Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 8, 1984

MINUTES SENATE MEETING 14-24 (£78/84 4:00 P.M. EDU 399 I. Call to Order Senate President Haldeman called the meeting to order at approximately 4:00 p.m. in Education room 399. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Patrick Adams Robert Ashley Karen Cohen Mark Doubrava Karen Eckert Robert Eglet John Fazi Rian Flourens Hal Friedman Tom Hawley - late Vicky Hughes Cara Iddings James Ohriner Gary Samuelson Gus Varona III. Approval of Minutes #23 Senator Friedman moved to approve senate minutes #23. Senator Ohriner seconded the motion. Senator Friedman withdrew his motion and the second concurred. IV. Executive Board Announcements Senate President Haldeman stated that the deadline for submission of agenda items for the Executive Board Meeting is May 21st by 5:00 p.m. President Anderson announced that ASUN(UNR's student govern-ment) officers will be visiting CSUN on May 24, 1984. Senate President Haldeman moved back into section III. III. Approval of Minutes #23 Senator Hughes requested that her name be spelled correctly in the minutes. Senator Friedman moved to approve minutes #23. Senator Ohriner seconded the motion which was approved with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstaining(Fazi). There was discussion on reconsideration of the minutes. Senator Hawley arrived. Senator Eglet moved to reconsider action whereby the MINUTES SENATE MEETING #14-24 MAY 8, 1984 PAGE 2 senate refused to suspend the rules. Senator Friedman seconded the motion which was approved with 13 in favor, 1 opposed(Cohen) and 1 abstaining(Hughes). Senator Eglet moved to suspend the rules to increase the amount to $1500. Senator Friedman seconded the motion which was approved with 14 in favor, 1 opposed (Cohen) and 0 abstaining. Senator Eglet moved to approve the amendment of a trans-fer of $1500 to the Yellin' Rebel for the purpose of the printing of the newspaper. Senator Flourens seconded the amendment which was approved with 14 in favor, 1 opposed(Cohen) and 0 abstaining. Senator Eglet moved to increase the transfer to the Yellin' Rebel account from $6000 to $7500. Senator Friedman seconded the motion which was approved with 14 in favor, 1 opposed(Cohen) and 0 abstaining. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Approval of the 1984-85 Executive Board stipends across the board amounts not to exceed $375.00 Senator Eckert moved to approve $350 stipends across the board for the 1984-85 Executive Board. Senator Iddings seconded the motion. Senator Ohriner moved to amend the motion to $375. Senator Eglet seconded the amendment which was approved with 11 in favor, 3 opposed(Hawley, Eckert, Iddings) and I abstaining(Doubrava). The motion to approve stipends across the board for the 1984-85 Executive Board was approved with II in favor, 3 opposed(Hawley, Eckert, Iddings) and 1 abstaining(Doubrava). B. Temporary Nomination of Yell Staff The motion to approve the temporary nominations of the Yell staff of Jennifer Kruse(Editor) and the following to be staff members B. Shapiro, G. Armstrong, R. Zayas, G. Dourshak, S. DeLair, K. Merkes, T. Moore, K. Hennesey, B. Menke, S. Bernhardt and D. Renzi was made by Senator Eckert and seconded by Senator Hawley was approved with all in favor. C. President Anderson to: IAC Admissions Committee Academic Standards Committee Financial Aid Committee Item C was withdrawn. VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Beverage Manager There was no report. MINUTES SENATE MEETING #14-24 MAY 8, 1984 PAGE 3 B. Entertainment and Programming Board Senator Friedman moved to approve the contract with Rex Havok for the Rejection Letter Party on May 18, 1984. Senator Ohriner seconded the motion which was approved with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 abstaining(Cohen, Fazi). C. Intramurals Director There was no report. D. Judicial Council There was no report. E. Other Larry Hamilton, CSUN Business Assistant, read the amounts which were approved by the Elections Board to refund as follows: David Mounts $26.00 Peter Bellon $50.00 Kent Anderson $26.00 Lynn Best $50.00 Michelle DeTillio $50.00 Mark Doubrava $50.00 John Fazi $50.00 Kai Fischer $17.00 Dan Geary $50.00 Bill Haldeman $50.00 Karen Cohen $50.00 Tom Hawley $5 0.00 Debra Petersen $50.00 Jackie Garcia $50.00 Larry Hamilton $50.00 Senator Hawley moved to approve the security deposits to every candidate. There was no second. Senator Ohriner moved to approve the refund of security deposits as read by Larry Hamilton. Senator Eglet seconded the motion. Vice President Fischer moved to amend his security deposit refund to $47. Senator Friedman seconded the amendment. Senator Eglet objected to the consideration of the amendment. There were 8 in favor of the objection, 4 opposed(Hughes, Iddings, Samuelson, Friedman) and 3 abstaining(Flourens, Doubrava, Ashley). The