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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 19, 1983

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    CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #22 Session #13 4:00 p.m. April 19, 1983 MSU 203 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #21 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A._ Financial Aid Member - Jack McClary B. Grievance Committee Member - Frank Regina C. Appropriations Board Member - John Bostaph D. Student Services, Grievance Committee Members - Virgil Jackson E. Bylaws Committee Chairman - August Corrales VI. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Ad Hoc Committees B. Bylaws Committee C. Elections Board D. Faculty Committees 1. Financial Aid (4-13-83) 2. Academic Standards (4-13-83) E. President's Committees F. Publications Board G. Student Services Committee H. Other I. Appropriations Board VII. Unfinished Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Health Sciences (1) 2. Education (1) UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #21 - AGENDA - April 19, 1983 page 2 a. Julie Gwerre VIII. New Business A. Contract with Hazel Ketchum B. Appointment of Academic Advisement Senator 1. Zellie Dow 2. Holly Reed C. Dissolution of Ad Hoc Code Committee CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting #22 Session #13 4:00 p.m. April 19, 1983 MSU 20 3 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. Senate President Wild passed the gavel to Senate President-elect Clay. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance David Mounts Stephanie Pettit John Bostaph John Pasquantino August Corrales Frank Regina - absent Trent Parks Robert Eglet Mike Waller Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson Calvin Valvo - leave of absence Catherine Clay Marc Miller Jim Eells Eric Emerson Cara Iddings III. Approval of Minutes #21 Senate President Wild moved to approve the minutes from Meeting #21, and Senator Bostaph seconded. Senator Eglet moved to amend to delete under Unfinished Business, item A, the second paragraph under section #3 which reads:1 "Senator Clay moved to close nominations for the Academic Advisement Senate Seat, and Vice-President Eckert seconded. Vice President Eckert rescinded her second so Senator Eglet seconded the motion. This motion passed with 6 in favor, 0 opposed and 8 abstentions." Senator Mounts seconded the amendment which passed with 7 in favor, 5 opposed and 2 abstentions. There being no objections, the minutes stood approved as amended. IV. Executive Board Announcements 1. President Oshinski Dr. Jerry Mandell has been hired to take the position of Executive Vice-President. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #22 - April 19, 19 8 3 page 2 Rick went to the hearing for Assembly Bill 4-11 on Thursday. There was no vote taken on the issue. They have decided to schedule another hearing date. Rick says that it looks good for A.B. 4-11 getting through the Assembly. At the Board of Regents' meeting last week, there were some major code revisions passed. On April 24, 19 83, there will be the UNLV Foundation Silver Celebration. The Foundation is the central fundraising unit for the University. There will be a number of events planned for the day, and Tony Orlando will be doing a concert at Ham Hall The admission price for students is $5.00. 2. Senate President Wild All the appointments for CSUN boards and committees are upon on April 30th except for the Bylaws Committee and the Judicial Council. Jef is proposing that this Executive Board meet with the new Executive Board to discuss possible extensions of appointments. Jef felt that the number of voters increased in this past election due to the fact that restrictions were lifted and there was no spending limit. 3. Senate President Pro Tempore Clay Please add New Business item D, Publications Board Auto-nomy Bill, item E, transfers in Mr. Fitchet's memo dated April 18 and item F, Senate Directive to Bylaws Committee. Catherine announced that she would like to meet with all of the Senators some time soon. Also, please add VII, B, Nominations for Academic Advisement Senate Seat. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Senator Eells moved to approve Jack McClary as a member of the Financial Aid Committee, and Senator Jackson seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 ab-stention. B. Senator Emerson moved to approve Frank Regina as a member of the Grievance Committee, and Senator Miller seconded. The motion passed with all in favor, C. Senator Corrales moved to approve John Bostaph as a member of the Appropriations Board, and Senator Eells seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 absten-tion. D. Senator Jackson moved to approve Virgil Jackson as a member of the Student Services Committee and Grievance Committee, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. E. Vice-President Eckert moved to approve August Corrales as chairman of the Bylaws Committee, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. Senate President Wild moved to ^.suspend the rules- and move into Executive Board Announcements, and Vice-President Eckert seconded The motion passed with 12 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 abstention. IV. Executive Board Announcements 1. Senate President Wild Jef wanted to inform the Senate that the Executive Board had decided to remove Sam Lieberman from the Grievance SENATE MEETING #21 - AGENDA - April 19, 1983 page 2 Committee and Phil Horn from the Academic Standards Com-mittee . VI. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Ad Hoc Committee Reports There was no report. B. Bylaws Committee There was no quorum at their last meeting. C. Elections Board Chairman Goussak read the minutes from the meeting held on April 18, 198 3. Senator Eglet moved to amend the minutes to read that Karen Eckert and Robert Eglet1s Security Deposits be completely refunded. Vice-Presi-dent Eckert seconded the motion. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Miller seconded. The motion failed with 9 in favor and 5 opposed. Senator Mounts moved to amend the motion that all filing fees be refunded except for C. Lee's and Karen Eckert's, and Senator Miller seconded. Senator Eells moved the previous question and Senator Waller seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 2 opposed. The amendment to refund everyone's security deposits except for C. Lee's and Karen Eckert's failed with 4 in favor, 6 opposed and 4 abstentions. Senator Eglet moved to amend the amendment to return Mark Shaffer's, Robert Eglet's and Catherine Clay's Security Deposits in full, and to keep $16.00 of Clarence Lee's and $7.50 of Karen Eckert's Security Deposits, and Senator Miller seconded. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Waller seconded. The motion passed with 10 in favor, 4 opposed. The vote on the amendment to return everyone's security deposits in full except for C. Lee's and Karen Eckert's security deposits was passed with 8 in favor, 4 opposed and 1 abstention. Senate President Wild moved the previous: question^ and Senator Waller seconded. The vote on the amended amendment which was to give back all the Security Deposits in full except for Clarence Lee's and Karen Eckert's deposits from which will be taken $16.0 0 and $7.50, respectively, was 10 in favor, 4 opposed and 0 abstentions. Vice-President Eckert moved the previous question and Senator Waller seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor and 1 opposed. The motion to approve the minutes as amended passed with 11 in favor, 2 opposed and 1 abstention. F. Publications Board Stephanie Pettit read the minutes from the meeting held on April 13, 1983. This emergency meeting was called to order at 1:10 p.m. The members present were Lisa Griffith, Randy Hockfeld, Joseph McCullough and Linda Lehman. The members excused absent were Stephanie Pettit, Richard Kal-ian, Mario Guerrina and Bill DiBenedetto. Though the board did not achieve quorum, the board discussed the grievance filed by David Mann. The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 p.m. Senator Corrales moved to approve the minutes and Senator Eells seconded. Senator Emerson moved to amend the minutes to delete everything in section III except for the first sentence, and Senator Miller seconded. The amendment passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions-. The motion SENATE MEETING #22 - April 19, 19 8 3 page 4 to approve the minutes as amended passed with all in favor. H. Other Senator Mounts informed the Senate that there will be a New Business item to approve the contract with Hazel Ketcham. Vice-President Eckert announced that there was supposed to be an Organizations Board Meeting on Wednesday, April 14 but the agendas did not have the correct date on them. The next meeting will be held tomorrow, April 20 at 3:30 p.m. I. Appropriations Board Chairman Goussak read the minutes from the meeting held on April 18, 1983 at 5:30 p.m. The members present were Cara Iddings, Greg Goussak, Karen Eckert and David Mounts. Pam Jacka was- unexcused absent and Sindy Glasgow was excused absent. The minutes from meeting #32 were approved. There were no further action items, and the meeting was adjourned at 5:54 p.m. Senator Emerson moved to approve the minutes and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. VII. Unfinished Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Health Sciences (1) Senator Mounts nominated Scott Day and moved to close nominations for the Health Sciences seat, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 4 opposed and 1 abstention. 