Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 1, 1992

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT AGENDA SENATE MEETING 22-13 W E D N E S D A Y , APRIL 1, 1992 5:00 p.m. MSU 201 I. CALL TO ORDER I I . ROLL CALL I I I . APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES 22-12 I V . ANNOUNCEMENTS V . BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS V I . SENATE COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS V I I . EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS A . Approval of Tina Ziros to the Student Services Board V I I I . UNFINISHED BUSINESS I X . NEW BUSINESS A . Approval of $4250 out of the 902 account for organi-zations funding as follows: Tau Beta Lambda ($500) Student Nurses' Association ($500) IEEE ($500) UNLV Hawaii Club ($500) Kappa Delta Epsilon ($500) N a t i o n a l Society of Black Engineers ($500) UNLV Christian Student Association ($500) Native American Student Association ($500) UNLV Students for Choice ($250) A P P R O P R I A T I O N S BOARD DIRECTOR BRYAN COX REQUESTS APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. B . Approval of $587.00 for CSUN plaques from the 908 account . C . Approval of Senate Committee Nominations D . Approval of Executive Board Nominations X . OPEN DISCUSSION X I . ADJOURNMENT Posted in accordance with the Nevada Open Meeting Law in: MSU 160, BEH 1st floor, FDH 1st floor, WRI 1st floor. M K / b j s UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT S U P P L E M E N T A L AGENDA SENATE MEETING 22-13 W E D N E S D A Y , APRIL 1, 1992 5:00 p.m. MSU FIRESIDE LOUNGE I X . NEW BUSINESS CLOSED SESSION MAY BE CALLED UNDER NEVADA OPEN MEETING LAW REGU-L A T I O N S FOR PERSONNEL MEETINGS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN MOVED IT IS NOW IN THE MSU FIRESIDE LOUNGE X . OPEN DISCUSSION XI A D J O U R N M E N T MK/bj s UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT M I N U T E S SENATE MEETING 22-13 W E D N E S D A Y , APRIL 1, 1992 5:00 p.m. M S U 201 I . CALL TO ORDER SENATE PRESIDENT MIKE KENNEDY called the meeting to order at 5:09 p.m. I I . ROLL CALL P R E S E N T Senator Amend Senator Barkhuff Senator Benneman Senator Devine (late) Senator Dubowsky Senator Fischer Senator Fisher Senator Ortega Senator Romero Senator S t eck Senator Weber Senator Young Senator Br own Senator Hall Senator Houston ABSENT Senator Booth (unexcused) Senator Lagomarsino (unexcused) Senator Nalder (excused) Senator Stuhff (excused) I I I . APPROVAL OF SENATE MINUTES 22-12 M o t i o n to approve by Senator Romero. Corrections: page two, line one: "their" should be "his or her" and on page one, line one "Agenda" should be "Minutes". Corrections noted and made. Motion carried by voice vote. I V . ANNOUNCEMENTS SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE BUD BENNEMAN: There have been rumors about the fate of the paper, and yes, they have financial p r o b l e m s , but no, they are not doomed. The Rebel Yell Advisory Board meeting is in recess at this time, but we are working out the money situation. The problems are w o r k a b l e , and the paper is not destined for doom. V . BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A P P R O P R I A T I O N S BOARD DIRECTOR BRYAN COX: There are several funding requests on the agenda, and we only have about two more left to do. NEVADA STUDENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR PAUL STUHFF: The Parking and T r a f f i c Chair submitted a plan that was approved to make improve-ments on the North end of campus. I have been requested by a student to set up a debate concerning the second amendment with NRA, ACLU, and others, but I need to look into it some more before I organize it. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING 22-13 2 V . BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS, CONTINUED. OFFICE OF STUDENT INFORMATION DIRECTOR JOEL KOSTMAN: I have a set of fliers that I need the Senators to post. These fliers a d v e r t i s e the Directorships, which are opening up in May. Softball will be Sunday, times will be stated later. STUDENT SERVICES DIRECTOR HEIDI SMITH: If you have any questions concerning the budget, please come see me. Our revenues for the year are about $2150. We had a meeting y e s t e r d a y , and two Senators who are on the Board did not show up or even contact m e . The campus directory is in need of ads, and if you want to solicit