objection failed. Senator Varona moved the previous question. Senator Flourens seconded the motion which failed with 9 in favor and 6 opposed (Cohen, Hughes, Ohriner, Eglet, Doubrava, Friedman). There was discussion. Senator Flourens moved the previous question. Senator Fried-man seconded the motion which passed with 10 in favor and 5 opposed. MINUTES SENATE MEETING #14-24 MAY 8, 1984 PAGE 4 The amendment to change Kai Fischer's security deposit refund to $47 passed with 13 in favor, 1 opposed(Eckert) and 1 abstaining(Doubrava). Senator Ohriner moved to amend the motion to refund the full amount of the security deposits to all candidates. There was no second. Senator Eckert moved to amend the motion to change Kent Anderson and David Mounts' security deposit refunds to $47 each. Senator Eglet seconded the amendment. Senator Cohen objected to the consideration of the amend-ment. The objection failed. Senator Friedman moved the previous question. Senator Flourens seconded the motion which failed. The amendment to change Kent Anderson's and David Mounts' security deposit refunds to $47 each was approved with 12 in favor, 2 opposed(Iddings, Cohen), and 1 abstaining (Doubrava). The motion to approve the full amount of the security deposits to all other candidates(other than Anderson, Mounts and Fischer) was approved with all in favor. Senator Flourens read the Organizations Board Minutes from the meeting held on April 26, 1984. The following members were present: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Kappa Psi, American Institute of Mining Engineers, Association of Computing Machinery, Interfraternity Council, International Student Organization, Sigma Chi Little Sisters, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Sigma Nu Little Sisters, Society of Physics Students, Student Philosophical Round Table, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon Little Sisters, UNLV Water Skiing Club, UNLV Skydivers, UNLV Art Club, Alpha Epsilon Pi Little Sisters, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Robert Barnum(Vice Chairman). The minutes of the last meeting were approved. The UNLV Art Club's request for funding in the amount of $600 was approved. The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity's request for funds in the amount of $500 was approved. The meeting was adjourned at 3:59 p.m. Senator Flourens moved to approve the minutes from the Organizations Board Meeting held on April 26, 1984. Vice President Fischer seconded the motion. Senator Eckert moved to divide the question to consider the two action items of the meeting separately. Senator Iddings seconded the motion. Senator Friedman objected to the consideration which was approved with 10 in favor, 1 opposed(Flourens) and 4 abstaining. MINUTES SENATE MEETING #14-24 MAY 8, 1984 PAGE 5 A representative from the Art Club spoke. Senator Flourens moved the previous question. Senator Friedman seconded the motion which was approved with 11 in favor and 4 opposed(Ohriner, Eckert, Iddings, Cohen). The motion to approve funding in the amount of $600 for the Art Club was approved with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 abstaining(Eckert, Eglet). The motion on the floor was the approve of funding in the amount of $500 for the TKE Keg Roll. Senator Fazi moved the previous question. Senator Friedman seconded the motion which was approved with 13 in favor and 2 opposed(Cohen, Ohriner). The motion to approve funding in the amount of $500 for the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity was approved with all in favor. Senator Eckert moved for a five minutes recess. Senator Cohen seconded the motion. The meeting was recessed to the call of the chair. The meeting was called back to order at which time Senators Flourens and Hawley were not present. VII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Academic Advisement(2) There were no nominations. 2. Arts and Letters College(1) Pete Bellon and John Martin were nominated. Senator Ohriner moved to close nominations. Senator Eckert seconded the motion which was approved with all in favor. B. Discussion/Action on the Constitution Revision - Ballot Question The chair recommended no action on this item. C. Appointment of Scott Black(AA) and Scott Nellis(HS) to the Senate Senator Varona moved to approve the appointment of Scott Black to the Academic Advisement Senate Seat and the appointment of Scott Nellis to the Health Sciences Senate Seat. Senator Friedman seconded the motion. Senator Friedman moved to divide the question. Senator Varona withdrew his motion. D. Transfers and Budget Adjustments 1. $9,000.00 Cash Transfer - From 4-2-457-4120-903-9002 - To 4-2-457-4120-906-9001 MINUTES SENATE MEETING #14-24 MAY 8, 1984 PAGE 6 Senator Eckert moved to approve the above transfer. Senator Iddings seconded the motion which was approved with