Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 07, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #29 Ses sion #13 06/07/83 4:00 p.m. MSU 20 3 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #28 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Intramural Director - James Gilbert B. Nevada Student Affairs Director - Robert Eglet C. Publications Board Chairman - David Mann D. Compensation for Entertainment and Programming Chairman(D-2) $200.00 per month t E. Compensation for Intramurals Director(D-1) - $200.00 per month F. Compensation for KUNV Director(D-1) - $200.00 per month G. Compensation for Organizatione Board Chairman (D-4) - "the possibility of fringe benefits" H. Compensation for Beverage Manager(D-2) - $200.00 per month I. Radio Board Chairman - Art Jimenez J. Compensation for NSA Director (D-l) - $200.00 per month K. Compensation for Publications Board Chairman(D-5) - "the possibility of fringe benefits" L. Compensation for Appropriations Board Chairman(D-3) - $70.00 per month M. Compensation for Student Services Committee Chairman(D-2) - $150.00 per month N. Appropriations Board Members 1. Senator Iddings 2. Senator Eells 3. Senator Pasquantino 4. Suzanne Nounna 0. Academic Standards Committee Members 1. Mark Doubrava 2. Gus Varona 3. Michael Schumacher VI. Submission of Executive Board Nominations A. Compensation for Elections Board Chairman(D-4) - $40.00 per- month only September through April B. Compensation for UNLV Rebel Yell Editor(D-l) - $200.00 per month UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE AGENDA #29 - June 07, 1983 page 2 C. Compensation for Security Coordinator(D-5) - "the possibility of fringe benefits" D. Compensation for Bylaws Chairman(D-5) - "the possibility of fringe benefits" E. Compensation for Radio Board Chairman(D-5) - "The pos-sibility of fringe benefits" F. Compensation for Vice-President Pro Tempore - $35.00 per month G. Compensation for Senate President Pro Tempore - $70.00 per month VII. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Organizations Board(5/13/83 tabled) B. Publications Board(6/3/83) C. Other D. Appropriations Board VIII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Academic Advisement(1) a. Mark Evans b. Sari Bloom 2. Education College(2) 3. Arts and Letters CollegeCl) a. Tracy Church B. Approval of S.B. 012 - Senator Pasquantino C. Statement Concerning Rebel Yellow(from table) IX. New Business A. Appointment of Senate President Pro Tempore 1. August Corrales 2 . Sindy Glasgow 3. John Pasquantino 4. Jef Wild B. Appointment cf Science, Math and Engineering College Senator 1. Jeff Chadwell 2 . Scott Day 3. Karen Eckert C. Appointment of Health Sciences College Senator 1. Sunny Shelley 2. Matthew McGuire D. Appointment of Business and Economics College Senator 1. Patrick Adams 2. Matt Hiu 3 . David Mounts 4. Egillespie Sinayoko 5. Colette Wilson 6 . Jack McClary E. Funding of NSE Membership Fee - Executive Board SENATE AGENDA #29 - June 07, 1983 page 3 F. Approval of Purchase of Electrical Cart - Vice-President Shaffer G. Approval of Senate Resolution 060783-01 - Vice-President Shaffer H. Discussion/Presentation, Cardona - Vice-President Shaffer I. Approval of Senate Resolution 060783-02(Mandatory Housing Requirement) - Vice-President Shaffer J. Approval of Request of Leave of Absence for Senator Flourens until August 15, 1983 - Senator Flourens K. Director Compensation Revision - Vice-President Shaffer L. Transfer $3000.00 from 904-3000 to 906-3000 M. Transfer $3000.00 from 906-3000 to 903-3000 to increase budget authority in general account N. Transfer $3000.00 from 904-9002 to 906-9001 0. Transfer $3000.00 from 906-9002 to 900-9001 cash transfer to effect L and M P. Approval of Senate Resolution 060783-03 - Senate President Clay X. Open Discussion XI. Adjournment CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting #29 Session #13 06/07/83 4:00 p.m. MSU 203 I. Call to Order Senate President Clay called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance John Bostaph Zellie Dow Stephanie Pettit August Corrales - excused late John Pasquantino ^ Jef Wild } Robert Eglet Murray Long Jim Eells - late Since the Senate had not achieved quorum, Senate Presi-dent Clay recess the meeting for 15 minutes. The meeting was called back to order at 4:17 p.m. Roll Call Members in Attendance John Bostaph Zellie Dow Stephanie Pettit John Pasquantino Jef Wild Robert Eglet Murray Long Jim Eells Senator Eglet made a motion to move into New Business, item H., Presentation, Cardona allowing no discussion since the Senate had not achieved quorum. The chair suggested pro-ceeding into item IV., Executive Board Announcements. IV. Executive Board Announcements I. President Lee Mr. Lee received a letter from Harry Reid regarding the computer camp. Reid expressed his support for the program. A committee is presently being formed to work on the camp. Anyone interested should stop by Lee's office. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Members Absent Sindy Glasgow - excused Virgil Jackson - excused Rian Flourens - unexcused Cara Iddings - excused Members Absent Sindy Glasgow - excused Virgil Jackson - excused Rian Flourens - unexcused Cara Iddings - excused SENATE MEETING #29 - June 7, 19 8 3 page 2 In the ensuing weeks, Senator Wild will be making a presentation to the Senate in support of purchasing a computer terminal for the Business Office. At 9:00 a.m., on Wednesday, June 8, the Publications Board will be meeting in the MSU Oasis Room, President Lee has- been working on the new Yell Oper-ating Policy. One of the proposals was to increase the drop-off points- for the newspaper. This would increase circulation of the" Yei 1 which would justify an increase in the advertising rates. At 4:19 p.m., Senator Corrales was present. Under A»B, 411r President Lee is- proposing to lobby for $2,40 per credit hour which is what CSUN received under the original fee structure. .Mr. Lee and Mr. Shaffer have discussed the possibility of having a student member on the Board of Regents. This person could be the CSUN President or Vice-Presi-dent, preferably a voting member of the board. The Graduate Student Association has expressed an interest in becoming involved in Homecoming along with the Clark County Community College, 2. Vice-President Shaffer No announcements. 3. Senate President Clay Passed around G.P.A. Signature Sheets to check the grades of the Senators who must have a 2.2 to serve on a board or committee and a 2.4 to become a candi-date for Senate. Also, under New Business, item M,, should read: M. Transfer $3000.00 from 906-3000 to 9 0 0-30 00 to increase budget authority in general account. Senator Eglet moved to suspend the rules and move into New Business items D, B, C, H, I and K, and Senator Cor-rales seconded. Senate President Clay recommended to amend to add item E which was accepted as a friendly amendment and inserted between items "I" and "K." The motion passed with all in favor. D. Appointment of Business and Economics College Senator 1. Patrick Adams 2. Matt Hiu 3. David Mounts 4. Egillespie Sinavoko 5. Colette Wilson 6. Jack McClary Senator Eglet withdrew the nomination of Patrick Adams. Senator Eglet made a motion to allow each candidate to speak for no more than 2 minutes followed by a question and answer period with the candidate receiving the simple majority will be the new Business and Economics Senator. In the event of a tie, the two candidates will enter a SENATE MEETING #29 - June 7, 19 8 3 page 3 run-off and the candidate receiving the majority will take the Senate seat. There being no objections, this motion was adopted. Senate President Clay stated that Adams had not withdrawn his name, but Hiu had withdrawn. The candidates present spoke. A roll call vote was taken. The following senators voted for David Mounts: o John Bostaph Stephanie Pettit August Corrales John Pasquantino Robert Eglet The following senators voted for Colette Wilson: Zellie Dow Jef Wild Murray Long The following senator voted for Jack McClary: Jim Eells Dayid Mounts is the new Business and Economics Senator with a vote of 5 for Mounts, 3 for Wilson and 1 for McClary, B. Appointment of Science, Math and Engineering Senator 1. Jeff Chadwell 2. Scott Day 3. Karen Eckert The same procedure used for appointing the Business and Economics Senator will be used for SME Seat. Senate President Clay announced that Scott Day has been withdrawn. The candidates present spoke. A roll call vote was taken. The following senators voted for Jeff Chadwell: John Bostaph Stephanie Pettit August Corrales John Pasquantino Robert Eglet David Mounts The following senators voted for Karen Eckert: Zellie Dow Jef Wild Murray Long Jim Eells Jeff Chadwell is the new Science, Math and Engineering Senator with a vote of 6 for Chadwell and 4 for Eckert. C. Appointment of Health Sciences College Senator 1. Sunny Shelley 2. Matthew McGuire The same procedure used for appointing the Business and Economics Senator will be used for the Health Sciences Seat. SENATE MEETING #29 - June 7, 19 8 3 page 4 The candidates spoke. A roll call vote was taken. The following senators voted for Sunny Shelley: Stephanie Pettit August Corrales Murray Long Jim Eells The following senators voted for Matthew McGuire: John Bostaph Zellie Dow John Pasquantino Jef Wild Robert Eglet David Mounts Jeff Chadwell Matthew McGuire is the new Health Sciences Senator with a vote of 7 for McGuire and 4 for Shelley. H. Discussion/Presentation, Cardona - Vice-President Shaffer David Cardona gave a brief presentation and answered questions from the Senate. I. Approval of Senate Resolution 060783-02(Mandatory Housing Requirement) - Vice-President Shaffer (Revised as of 06/06/83) Vice-President Shaffer moved to