for ads, you will be paid a c o m m i s s i o n . We are starting a project where we will be publishing student e v a l u a t i o n s of professors on campus. Our next meeting will be Monday at 5:15p.m. CSUN BUSINESS MANAGER LORI SNYDER: I have information on this year's budget: the spring fees were short of about $16,000 that we had estimated into our budget, and we will need to have a budget amendment to correct the numbers. I met with the Rebel Yell Advisory Board, and we are working on correcting their p r o b l e m s . RULES CHAIR SCOTT FISHER: We are having a meeting tonight and I need everyone who is on my committee to stay here after the Senate m e e t i n g . I have copies of all the minutes and agendas for the meeting, which I will give you before I start the m e e t i n g . We are reviewing one person who has not completed the m a n d a t o r y number of speeches. Also, only five Senators have turned in their speech forms for the speech that needs to be done prior to the election. Please do them, the last day is t o m o r r o w . BYLAWS CHAIR WILLIE ROMERO: We had a meeting yesterday, and finished Senate Bill 2 2 - 0 3 which will be on the agenda for next w e e k . We are currently working on Senate Bills 22-06, 22-07, and are waiting for 22-08 which will be on the Senate Agenda to be referred to Bylaws next week. SENATE PRESIDENT MIKE KENNEDY NOTED FOR THE RECORD THAT DIRECTORS B U N I N , WHITE, AND WHITST0NE ARE NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING. V I . SENATE COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS There were no Senate Committee Nominations. V I I . EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS A . Approval of Tina Ziros to the Student Services Board V I I I . UNFINISHED BUSINESS There was no Unfinished Business. SENATE MEETING 2 2 - 13 3 I X . NEW BUSINESS A . Approval of $4250 out of the 902 account for organi-zations funding as follows: Tau Beta Lambda ($500) Student Nurses' Association ($500) IEEE ($500) UNLV Hawaii Club ($500) Kappa Delta Epsilon ($500) N a t i o n a l Society of Black Engineers ($500) UNLV. C h r i s t i a n Student Association ($500) Native American Student Association ($500) UNLV Students for Choice ($250) M o t i o n to approve by Senator Benneman. There was discussion. Senator Dubowsky questioned who Kappa Delta Epsilon and Tau Beta Lambda were. She stated that she has a problem approving IEEE's funding when the phone numbers for the point of contact are not in service, and no one can get in touch with them. POINT OF INFORMATION BY SENATOR BARKHUFF: Kappa Delta Epsilon is the Education Fraternity. It was determined that the National Society for Black Engineers have already received their $500 funding from the 900 account. Senator Dubowsky stated that she has a problem with the UNLV Christian Students Association receiving funding in regards to separation of church and state. There was further discussion. M o t i o n to table by Senator Dubowsky. Motion withdrawn. Motion to divide the question by Senator Dubowsky. Motion carried by voice vote. There was further discussion. Senator Hall stated that IEEE should not be penalized because there is an active person in charge of the o r g a n i z a t i o n , and all of the engineering clubs have a centrally located office in Beam H a l l . Senate President Bud Benneman stated that IEEE is a good o r g a n i z a t i o n , and has been recognized for a long time, and are in very good standing. The Senate requested information from O r g a n i z a t i o n s Board Director Nick Whitstone. Motion to have a seven minute recess to find Director Whitstone by Senator Fisher . SENATE PRESIDENT MIKE KENNEDY RECESSED THE MEETING AT 5:28 p.m. SENATE PRESIDENT MIKE KENNEDY CALLED THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 5:35 p.m. There was further discussion. Senator Dubowsky asked what the funding request for the Christian Association is for and was informed that it is to purchase bibles and pay for weekly worship and study meetings. There was further, heated discussion. Senate President Mike Kennedy stated that he would accept a motion to postpone to check legality of separation of church and state. There was further, much heated discussion. POINT OF INFORMATION BY SENATOR DEVINE: We need to look into the laws of separation of church and state, and look into the Supreme Court decisions. Call for the Question by