Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 7, 1988

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS II, III, MINUTES Senate Meeting 18-32 Thursday, October 7, 1988 4:00PM BEH 542 I. CALL TO ORDER CSUN Senate President Jack E. Spicer Jr., called Senate Meeting 18-32 to order at 4:08pm. ABSENT Senator Robertson (Unexcused) Senator Reiss (Excused) ROLL CALL PRESENT Senator Clay Senator Dreibelbis(Late) Senator Frankulin Senator Saunders Senator Varela Senator Walker(Late) Senator Cozine Senator DaQuino Senator Kroth Senator Hoffman Senator Vigano Senator Gottschalk Senator Elliott Senator Young Senator Phillips Senator Charoenbanpachon Senator Polovina Senator Geihs Senator Kurzer Approval of Senate Minutes 18-31 Motion to approve Senate Minutes 18-31 by Senator Kurzer. Seconded by Senator Hoffman. There was discussion. Senator Polovina corrected the Senate Minutes in that on page 3, item E., of New Business, Senator Polovina didn't abstain from the vote, yet she voted in favor. This correction was made. Call for a vote. Motion carried, unanimously. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Senate Meeting 18-32 Page 2 10/07/88 IV. Announcements CSUN Senate President Jack E. Spicer Jr., announced that the meeting for today is being held in BEH 542, due to the Board of Regents Meeting in our regularly scheduled room. He mentioned that there is a Senate DBase that he is starting. This DBase will have information concerning the senator's attendance, boards and committees that they are on, address, and phone number. This information will be confidential to CSUN employees only. The student enrollment at UNLV will not effect the senate apportionment. It will remain the same. Senate Resolution 18-7 will not be approved at today's meeting. He also mentioned' that the senate must be out of the meeting room today by 5:15pm, due to the other meeting having been scheduled at 5:30pm. CSUN Vice President Jennifer McGinty introduced Alpha Gamma Delta as a new CSUN recognized organization. They were approved by the Organziations Board as a CSUN recognized organization. Karen O'Brien addressed the senate as a representative for Alpha Gamma Delta. V. Board and Committee Reports Dick Hubbell, OPI Director announced that Quicksilver is still accepting submissions for the magazine. He mentioned that he is working on a campaign to get Shelley Berkley the CSUN Attorney, more exposure so that all of the students know she is available for their legal questions. Victoria Von Tobel, NSA director mentioned that on the Voter Registration Drive there were 250 students who signed up to vote. She will need help on the Meet the Candidates forum that will be held in one and half weeks. Jan Nicosia, Video Yearbook Editor announced that things were going well. The bookstore will sell the Video Yearbook for $20. Eighteen dollars will go to the video yearbook and $2 will go to the bookstore as a commission. Kristi Carlson, Student Services Director announced that lecture notes and the typewriters are doing well. There will be a meeting tomorrow at 2pm f°r Student Services. Senate Meeting 18-32 Page 3 1 0 / 0 6 / 8 8 Lillian Franky, Entertainment and Programming Director announced that The Fox has been cancelled. The Entertainment and Programming Board will have a meeting at 3pm in the Oasis Room tomorrow. CSUN Business Manager Barbara McFarland mentioned she spoke with John Purvis regarding the budget, she mentioned that she will probably have another amendment for the Senate to approve. Miguel Palmieri, Appropriations Board Chair announced that he has the information for tuition increase for non-resident students. Mike Keller, Yellin' Rebel Editor said, "I don't got nothing to say." CSUN Senate President Jack Spicer announced that he hasn't received minutes from meetings that boards and committees have been having. He mentioned that he has only received a few. VI. Executive Board Nominations A. Approval of Kim Elliott as a member to the Radio Board. B. Approval of Mike Reiss as a member to the Radio Board. C. Approval of Wayne Phillips as a member to the Radio Board. D. Approval of Michelle Saunders as a member to the Rad io Board. E. Approval of Michelle Saunders as a member to SHAC. F. Approval of Gina Polovina as a member of the Bylaws Commit tee. G. Approval of Marco Johnson as a member to the Entertainment and Programming Committee. H. Approval of Todd Gottschalk as a member of SHAC. I. Approval of Eddie Rodrigus as a member to the Elections Board. J. Approval of George Gonzales as a member to the Elections Board. Senate Meeting 18-32 Page 4 1 0 / 0 6 / 8 8 K. Approval of George Gonzales as a member to the Student Services Board. L. Approval of Eddie Rodrigus as a member to the Student Services Board. Eddie Rodrigus addressed the Senate. George Gonzales addressed the Senate. V. Unfinished Business A. Approval of Senate Resolution 18-7. CSUN Senate President Jack E. Spicer Jr., announced that he is forming an Ad Hoc meeting concerning Senate Resolution 18-7. If anyone is interested in being on this committee they should see him. There was no action taken at this time. VI. New Business A. Approval of Executive Board Nominations. Motion by Senator DaQuino to approve Executive Board Nominations. Seconded by Senator Kurzer. There was no discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried, unanimously. B. Approval of $150 for Robert Windolph music performance on Octoberl4; 11:00-12:30pm, 1:30-2:30pm, out of the 903 account. Motion by Senator Kurzer to approve items B.