Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 14, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #30 06/14/83 4:00 p.m. MSU 20 3 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #28 and #29 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Intramural Director - James Gilbert B. Publications Board Chairman - David Mann C. Radio Board Chairman - Art Jimenez D. Appropriations Board Members 1. Senator Eells 2. Senator Iddings 3. Senator Pasquantino 4. Suzanne Nounna 5. Jef Wild 6. Jack McClary E. Academic Standards Committee Members 1. Mark Doubrava 2. Gus Varona 3. Michael Schumacher F. Entertainment and Programming Member 1. Bob Compan G. Nevada Student Affairs Member 1. Suzanne Nounna H. Compensation for Entertainment and Programming Chairman (D-2) - $200.00 per month I. Compensation for Intramurals Director(D-l) - $200.00 per month j. Compensation for KUNV Program Director(D-2) - $200.00 per month K. Compensation for Beverage Manager(D-2) - $200.00 per month L. Compensation for Elections Board Chairman(D-4) - $40.00 per month only September through April UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE AGENDA #30 - June 14, 19 83 page 2 M. Compensation for Vice-President Pro Tempore - $35.00 per month N. Compensation for Organizations Board Chairman, Publi-cations Board Chairman, Security Coordinator, Bylaws Chairman, Radio Board Chairman - "the possibility of fringe benefits" VI. Submission of Executive Board Nominations A. Compensation for Student Services Committee Chairman (D-2) - $200.00 per month B. Compensation for UNLV Rebel Yell Editor(D-2) - $150.00 per month for June, July and August; (D-l) - $285.00 per month for remainder of the months VII. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Faculty Senate Committees 1. Academic Standards B. Organizations Board(05/13/83 tabled) C. Publications Board (06/08/83) D. Other E. Appropriations Board VIII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Academic Advisement(1) a. Mark Evans 2. Education College(2) 3. Arts and Letters College(1) a. Tracy Church B. Approval of Purchase of Electrical Cart - Vice-President Shaffer C. Approval of Request of Leave of Absence for Senator Flourens until August 15, 19 83 - Senator Flourens D. Transfer $3000.00 from 904-3000 to 906-3000 E. Transfer $3000.00 from 906-3000 to 900-3000 increase budget authority in general account F. Transfer $3000.00 from 904-9002 to 906-9001 G. Transfer $3000.00 from 906-9002 to 900-9001 cash transfer to effect D and E H. Approval of Senate Resolution 061483-01 - Vice-President Shaffer I. Approval of Senate Resolution 061483-02 - Vice-President Shaffer J. Approval of Director Compensation - Vice-President Shaffer K. Approval of Senate Bill 012 - Senator Pasguantino SENATE AGENDA #30 - June 14, 19 83 page 3 IX. New Business A. Submission of Bylaw #22 - Vice-President Shaffer B. Submission of Director Compensation - Vice-President Shaffer C. Formation of G.P.A. Verification Committee - Senate President Clay D. Approval of Senate Bill 013 - Senate President Clay X. Open Discussion XI. Adjournment "People often oppose a thing merely because they had no hand in planning it." - Unknown CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting #30 Session 13 06/14/83 4:00 p.m. MSU 20 3 I. Call to Order Senate President Clay called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Stephanie Pettit August Corrales Jef Wild Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow David Mounts Matthew McGuire Murray Long Jeff Chadwell Since the Senate had not achieved quorum, Senate Presi-dent Clay recessed the meeting for 10 minutes. The meeting was called back to order at 4:20 p.m. Second Roll Call Members in Attendance Stephanie Pettit August Corrales John Pasquantino Jef Wild Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow David Mounts Matthew McGuire Murray Long Jeff Chadwell Senate President Clay accepted the resignation of Cara Iddings, and as a result the Senate achieved quorum. Senator Eglet moved to suspend the rules and move into Old Business, Agenda #29, section'V., Executive Board Nominations, item B., Nevada Student Affairs Director - Robert Eglet and Agenda #28, section V. , Executive Board Nominations, item F., Student Services Chairman - T.B.A., and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion failed with 9 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. Members Absent John Bostaph - unexcused Zellie Dow - excused John Pasquantino - excused late Virgil Jackson - excused Rian Flourens - absent Jim Eells - excused Cara Iddings - excused Members Absent John Bostaph - unexcused Zellie Dow - excused Virgil Jackson - excused Rian Flourens - absent Jim Eells - excused Cara Iddings - excused UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #30 - June 14, 19 8 3 page 2 Senator Eglet moved for a 2 minute recess, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with all in favor, At 4:29 p.m., the meeting was called back to order. Members Absent John Bostaph - unexcused Zellie Dow - excused Virgil Jackson - excused Rian Flourens - absent Jim. Eells - excused Cara Iddings - resigned Third Roll Call Members in Attendance Stephanie Pettit August Corrales John Pasquantino Jef Wild Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow David Mounts Matthew McGuire Murray Long Jeff Chadwell III. Approval of Minutes #28 and #29 Senator Long moved to reconsider the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and move into Old Business, Agenda #29, item B and Agenda #28, item F., of Executive Board Nominations, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion to reconsider passed with all in favor, V. Executive Board Nominations(Agenda #29) B. Nevada Student Affairs Director - Robert Eglet Senator Mounts moved to approve Robert Eglet as the Director for Nevada Student Affairs, and Senator Pet-tit seconded. