Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 5, 1996

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President STUDENT SENATE MEETING 26-09 Monday, February 5,1996 Moyer Student Union Room 201 6:00p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES IV. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS B. DIRECTOR REPORTS a. Nevada Student Affairs; b. Elections Board, DIRECTOR ARAIZA; c. Organizations Board, DIRECTOR COLE; d. Student Services, DIRECTOR GREENHALGH; e. Entertainment and Programming, DIRECTOR SALIBA; C. FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS D. RESIDENCE HALL LIAISON REPORT E. BUSINESS MANAGER REPORT V. PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Approval of $ 1,700.00 to send Organizations Board Director, Toby Cole and Assistant Organizations Board Director, Rob Bonghi to attend the N.A.C.A. National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee from February 24-28, 1996 to be encumbered out of the fy 95-96 CSUN (GenAcct), as submitted by SENATOR CAMPBELL. VIII. GOOD OF THE DAY IX. 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, Wright Hall and Thomas Beam Engineering Complex. 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 X 4 U _ . „ . . 4 STUDENT SENATE Office of the Senate President MEETING 26-09 Monday, February 5,1996 Moyer Student Union Room 201 6:00 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. II. ROLL CALL PRESENT ABSENT Jeremy Aguero Heather Anderson Phoebe Block Shawna Campbell Dan Fendell Leia Fleischman Marlon Howard James Kimmet Joe Laxague Terry Moore Veronica Perez Robert Solomon Craig Spanton Joaquin Trujillo Julie Wong Laura Zurek Terence Carroll Bryan Lawe II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion to approve made by SENATOR HOWARD, seconded by SENATOR MOORE. Move into a vote. Motion passes 14-0-0. IV. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS SENATOR CAMPBELL-Constitutional Revision Committee will meet on Friday at 1:00 p.m. SENATOR ZUREK-Ways and Means meets Wednesday afternoon. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN-Meeting for Campus Safety and Awareness will be Monday at 8:00. B. DIRECTOR REPORTS a. Nevada Student Affairs-no report. b. Elections Board-no problems with the elections at this time. There were some miscommunications regarding the making of the filing packets, but the packets have been redone and the ones with the correct information and dates are available in the office. All candidates need to fill out the new filing packets to get the correct information, candidates meeting is scheduled for February 14, is in the process of changing that to the next day, so all information about the candidates can be processed by the registrar before the meeting. The general election falls during Spring Break, so those dates need to be changed. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 SENATE MEETING 26-09 / FEBRUARY 5, 1996 c. Organizations Board-Ways and Means meeting tonight, would appreciate attendance. Have an O-board meeting tomorrow night. Finding out average size of organizations tonight so he can have an idea for next year of numbers. d. Student Services-Still needs Career Day hosts. Would appreciate attendance by the Senators at Career Day. e. Entertainment and Programming-There is a noon scene on Wednesday from 11-1. Thanked the senators who attended Comedy Night, there will be another one on this Thursday. f. Student information-no report. C. FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS SENATOR KIMMET-received a packet of proposals from each department on campus for money that they are requesting. If a Senator would like to know what their college is requesting, let him know. SENATOR MOORE-Has a Code Committee meeting tomorrow at 2:30 and needs a proxy. SENATOR FLEISCHMAN agreed to proxy. SENATOR TRUJILLO-Last week there was a library meeting. The committee asked him to attend their meeting, and have been quite cooperative with working with his schedule. SENATOR LAXAGUE-attended Parking and Traffic meeting. Main discussion was regarding the parking fee. It is not enough to build the garage, and are looking at several other options. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH-Student Health has a meeting this Friday from 1-3. Please forward any concerns that are wanted to be addressed at the meeting to himself or to SENATOR CAMPBELL. D. RESIDENCE HALL LIAISON REPORT Meeting regarding the fire alarms were held this week, discussed measures to prevent further false alarms. Are in the process of RA collections. E. BUSINESS MANAGER REPORT Business manager Karla Kirk addressed the senate with a current financial summary. V. PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] Robert Levy spoke to the Senate about his application for the open Business and Economics Senate seat. Erin Finley spoke to the Senate about her application for the open Communications Senate seat. VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS No unfinished business. VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Approval of $1,700.00 to send Organizations Board Director, Toby Cole and Assistant Organizations Board Director, Rob Bonghi to attend the N.A.C.A. National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee from February 24-28, 1996 to be encumbered out of the fy 95-96 CSUN (GenAcct), as submitted by SENATOR CAMPBELL. Motion to approve made by SENATOR HOWARD, seconded by SENATOR ZUREK. SENATOR KIMMET questioned SENATOR CAMPBELL as to her lack of motion to approve. SENATOR CAMPBELL responded that after further thought on the matter, she asks the senate not to consider it. Move into a vote, motion fails 0-15-1. SENATOR WONG opposed. All other Senators opposed. VIII. GOOD OF THE DAY 2 SENATE MEETING 26-09 / FEBRUARY 5, 1996 SENATOR FLEISCHMAN-Did not receive a proxy for the faculty senate committee meeting on Thursday, therefore she did not attend. Hopes that the people who have already filed for positions will be notified to refile, possibly with an article in the Rebel Yell. SENATOR CAMPBELL-Comedy nights are great-encouraged the Senate to attend the event that they paid for. Hopes the elections go more smoothly than the pre-election times. Glad to see all the applications for the open senate seats. SENATOR LAXAGUE-Concerned about the status of the Judicial Council and the speed of finding replacements for the open seats. SENATOR HO WARD-Wanted to make it clear that the situation with the filing packets is not the fault of the Elections Board Director Araiza. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE MOORE-Urged the Executive Board that they need to have a meeting, he has concerns from the senate that need to be addressed by the Executive Board. Has had numerous constituents thank him for the senate approval of the landscaping project. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH-Regarding the judicial council, has had several people express concern over the interviewing techniques used by Joe Mills for the judicial seats. Reminded the senate that the decision is one made by the executive Board, not the Vice-President. There will be a list of the Senators, Executive Board members, and Directors that did not complete their required speeches in front of their classes, and that is being forwarded to the Rules and ethics chair. IX. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn made by SENATOR MOORE, seconded by SENATOR HOWARD. Move into a vote, motion passes 16-0-0. SENATE PRESIDENT SMITH adjourned the meeting at 6:31 p.m. Note: All minutes are subject to summation.