Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 13, 1979

AGENDA SENATE MEETING II36 March 13, 1979 Moyer Student: Union Building Room 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes 1135 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Senate Task Force Presentation VI. Executive Board Nominations A. Interim Union Board Formation Committee (vote) 1. Marshal Willick 2. Jeff Wild 3. Lorraine Alderman B. Election Board (vote) 1. Lisa Miller C. Entertainment and Programming Board 1. Jennifer Houston 2. Lori Somers VII. Committee Reports A. Elections Board B. Organizations Board C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Appropriations Board E. Bylaws Committee F. Student Counseling Hotline Committee VIII. Old Business IX. New Business A. Vacant Senate Seat 1. College of Education (nomination) X. Open Discussion XI. Adjournment MINUTES SENATE MEETING 1136 March 13, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 I. Call to Order The thirty-sixth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Senate President at 4:01 p.m. in Lounge 203 of the Moyer Student: Union Building. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance She1lee Will den Phillip Jackson Peggy Racel Lise IVyman Kirk Voelcker Lorraine Alderman Bill Haldeman Pam Roberts Marie Ropell Byron Blasco Nina Ross Scott Greene Lisa Wolfbrandt "Skip" Kelley Jeff Wild Nick Santoro Danny Campbell Cindy Vannucci Dave Craddock Joe Matvay Scott Gonzalez Cindy Sim.i.a Absent III. David Martinez (unexcused) Joyce Bridges (unexcused) Carol Tarpley (excused) DeAnn Turpen (excused late) Approval of Minutes it35 There were no corrections or comments on the Minutes of Senate Meeting 1135, therefore, they stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements USlJNS President - Larry Schefcik President White introduced Larry Schefcik, USUNS President, and he addressed the Senate. (Scott Gonzalez and DeAnn Turpen arrived at 4:04 p.m. - excused.) (Bill Haldeman arrived at 4:03 p.m. - excused.) Larry Schefcik informed the Senate that USUNS serves primarily for communication between the student body presidents. lie also informed the Senate that next: year it looks like we won't have to pay anything for USUNS if we stay within the budget this year. Resignation The Senate President announced that Kent Reardon resigned his Senate seat for the College of Education. Now there are two openings in this college. Nominations will be taken at the next meeting. Pre School Committee President White announced that those members of the pre school committee should try to get together after the Meeting for about five minutes. Student Health Insurance Committee Minutes - Senate Meeting it 36 March 13, 1979 Page 2 President White informed the Senate that he got appointed to the Student Health Insurance Committee. He informed the Senate that right now it is an optional policy for $27 a semester. He further informed the Senate that the reason for this mandatory insurance program is because the students will probably get a lower premium rate, good benefits, and because we don't have a good health facility on campus. Dr. Cassesse then addressed the Senate in concern with this Program. Presidential Screening Committee President White announced that the Presidential Screening Committee ended March 23 and will be in Reno for the Regents Meeting and will submit their evaluative pick of who they would like as President of UNLV. The Committee has selected theo candidate they feel would best suit the position. The Regents now make the final decision and the job offers. This Regent's Meeting will be a closed door session. Trip to Carson City President White informed the Senate that he returned from Carson City where the budget was presented to the Ways and Means Committee. He informed the Senate that it went through without much discussion. He reported that some of the bills that we going through died in Committee. The bill to separate the Community Colleges from the University died. The bill for appointed Hoard of Regents has come out of committee and he will keep us informed of the progress of this issue. Veto for Fund Request for Politi.cal Science Department President white informed the Senate that a copy of the veto he made in regards for the funding request for the Political Science Department should have been in everyone's mail box. lie informed the Senate that he had spoken to Dr. Dixon and was informed that Dr. Dixon gave the Political Science Department $960. lie further informed the Senate that he explained to Dr. Dixon the reasons for his veto and Dr. Dixon stated, "lie believes that this is the funding of an educational function, not necessarily CSUN's functions and he and his administration have been living off the graces of CSUN." Mardi Gras Budget Tim Ilerlosky informed the Senate that the Mardi Gras budget will be available next week. V. Senate Task Force Presentation The Senate President informed the Senate that Audio-Visual wouldn't give us a slide projector because of inadequate ordering procedures, therefore, they will have to wait until we have a slide projector. There will be a report next week. VI. Executive Board Nominations A. Interim Union Board Formation Committee (vote) 1. Marshal Wi.llick 2. Jeff Wild 3. Lorraine Alderman The Senate President informed the Senate that Kirk Voclcker and Ron Deems are up for alternates to the Committee; this will be voted upon today also. Minutes - Senate Meeting it 36 March 13, 1979 Page 2 Byron Blasco moved to approve the names submitted for the Committee and the alternates, and was seconded. The motion passed with one abstention. B. Election Board (vote) 1. Lisa Miller Shellee Willden moved to approve Lisa Miller as a member of the Election Board, was seconded by Pam Roberts, and passed