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 abstention. V. Executive Board Nominations F. Student Services Chairman - T.B.A. Senator Eglet moved to approve August Corrales as the Chairman of the Student Services Committee as per Executive Board Minutes #9, section VI, Nomina-tions, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Corrales moved to suspend the rules and move into section VI., Submission of Executive Board Nominations, item A., Compensation for Student Services Committee Chairman(D-2) - $200.00 per month. Senator Eglet seconded the motion which passed with all in favor. VI. Submission of Executive Board Nominations A. Compensation for Student Services Committee Chair-man (D-2) - $200.00 per month Senator Corrales moved to direct President Lee to sign the newly appointed Student Services Chairman's 9 cards for Summer Sessions I and II, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. III. Approval of Minutes #28 and #29 Senator Corrales moved to approve Minutes #28 and #29, and Senator Wild seconded. Vice-President Shaffer moved to amend Minutes #29, page 5, SENATE MEETING #30 - June 14, 19 8 3 page 3 the third paragraph, to insert the phrase "for the pur-pose of supporting increased housing" after the word "Las Vegas" and before the word "supports" so the para-graph will read: "Therefore, be it resolved that the Senate of the Con-solidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas ifor the purpose of supporting increased housing supports the implementation of a Mandatory Policy requir-ing out-of-state, unmarried freshman and sophomore stu-dents under the age of 21 to reside on campus." Senator Wild seconded the above amendment which passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Eglet moved that Rian Flourens1 absences for Senate Meeting #29 be changed to "excused" from "unex-cused" pending the'Senate's decision on Flourens1 re-quest for a leave of absence, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion failed with 8 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 ab-stention . Senator Eglet requested that the roll call sections of Minutes #29 be tabled indefinitely, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor and 1 opposed. The motion to approve Senate Minutes #28 passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Eglet moved to approve Minutes #29 with an amend-ment to include on page 6, Senator Bostaph's departure as "excused" and Senator Long's departure as "unexcused," and Senator Wild seconded. Senator Long moved to amend the amendment to change his "unexcused" absence to "excused," and Vice-President Shaf-fer seconded. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion to end debate passed with all in favor. The vote on the amendment to the amendment that Senator Long's absence be changed from "unexcused" to "excused" was 1 in favor, 8 opposed and 0 abstentions. The amendment to rfecord Bostaph's departure from Meeting #29 as an "excused" absence and Long's departure as "unexcused" passed with 8 in favor, 2 opposed and 0 abstentions. The motion to approve Senate Minutes #29 as amended passed with 9 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Pasquantino moved to suspend the rules and move into Old Business, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. VIII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate S © cl s 1. Academic Advisement(1) a. Mark Evans SENATE MEETING #30 - June 14, 19 8 3 page 4 There were no nominations for Academic Advisement. 2. Education College(2) Senator Wild nominated Nanda Briggs. 3. Arts and Letters College CI) a. Tracy Church Senator Wild nominated Nick Skrinjarie, Barbara Taylor, Barbara Zimmer and moved to close nominations. Senator Pettit seconded the motion which failed with 4 in favor, 6 opposed and 0 abstentions. B. Approval of Purchase of Electrical Cart - Vice-Presi-dent Shaffer Vice-President Shaffer moved to approve the purchase of an Electrical Cart at a cost of approximately $2750.00, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. C. Approval of Request of Leave of Absence for Senator Flourens until August 15, 19 83 - Senator Flourens Senator Eglet moved to table this item until next week requesting that the Senate President bring the informa-tion that she has concerning Senate absences and directing the Senate President to assign Rian Flourens "absence" neither "excused" nor "unexciused" ri pending the Senate's decision on Flourens1 leave of absence. Senator Mounts seconded this motion. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. The motion to table Senator Flourens1 request for a leave of absence until next week with the request that the Senate President bring the information that she has concerning Senate absences and with the directive to the Senate President to assign Rian Flourens "absence" neither "excused" nor "unexcused" pending the Senate's decision on Flourens' leave of absence passed with 9 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. D. Transfer $3000.00 from 904-3000 to 906-3000 E. Transfer $3000.00 from 906-3000 to 900-3000 increase budget authority in general account F. Transfer $3000.00 from 904-9002 to 906-9001 G. Transfer $3000.00 from 906-9002 to 900-9001 cash transfer to effect D and E Senator Pasquantino moved to approve the above items, D, E, F and G as a whole, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. H. Approval of Senate Resolution 061483-01 - Vice-Presi-dent Shaffer Vice-President Shaffer moved to approve the following Resolution: Senate Resolution #061483-01 As Submitted By: Vice-President Shaffer Session #13 SENATE MEETING #30 - June 14, 19 8 3 page 5 Whereas, the Board of Regents is the governing body over the University of Nevada, Las Vegas system Whereas, the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada are a part of this system Whereas, the students of UNLV have no voice on this board that governs them Whereas, in the western region of the United States, the states of Arizona, Washington, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming, Oregon, Utah and California all have student body representatives on their boards Therefore, be it resolved that the Consolidated Stu-dents of the University of Nevada hereby request that a student body member be appointed to the Board of Regents as a non-voting member to represent the stu-dents of the entire University of Nevada system. Senator Wild seconded the motion. President Lee moved to amend the resolution to delete the words "a non-voting" and insert "an ex officio" in the last para-graph of the resolution. This was accepted as a friendly amendment. The motion to approve the Resolution #061483-01 passed with all in favor. I. Approval of Senate Resolution 061483-02 - Vice-Presi-dent Shaffer Vice-President Shaffer moved to table this resolution for two weeks, and Senator Wild seconded. The mo-tion passed with all in favor. J. Approval of Director Compensation - Vice-President Shaffer This item has been withdrawn. K. Approval of Senate Bill 012 - Senator Pasquantino This, item has been withdrawn. L. Appointment of Senate President Pro Tempore 1. John Pasquantino 2. Jef Wild Senator Eglet moved to go directly into a roll call vote, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. The following Senators voted for John Pasquantino: Stephanie Pettit August Corrales John Pasquantino Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow David Mounts Jeff Chadwell The following Senators voted for Jef Wild: Matthew McGuire Murray Long SENATE MEETING #30 - June 14, 19 8 3 page 6 The following Senator abstained from the vote: Jef Wild John Pasquantino was appointed Senate President Pro Tempore with a vote of 7 for Pasquantino, 2 for Wild and 1 abstention. IV. Executive Board Announcements 1. President Lee There will be a rally on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. and Friday at 10:00 a.m. to show opposition to the $5.00 fee increase. There will be heavy press coverage, and Lee urged everyone to be present. President Lee has been working on the Yell Operating Policy. He spoke to local merchants who were receptive to the idea of being included as Yell newspaper drop-off points in order to in-crease circulation. There is also the possibility of mailing the Yell to alumni which is being con-sidered. 2. Vice-President Shaffer No announcements. 3. Senate President Clay There were some additions to the agenda as: per several memos. Please add to Old Business, item I. Appointment of Senate President Pro Tempore and to New Business item E. Action/Discussion tuition increase. Item E. Resolution 0614 8 3-03 has been withdrawn. The Publications Board Minutes cannot be approved until Senate Meeting #31, due to the discrepancy in the agenda. The Executive Board met with President Goodal regard-ing housing. He suggested that CSTJN make a list of housing specifications for contractors, because he does not want to put UNLV at a risk. Senate President Clay introduced Myrlene LaMancusa who is the Vice-chairman of the Faculty Senate, Don't forget the softball game on Saturday, June 18th at 6:00 p.m. with the LACC. Clay will be in Dallas attending a convention on June 17 through the 21. As- a result, Senate President Pro Tem-pore Pasquantino will have her signature power. Old Business items J and K have been withdrawn. New Business items A, B and E have also been withdrawn. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Intramural Director - James Gilbert Vice-President Shaffer moved to table thiss item one week, and Senator Eglet seconded. Shaffer withdrew his motion, and the second concurred. Senator Mounts moved to disapprove the nomination of James Gilbert as Intramural Director, and Senator Corrales seconded. SENATE MEETING #30 - June 14, 19 8 3 page 7 The motion to disapprove passed with 6 in favor, 2 opposed and 2 abstentions. B. Publications Board Chairman - David Mann Senator Eglet moved to approve David Mann as Publi-cations Board Chairman, and Senator Wild seconded. The motion passed with 6 in favor, 2 opposed and 2 abstentions. C. Radio Board Chairman - Art Jimenez Senator Wild moved to approve Art Jimenez as Radio Board Chairman, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with 7 in favor, 0 opposed and 3 ab-stentions . D. Appropriations Board Members 1. Senator Eells 2. Senator Iddings 3. Senator Pasquantino 4. Suzanne Nounna 5. Jef Wild 6. Jack McClary Senator Mounts moved to approve Senator Eells, Senator Pasquantino, Senator Wild, Suzanne Nounna and Jack McClary as members of the Appropriations Board, and Senator Cor-rales seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. E. Academic Standards Committee Members 1. Mark Doubrava 2. Gus Varona 3. Michael Schumacher Senator Mounts moved to approve Mark Doubrava, Gus Varona and Michael Schumacher as members of the Academic Standards Committee, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. F. Entertainment and Programming Board Member 1. Bob Compan Senator Wild moved to approve Bob Compan as a member of the Entertainment and Programming Board, and Vice-Presi-dent Shaffer seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. G. Nevada Student Affairs Member 1. Suzanne Nounna Senator Wild moved to approve Suzanne Nounna as a member of the Nevada Student Affairs Staff, Sdnator Pasquantino seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. H. Compensation for Entertainment and Programming Chair-man( D-2) - $200.00 per month Senator Eglet moved to approve a stipend of $200.00 per month for the Entertainment and Programming Board Chair-: man, and Vice-President Shaffer seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. I. Compensation for Intramurals Director(D-l) - $200.00 oer month SENATE MEETING #30 - June 14, 19 8 3 page 8 Senator Mounts moved to approve a stipend of $20 0.00 per month for the Director of Intramura1s, and Senator Wild seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. J. Compensation for KUNV Program Director(D-2) - $200.00 per month Senator Wild moved to approve items J through N as a whole and Senator Mounts seconded. Vice-President moved to amend to exclude item M which was accepted as a friendly-amendment . K. Compensation for Beverage Manager(D-2) - $20 0.0 0 per month L. Compensation for Elections Board Chairman(D-4) - $40.00 per month only September through April N. Compensation for Organizations Board Chairman, Publi-cations Board Chairman, Security Coordinator, Bylaws Chairman, Radio Board Chairman - "the possibility of fringe benefits" The motion to approve items J, K, L and N passed with all in favor. M. Compensation for Vice-President Pro Tempore - $35.00 per month Vice-President Shaffer moved to amend compensation for Vice-President Pro Tempore to $50.00 per month, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. VI. Submission of Executive Board Nominations A. Compensation for Student Services Committee Chairman - (D-2) - $200.00 per month This item was considered earlier in the meeting. B. Compensation for UNLV Rebel Yell Editor(D-2) - $150.00 per month for June, July and August; (D-l) - $285.00 per month for remainder of the months Senator Pettit moved to approve the submission of Yell Editor(D-2) at $150.00 per month for June, July and August; (D-l) at $285.00 per month for remainder of the months, and Senator Mounts seconded. Senator Corrales moved to amend the submission to read $150.00 per month for June, July and August, and (D—1) at $325.00 per month for the re-mainder of the months. Senator Pettit seconded the amend-ment. Senator Pettit moved the previous question, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion to end debate failed with 6 in favor and 4 opposed. The vote on amending the submission of the Yell editor stipend to read $150.00 per mo. for June, July and August(D-2) and $325.00 per month for the re-mainder of the months was 8 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 ab-stention. The vote on accepting the amendment of the Yell editor stipend as a submission passed with 8 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Mounts moved for adjournment, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion was withdrawn. IX. New Business A. Submission of Bylaw #22 - Vice-President Shaffer This item was withdrawn. SENATE MEETING #30 - June 14, 19 8 3 page 9 B. Submission of Director Compensation - Vice-President Shaffer This item was withdrawn. C. Formation of G.P.A. Verification Committee - Senate President Clay Senator Eglet moved to suspend the rules and move into New Business item D then C, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 