Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 30, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA SENATE MEETING #41 30 AUGUST 1983 SESSION 13 4:00 P.M. EDU 39 9 "BOARD OF REGENTS ROOM" Call to Order Roll Call Approval of Minutes #4 0(Amendment on transfers) Executive Board Announcements A. State of the Campus Address Executive Board Nominations A. Elections Board Chairman - Tracy Beaton B. Elections Board Member - Gus Varona C. General Education Committee Member - Pamela Reynolds D. Professional Programming Member - Pamela Reynolds E. Parking and Traffic Committee - Sheri Wolodko Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Ad Hoc Committees 1. Constitutional Revisions B. Beverage Manager C. Bylaws Committee(08/23) D. Entertainment and Programming Board E. Faculty Senate Committees 1. Academic Standards 2. Code F. Intramurals Director G. Judicial Council CO8/231 E. Nevada Student Affairs I. Organizations- Board J. President' s Committees^ 1. Intercollegiate Athletic Council UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 I. II. Ill. IV. V. VI. MINUTES SENATE MEETING #41 30 AUGUST 19 8 3 PAGE 0 2 K. Publications Board L. Radio Board M. Student Services(08/18) N. Other O. Appropriations Board VII. Old Business A. Closed Personnel Session to Discuss CSUN Personalities/ Policies B. Discussion/Action Concerning Personnel Session C. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Education College 2. Academic Advisement D. Amendment to Bylaw #9 - from table E. Amendment to Bylaw #21 VIII. New Business A. Approval of Commissioning Artis:ts - Executive Board B. Approval of $4000. for Homecoming Activities - V.J. Hirsch, Homecoming Chairman C. Discussion/Action on Reduction of Executive Board Members Stipends IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment WHEN YOU VOTE AGAINST A MOTION TO TABLE A RESOLUTION OPPOSING RECONSIDERATION OF THE VETO OF A BILL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING REALLY? CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES SENATE MEETING #41 SESSION 13 30 AUGUST 1983 4:00 P.M. EDU 399 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Stephanie Pettit Jay Lezcano Sari Bloom August Corrales John Pasquantino Louie Schiavone Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson David Mounts Murray Long Deanna Macaluso Jim Eells Jeff Chadwell Mark Doubrava Senate President Clay announced that Barbara Zimmer is no longer a senator for the College of Arts and Letters. III. Approval of Minutes #40 Senator Eglet moved to approve Minutes #40, and Senator Mounts seconded. Senator Corrales moved to amend the minutes to change the transfer from 906 to 907 under item C of new business. The amendment reads as follows: C. Increase 907-9001 by $3000.00 ' The amendment was seconded by Senator Chadwell» The minutes from meeting #40 as amended were approved with all in favor. Senator Pasquantino moved to suspend the rules and move into Old Business and through New Business. Senator Eglet offered a friendly amendment to move into UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Members Absent Nanda Briggs - excused Matt McGuire - excused MINUTES SENATE MEETING #41 30 AUGUST 19 8 3 PAGE 0 2 Items C, D, A and B of Old Business. Senator Doubrava seconded the amendment. Senator Glasgow moved to reconsider the special orders of the day and move into item III, Approval of Minutes:. Senator Corrales seconded the motion which passed with, all in favor. III. Approval of Minutes Senator Glasgow moved to rescind the approval of minutes #28. Senator Corrales seconded the motion which passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstaining(Lona). Senator Glasgow moved to approve the minutes from meeting #2 8 with the amendment to delete section III, Approval osft aMteisn ut"eSse na#t2o7r upE glteot. hmuotv endq t^toi ncalmuenddi na. t.h e. .".-p aMroaugnrtapsh swehciocnhd,e d. President Lee pointed out that if this motion passes his stipend will no longer be at $4 50 ner month. The motion to approve his stipend at $38 0 per month which was stated as- pas-sing in previous minutes did not actually pass, because it required a two-thirds vote. Therefore, the President's stipend is zero and no one can receive a stipend higher than the President's so no one should receive their stipend. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Bloom seconded. The motion passed with- all in favor. The motion to delete from minutes #28, section III, Approval of Minutes #27 up to but not including the paragraph which states "Senator Eglet moved to amend the minutes of meeting #27 to delete. . passed with. 14 in favor, 0 opposed.and 1 abstaining(Long). Senator Glasgow moved to approve minutes #23 as amended, and Senator Jackson seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 0 oppos ed and 1 abstaining (Long). The motion to suspend the rules and move into Old Business items. C, D, E, A and B and then move into New Business passed with all in favor. VII. Old Business C. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats: 1. Education College 2. Academic Advisement Senator Bloom nominated Tracy Church for Arts and Letters. President Lee nominated Jim Ohriner for Arts and Letters. Senator Bloom nominated Zellie Dow for Academic Advisement. Senator Schiavone nominated Denyce Tuller for Arts and Letters. Senator Bloom nominated Lisa Herman for Education. Senator Bloom moved to close nominations, for the Arts and Letters Senate seat, and Senator Jackson seconded. The motion was- withdrawn. MINUTES SENATE MEETING #41 30 AUGUST 19 8 3 PAGE 0 3 D. Amendment to Bylaw #9 - from table Senator Corrales moved to remove Bylaw #9. from the table, and Senator Jackson seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. Senator Corrales moved to approve Bylaw #9 by substi-tution, and Senator Bloom seconded. Senator Pasquantino moved to add a friendly amendment to section N, 2 to change the word "Senate President" to "President" and to add to section 2 that one must refer to bylaw #17 which is the Succession of Officers bylaw. Senator Pasquantino withdrew his amendment. Senator Eglet moved to amend section N, 2 to add "Upon temporary suspension of any Executive Board officer refer to the succession of officers bylaw #17. Upon temporary suspension of any senator, the senator's seat shall re-main open until that member is found guilty or acquitted." Senator Corrales accepted Eglet!s motion as a friendly amendment and Bloom concurred. Senator Mounts moved the previous question, and Senator Bloom seconded. Jim Qhriner objected. Senate President Clay stated that she does not normally recognize statements- from the gallery. President Lee objected because there has: not been enough discussion. Senate President Clay stated that bylaw 39- is an important piece of legislation and should be discussed further. The motion to end debate failed with. 1 in favor(Mounts), and 14 opposed. President Lee pointed out several discrepancies: in bylaw #9 to which Senator Eglet pointed out that many parts of the. bylaw- were structured after and taken from the Nevada Revised Statutes, Senator Pasquantino yielded the floor to Jim Ohriner who pointed out several conflicts in the bylaw with the United States Constitution. He also stated if this bylaw passes the senate could go to court. Senator Corrales withdrew his motion to approve bylaw #9. President Lee yielded the floor to Chief Justice Oshinski who also pointed out several conflicts in bylaw #9 with the CSUN Constitution. Senator Jackson moved to refer bylaw #9 back to the bylaws committee and to have a lawyer review the bylaw to make any necessary changes, and Senator Chadwell seconded. Senator Mounts made a friendly amendment to table bylaw #9 MINUTES SENATE MEETING #41 30 AUGUST 19 8 3 PAGE 0 04 for one week. Senator Jackson explained that one week was not sufficient time. The committee should have as much time as it needs to revise the bylaw. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Jackson seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. The motion to refer bylaw #9 to the bylaws committee to have a lawyer review it and make necessary changes passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstaining(Corrales). E. Amendment to Bylaw #21 Senator Eglet moved to approve bylaw #21 by substitution, and Vice President Shaffer seconded. President Lee made a friendly amendment to add to bylaw #21 that all actions taken by the Nevada Student Affairs will be made with the advice and consent of the executive board. Senator Eglet did not accept the friendly amendment. The motion to approve bylaw #21 by substitution passed with all in favor. Senator Eglet requested that the