Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 2, 1998

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government TERRY A. MOORE in; Joaquin F. Trujillo Senate President Pro-Tempore Business Nicole Lehman Education David Shapiro Sciences Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Jenny Marshall Health Sciences Marty Weinberg Business Scott Ceci Business Richard Kimbrough Urban Affairs David Fisk \ Education Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Hotel Administration Heather A. Hamilton Lrban Affairs T K. Canepa . I Administration Leia M. Cartwright Student Development Jamie T. Hemington Education Jerry K. Jury Student Development Aaron M. Clemens Student Development Ryland G. Wliitaker Engineering Tony Zaranti Hotel Administration Melissa Colen Business Anne-Marie Lazaroff Fine Arts Christian Augustin Liberal Arts John P. 1. Garcia Health Sciences I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. STUDENT SENA TE MEETING 28-12 Monday, March 2,1998 Moyer Student Union Room 201 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES ANNOUNCEMENTS BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS CO N.1 CO - « o 3 s» ' i/i rn m- c i ocz A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Director Reports 1. Nevada Student Affairs; DIRECTOR CONTINE; 2. Elections Board, DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN; 3. Organizations Board, SENATOR TRUJILLO; 4. Entertainment & Programming, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HIRSCHTRITT 5. Office of Student Information, DIRECTOR A YON; D. Residence Hall Liaison Report E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report F. Ethnic Student Council Liaison Report G. Business Manager Report UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of three representatives to serve on the MSU Needs Assessment Committee, the first meeting being Friday, March 6th at 2pm; B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of co-sponsorship with CCD for the accumulation of 8,000 student planners for the 1998-1999 academic year for the amount of $6,000 to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 (Student Services) Account, as submitted by SENATOR AUGUSTIN; ooar co CO Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Senate Bill 28-03 regarding revision of Senate Bylaw 5, as submitted by SENATOR MARSHALL; see attachments 1 D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Assistant Elections Board Director Keith McLain to receive $100.00 stipend per month for the months of March and April, as submitted by SENATOR MARSHALL; 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 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. nmcmerttz | Senate Bill No. 03 of the 28th Session INTRODUCED BY: Senator David Fisk Summary: This bill will give structure, along with standing committee status to the Constitution Revision committee. We, the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, represented in the CSUN Senate, do enact as follows: (Additions are underlined, deletions are bracketed) SENATE BYLAW 5 (CONST'" ' ' t i n * SUBCOMMITTEE] CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION COMMITTEE [I. Proposed constitutional amendments presented to the Senate shall be referred to an Ad Hoc Constitutional Revision committee appointed by the Senate.) I. Purpose The purpose of the Constitutional Revision committee shall be to review ali proposed constitutional amendments on the basis of relevance and necessity and refer them to the Senate. [II. Membership oi the committee shall include ai least two (2) members of the Bylaws committee.} tl. Structure Constitutional Revision sriatt consist of the following: A, The chair, who must be a senator, E At least four (4), but no more than seven (7) CSUN Members, all of which must be senators, Ai least two (2) members must also be members of.the Bylaws committee, LL All members of this committee will be nominated through the Senate, [HI. The Ad Hoc Constitution Revision committee shall present its findings and recommendations to the Senate on a date specified by the Senate.] UL Duties, Powers, and Responsibilities The Chair: 1 Shall be nominated and appointed by the Senate; 2, Shall preside over all of the official meetings, he/she, or the chair's designee, will maintain all agendas and minutes, and be responsible for the attendance records of the committee; •L The Chair shall assign excused/unexcused absences to members of the Committee: 1 Shall vote only to break a tie: 5, cSohmalml uitntedee;r take all charges deemed necessary by the full 6= Shall have the- powerto remove any memberwith three B) o r more absences. i