ab-stention . D. Approval of Senate Bill 013 - Senate President Clay Senate President Clay informed the Senate that the number of this Bill should be changed to Senate Bill 012 since S.B. 012 was withdrawn earlier. Senator Eglet moved to approve the following Bill: S.B. 012 IN THE SENATE OF THE CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA June 14, 19 83 Senator Robert Eglet introduced the following Bill: A BILL To establish a system for verifying requirements for CSUN Officer, Officials and applicants. I. Be it enacted by the Senate assembled that this bill be designated as the "Verification of Qualifications Bill." II. Upon passage of this bill, the Senate shall give sole author ity and responsibility to the Senate President to verify the qualifications of the CSUN Senators and applicants for all CSUN positions, except the CSUN Executive Board, accord-ing to the CSUN Constitution. III. Upon passage of this bill, the Senate shall establish a committee called the Qualifications Verification Committee. This committee shall consist of two Senators, which do not hold a position of Director or Chairman and the Senate Presi dent Pro Tempore. IV. Upon passage of this bill, the Qualifications Verification Committee shall be nominated and approved by the Senate. V. Upon passage of this bill, the Qualifications Verification Committee members shal" serve from the day of appointment to October 31. VI. Upon passage of this bill, the Qualifications Verification Committee members shall have the sole authority and responsi bilitv to verify the qualifications of the Executive Board members, according to the CSUN Constitution. VII. Upon passage of this bill, the Qualifications Verification Committee members shall have the sole authority to see that the Senate President has reported correctly, the infor-mation as set out in section II of this- bill. VIII. Upon passage of this bill, the Qualifications Verification SENATE MEETING #30 - June 14, 19 8 3 page 10 Committee members and the Senate resident shall be directed to keep all records and information of verifi-cations in strict confidence, and shall only report if the student qualifies or not, as per protection of the student. IX. Upon passage of this bill, the Qualifications Verifica-tion Committee members and the Senate President may break the strict confidence of the records and information ONLY if the student waives his right in writing. Vice-President Shaffer seconded the motion to approve S.B. 012. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. C. Formation of G.P.A. Verification Committee - Senate President Clay Senator Eglet nominated Jeff Chadwell and Sindy Glasgow as committee members. Senator Eglet moved to close nominations, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with 7 in favor, 2 opposed and 1 abstention. Senate President Clay informed the Senate that Jeff Chadwell is the chairman of this committee, since he was nominated first. Senator Eglet moved to approve Jeff Chadwell and Sindy Glasgow as members of this committee, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with 7 in favor, 2 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Mounts moved for adjournment, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion failed with 2 in favor, 6 opposed and 2 abstentions. VII. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Faculty Senate Committees 1. Academic Standards No report. B. Organizations Board(05/13/83 tabled) This item was not taken from the table. C. Publications Board(06/08/83) No action was taken on this item. D. Other No report. E. Appropriations Board There will be a meeting on Tuesday, June 21 at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the budget. Any interested parties are invited to attend. X. Open Discussion Senate President Clay requestedi-.that certain .Senators, and Senate President Pro Tempore Pasquantino see her as soon as possible. Senate President CSUN Secretary CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS ADDENDUM Senate Meeting #30 Session 13 06/14/83 4:00 p.m. MSU 20 3 Please include in section VI. Submission of Executive Board Nominations, item A. Compensation for Student Services Commit-tee Chairman(D-2) - $200.00 per month with Senator Corrales' motion to direct President Lee to sign his 9 cards, a motion to approve the Student Services Chairman's stipend of $200.00 per month. The approval of the directive and the approval of the $2 00.00 per month stipend for Student Services Chairman were incorporated into the same the motion. Section VI. with the addendum should read: VI. Submission of Executive Board Nominations A. Compensation for Student Services Committee Chairman (D-2) - $200.00 per month Senator Corrales moved to direct President Lee to sign the newly appointed Student Services Chairman's 9 cards for Summer Sessions I and II and to approve a $200.00 Der month stipend for the Student Services Chairman, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. Respectfully submitted by, Respectfully prepared by, CSUN Secretary UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477