approve the revised Resolution #060783-02, and Senator Eglet seconded. Vice-President Shaffer read the Resolution, i. h . Senate Resolution #060783-02 As Submitted by: Vice-President Mark Shaffer Session #13 Whereas, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has a student body of more than 10,000 students and Whereas, the University provides housing to accommodate only 250 students, or 2.5 percent of the entire student body and Whereas, the number of out-of-state students enrolling at UNLV increases every year and Whereas, the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada have made a commitment to achieve the goal of addi-tional on-campus housing and Whereas, Cardona and Associates, Inc. have proposed to con-struct housing providing the Board of Regents will allocate sufficient space and that a mandatory on-campus housing re-quirement for freshman and sophomore students is initiated and Whereas, the housing construction proposed by Cardona and Associates, Inc. has been approved by President Goodall and SENATE MEETING #29 - June 7, 19 8 3 page 5 Whereas, the construction of this housing will enhance the entire University and contribute to a total educational ex-perience and Whereas,the security afforded to students living on campus enhances the parent's outlook upon their son's or daughter's prospects of attending a school with the geographic concerns such as UNLV and would also support other statistics which show students who reside on campus have a lower initial drop-out rate, higher grade point averages and are, overall, more content with their living arrangement Therefore, be it resolved that the Senate of the Consoli-dated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas sup-ports the implementation of a Mandatory Policy requiring out-of-state, unmarried freshman and sophomore students under the age of 21 to reside on campus. Senator Wild moved to amend the eighth "Whereas" paragraph to separate that group of sentences into two paragraphs as follows: "Whereas, the security afforded to students living on campus enhances the parent's outlook upon their son's or daughter's prospects of attending a school with the geographic concerns such as UNLV and Whereas, statistics would also support that students who reside on campus have a lower initial drop-out rate, higher grade point averages and are, overall, more content with their living arrangement" This amendment was accepted as a friendly amendment. Senator Eells left the meeting at 5:28 p,m«(app.] Senator Mounts left the meeting at 5:28 p.m.(app,) and returned at 5:30 p.m. Senator Eells returned at 5:30 p.m. Senator Pasquantino moved the previous: question, and Senator Wild seconded. The motion to end debate passed with. 10 in favor and 1 opposed. A roll call vote was taken. The following senators; Voted in favor of the Resolution as amended; John Bostaph Zellie Dow Stephanie Pettit August Corrales John Pasquantino Robert Eglet David Mounts Jeff Chadwell The following senators voted in opposition of the Resolu- SENATE MEETING #29 - June 7, 19 8 3 page 6 Jef Wild Matthew McGuire Murray Long Senator Eells was not present for the vote. The motion to approve Resolution #060783-02 passed with 8 in favor, 3 opposed and 1 senator was not present to cast his vote. E. Funding of NSE Membership Fee - Executive Board Vice-President Shaffer moved to approve the funding for the NSE Membership, and Senator Eglet seconded. Dr. Phelps made a presentation regarding the National Student Exchange. Senator Eells returned at 5:34 p.m. Senator Bostaph left the meeting at 5:35 p.m. Senator Wild moved to refer the NSE Member Fee to the Organizatons Board, and Vice-President Shaffer seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. K. Director Compensation Revision - Vice-President Shaf- Senator Wild moved to adjourn the meeting, and President Lee seconded. Senator Eglet moved to amend the motion to adjourn at 6:30 which was not accepted as a friendly-amendment and received no second. Senator Corrales moved to amend to include item K before adjourning the meeting, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. The vote on the motion adjourn the meeting after item K has been considered failed with 4 in favor, 6 opposed and 2 abstentions. K. Director Compensation Revision - Vice-President Shaf- Vice-President Shaffer moved to table this item until next week, and President Lee seconded. Vice-President Shaffer withdrew the item completely. Senator Eglet moved to approve the CSUN Compensation Proposal amending out the Beverage Manager's pro-posed stipend, and Senator Mounts seconded. Senator Bostaph left the meeting at 6:00 p.m. Senator Long left the meeting at 6:01 p.m. Due to a lack of quorum, the meeting was adjourned at 6:02 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Respectfully prepared by, fer f er CSUN Senate President CSUN Senate Secretary