unanimously. C. Entertainment and Programming Board 1. Jennifer Houston 2. Lori. Somers L.ise Wyman moved to approve both Jennifer Houston and Lori Somers as members of the Entertainment and Programming Board, was seconded by Jeff Wild, and passed with one abstention. VII. Committee Reports A. Elections Board Pam Roberts read the Minutes of the last Meeting, and informed the Senate that the candidates meeting will be this Friday, March 16 at 2:30 p.m. in Lounge 201. She further informed the Senate that they further amended the Operating Policy due to the amendment made by President White. The amendments are under Section 5, Letter B, No. 2, and the number should be changed from $50 to $25, and shall not exceed $100 instead of $150. She also proposed a budget for this election of $3,000. Jeff Wild informed the Senate that he resigned from this Committee as of last week. A vote was then taken on the approval of the Minutes which passed with two opposed, and one abstention. B. Organizations Board Tim Herlosky read the Minutes of the last Organizations Board Meeting which stood approved due to lack of further discussion or conrments. C. Entertainment and Programming Board Tim Ilerlosky read the Minutes of the last Entertainment and Programming Board Meeting, and there were no corrections or comments to the Minutes, so, they, therefore, stood approved. D. Appropriations Board Due to John Hunt's absence, Peggy Racel read the Minutes of the last Appropriations Board Meeting. Discussion took place and Bill Haldeman questioned as to how much was tranferred to Contingency and to General. President White informed him that no money was tranferred to the General Account, but $6,000 to $7,000 was tranferred to Contingency and will be put back into the accounts to bring them back up to their original anticipation. There were no further corrections or comments, therefore, the Minutes stood approved. E. Bylaws Committee Lorraine Alderman read the Minutes of the last Bylaws Committee Meeting, and there were no corrections or comments, so, they, therefore, stood approved. Minutes - Senate Meeting it 36 March 13, 1979 Page 2 F. Student Counseling Hotline Committee Cindy Vannucci reported that she is now serving on the Nevada Drug Abuse center and she will be coming next Tuesday to appropriate funding. There were no Minutes to be approved because there was really no Meeting. G. Student Evaulation of Faculty Committee Kirk Voelcker read the Minutes of the last S.E.F. Committee Meeting, and there were no corrections or comments, therefore, the Minutes stood approved. VIII. Old Business Bill Haldeman moved to override the veto issued March 7, 1979 of the $400 expenditures from last Senate Meeting, and was seconded. Danny Campbell called for the question, and was seconded by Lorraine Alderman. The call for the question passed with two opposed. A request for a hand count was made, and the motion to override the veto failed with 9 in favor, and 11 opposed. IX. New Business A. Vacant Senate Seat 1. College of Education (nomination) Lorraine Alderman nominated Sandy Williams for the Senate seat: for the College of Education. Peggy Racel moved to table definitely until the next Meeting, and was seconded. The motion passed. This will come up on the next Agenda. Bill Haldeman informed the Senate that Mike Navarro couldn't attend this Meeting but will be here for the next Meeting to explain what the "Year End Publication" is about. X. Open Discussion President White announced that he got a call from Senator Laxalt's office and it has become officially unofficial that they are granting our Construction Permit and FCC Licence. President White also announced that the Ways and Means Committee will be touring the campus on April 7 which is a Saturday morning. Nick Santoro requested an Agenda Item for the next Meeting concerning the removal of Mike Navarro as editor of the Yell. The presentation will be made by Dennis Berry. Jeff Wild reminded everyone that there was an S.E.F. Meeting at 6:00 p.m. Byron Blasco questioned as to what ever happened with the dug outs near the Dormitory. This was discussed last summer or fall. This will be looked into. Bill Haldeman informed the Senate that in regards to this Carson City trip, he wanted everyone to know that there was no personal bias against anyone. Pam Roberts reminded the Senate that there will be a candidates Meeting, Friday, March 16, at 2:00 in Lounge 201. They will discuss Ithe Operating Minutes - Senate Meeting it 36 March 13, 1979 Page 2 Policy, and so on. Lise Wijman reminded the Senate that there will be an Outstanding Senator Award Committee meeting tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. Tim Ilerlosky informed the Senate that Wednesday and Thursday of this week, "Close Encounters of the Thirds Kind" will be shown in the Ballroom. XI. Adjournment There was no further items of business or discussion, therefore, the thirty-sixth Meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate adjourned. The Meeting adjourned at 5:21 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Respectfully prepared by: Rene Bernier Senate President Senate Secretary CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 March 8, 1979 MEMORANDUM TO: All Senators FROM: Chuck White, CSUN President SUBJECT: VETO -"Done Good Award"- Dave Craddock Due to the nature of the "Done Good Award", which we on the Executive. Board view as an award to be taken seriously and to be given to those who have earned it, I must VETO Tuesday's, March 6, 1979, factitious actions taken by the Senate in awarding a "Done Good Award" to Dave Craddock. CW: f e . CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 March 7, 1979 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Veto of Legislative Class Trip