Senator Weber. Motion carried by voice vote . SENATE MEETING 22-13 4 I X . NEW B U S I N E S S , CONTINUED Tau Beta lambda ($500) Motion carried by voice vote with two a b s t e n t i o n s. Student Nurses' Association ($500) Motion carried by voice vote. IEEE ($500) Motion carried by voice vote with one o p p o s e d . UNIV Hawaii Club ($500) Motion carried by voice vote . Kappa Delta Epsilon ($500) Motion carried by voice vote . N a t i o n a l Society of Black Engineers ($500) OUT OF ORDER UNLV Christian Student Association ($500) Motion carried by voice vote with one opposed and one abstaining Native American Student Association ($500) Motion carried by voice vote. UNIV Students for Choice ($250) Motion carried by voice vote with one a b s t e n t i o n. B . Approval of $587.00 for CSUN plaques from the 908 a c c o u n t . Motion to approve by Senator Weber. There was discussion. M o t i o n to amend to $618.84 by Senator B e n n e m a n . Maker and second c o n c u r r e d . There was discussion concerning the items on the Purchase Order which Director Kostman explained. Motion carried by voice vote with one a b s t e n t i o n. C . Approval of Senate Committee Nominations OUT OF ORDER D . Approval of Executive Board Nominations Motion to approve by Senator B e n n e m a n . Student Services Director Smith spoke in favor of the nominee. Motion carried by voice vote . X . OPEN DISCUSSION SENATOR HALL: No comments. SENATOR WEBER: Let's not beat this Christian Association funding thing to death. SENATOR DUB0WSKY: I am for all events, but the fact is, I would opposed any religious events. SENATOR FISHER: You all missed a great time at the Parliamentary P r o c e d u r e s meeting, where I found out that ex-officio members are not allowed to make or second motions. Will the Rules C o m m i t t e e members please stick around after the m e e t i n g . SENATOR ORTEGA: No comments. SENATOR YOUNG: Don't forget to vote. SENATOR BROWN: I have been trying to contact the Directors to get on Committees, and I hope I am speaking for all the new S e n a t o r s , but please contact us if there are any openings in the Boards and C o m m i t t e e s. SENATE MEETING 22-13 5 X . OPEN D I S C U S S I O N , CONTINUED SENATOR STECK: No comments. SENATOR AMEND: No comments. SENATOR DEVINE: Student Services is working on the campus directory of student phone numbers, and the greatest opposition appears to be the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . Please ask the students in your class that you are giving your speech in if they would like to have their names in the directory, just get the general feeling about it. As far as the problems with the funding, the agendas were put in the box Friday, and you had until W e d n e s d a y to ask questions about the items on the agenda. If everyone finds out about the items beforehand, it will make the meetings run much more smoothly. SENATOR HOUSTON: Thanks to Senator Brown for speaking for the new Senators . SENATOR ROMERO: No comments. SENATOR FISCHER: The Student Campus Safety Awareness Committee will be meeting tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. SENATOR BARKHUFF: This is not an April Fool's joke: I am resigning from the Senate. I will be graduating next spring, and am really involved with the School that I am working in, and I want to work on getting a job. My two years on the Senate have been very fulfilling, and the only one who has been here as long as I is Bud. The only thing I can suggest is stick with it, and learn as much as you can, it is a great experience. SENATOR FISHER: Where is her nameplate? P R E S I D E N T C0LEBR00K: Tomorrow Todd Weber, Brian Devine, Bryan C o x , and myself are meeting with Dr. Ackerman and Theresa Chiang about the MSU. On Friday at noon there will be a President's Advisory Council meeting, and if there is anything you want me ask or comment on in the m e e t i n g , let me know. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE BENNEMAN: It is Dr. Chiang now. Tracy and I have been on the Senate longer than anyone, and I'll miss ya, T r a c y , good luck on school and e v e r y t h i n g. SENATOR BARKHUFF: Just think, I'll be teaching your children. SENATE PRESIDENT MIKE KENNEDY: That's a good comment for birth control there, Tracy (just a joke). X I . ADJOURNMENT SENATE PRESIDENT MIKE KENNEDY ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 6:09p.m.