2. Education (1) a. Julie Gwerre Vice-President Eckert moved to close nominations for the Education Senate Seat, and Senator Miller seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 4 opposed and 1 abstention. 3. Academic Advisement (!) Senator Eglet nominated Sari: Bloom, and Senator Corrale?- seconded. Senator Eglet moved to close nominations-, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 2 opposed and 1 abstention. VIII, New Business A. Contract with Hazel Kethchum Senator Eglet moved to table approval of the contract with Hazel Ketchum indefinitely, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor and 3 opposed. B. Appointment of Academic Advisement Senator 1. Zellie Dow~ 2. Holly Reed This item will be taken care of next week. C. Dissolution of Ad Hoc Code Committee Vice-President Eckert moved to approve the dissolution of the Code Committee and Senate President Wild seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 3 opposed and 2 absten-tions . D„ Approval of S.B. 008 (Autonomy Bill For CSI3N Publications) - Senator Eglet SENATE MEETING #22 - April 19, 19 8 3 page 5 President Oshinski moved to approve S.B. 008r and Senator Jackson seconded. Senate President Pro Tempore Clay ruled the motion out of order because it contradicts the constitution, Article V, section F, part 4. Presi-dent Oshinski moved to appeal the decision of the chair and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 4 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Emerson moved to table the approval of S.B. 00 8 indefinitely, and Vice- President Eckert seconded. The motion failed with 5 in favor and 9 opposed. Senate President Wild moved the pre-vious question, and Senator Jackson seconded. The motion failed with 9 in favor and 5 opposed. Senator Emerson moved the previous question, and Senate President Wild seconded. The motion failed with 9 in favor, and 5 opposed. Senator Corrales moved to refer the S.B. 00 8 to the By-laws Committee, and Senator Emerson seconded. Senator Eglet moved for a 10 minute recess. Senate President Pro Tempore Clay called for a 10 minutes recess. The meeting was called back to order at 5:52 p.m. Roll Call Members in Attendance David Mounts Stephanie Pettit John Bo staph. John Pasquantino August Corrales Frank Regina - absent Trent Parks Robert Eglet Mike Waller Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson Calvin Valvo - leave of absence Catherine Clay Marc Miller Jim Eells Eric Emerson Cara Iddings The vote on the motion to refer S.B. 00 8 to the Bylaws Com-mittee was 6 in favor, 7 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Eglet moved to amend the Bill to replace the word "hire" in section II with the word "nominate" and to delete in section, IV, the words "effective upon approval by the CSUN Senate," and Senator Emerson seconded. The vote on the previous question passed with 13 in favor and 1 opposed. The amendment passed with 11 in favor, 3 opposed and 0 abstentions. The motion to approve the Bill as amended passed with 11 in favor, 3 opposed and 0 abstentions. E. Approval of Transfer from Fitchet's Memo dated April 18, 1983 Senator Pasquantino moved to approve the following trans-fers : A. Transfer $3000.00 from 900-1400 to 906-1400 B. Transfer $3000.00 from 906-3000 to 905-3000 SENATE MEETING #21 - AGENDA - April 19, 1983 page 2 C. Transfer $1500.00 from 905-3100 to 906-2100 D. Transfer $3000.00 from 905-1100 to 906-1100 Senate President Wild seconded. The motion passed with 10 in favor, 3 opposed and 0 abstentions. F. Senate Directive to the Executive Board - Senate President Wild Senate President made a motion that the Senate direct the present and new Executive Boards to meet on April 27 to determine which department heads or committee chairmen's appointments will be extended until new people are appointed and also determine their compensation, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. IX. Open Discussion Senate President Pro Tempore Clay announced that there will be a press conference tomorrow at 12:15 in the Oasis Room. Friday, April 22 r- KUMV will be having its Anniversary Party. Senate President Wild made a motion for adjournment which Senator EelIs seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. Respectfully prepared by, Catherine Clay CSUN Senate President Pro Tempore Lynn Best CSUN Secretary Respectfully submitted by,