Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 9, 1978

AGENDA SENATE MEETING NO. 2 May 9, 1978 Moyer Student Union Bldg. Room 203 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes No. 1 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Committee Reports VI. Old Business a. Physical Examinations b. Survey CSUN C. University Senate Vote on Faculty Senate VII. New Business a. Food Service Persons of America (Submit) $1,000 Grant from General Funds b. Postpone Meeting If 3 to May 23 c. Speaker Pro Tern (nominations) d. CSUN Senate seat Nominations VIII. Open Discussion IX. Ad j ournme n t MINUTES SENATE MEETING #2 May 9, 1978 Moyer Student Union Bldg. Room 203 I. Call to Order The second meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Speaker at 4:00 p.m., in Lounge 203 of the Moyer Student Union Building. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Lise Wyman DeAnn Turpen Ingrid Hegedus Scott Hoover Lorraine Alderman Leon Levitt Bruce Bayne Cindy Kiser Richard Simms Peggy Burnham Susana Reyes Jeanne Harkenrider Don Soderberg Andre' Bell Joe Matvay Absences Excused Dawn DuCharme Gretchen Smith Absences Unexcused Bob Biale John Dunkin Dave Bergen Jerry Gatch Bill Botos Greg McKinley Rob Nielsen III. Approval of Minutes #1 Motion made and seconded to approve the minutes of the First meeting under the new administration. Approved unanimously. IV. Executive Board Announcements The Speaker informed the Senate that from now on all senate meetings will start on time. Those arriving late will be marked unexcused for the meeting. Stipends - The Speaker announced it had been brought to his attention that the matter of Stipends was to be discussed at this meeting. He asked that everyone give this matter some thought with regard to the Executive Board and the Senate stipends. This item will be on the next Agenda for discussion. Committee List - The Speaker announced that a complete committee list has not been compiled as yet — and each application for a committee should come in on a Senate Information Sheet. The list of Committees in the boxes is a partial list but will give everyone a little idea of what is available. He asked that everyone try and get their Senate Information sheets .in by the last of May as he would like to be able to compile these boards no later than the first of June so that they can get most of these committees operable by then. University Senate — The Speaker announced the discussion on the University Senate would be discussed later in the Agenda — but he had received questions regarding the seating at today's meeting at Noon. Proxies were received by the Executive Officers and the meeting was attended by Chuck White, Gene Russo and himself. They managed to get six (6) representations. Statue Logo - The Speaker asked to table this until the next Senate meeting for discussion. Nomination of Pam Ross - The Speaker announced that it had been brought to his attention that Pam Ross had been nominated for Allied Health some time Minutes - Seriate Meeting #2 May 9, 1978 Page 2 ago while Ken Holt was still presiding over the Senate. This was not put on the last Agenda that Ken made for the Senate and, therefore, was not brought up at the last Senate meeting. Nominations were never formally closed on that seat. Because of that there was no need to bring it up as they were not in violation of our own statutes of procedures. This can be brought up later today under VII, "d". Me apologized to Pam Ross if this had caused her any inconvenience. Acceptance of nominations for both committees and Senate seat - The Speaker reported that each Senator should receive a copy of each person applying for a seat so they can be compared one from another. All the information will be on a standardized Senate Information sheet and when the vote is to be brought up on the agenda, these applications will be in the Senate boxes a few days before the meeting. The floor was handed over to President White who announced this was not for discussion at this time but will be placed on the Agenda of May 23rd. "The Mandatory Athletic Fee" and $2.00 requirement for each credit. Me reported the way its been handled now is to be an advisory vote to the senate the legislative body and in turn he would have to represent what the Senate dictates or mandate to him at the Regent's meeting in Elko, Nevada on May 26th. This is to be placed on the Agenda and it will be the Senators who will be representing the students as their constituents. Me asked that they do some thinking about it and check all angles on the Student Survey, which has something to do with the Athletic Fee, before they vote on May 23rd. Day Care Center — The President announced that he and Evelyn Ludeman are now in the process of trying to turn the Day Care Center into a licensed pre-school. Faculty Evaluation — The President further reported they have established a tentative way to evaluate the faculty but due to the time limit now, they would like to form a committee to sit down with Marshal and himself to discuss the plans and the ideas that they have already formulated. This will be an agenda item for meeting if3 on May 23rd. Anyone interested in being on this committee, should let him know before the next meeting. Summer Session Program — He announced they want to run a program for the summer session to see how it works and they will evaluate the program after the first session of summer is out. Jazz Ensemble — He announced the Jazz Ensemble's trip to Japan, an emergency $5,000 expenditure, will be submitted on the May 23rd meeting to be discussed. The Speaker made one more announcement to the effect that if any Senator can't make a Senate meeting, to give him their reason in writing why they can't. Anyone not abiding by this rule who has three unexcused absenses will lose his/her seat on the senate. Minutes - Senate Meeting if2 May 9, 1978 Page 3 V. Committee Reports Union Board - No report due to absence of Gene Russo. Activities Board - Tim Herlosky reported there would be another Blood Drive July 24th or 