i The Vice Chair 1 Shall assume the roi l of the Cfratr m the temporary or permanent absence of the Chair, and will assume all responsibilities of the position therein; 2. Shalhetain fall voting privileges: 1 Shall undertake all charges as deemed appropriate by the full committee. £L The committee shall present its findings to the Senate no later than twenty (20) working days before the next general election. EL The CSUN Senate by a two-thirds (2/3) vote shall be empowered to place the proposed revision on the next general election ballot for student approval, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government TERRY A. MOORE Joaquin F. Trujillo Senate President Pro-Tempore Business i\'icole Lehman Education David Shapiro Sciences Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Jenny Marshall Health Sciences Marty Weinberg Business Scott Ceci VIII. Business Richard Kimbrough Urban Affairs David Fisk Education Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Hotel Administration Heather A. Hamilton Urban Affairs v A'. Canepa el Administration Leia M. Cartw right Student Development Jamie T. Hemington 'Education Jerry K. Jon Student Development Aaron M. Clemens Student Development Ryland G. Whitaker Engineering Tony Zaranti Hotel Administration Melissa Colen Business Anne-Marie Lazaroff Fine Arts Christian Augustin LiberaI Arts John P. A. Garcia Health Sciences STUDENT SENATE MEETING 28-12 SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA Monday, March 2,1998 Moyer Student Union Room 201 7:00 p.m. NEW BUSINESS E. Action Item: Nomination/Approval of Carey Mantz to the Entertainment and Programming Board, as submitted by SENATOR FISK; F. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Senator Binetti to serve on the Ad Hoc Constitutional Revision Committee, as submitted by SENATOR COLEN; G. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of increasing the stipend for the Elections Board Director to $400.00 for the months of March and April, as submitted by SENATOR LAZAROFF; m rc-no a t CO rfo r-S-r'oc 50 s i i s l 3•>C Smo o CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government TERRY A. MOORE RECEIVED CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS STUOENt GOVERNMENT OFCS. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS 13 6 43 PH '98 Joaquin F. Trujillo SemtePmsidentPro-TenyxK Business Nicole Lehman Education David Shapiro Sciences Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Marty Weinberg Business Scott Ceci Business Richard Kimbrough Urban Affairs David Fisk Education Michael "Zo"Kawazoe 'itel Administration gather A. Hamilton Urban Affairs Amy K. Canepa Hotel Administration Leia M. Cartwright Student Development Jamie T. Hemington Education Jerry K. Jory Student Development Aaron M. Clemens Student Development RylandG. Whitaker Engineering Tony Zaranti Hotel Administration Melissa Colen Business Anne-Marie Lazaroff Fine Arts Christian Augustin Liberal Arts John P. A. Garcia Health Sciences Josephine Binetti Liberal Arts MINUTES SENA TE MEETING 28-12 Monday, March 2,1998 Room 201, Moyer Student Union I. II. CALL TO ORDER: SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE called Senate Meeting 28-12 to order at 7:04 p.m. ROLL CALL: PRESENT ABSENT Christian Augustin Josephine Binetti (arrived at 7:09) Amy K. Canepa Leia Cartwright Scott Ceci Aaron Clemens Melissa Colen David Fisk John P. A. Garcia Heather Hamilton Jamie T. Hemington Jerry J. Jory Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Richard Kimbrough Anne-Marie Lazaroff Nicole Lehman Jenny Marshall Randy Milmeister David Shapiro Joaquin Trujillo Marty Weinberg Ryland Whitaker Tony Zaranti denotes tardiness III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • Us VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 8954606 SENATE MINUTES 28-12/ March 2, 1998 Motion to approve minutes for Senate Meeting 28-10 made by SENATOR CARTWRIGHT, seconded by SENATOR GARCIA. Move into a vote. Motion passes 22-0-0. SENATOR BINETTI arrives at 7:09 p.m. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS: SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE TRUJILLO apologized for canceling the caucus because there was some confusion and half the Senators didn't know they were having one and there was also an Elections Board meeting. He would like to have one next week but the photographer is coming in to take picture retakes and will be there on Monday from 5:30 on. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that he is not feeling well and apologized to Assistant Organizations Board Director Dorsey because he forgot to place the tabled stipend for him on the agenda. It will be on next week's agenda and all of the pay is retroactive so it really doesn't matter when it is approved. V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Senate Committee Reports: 1. SENATOR ZARANTI stated that the Rebel Yell Advisory Board met this week and they are short on new staff writers and there are 19 issues left for the semester. They approved SENATOR CARTWRIGHT as a student at large, and there are two more meetings left on March 11th and April 15th, and that is when they are going to do the selection of the editor in chief. 2. SENATOR SHAPIRO stated that the Impeachment Committee will be meeting on March 9th at 5:10 p.m. in the Senate Chambers. 3. SENATOR COLEN stated that Ad hoc Constitutional Revision Committee was not able to meet today because they did not make quorum so they will be having another meeting this Friday. 4. SENATOR MARSHALL stated that bylaws met last Tuesday. B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports: 1. SENATOR CARTWRIGHT stated that there is a Faculty Senate Meeting later on this week. 2 SENATE MINUTES 28-12/ March 2, 1998 2. SENATOR GARCIA stated that the Student Health Advisory Committee will be meeting Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in room 254 in the Reynolds Student Services Center. 3. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that the University Parking Committee did meet on Friday but unfortunately he was not able to attend, he was called into work and SENATOR MARSHALL was also called into work and SENATOR MILMEISTER was not feeling well so they didn't have any students there. He did send an E-mail into the chair to tell him what happened at the meeting, and he also informed him that he would like to place their resolution on the next agenda, and they will probably be meeting towards the end of the month. C. Director Reports: 1. NSA - VICE PRESIDENT VALERA stated that DIRECTOR CONTINE is sick and the campaign finance reform discussion group has been rescheduled for March 25th. 2. Elections Board DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN stated that she has posted her office hours for the week. There will be food on March 3rd and March 31st. The pizza has been ordered and the band is ready. There are fliers up around campus, and they are green and yellow. They are pretty much ready to go. The ballot questions are due on March 16 at the latest. On Wednesday and Thursday they will be handing T-shirts to people who are voting. There were some questions and discussion. 3. O-BOARD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DORSEY thanked SENATOR MARSHALL and DIRECTOR FLEISHMAN for helping him with the meeting on Tuesday night. He stated that he has been trying to sort through all of the organizations paperwork. The new funding requests are in so the organizations can pick them up. Any help from any of the Senators will be greatly appreciated. There were some questions and discussion. 4. E & P ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HIRSCHTRITT stated that 5 bands are confirmed for REBELPALOOZA. He has started getting the flier and T-shirt designs done. Also the fliers are up for the One Race, One People, One Peace event on Monday, March 16th. He also stated that the budget for E & P is $485.00. There were some questions and discussion. 5. OSI DIRECTOR A YON thanked SENATORS KAWAZOE, MILMEISTER, COLEN, JORY, HAMILTON, TRUJILLO, ZARANTI, CARTWRIGHT, DIRECTOR FLEISHMAN, and the others that helped him with the 3 SENATE MINUTES 28-12/ March 2, 1998 fliers last week. He stated that fliers are up for the Rebel Rave and for "As You Like It." Also the web page is up. He ordered a shirt for SENATOR BINETTI. He wants to order 2,000 T-shirts with the new Rebel logo on the back that says CSUN Student Government and will have their E-mail address on it. Students will fill out a survey about Student Government and then will receive a free shirt. His E-mail address is ionl @ iet.net, and he checks it all of the time. He has only received one real E-mail from the CSUN E-mail address and it is csun @ nevada.edu. SENATOR KIMBROUGH stated that he has heard that DIRECTOR A YON is planning on resigning sometime in the next few months. DIRECTOR AYON stated that is a possibility but he will give notice before he does and will train an Assistant Director. SENATOR CECI asked where he was last week. DIRECTOR AYON stated that he just didn't feel like coming. There were some more questions and discussion D. Residence Hall Liaison Report: JENNIFER PECK thanked all of the Senators and Directors who attended the CSUN forum last Thursday. They have worked out a tentative RHA