override of veto and approval of bylaw #21 be placed on the agenda for next Tuesday. Jim Ohriner stated that an item cannot be placed on the agenda if it has not occured. Senator Eglet stated that it has been done before. Bylaw #21 as approved reads:: Senate Bylaw #21 Nevada Student Affairs I, Definition A. Nevada Student Affairs shall be the chief advocate on issues concerning students. IT. Composition A. The Director B. The Assistant Director C. Research Staff III. Powers and Responsibilities A. Nevada Student Affairs shall be the Consolidated Student Chief Advocate for student interests at the local, state and national level. B. Nevada Student Affairs shall schedule and administer functions designed to heighten awareness of relevant student interests. C. Nevada Student Affairs shall act as a liaison between the Consolidated Students and the public servants at MINUTES SENATE MEETING #41 30 AUGUST 19 8 3 PAGE 0 05 the local, state and national level. D. Nevada Student Affairs shall gather and distribute information on relevant student interests. E. Nevada Student Affairs shall keep complete public records of student government activities. F. Nevada Student Affairs shall keep complete public records of Faculty Senate Minutes. G. Nevada Student Affairs shall keep complete public records of Board of Regents meetings. H. Nevada Student Affairs shall keep records of Nevada Legislative activities. I. Nevada Student Affairs shall keep records of local and state government officials. J. Nevada Student Affairs shall coordinate University and Community College student government presidential summits, at least, but not limited to, twice a year. The Director shall act as mediator and Chairman. K. Nevada Student Affairs shall write and distribute reports on student government presidential summits. Senator Eglet moved to move into New Business, item A, B and C and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. Senate President Clay passed the gavel to Pasquantino. VIII. New Business A. Approval of Commissioning Artists - Executive Board Senate President Clay moved to approve the commissioning of artists to paint the MSU and CSUN logos in the offices at a cost of no more than $200. Vice President Shaffer seconded. Senator Mounts left the meeting at 5:16 p.m. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Jackson seconded. The chair stated that this motion was unnecessary because no one else wanted the floor. The motion to commission artists to paint the MSU and CSUN logos in the offices at a cost not to exceed $2 0 0 was stated by the chair as passing with 9 in favor, 3 opposed(Pettit, Doubrava, Eells) and 2 abstaining(Corrales, Jackson). Senator Corrales pointed out that a two thirds vote is required to disburse funds. The chair determined that this item was the disbursement of funds: and stated that the motion to approve had failed. B.. Approval of $40.00 for Homecoming Activities - V.J. Hirsch Senator Eglet moved to table this item for one week, and MINUTES SENATE MEETING #41 30 AUGUST 19 8 3 PAGE 0 06 Senator Bloom seconded the motion. The motion passed with all present in favor. C. Discussion/Action on Reduction of Executive Board Members Stipends Senator Eglet requested that this item be considered after items D and E of New Business. VIII. New Business D. Appointment of Acting Vice President and Acting Vice President Pro Tempore Vice President Shaffer moved to approve Robert Eglet as Acting Vice President and Sam Lieberman as Acting Vice President Pro Tempore, and Senator Bloom seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstaining (Eglet). E. Endorsement of IAC minutes from meeting held on March 14, 1983 i Senator Pasquantino moved to endorse the minutes from the IAC meeting held on March 14, 1983 specifically to endorse the diagram for seating as proposed by Albrecht at this meeting, (Minutes and diagram attached) in which 2700: seats were desig-nated for students on the floor. Senator Eglet seconded the motion. Larry Hamilton explained that these minutes were passed by the IAC committee members that designates 2700 seats on the floor for students. Senator Bloom left the meeting at 5:32 p.m. President Lee stated that he was mislead with the wrong information concerning seating. Senator Pasquantino spoke in favor of supporting the IAC minutes. Larry Hamilton stated that the IAC is