25th. Radio Board - No report at this time. VI. Old Business a. Physical Examinations The President reported he had spoken to Lilly Fong, Regent, regarding the required physical examinations and said it would be beneficial to the students if the Senate could present their opposition to the Regents. Dr. Cassese was asked why they have this requirement and he replied that most schools have them. He said he felt it would be nice if they let the students have their examinations here on campus as they are paying for a doctor. Dave Bergen said he felt it was a good idea to have a physical on record in case any of them were ever hurt. Rob Nielsen questioned why the students have to have a physical when the faculty doesn't. Don Soderberg asked Dr. Cassese if anyone had ever been turned down because they had not had a physical. Dr. Cassese said there are foreign students here on campus and care had to be taken to insure they didn't bring any diseases common in their homeland that would infect the UNLV students. The Speaker reported they are not releasing any packets now withhout a physical. Rob Nielsen said he would like to make a motion that this body,as a whole, suggest that we abolish the mandatory physical. The Speaker asked that this motion be made correctly so Dave Bergen proposed a resolution to the effect that we abolish the physical requirement. Seconded by Lorraine Alderman. Lorraine then spoke up and said she would like it to go on record that she was opposed to abolishing it. Further discussion followed with Bruce Bayne saying that he thought we should keep the requirement and ask the Regents if they couldn't get someone like the Family Doctors to give the students a discount. The President reported he had spoken to the nurse about holding up the packets and she said there was nothing she could do about it. There was a call to the question by Richard Simms, seconded and voted upon. The motion failed with 4 in favor; 11 against and 3 abstentions. b. CSUN Survey The President reported the survey was out and there was 12 or 14 questions on it of value. He stated there were three xerox copies of the survey in the CSUN office and asked the Senators to come to the office and read it as it will be discussed at a later date. Minutes - Senate Meeting #2 May 9, 1978 Page 4 c. University Senate Seats (Vote) The President reported there is a petition being circulated among the faculty to make this a faculty senate. If the vote passes, it will be sent to the Board of Regent's for approval. The gentleman who made up the petition when it would take effect but the petition has enough signatures to justify it being put to the faculty for a vote. Lise Wyman reported she had attended the meeting and thinks the Senators should write letters. If the vote takes effect right away, then the Senate can go to the Regents with it. VII. New Business a. Food Service Persons of America (Submit) $1,000 Grant from General Funds The Speaker advised the Senate to think about it and it will be voted upon at the next meeting. A letter from John Hunt had been passed around to the Senators stating why he opposed the expenditure. b. Postpone Meeting #3 to May 23 Due to examinations the week of May 16, a motion was made and seconded to postpone meeting #3 to May 23rd. Motion passed with 2 Nays, 2 abstentions. c. Speaker Pro Tem (nominations) The following were nominated: Don Soderberg Joe Ma tvay Susanna Reyes Ingrid Hegedus made a motion to close the nominations, seconded by Cindy Kiser. Motion passed with one abstention. d. CSUN Senate seat nominations The floor was opened for nominations COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Lily Racher UNIVERSITY SENATE Kevin McKinley BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jim McKinney Scott Gonzales HOTEL COLLEGE * Danny Campbell Out-of-Order with the following results: FRESHMAN CLASS * Out-of-Order Phyllis Jackson Debbie Ruth JUNIOR CLASS * DeAnn Turpen Out-of-Order ARTS & LETTERS * Out-of-Order Jane Campbell Jennifer Houston Mike Winer The Speaker ruled the Hotel, Freshman, Junior and Arts & Letters' nominations out-of-order since there was no vacancies until May 15,-1978, and asked that the nominations not be closed in order to give the new Senators a chance to submit names. The four named out-of-order will be on the Agenda at the next meeting. Dave Bergen made a motion to table any other nominations until May 23rd. Seconded by Ingrid Hegedus. Motion passed with one abstention. Minutes - Senate Meeting #2 May 9, 1978 Page 5 VIII. Open Discussion Richard Simms as a point of information, "How can you table certain items?" The Speaker replied that you cannot submit something and vote on it at the same meeting. There being no further items submitted for open discussion,due to the fact the Speaker had asked at the start of the meeting to try and cut this meeting short,because tha AWARDS banquet was being held that night — IX. Adjournment Bruce Bayne motioned for adjournment, seconded and passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 4:50 p.m. until Tuesday, May 23, 1978. Respectfully submitted by: Florida Edwards CSUN Secretary May 9, 1978 TO: ALL CSUN SENATORS FROM: JOHN A. HUNT, Vice President Finance & Communicatio^K/V^ RE: HOTEL ASSOCIATION'S REQUEST FOR FUNDS In my opinion, the Hotel Association's request for $1,000 is an ill-appropriate request for two reasons: 1. The balance in the General Expense Account currently has to be used for secretary salaries, CSUN stipends, and general administrative expenses -- and I feel that this request for $1,000 would severly deplete the remaining balance in that account. 2. The $1,000 would not benefit the whole student body and, as you know, all matching fund requests are contingent upon this factor. Therefore, since they did not apply for matching funds, which the limit would have been for $500.00, and the fact mentioned above -- that it does not apply to all students -- as Vice President for Finance & Communication, it is my professional opinion that this request be denied. JAII: f e