all in favor. VIII. New Business A. Transfers and Budget Adjustments 1. Budget Adjustment a) Increase 902-3000 by $4000.00 b) Decrease 906-3000 by $4000.00 Senator Eckert moved to approve the above budget adjustment. Senator Eglet seconded the motion which was approved with all in favor. B. Approval of Payment to Election Board Members 1. Wilbur M. Schaefer up to $60.00 2. Lewis J. Dessormeau, Jr. up to $60.00 3. Mojgan Sobhani up to $60.00 Senator Eglet moved to postpone this item indefinitely. Senator Varona seconded the motion. Senator Eckert moved to amend by substitution to approve $30 for each member. There was no second. Discussion took place. The motion to postpone this item indefinitely failed with 5 in favor, 7 opposed and 1 abstaining. C. Approval of Payment to Nevada Tax Professionals for services rendered in certifying CSUN Executive Elections - $150.00 Senator Friedman moved to approve the payment to the Nevada Tax Professionals in the amount of $150 for services rendered in certifying the CSUN Executive Elections. Senator Ohriner seconded the motion which was approved with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstaining(Cohen). D. Discussion/Action on Legislation Bylaw #23 This item was withdrawn. E. Discussion/Action on Entertainment and Programming Contracts 1. Spoof $300.00 2. Ritz $250.00 3. Smith Sound $15 0.00 4. Security up to $200.00 Senator Eckert moved to suspend the rules and change item 3 from $150 to $200. Senator Fazi seconded the motion which was approved with all in favor. Senator Ohriner moved to approve the amendment of item 3 from $150 to $200. Vice President Fischer seconded the motion which was approved with all in favor. Senator Ohriner moved to approve items 1(Spoof for $300), 3 (Smith Sound for $200-as amended) and 4(Security up to $200) MINUTES SENATE MEETING #14-24 MAY 8, 1984 PAGE 7 There was a second. The motion was approved with all in favor. F. Approval of Work Load Waiver, for Senate President Haldeman Senator Eckert moved to approve the work load waiver for Senate President Haldeman. Senator Fazi seconded the motion Senator Cohen added a friendly amendment to delete the word "load." The motion was approved with all in favor. G. Approval of Library Proposal - Funding of $1062.98, monies to come from the general account(900) Senator Friedman moved to approve the library proposal for funding in the amount of $1062.98 to come from the general account of CSUN(900). Vice President Fischer seconded the motion which was approved with all in favor. Senator Eckert submitted her verbal resignation from her Science, Math and Engineering Senate Seat as of the adjournment of this meeting and recommended to her fellow SME senators that they nominate Randy Colquitt to fill her position. Senate President Haldeman accepted Eckert's resignation. IX. Open Discussion Senator Friedman asked about the letter quality printer for which the senate had approved funds. Senator Eckert replied that the printer was on order. Senator Eglet thanked the senate for their support in granting the funds to the TKE fraternity for the keg roll. X. Adjournment Senate President Haldeman adjourned the meeting at 6:10 p.m. •Re^ciTi^r'l-'Fiil "I cnhm-i +• -f-c^rl V->\r _ Rponopffnl lu nrpnsrorl V-iv Lynn Best CSUN Senate President CSUN Secretary AGENDA SENATE MEETING 14-25 5/15/84 4:00 P.M. MSU 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #24 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Academic Standards - Kent Anderson, Kai Fischer B. Admissions - Kent Anderson C. International Education - Kent Anderson D. Intercollegiate Athletic Council - Kai Fischer E. Bylaws Committee Member - Vicky Hughes VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Beverage Manager B. Entertainment and Programming Board C. Intramurals Director D. Judicial Council E. Other VII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seat 1. Academic Advisement(2) 2. Science, Math and Engineering(1) VIII. New Business A. Appointment of Scott Black(AA) and Scott Nellis(HS) to the Senate MINUTES SENATE MEETING #14-24 MAY 8, 1984 PAGE 2 B. Appointment of Arts and Letters College Senator C. Nomination of Grades Verification Committee D. Approval of an Amount not to Exceed $200.00 as a Donation to SPRTA(Student Philosophical Round Table Association) toward the Frankl Lecture from 902(Special Projects) E. Discussion - Conference on Student Services F. Amendment to Bylaws Operating Policy - Cohen IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MEMORANDUM TO: All Senators > FROM: Kai Fischer, CSUN Vice-President DATE: May 10, 19 84 RE: Senate Agenda Items Please add to your Senate Agenda the following item: G. UNLV Water Skiing Club- Funding of $350.00 This is item G. under New Business and is not to be considered until after 4:20 p.m. Thank you. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477