I do hereby VETO the allocated funds in the amount of $400.00 from the General Expense Account for the Legislative Class trip to Carson City, Nevada, as approved by the Senate on Tuesday, March 6, 1979. I do so for two primary reasons: 1) The allocation of $400.00 to 53 CSUN members leaves each individual with a little over $7.00 per person. I find this to be a ridiculous sum of money to be given to any individual. If $7.00 is going to stop an individual from taking a trip to Carson City, then I feel for that indi- 2) The second reason for Veto is to stop the precedent-setting actions that this allocation could lead to. I feel it unfair to bind future administrations to a precedent such as this over a mere sum of $7.00 per person. TO: All Senators FROM: Charles "Chuck" White, CSUN President vidual. CCW:fe cc: Executive Board of CSUN MINUTES Appropriations Meeting March 7, 1979 3:00 P.M. John Hunt's Office Moy er Student Union Bldg. The meeting was called to order by Chairman John Hunt at 3:40 P.M. I. Roll Call Present: Kirk Voelcker Absent: Lorraine Alderman - Excused Bill Fries - Excused Robert Nielsen Dave Levins Peggy Racel (late) Marshal Willick CSUN Business Mgr., John Purvis II. The Chair informed the Board that the purpose of this meeting was to straighten out some budget problems CSUN was encountering. John Purvis was asked to take the floor and explain the proposed budget cuts as shown on the four pages submitted for review and action. They included 901 - Radio Station; 902 - Matching Funds; 904 - Day Care Center and 907 - Epilogue. 901 - Radio Station Purvis stated he had a meeting with Tommy Walker, Radio Station Consultant, pertaining to reducing their present budget. Due to the delay in the FCC granting their license, it was found that $3,000 could be cut from their budget,since they had no need at this time for a Professional Contract with Retirement in the amount of $1,500.00; Advertising and Publicity in the amount of $500.00 and Other Equipment Rent in the amount of $1,000 — making a total of $3,000. (see attached breakdown of projected Budget and cut) The Radio Station has spent $11,232.03 with $7,002.76 outstanding encumbrances of their $53,380.00 Budget (A.C. 9-7-78) A balance brought forward amounts to an additional $28,411.56 The Chair entertained a motion to cut 901 - Radio Station Account by $3,000 to bring it in line with the overall budget cut. So moved by Marshal Willick and seconded by Kirk Voelcker. Following a short discussion, they moved directly into a vote. Motion passed unanimously. 902 - Matching Funds 2., • (e> ? The Chair stated they would like to reduce this account by 02,500. 00.• Discussion followed and the question was asked about the amount of $3,843.33 which was brought forward from last semester — and also about the $28,411.56 that is the amount in the balance brought forward in the Radio Station account. Purvis explained that this balance could be brought forward next year and placed back in the budgets, if needed, when the proposed budgets are submitted by the new administration. At this time, however, they could not draw from these funds. Discussion continued and it was determined that if, after reducing the Matching Funds account by $2,500, and the proposed Transfer of $5,000 to the Contingency account (see attached breakdown) in addition, if funds shouLd be needed for the month of March, a meeting would be called to replace the needed funds to account 902. Appropriations Meeting March 7, 1979 Page 2 The Chair entertained a motion to transfer $5,000 from the 902 Account into Contingency and reduce the budget by $2,500.00. So moved by Dave Levins, seconded by Peggy Racel. There being no further discussion, the motion was put to a vote and passed unanimously. 904 - Day Care Following a discussion on the proposed budget reduction and the transfer of funds from Day Care to Contingency, the Chair entertained the motion to reduce the proposed budget reduction as follows: 1504 - Wage Non-Student by $320.27; 3336 - Other Equipment-- Space Rent by $3,784.73; and 5419 - Other Equipment by $495.00... making a total of $4,600.00 and to transfer the amount of $2,000 from 904 into the Contingency Account. So moved by Peggy Racel and seconded by Dave Levins. (Breakdown attached) There being no further disc ussion, the motion was moved into the vote which passed unanimously. 907 - Epilogue Since there was a proposed budget of $10,400.00 and only $839.17 had been spent so far with outstanding encumbrances amounting to $4,212.64 — making a total of $5,051.81 — following a discussion, the Chair entertained the following motion: To reduce the Budget as follows: From 1500 - Wage Control Students - the amount of $950.00; from 1600 - Staff Benefits - the amount of $50.00; and from 3244 - Printing of publications (since there was to be no Yearbook this year) the amount of $4,200.00, and to transfer $170.00 from account 907 into the Contingency Account. This would leave approximately $135.00 in the 907 account according to John Purvis to cover any outstanding expenditure that they were not aware of. So moved by Dave Levins and seconded by Chuck White. The motion moved directly into a vote and passed unanimously. III. Open Discussion White announced there would be another meeting soon to bring the other accounts in line with the overall budget reduction. White also announced that he was meeting with Dr. Clennen next week regarding the Day Care Center. He reported that today's budget reduction amounted to $15,300 so,at this time, their budget was reduced to $361,000 instead of the original $391,000. IV. Adjournment There being no further business at hand, the Chair declared the meeting^adjourned at 4:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Florida Edwards £SUN Secretary