sponsorship for REBELPALOOZA. They have been having fireside chats and last week they had Karen Strong, who is the Director of Campus Housing, come speak to the students and answer questions. Next month President Harter will be coming to speak to the students. They have gotten over 350 surveys back. At their E-Board meeting on March 8th, they will be going over all of the statistics and she will forward them on to the Senate on Monday. There were numerous questions about their budget and the television channels. SENATOR COLEN left at 7:35 and returned at 7:38.. E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report: DARON DORSEY stated that last week was Nevada reading week and the student athletes were reading to elementary school students and it was very successful. They are having a meeting tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. in the athletic complex on the 2nd floor. He stated that they do not allot student tickets to the WAC tournament before the games. If there is a runover tickets will be $5.00. Baseball, Softball, and Golf are beginning. The Rolex Intercollegiate is starting next weekend at the Desert Inn, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and begins at 7:30 a.m. It is the first year UNLV is hosting it and only the top 15 teams are invited. There were several questions about the golf tournament. F. Ethnic Student Council Liaison Report: SENATE MINUTES 28-12/ March 2, 1998 ANN YU stated that Skin Deep is March 5th at 2:00 p.m. They are having a general meeting on March 5th at 9 p.m. Tomorrow they are inviting candidates who are running for office to a question and answer discussion at 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. G. Business Manager Report: BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE read the expenditures for the week: $112.75 to repographics for fine art performance fliers, $15.25 for the open position fliers, $11.50 for OSI information fliers, $30.50 to advertise the open Director positions, $21.25 for the Senate Secretary fliers, $9.25 for the Rock the Vote fliers, $9.25 for the elections fliers, $153.25 for one race, one people, one peace fliers, $212.00 correction for the January phone bill, $134.61 to repair the cart keys and locks, $0.64 for postage for February, $244.00 to Aramark for the primary elections debate, $244.00 for the general elections debate, and $460.00 for I voted T-shirts, $28.00 for an I voted stamp, $28.00 for name plates and engraving, $182.00 for the annual subscription to the Las Vegas Review Journal, $17.00 for Sparklettes, and $497.90 for pencils. VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of three representatives to serve on the MSU Needs Assessment Committee, the first meeting being Friday, March 6th at 2:00 p.m.; SENATOR GARCIA was nominated by SENATOR ZARANTI, seconded by SENATOR AUGUSTIN, SENATOR CARTWRIGHT was nominated by SENATOR HEMINGTON, seconded by SENATOR KIMBROUGH, SENATOR CECI was nominated by SENATOR KIMBROUGH, seconded by SENATOR AUGUSTIN, SENATOR BINETTI was nominated by SENATOR KIMBROUGH, but she declined, SENATOR LAZAROFF was nominated by SENATOR SHAPIRO, seconded by SENATOR LEHMAN, Nominations were closed. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that this will be a committee that meets a few times a semester to determine what the students want to see in the student union, and he asked the nominees to tell why they would like to be on the committee. 5 SENATE MINUTES 28-12/ March 2, 1998 SENATOR GARCIA stated that being a student that transferred from another University he can add to what other Universities have and that UNLV needs to catch up with other Universities. SENATOR CARTWRIGHT stated that she would like to represent CSUN and through other organizations she had students contribute ideas for the MSU and thinks there needs to be some improvement and this is the way to go about it. SENATOR CECI stated that he spends a lot of time in the MSU and he also has a background in the construction field. He would also like to see more things to do in the union for the people who live on campus. SENATOR LAZAROFF stated that her college is represented the least in the student union, and would like it to be more useful to non-traditional students and would like to see entertainment from the theater and dance departments to be showcased in the student union. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE asked each of the Senators to choose three people. SENATORS GARCIA, LAZAROFF, and CECI received the majority of the votes. B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of co-sponsorship with CCD for the accumulation of 8,000 student planners for the 1998-1999 academic year for the amount of $6,000 to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 (Student Services) Account, as submitted by SENATOR AUGUSTIN; Motion to approve made by SENATOR ZARANTI, seconded by SENATOR FISK. SENATOR AUGUSTIN moved to give the floor to Holly VanBuren. Holly VanBuren introduced herself as the program coordinator for orientation and first year on-campus students. She stated that students receive a student handbook in their orientation folder but it is not really useful to them. She stated that they want to create a student planner that will be utilized and is very effective. Right now at UNLV there are a variety of planners going around, one that is used in campus housing, one that is used in Athletics, and the Alumni association also has one, and you can also buy a similar one in the bookstore. They want to take all of them together and combine everything into one planner for students. It will include campus numbers and other useful information about the different departments on campus. They are asking for $6,000 each from CSUN, CCD, and the Alumni Association. This will create 8,000 handbooks to be handed out. They will be giving 4800 of them to the incoming freshman and the rest to the general student population. There will be a letter in front from the three organizations and on the back cover there will be three advertisements from each of the organizations. There will also be watermarks and information on meetings and events throughout the planners. 6 SENATE MINUTES 28-12/ March 2, 1998 There were several questions about the planners. Move into a vote. Motion passes 23-0-0. C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Senate Bill 28-03 regarding revision of Senate Bylaw 5, as submitted by SENATOR MARSHALL; see attachments 1 Motion to approve made by SENATOR ZARANTI, seconded by SENATOR WHITAKER. SENATOR FISK stated that the Ad hoc Constitutional Revision Committee was set up for a purpose and they need structure for the committee. Move into a vote. Motion passes 23-0-0. D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Assistant Elections Board Director Keith McLain to receive $100.00 stipend per month for the months of March and April, as submitted by SENATOR MARSHALL; SENATOR TRUJILLO moved to table, seconded by SENATOR AUGUSTIN. Move into a vote. Motion passes 22-0-1. (SENATOR MILMEISTER abstained). E. Action Item: Nomination/Approval of Carey Mantz to the Entertainment and Programming Board, as submitted by SENATOR FISK; Motion to approve made by SENATOR KIMBROUGH, seconded by SENATOR CLEMENS. SENATOR LAZAROFF asked if Carey was there. She then moved to lay the item on the table, seconded by SENATOR CARTWRIGHT. Move into a vote. Motion fails 11-7-5. (SENATORS ZARANTI, CECI, KIMBROUGH, CLEMENS, WHITAKER, FISK, and BINETTI opposed, SENATORS WEINBERG, HAMILTON, LEHMAN, HEMINGTON, and SHAPIRO abstained). SENATOR CLEMENS asked ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HIRSCHTRITT what he thinks of Carey Mantz and why she should be on the committee. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HIRSCHTRITT stated that she has been helping him out with fliers and other things. Move into a vote. Motion passes 13-0-10. SENATE MINUTES 28-12/ March 2, 1998 (SENATORS WEINBERG, HAMILTON, LEHMAN, HEMINGTON, LAZAROFF, MILMEISTER, JORY, GARCIA, CANEPA, and KAWAZOE abstained.) F. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Senator Binetti to serve on the Ad Hoc Constitutional Revision Committee, as submitted by SENATOR COLEN; Motion to approve made by SENATOR CLEMENS, seconded by SENATOR CECI. SENATOR TRUJILLO moved to amend by striking Ad hoc, seconded by SENATOR MARSHALL. Move into a vote to amend. Motion passes 23-0-0. Move into a vote. Motion passes 22-0-1. (SENATOR BINETTI abstained). G. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of increasing the stipend for the Elections Board Director to $400.00 for the months of March and April, as submitted by SENATOR LAZAROFF; Motion to table made by SENATOR TRUJILLO, seconded by SENATOR KAWAZOE. Move into a vote. Motion passes 22-0-1. (SENATOR MILMEISTER abstained.) VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT Eric Coyle stated that on February 4th he was involved in an incident with the Provost, Dr. Ferraro, and he was restrained by him. He is asking for an impartial investigation and that is not in place right now and it needs to be. He stated that most Universities have a committee for this type of situation. He did file charges of battery, but the attorney general is probably going to drop the charges. He stated that we need to protect students in the future, and there needs to be some sort of mechanism for complaints against an administrator. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE asked him to please stay after the meeting for people to talk with the Senators. DIRECTOR FLEISHMAN stated that for the past two weeks some of the Senators have been coming up to her and are repeating things she has said in the past. She knows they are kidding but she would like to get away from that. She went to the Senate last week and asked them to find out why the original Rebel Rave posters were denied. There were mushrooms on the posters which reflected drugs. Last Wednesday SENATOR MILMEISTER came into the office and asked for everyone to come into the S.O.R.C.E room and decorate with them. She had a meeting but afterwards 8 SENATE MINUTES 28-12/ March 2, 1998 decided to stop by and see what was going on. When she walked into the S.O.R.C.E. room she saw about 30 people in the room making decorations and she saw people cutting out mushrooms. She found out that about half of them were high school students. She brought it to the attention of SENATOR TRUJILLO and he argued that it was a good thing because they would come to UNLV. She disagrees with this. Rebel Rave is supposed to promote peace, love, and unity. But she has heard that raves are usually involved with drugs. She is worried about CSUN's reputation after the event. She is hoping changes are made before the event. She also hopes the Senate apologizes to Sunny Martin because she gives a lot of trust to Student Government and there were only supposed to be six students in there decorating and not thirty. Dino Moody spoke about the problems with the Judicial Council and he stated that he has made up a petition and then read it to the Senate. He stated that they are going to charge the Executive Board of CSUN with non feasance. The Executive Board are public officers, and misconduct of public officers is non feasance. He went over the definitions of non-feasance and the Nevada Open Meeting Law. He stated that by the next Executive Board meeting he wants a Judicial Council to be nominated or they will take legal action. SENATOR KIMBROUGH stated that the petition is a good idea but he is concerned that the petition indicts two members of the Executive Board who hold no authority over the appropriation of the Judicial Council. He urged the gentleman who approached the Senate to change the petition to only indict PRESIDENT MILLS. IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that PRESIDENT MILLS told him right before the meeting that he was not feeling well so he is not there tonight. VICE PRESIDENT VALERA stated that the MSU Advisory Board was opposed to the information center, but last week he made a presentation about it and they are now in favor after the presentation. He would greatly appreciate a resolution by the Senate showing their support for the information center. Last Tuesday the BHS annex was left unattended for several hours and the issue was addressed and was a matter of confusion. He stated that last week there was an Executive Board meeting and it was an utter embarrassment to this body. He feels that nothing was really done. What happened was PRESIDENT MILLS listed several candidates for the Judicial Council. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE tried to make an amendment and PRESIDENT MILLS refused to make the amendment stating that according to Nevada Open meeting law the agenda in whole needs to be posted prior to the meeting and that the amendment would therefore invalidate the agenda or something to that effect. In response to that, VICE PRESIDENT VALERA let PRESIDENT MILLS know that he refused to participate in his manipulation of this agenda item and he got up and left. He does apologize to the students, Senators, and especially the candidates for the justice positions that this has been dragged out since last semester, however he does not apologize for his actions. He 9 SENATE MINUTES 28-12/ March 2, 1998 knows that the Senate needs to keep the Executive Branch accountable for it's actions and he also understands that the Executive Board is somewhat responsible for the attitude that the Senate has had toward them because of the apparent incompetence and lack of cooperation from certain Executive Board members. However, this should not be taken over to the Directors. Without the Directors, CSUN is just an organization on campus and Directors make things happen. There is no real reason for the Senate to take an overly adversarial attitude towards the Directors. There has been enough fighting and they have basically gotten nothing done. He will be speaking with the Directors about this in particular but he also needs the help and cooperation of the Senators. There will be meeting next Wednesday for the Directors and he asked that they please be there. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE wished the candidates good luck this week, especially SENATOR KIMBROUGH. He stated that the CSUN web page looks great, and the students can E-mail each of the Senators, and he commended DIRECTOR AYON on that. He stated that it is scary how much he and VICE PRESIDENT VALERA think alike. He has noticed there is a decided adversarial tone permeating alot of the Senators' questions and comments about the Directors and their performances. This is something that they have to avoid if they are ever going to do anything effective. He thinks alot of it has spilled over because of resentment and anger towards the ineffectiveness that the Executive Board as a whole has shown. To that he apologizes to everyone. But he thinks that before anybody begins to criticize someone they should open their hand and ask them if they need help. If they don't take that help, then you have the right to criticize. Regarding the Judicial Council, he thinks they should follow up on what VICE PRESIDENT VALERA said, and he also apologized to all of the candidates for this taking so much time out of their daily life. He stated that he disagrees with Mr. Moody's comments that they have not tried. He and VICE PRESIDENT VALERA tried when they first solicited judicial applicants last fall. They submitted them to the President and he never put them on the agenda. He has copies of every item submission that VICE PRESIDENT VALERA made to the Executive Board, some dated in November. He does not apologize for his actions either. The Executive Board as a whole should be empowered by their constitution to select it's nominees to send to the Senate for their consent or disapproval. He and VICE PRESIDENT VALERA were not consulted when the list of individuals were nominated or were placed on the agenda. To him that is a direct violation to the spirit of the law of the constitution. Only one third of the Executive Board decided on who the Judicial Council nominees were going to be. When he tried to make an amendment to include two individuals who he thought were worthy members, that amendment was not recognized, as being a violation of Nevada Open Meeting Law. He has a request in to the Attorney General's office for a written legal opinion on how an amendment can be added to an agenda. He expects to receive that tomorrow via fax and everybody will get a copy of it and he is sure that he is correct in his interpretation. Because at the Executive Board meeting it boiled down to his word against PRESIDENT MILLS'. He is the chair at the meeting and he cannot argue with him on that regard, and his decision was final. He refused to allow him to nominate people without his or VICE PRESIDENT VALERA'S consent or advise so he got up and left, ending quorum. He did however try to make a motion to table the item before he left, which was not seconded. 10 SENATE MINUTES 28-12/ March 2, 1998 The Executive Board has been a very big disappointment this year. He and VICE PRESIDENT VALERA have tried and they all started out at the beginning of this summer trying to do things as a team and had a team building workshop monitored by Joel Kostman, and they developed 15 goals that they as an Executive Board were going to do. That cooperation lasted about a month and a half. As the chair of the Senate he has a tremendous amount of power over what goes on in this body. He is empowered to call meetings, and so is the Student Body President. He is not, however, and nor is VICE PRESIDENT VALERA allowed to call Executive Board meetings. That is the prerogative of one individual, the Student Body President. If an Executive Board meeting is not called, Judicial Council nominees cannot be made. So he believes that Mr. Moody's initiative and proposal is well motivated and directed in a good fashion. But it's target is slightly off skew. He stated that he has tried, and he can't do anything more than he has. But he will not allow PRESIDENT MILLS to select his own nominees to send to the Senate without his or VICE PRESIDENT VALERA'S consent. He will more than happily allow the next Executive Board to make that selection if that is what it takes. A couple of weeks ago, the Executive Board went to a meeting with the chair of the Faculty Senate. He informed them that one of it's committees, the Faculty Senate Grievance Committee, was going to be looking into an altercation between a student and an