddick * (6:49pm) Lauren Miller Nicholas Farrey Anisa Izzolo * Denotes tardiness m. ANNOUNCEMENTS PRESIDENT MORADKHAN- The Homecoming banquet is Friday night in the Alumni Center and he wants to know who is interested in attending. The event is business attire; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- She has an announcement about the bylaws that are on the agenda. Proposed Bylaw 57 will need to be amended to say 56 and just keep in mind that these bylaws don't say anything that isn't already included in the Constitution. Bylaw 10 needs to be committed to bylaws if we choose to do so. Congratulations for those of you who are returning as senators. We will be having a senator workshop on the 20t h of October at 1 lam. The location will be announced later, but it will most likely be in the MSU. It is mandatory so please schedule that unless you have already seen her. We will be discussing new policies and going over old stuff and getting the new senators oriented. This evening we will be doing the Senator of the Year vote. Keep in mind that anyone that has been a senator in the 31s t session is eligible; IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- The copier is broken so weren't able to get the minutes out to you, but they will be ready for the next meeting; V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports SENATOR POWELL- Bylaws met on October 1s t and there were some changes made to proposed Bylaw 57, which should be 56. There were also minor changes Bylaw 21 which is not on the agenda; B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports None; C. Business Manager Report The Business Manager is out sick; D. Directors' Reports Michael Bond- Office of Student Information- We are making a poster for November 3r d tailgate. Give props to Joe for booking an awesome band; A1 Heck- Nevada Student Affairs- We are working on the Real World project right now, which we will be talking about later in the night; Davin Hill- Rebel Radio- We are still moving slow. He spoke with Charles in purchasing which is the main thing holding everything up. We are working on moving the stuff out of the annex; Ali Laman-Lyons- Elections- Congratulations and good job to everyone that ran in the elections. Homecoming elections are this Wednesday and Thursday. Clark County helped out a lot and made sure everything ran smoothly. The banners should be put up first thing in the morning; Joseph Lucchese- Entertainment & Programming- Welcome back to another week. He wants to thanks Steve and Dallas for doing another phenomenal job. Steve has created the street team and is working closely with RHA. Dallas is working really hard with getting student volunteers for the Rebel Ruckus concert. Shuttle times for the students start at 3:30pm on Friday to 5:30pm. After the event they will run from 11:45pm to 1:45am. We have about twenty student volunteers as well as E&P staff and the production company staff. If any senator wants to participate we are still looking for help. There are four bands for tailgate this weekend, which starts at noon. He hopes to see everyone there. Noon scenes will be this Wednesday and Friday and information about this weekend's events and the Real World Forum will be passed out. The next Movie Night is October 17th and we will be showing "The Fast and the Furious." He met with some of the staff at the Thomas and Mack along with our marketing manager to discuss Rebel Palooza. He is also working with 107.5 to discuss whom we are going to get for this event. He wants to give props to Mike Bond because we have been getting lots of feedback on the web as to who does our flyers etc. He has an Afroman CD to give out to one of the senators. The questions for the Real World are due anytime before Monday; SENATOR SALSAA enters at 6:15pm; Kelly Martinez- CSUN Services- She is just working on getting organized and getting the Recognition Packets done. She had a problem with late packets and wants any suggestions for next semester and if we should accept late packets. She is working on getting funding requests out; E. Liaison Reports Greek Advisory- None; Multicultural Student Affairs- None; Residence Hall Association- Jason Chan, President of the RHA, said he is making sure the signs and posters are up and everyone knows about Homecoming. It is also being announced at floor meetings. In addition, they participated in window painting yesterday. Student Athletics- None; Student Health Advisory Committee- None; VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS VI. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of changes to Bylaw 57 (See Attachment). As submitted by SENATOR POWELL; SENATOR POWELL- Moves to approve; Seconded by SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN; SENATOR POWELL- This was submitted to Bylaws as a new bylaw and there were some amendments made. The reason for the bylaw is so we have a better definition of what is a submitted item and so someone can't keep re-submitting a bylaw only changing a few words each time and re-submitting it as a new item; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- The senate needs to decide they are going to send this to Bylaws and then Bylaws needs to meet and sent it back to us. She needs to have the submission by tomorrow to get it on the agenda; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Her only concern is that this is standard Parliamentary Procedure and she doesn't see any point of us being repetitive; There was discussion; SENATOR LING- She is on the Bylaws Committee and her understanding was that they ended up skipping over Bylaw 57 and if we wanted something more specific we should just change Bylaw 10. She doesn't see why we should change Bylaw 57 if we are going to change Bylaw 10; There was discussion; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Wants to know if Senator Powell wants to withdraw Bylaw 57 since they will be making changes to 10 or if he just wants us to fail the item; SENATOR POWELL- Just wants to see our procedures more formalized and he wants it more specific on what can and can't be done with things. He wants it to be done this session. However, he with draws his sponsorship on the item; Action Item A is out of order; B. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of changes to Bylaw 10 (See Attachment). As submitted by SENATOR POWELL; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Moves to commit to Bylaws; Seconded by SENATOR POWELL; Move into a vote; Motion carries unanimously; C. Action Item: Discussion/ Approval of an amount not to exceed $3,100 to be paid to the UNLV Performing Arts Center for use if Artemus Ham Hall and Security on October 29th, 2001 for "The Real World Forum." Costs to be encumbered from CSUN 2702 Nevada Student Affairs (Lecture Series) Account; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Moves to approve; Seconded by SENATOR SCHROCK; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Moves to amend the item after "Lecture Series" hyphen "The Real World Forum"; Seconded by SENATOR MACDONALD; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- Just a point of information this was done so that it would be specific. We aren't adding more money to the account. We are just taking it out of the budget that we already made for the Real World Series; Move into a vote on the amendment; Motion carries unanimously; Move into a vote on the item as amended; Motion carries unanimously; D. Action item: Discussion/ Approval of Nicole Reddick, Jennifer Hale, Michael Bertetto, Katie Hooper, Michael A. Aburas, Michael Cummins, Sherry Snyder, and Jaidev Gupte to serve on the CSUN NSA Board; SENATOR GONZALES- Moves to approve; Seconded by SENATOR STEWART; SENATOR ZARDNT- Where did the names come from?; Director Heck- The names Michael Bertetto, Katie Hooper, Michael A. Aburas, and Michael Cummins all filled out applications in the beginning of the year and helped out with the American Red Cross Fund-raiser. Michael Aburas and Michael Cummins are both regular students that attend class. Nicole Reddick is a Senator and Jennifer Hale is an Executive Board member. Sherry Snyder is a RA in the Residence Halls and Jaidev Gupte is a friend of his that wants to get involved; Move into a vote; Motion carries unanimously; VII. PUBLIC COMMENT Director Lucchese- Just wants to everyone to help pass out the Real World flyers; Director Bond- Wants Senate President Davy to proof read them; Director Laman-Lyons- She has the election numbers on how many people voted in each college: Business-296, Education- 231, Hotel Administration- 125, Fine Arts- 43, Health Sciences- 20, Engineering- 144, Liberal Arts- 123, Sciences- 76, Student Development- 26, and Urban Affairs-107. 1,191 people voted total; Vm. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS VICE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE HALE- The bus trip was canceled due to a low turnout. She is still waiting on the Scholarship stuff, but she should know by the meeting after October 19th. Just a reminder that you can vote for the Faculty Excellence Award on the web; VICE PRESIDENT FAUSKE- He didn't get the director evaluations out due to the copier being down. He has one in his office if you want to come take a look at it. He wants to thanks all the directors, their assistants, and their board members. They have really spoiled him and done an excellent job thus far. Ali did a great job with Elections. Some directors have more noticeable events, but everyone is really working hard. He was late to window painting on Saturday and wants everyone to know how dedicated President Moradkhan and Senator Moradkhan are. They had almost the whole window painted when he arrived with barely any help from anyone else; PRESIDENT MORADKHAN- Homecoming is coming up and campus spirit should be high this week. We ordered nine banners to put up throughout buildings on campus. Some colleges made banners. There were changes made to Constitution. He has the most updated copies and he will made sure copies go to the Senate President for the new handbook. In regards to Rebel Radio, he will be going down there tomorrow to see if he can get things moving. There is an Advisory Council meeting tonight at 8pm. We are also looking into getting a new copy machine. We had two golf carts and we are now down to one so he will probably be asking the Senate for new one. Privileges will be suspended until further notice. Please support the Homecoming events this week. Congratulations to everyone who won in the election. We increased the office and weekend hours for those of you who stay later; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY- Thanks Dallas for working with the Senate. He has a really good plan for the next Senate and how to get them involved. She met with the deans of both of her colleges Thursday night. The Dean of the Liberal Arts College says he is open for monthly lunches. The Dean of Education is working on her plan to get student teachers paid. She will have lunch with him again sometime this month to discuss the progress. She made signs for the trams in the Education College. By a margin of one vote Senator Bowers is our Senator of the Year; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- College of the month is Student Development. Senators Miller and Aoki are both working really hard and the Student Development Center always has something nice to say about them. There will be a dinner at University Club after the last senate meeting on October 29t h; IX. GOOD OF THE SENATE SENATOR IZZOLO- Director Laman-Lyons did a really good job with elections; SENATOR FAUSKE- Asks why he wasn't on the list; SENATOR MACDONALD- Wants to know the purpose for the evaluations; SENATOR BOWLAND- Wants to wish everyone a good week and be sure to tell everyone in your college what's going on with the events this weekend; SENATOR GONZALES- He went to Reno for the football game and had fun; SENATOR FLEMING- Pass; SENATOR FARREY- Pass; SENATOR STEWART- She talked to four classes. Thanks to everyone who supported her in the elections; SENATOR ZARNDT- Good job to the directors for setting such high standards; SENATOR MILLER-Pass; SENATOR HUGHES- Have a good week; SENATOR AOKI- Pass; SENATOR CHASIN- Wants to apologize for her cell phone going off. She attended the Technology meeting; SENATOR POWELL- He thinks elections are a pain, but he got the chance to talk to a lot of people. He has new things to work on and learned not to count his votes early because of how close the elections are. If you want something you have to go at it full force. He is looking forward to next year; SENATOR SCHROCK- He had an idea to have principals come to an open forum and talk about issues. He got a call today that will make this possible for him to do; SENATOR SALSAA- He was surprised he won the election. Congratulations to everyone that won. The gun article in the Rebel Yell bothered him; SENATOR REDDICK- Congratulations to everyone that won the elections. She is sorry to see some of the senators leave. Wants everyone to have a great week; SENATOR LING- Congratulations to everyone who ran in the elections. Everyone on Ways and Means please stay after. There will also be a meeting next week at 5pm; SENATOR BOWERS- Wants to thank everyone for nominating her. Also wants to congratulate Senator Reddick and Senator Elect Chan. She is looking forward to what they will do for her college; SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Wants to wish everyone the best of luck. Please be involved in the Homecoming activities this week. The dinner on Friday night is really cool and you can go to both events. Window painting was fun. Great job Jason and she looks forward to seeing his idea happen. The Education College made a banner and thanks to those who helped; X. ADJOURNMENT SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MORADKHAN- Moves to adjourn; Seconded by SENATOR BOWLAND; Move into a vote; Motion carries unanimously; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY adjourns the meeting at 6:55pm; STEPHANIE FILSON