Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 10, 2000

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President STEPH DAVY STUDENT SENATE MEETING 30-24 Monday, July 10, 2000 MSU 201, 3:00PM Stephanie Gonzales Senate President Pro-Tempore Health Sciences Monica Moradkhan Education Sheridan Green Engineering Amanda Brink Hotel Administration Joseph Cordone Business Traci Cornelison Health Sciences Samra Dayani Urban Affairs Kathleen Holbron Liberal Arts Sarah Bowers Business Karin Humphrey 'udent Development Mmy Soldano Business Collin Dick Sciences Chris Powell Education Eric Woodson Student Development Marissa Geffen Urban Affairs Clay Peister Hotel Administration Kelley Debelak Education I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. ANNOUNCEMENTS IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Business Manager Report D. Directors' Reports VI. OLD BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of up to two (2) senators to serve on the Educational Policies Committee; B. Action Item: Nomination/Election of a chair for the Educational Policies Committee; C. Action Item: Nomination/Election of up to four (4) senators to serve on the Constitutional Revisions Committee; VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of a chair for the Constitutional Revisions Committee; B. Action Item: Nomination/Election of up to two (2) senators to serve on the Rules and Ethics Committee as recommended by the Executive Board. C. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one person to serve as the CSUN Vice President Pro-Tempore for the term of the current Executive Board, in accordance with the CSUN Constitution and Bylaws. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the CSUN Vice President remuneration to be six (6) credit hours per semester and 435.00 per month. E. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) student to serve as senator for the College of Engineering. F. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) student to serve as senator for the College of Hotel Administration. G. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) student to serve as senator for the College of Business. H. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) student to serve as senator for the College of Fine Arts. I. Action Item: Nomination/Election of up to two (2) students to serve as senators for the College of Liberal Arts. J. Action Item: Nomination/Election of a Vice Chair for the Ways & Means Committee as submitted by SENATOR BOWERS. K. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of investigating the use of the funds allocated to Beta Theta Pi, in Spring of 2000, as submitted by SENATOR BOWERS. L. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of investigating the use of funds allocated to Golden Key Honor Society, in Spring of 2000, as submitted by SENATOR BOWERS. VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT {in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)} IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS X. GOOD OF THE SENATE XI. 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. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President STEPH DAVY STUDENT SENATE MEETING MINUTES 30-24 Monday, July 10, 2000 MSU 201, 3:00PM Stephanie Gonzales Senate President Pro-Tempore Health Sciences Monica Moradkhan Education Sheridan Green Engineering Amanda Brink Hotel Administration Joseph Cordone Business Traci Cornelison Health Sciences Samra Dayani Urban Affairs Kathleen Holbron Liberal Arts Sarah Bowers Business Karin Humphrey tudent Development i my Soldano Business Collin Dick Sciences Chris Powell Education Eric Woodson Student Development Marissa Geffen Urban Affairs Clay Peister Hotel Administration Kelley Debelak Education RJPetlyn Engineering Brandon Ring Business Lisa Fleming Liberal Arts Jamie Homampour Liberal Arts I. CALL TO ORDER SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY called Senate Meeting 30-24 to order at 3:03 PM. II. ROLL CALL PRESENT ABSENT Sarah Bowers Amanda Brink*(arrived at 3:10PM) Joesph Cordone* (arrived at 3:30PM) Traci Cornelison Kelly Debelak Collin Dick* (arrived at 3:05PM) Marissa Geffen Stephanie Gonzales Sheridan Green Karin Humphrey Monica Moradkhan Clay Peister Chris Powell Amy Soldano Eric Woodson * denotes tardiness III. ANNOUNCEMENTS There was none. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES There was none. V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS Samra Dayani (excused) Kathleen Holbron (excused) A. Senate Committee Reports CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 SENATOR BOWERS reported that the Ways and Means committee met and a Vice Chair was elected. Action items K, L, and J are not supposed to be on the agenda and in reference to those issues SENATOR BOWERS reported that everything is being taken care of and okay. B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports There was none. C. Business Manager Report BUSINESS MANAGER MOORE stated the weekly expenditures: $36.85, $49.70, $302.50, $159.74, and $367.41. D. Directors' Reports ENTERTAINING AND PROGRAMMING-DIRECTOR McCLENAHAN stated that September 29th is the designated date for Rock the Vote. Phil Burns has requested that each senator help out with the UNLV Welcome Crew. It would be best if each senator would stand near their respective colleges and answer any questions students may have. Also, there are going to be three tables set up around campus (T&M, MSU, and Sycamore Grove), we need volunteers to man the tables. He has sign up sheets available, see