-K. as a whole for New Business. Seconded by Senator Saunders. B. Approval of $150 for Robert Windolph music performance on October 14; 11:00-12:30pm, 1:30-2:30pm, out of the 903 account. C. Approval of Contract for Robert Windolph. Senate Meeting 18-32 10/07/88 Page 5 D. Approval of $500 for Stolen Faces at Tailgate party at the Silverbowl. Top 40's band to perform from 4pm-7pm, to come out of the 903 account. E. Approval of contract for Stolen Faces. F. Approval of $150 for Brett Greene as DJ on October 14, 1988 on Friday evening Homecoming to come out of the 903 account. G. Approval of contract with Brett Greene. H. Approval of $350 for four horses and carriage to parade homecoming queen and king during halftime, to come out of the 9 03 account. I. Approval of two generators for Tailgate party on October 15, $70, to come out of the 903 account. J. Approval of $111.00 for pies, eggs and hotdogs for contests on Friday October 14, 1988 to come out of the 903 account. K. Approval of $2000 for Homecoming T-shirts to come out of the 9 03 account. Seconded by Senator Saunders. There was discussion. Call for a vote. Motion carried unanimously. VII. OPEN DISCUSSION Senator Cozine mentioned that she would be having her first Radio Board meeting tomorrow at 9:00am in the morning in the Humanities building in room 233. The agenda says the meeting will be held in Oasis Room but they weren't able to get the room. Senator Vigano inquired how many people CSUN Senate President would be having on the Ad Hoc Committee for the environment. CSUN Senate President announced that he would limit the number of members to about seven to eight people. enate Meeting 18-32 10/07/88 Page 6 Senator Charoenbanpachon announced that she thought that the last meeting was a quick one, but this meeting today is is definitely quicker. She also mentioned that earlier before the meeting had started she was looking for a quarter to buy a soft drink, and many senators reached way down into their pockets to help her out. She mentioned that everyone is very nice. Senator DaQuino mentioned that he attended the Executive Board Meeting and wanted to nominate someone for a board. He mentioned that he was no able to nominate anyone because there wasn't any paperwork to be given out to the applicant.He mentioned that the Engineering College is having a bridge making contest. Senator Hoffman inquired why three was only one table set up for the Senate Elections. CSUN Senate President Jack Spicer announced that the Elections Board chairman had asked the elections service, who told him only one area is put up for the Senate Elections, because that is what happened last year. In the Operating Policy it states that three places must be up for voting. There was a a miscommunication over the whole set up. Senator Dreibelbis apologized for being late to the meeting. Senator Geihs mentioned that he has seen over flyers over pther candidate's flyers. He did not feel that there was much enforcement during the whole election process. CSUN Senate President Pro Tempore Todd Gottschalk announced that he spent money on flyers and there wasn't even a voting poll at the end of campus for the Science and Math majors to vote. He predicted that his college would have about 15 votes. His prediction wasn't off by much. He announced that this wasn't college representation. He felt that this was the worst run election. Senate Meeting 18-32 Page > 10/07/88 VIII. CSUN Senate President Jack E. Spicer Jr. announced that he drew up a new enrollment and G.P.A. form. New forms will be able to be picked up tomorrow. He mentioned, "finally the hot topic these days, the professionalism and naughty language. I know myself that every once in a while, I tend to use colorful, descriptive language when things aren't going right. But it has been brought to my attention, by Mr. Clean, yes, Steve Evenson, that there is far to much swearing in the office. I just think that it is important that I bring that to the Senate, because, he is right in a way. I myself am going personal effort to not use that kind of language anymore. I would like you all to join me in this crusade." ADJOURNMENT CSUN Senate President Jack E. Spicer Jr. adjourned the Senate Meeting at 4:50pm. Respectfully Prepared and Submitted By: CSUN Senate Secretary