him to sign up. He is also looking for local bands and if you have any recommendations be sure to speak with DIRECTOR McCLENAHAN. NEVADA STUDENT AFFAIRS-DIRECTOR BOHLKE stated that she has primarily been working on the Rock the Vote project, but that this event might be changed to MTV's Choose or Loose. It is contingent on sponsors in the marketing department. CSUN STUDENT SERVICES-DIRECTOR HALE stated that she is nearly finished with the recognition packet for student organizations. She is presently composing a new letter and contract information so that people can be informed about requirements and dates for memberships. Any parties interested in forming an organization can get this information in the CSUN office. OFFICE OF STUDENT INFORMATION-DIRECTOR SMYLIE was not present. ELECTIONS BOARD-ASSITANT DIRECTOR WAINSCOTT was not present. SENATOR DICK arrives at 3:05 PM. VI. OLD BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of up to two (2) senators to serve on the Educational Policies Committee; SENATOR GONZALES moved to remove the item from the table, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATOR GONZALES moved to open nominations, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATOR BOWERS moved to nominate SENATOR GEFFEN, who accepted the nomination, seconded by SENATOR M. MORADKHAN. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to nominate SENATOR DEBELAK, seconded by SENATOR GONZALES. Action Item A. was approved as a unanimous acclamation for SENATOR GEFFEN and SENATOR DEBELAK. B. Action Item: Nomination/Election of a chair for the Educational Policies Committee; SENATOR GONZALES moved to remove the item from the table, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to open nominations, seconded by SENATOR GONZALES. SENATOR BOWERS moved to nominate SENATOR M. MORADKHAN, seconded by SENATOR GONZALES. Action Item B. was approved as a unanimous acclamation for SENATOR M. MORADKHAN. C. Action Item: Nomination/Election of up to four (4) senators to serve on the Constitutional Revisions Committee; SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to remove the action item from the table, seconded by SENATOR DICK. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to open nominations, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to nominate SENATOR DEBELAK, seconded by SENATOR GEFFEN. SENATOR GEFFEN moved to nominate SENATOR PEISTER, seconded by SENATOR WOODSON. SENATOR DICK moved to nominate SENATOR GONZALES, seconded by SENATOR WOODSON. Action Item C. was approved as a unanimous acclamation for SENATORS DEBELAK, PEISTER, and GONZALES. SENATOR BRINK arrives at 3:10 PM. VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of a chair for the Constitutional Revisions Committee; Ruled out of order. B. Action Item: Nomination/Election of up to two (2) senators to serve on the Rules and Ethics Committee as recommended by the Executive Board. SENATOR BOWERS moved to open nominations, seconded by SENATOR CORNELISON. SENATOR BOWERS moved to nominate SENATOR GONZALES, seconded by SENATOR CORNELISON. Move into vote. Motion passes (13-0-1). (SENATOR GONZALES abstained). SENATOR GONZALES moved to move out of the order of the agenda to Action Item E, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. There was brief discussion regarding this motion. Move into vote. Motion passes (14-0-0). E. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) student to serve as senator for the College of Engineering. SENATOR BOWERS moved to waive Bylaw 4 for the remainder of the meeting, seconded by SENATOR CORNELISON. Move into vote on the motion. Motion passes (13-1-0). (SENATOR GREEN opposed). SENATOR GONZALES moved to open nominations, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATOR GONZALES moved to nominate RJ Peltyn and Issa Lutfi, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY closes nominations. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to allow each candidate to speak for no more than 2 minutes followed by a question and answer, followed by a separate vote for each person, seconded by SENATOR GONZALES Move into vote. Motion passes (14-0-0). Candidate RJ Peltyn speaks. No questions were asked. Candidate Issa Lutfi speaks. SENATOR GONZALES asked what his specific goals for the position SENATOR GONZALES remarked that the Senate should vote for the most qualified candidate and not vote for someone because of personal reasons. Moved into vote on the item. Candidate Peltyn receives seat (7-1-6). (SENATORS GONAZALES, BRINK, BOWERS, DICK, WOODSON, GEFFEN, and PEISTER voted for Candidate Peltyn). (SENATOR M. MORADKHAN voted for Candidate Lutfi). (SENATORS GREEN, CORNELISON, HUMPHREY, SOLDANO, POWELL, and DEBELAK abstained). F. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) student to serve as senator for the College of Hotel Administration. SENATOR GONZALES moved to open nominations, seconded by SENATOR M. MORADKHAN. SENATOR GONZALES moved to nominate David Fauske, seconded by SENATOR WOODSON. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to table the item, seconded by SENATOR POWELL. Move into vote to table the item. Motion passes (11-3-0) (SENATORS BOWERS, PIESTER, and GONZALES opposed). G. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) student to serve as senator for the College of Business. SENATOR GONZALES, moved to open nominations, seconded by SENATOR WOODSON. SENATOR WOODSON, moved to nominate Christopher DiLorenzo, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATOR GONZALES moved to nominate Candidates Rachel Franco, Lann Higa, Brandon Ring, Julie Kuntz, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to allow each candidate to speak for no more than two minutes followed by a brief question and answer followed by a roll call vote, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. Move into a vote. Motion passes 14-0-0. Candidate DiLorenzo speaks. No questions were asked. SENATOR CORDONE arrived at 3:30 PM. Candidate Franco speaks. SENATOR WOODSON asked if she has any ideas to what she would like to do for her college. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN asked if she has read the CSUN Constitution. Candidate Higa speaks. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN asked if he could go into more detail regarding his application. SENATOR POWELL asked if he had any specific goals for the college. > Candidate Ring speaks. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN asked a few questions. Candidate Kuntz speaks. SENATOR CORDONE asked what her ideas were about getting her word SENATOR BOWERS asked if she was involved in any student organizations. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN asked if she has read the CSUN Constitution. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to go into closed session, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. Motion passes (14-0-0). SENATOR CORNEILSON moved to go back to open session. Motion passes (14-0-0). SENAT E PRESIDENT ruled the meeting back into order at 3:45PM. Move into vote. Ring recieves the seat (5-7-2). (SENATORS BRINK, HUMPRHEY, SOLDANO, GEFFEN, and PEISTER voted for DiLorenzo). (SENATORS GONZALES, M. MORADKHAN, GREEN, CORNELISON, BOWERS, DICK, DEBELAK voted for Ring). (SENATORS POWELL and WOODSON abstained). H. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one (1) student to serve as senator for the College of Fine Arts. Ruled out of order I. Action Item: Nomination/Election of up to two (2) students to serve as senators for the College of Liberal Arts. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to open nominations, seconded by SENATOR CORDONE. SENATOR WOODSON moved to nominate Jamie Homampour and Lisa Fleming, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATOR BOWERS moved to allow each candidate to speak for no more than two minutes followed by a brief question and answer session followed by a roll call vote, seconded by SENATOR WOODSON. Move into a vote. Motion passes (15-0). Candidate Fleming speaks. No questions Candidate Homampour speaks. SENATOR BOWERS asked how he planned on getting students involved. SENATOR BRINK asked since his last run with elections how his perceptions have changed. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to move into closed session, seconded by SENATOR GONZALES. Move into a vote. Motion passes (13-2-0). (SENATOR GREEN and SENATOR CORDONE oppose.) SENATOR GREEN moved to move into open session, seconded by SENATOR GONZALES. Move into a vote. Motion passes (15-0-0). SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY ruled the meeting back to order at 4:04 PM. Move into vote on the item. Both Candidate Fleming and Homampour receive seat (15-15-0). SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY moved for a five minute recess in order for the new Senators to be sworn in. SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY called meeting back to order at 4:11 PM. SENATOR GONZALES moved to go back into the order of the agenda, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. Move into vote. Motion passes (19-0-0). C. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one person to serve as the CSUN Vice President Pro-Tempore for the term of the current Executive Board, in accordance with the CSUN Constitution and Bylaws. SENATOR M. MORADKHAN moved to open nominations, seconded by SENATOR DICK. SENATOR GONZALES moved to nominate SENATOR GREEN, seconded by SENATOR HUMPHREY. SENATOR GONZALES waived the floor to the STUDENT BODY VP KNAPP. STUDENT BODY VP KNAPP spoke regarding his need for this position and his manner of deciding who would be most adequately fit for the position. SENATOR GREEN is up for the seat because of seniority. SENATOR GREEN speaks. Hands out duties and responsibilities for the VP Pro-Tempore. These responsibilities would be to assist with directors' evaluations, attend Board of Regents meetings if necessary, attend meetings as the Vice President's proxy, Chair of the Faculty Excellence Awards Committee, provide assistance to directors, and perform duties as delegated by the Senate. SENATOR BOWERS asks a question to why this is necessary. STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT KNAPP speaks of the busy upcoming schedule and the demand for the position. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT P. MORADKHAN speaks of the upcoming projects the Executive Board is facing and expresses his hopes the Senate will back the program. SENATOR CORDONE speaks in support of the item. SENATOR GREEN reiterates the points discussed. Move into vote on the item. Motion passes (19-0-0). D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the CSUN Vice President Pro- Tempore remuneration to be six (6) credit hours per semester and 435.00 per month. SENATOR GONZALES, moved to amend the action, seconded by SENATOR BRINK to state: "Discussion/Approval of the CSUN Vice President Pro-Tempore remuneration to be twelve (12) credit hours per semester and 435.00 per month" seconded by SENATOR WOODSON. Move into vote on the amendment. Motion passes (8-4-7). (SENATORS DICK, CORDONE, BOWERS, CORNELISON opposed.) (SENATORS HOMAPOUR, BRINK, GEFFEN, HUMPHREY, PETLYN, DEBELAK, and M. MORADKHAN abstain.) Move into vote on the action item. Motion passes (16-0-3) (SENATORS M. MORADKHAN, BOWERS, and GREEN abstain.) J. Action Item: Nomination/Election of a Vice Chair for the Ways & Means Committee as submitted by SENATOR BOWERS. Ruled out of order. K. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of investigating the use of the funds allocated to Beta Theta Pi, in Spring of 2000, as submitted by SENATOR BOWERS. Ruled out of order. L. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of investigating the use of funds allocated to Golden Key Honor Society, in Spring of 2000, as submitted by SENATOR BOWERS. Ruled out of order. VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT {in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)} IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT KNAPP reported the past week had been slow but that he met with the Special Fees Committee and there is discussion to raise fees for Science classes. SENATOR DICK should meet with this committee to discuss the situation. STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT KNAPP is presently working on performance evaluations for the directors. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT P. MORADKHAN reported that he met with Dr. Mills the Interim VP which he attended with Director McClenahan. They discussed things to get her more familiar with Student Government. The Executive Board is working on incoming cards for Freshman to get them involved. There is a BBQ scheduled for August 25 for orientation. There is an award case now in the office. In addition to the case there are new cubicle walls, etc, going up. The Regents Meeting is August 10-11th. New case in office (award). New cubicle walls, etc. Regents meeting AUG 10-11. There is a meeting of the ADVISORY COUNCIL on August 1. Regarding the budget, STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT P. MORADKHAN is not planning on taking money out of contingency funds. No more money will be signed out. SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY said the Chairs of Committees should hold a meeting so we know what is going on. She sent thanks to Sarah, Candidate Fauske, and Rosan. There is still a Fine Arts seat available— try to find people that are interested and have them apply. SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY'S Clothesline project is a go with the Women's Center for take back the night. X. GOOD OF THE SENATE SENATOR M. MORADKHAN stated congratulations to new Senators and that they have met with the head of the advising center. They are working on a newsletter and a mass mailing. They have also developed a e-mail for the College of Education so those students can contact their respective Senators. SENATOR GREEN stated gratitude for the Pro-tempore Vice President position. He ensured the jobs importance and is happy to take the position. He will be resigning at the end of the month for the engineer seat and will help in finding replacements. Have a good third session.. SENATOR RING stated he is happy to be part of the Senate. SENATOR PELTYN stated he is happy to be appointed, and thankful. SENATOR POWELL stated he still has not accomplished his binge drinking goal. SENATOR BRINK stated she is hoping for a new senator soon. She wants to meet with other senators before the fall session starts. She added that she thought the Good of the Senate is for just that—the good of the Senate—to talk about what we are doing in a positive fashion. SENATOR BRINK was hurt at the last meeting—she is not in approval of night time activities being discussed. It should be used for other things: not alcohol related activities. She hopes we can eliminate such behavior. SENATOR HOMAPOUR stated that he was at the last meeting and agrees with SENATOR BRINK. SENATOR CORDONE stated congratulations to new Senators and SENATOR GREEN. He added he was disappointed that he wasn't approached for the position. He ended with remarking that we should keep everything professional and that the Senate is here for a reason and that professionalism is essential. SENATOR CORNELISON had no comment. SENATOR BOWERS stated Congratulations for the new Senators, and she hopes everyone is enjoying their summer. SENATOR HUMPHREY had no comment. SENATOR SOLDANO had no comment. SENATOR DICK stated that he definitely agrees with SENATOR BRINK and that the Senate should be more professional and serious and that he hopes to see an improvement in the fall. SENATOR FLEMING stated she thought it was only one seat for her college but that she was happy to take one seat with SENATOR HOMAPOUR. She looks forward to getting involved. SENATOR WOODSON stated it is great to see smiling faces. He has an appointment with the Dean of Student Development and he is working on a newsletter. SENATOR GEFFEN stated congratulations and that she is meeting with the Dean in the beginning of August. She would like to meet with SENATOR DAYANI before that. SENATOR PEISTER had no comment. SENATOR DEBELAK stated for all to enjoy the summer. SENATOR GONZALES stated congratulations to new Senators and that the Senate Workshop date in the moving stages. XI. ADJOURNMENT SENATOR GONZALES moved to adjourn, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. Move into a vote. Motion passes (19-0-0). SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY adjourned meeting at 4:35 PM. 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. Submitted by: Prepared by: Rosan E. Mitola SENATE SECRETARY