only an advisory board to the President.. Senator Long stated that if the senate shows unity on this issue everyone should listen. Rick Oshinski encouraged the senate to make the allocation of seats a big issue. There will be a meeting on Thursday at 3:30 in Wright Hall the Gold Room. Senator Eells encouraged everyone to go to the meeting. Senator Pasquantino urged unanimous support of this motion. Senate President Clay asked if the other executive board members were in favor of the motion. Lee, Shaffer and Clay were in agreement for supporting the IAC minutes. President Lee stated that given the information which he had been given, he made the best decision he could. : ; ' The motion to endorse the minutes from the IAC meeting held on March 14, 1983 specifically to endorse the diagram for seating as proposed by Albrecht at this meeting in which 2700 seats were designated for students on the floor passed MINUTES SENATE MEETING #41 30 AUGUST 19 8 3 PAGE 0 07 with all in favor. Senator Corrales moved to recess the meeting for 10 minutes and Senator Glasgow seconded. Senate President Clay recessed the meeting for 8 minutes at 5:55 p.m. The meeting was called back to order at 6:06 p.m. Second Roll Call Members in Attendance Stephanie Pettit Jay Lezcano August Corrales John Pasquantino Louie Schiavone Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson Murray Long Deanna Macaluso Jim Eells Jeff Chadwell Mark Doubrava Senator Glasgow moved to consider item V, Executive Board Nominations by suspending the rules, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Elections Board Chairman - Tracy Beaton B. Elections Board Member - Gus Varona C. General Education Committee Member - Pamela Reynolds D. Professional Programming Member - Pamela Reynolds E. Parking and Traffic Committee - Sheri Wolodko Senator Glasgow moved to approve the nominations A through E as a whole, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. VII. Old Business A. Closed Personnel Session to Discuss;CSUN Personalities/ Policies Senator Corrales moved to go into a closed personnel session with senator and executive board members present. The motion did not receive a second. Vice President Shaffer moved to move into a closed personnel session to discuss personalities and policies and the con-flict between the senate and the executive board with sena-tors, executive board members and Sam Lieberman present. President Lee moved to go into a committee of the whole to discuss the matter with Shaffer as the chairman, and Vice President Shaffer seconded the motion. Senators Macaluso and Eglet objected. The vote on the objection failed with 6 in favor and 7 opposed(Long, Schiavone, Chadwell, Mounts, Eglet, Jackson, Corrales). Members Absent Sari Bloom David Mounts Nanda Briggs Matt McGuire MINUTES SENATE MEETING #41 30 AUGUST 19 8 3 PAGE 0 8 Senator Eglet moved to go into a closed personnel session with executive board members, pro terns, senators, Sam Lieberman present. The motion passed with 10 in favor, 3 opposed(Long, Pasquantino, Eells) and 0 abstaining. The motion was seconded feXrrynSamxl^on^sQoyer STudent Union Board Chairman, conscientously objected to being removed from the room. Vice President Shaffer moved to go out of closed session, and President Lee seconded. Senator Corrales stated that if there were no objections, Larry Hamilton could remain during the closed session. The motion to move out of closed personnel session passed with 12 in favor and 1 opposed(Chadwell1. Senator Long moved to suspend the rules and move into item VI, D Entertainment and Programming Board Report. Senator Pettit seconded the motion which failed with 2 in favor(Pettit, Long) and 9 opposed. Vice President Shaffer moved to go into a closed personnel session with, senate, executive board, Larry Hamilton, Sam Lieberman present. Senator Long stated that senate time should not be wasted on this. Senator Pettit moved to amend the motion to include that CSUN department heads and Moyer Student Union representatives may be present during the closed session. Senator Chadwell seconded. President Lee moved to amend the amendment to allow the Yell writer to remain during the closed session. Senator Pasquantino seconded. The amendment to the amendment to allow the YeI1 writer to stay during the. closed session passed with .10 Th favor, 1 opposed and 2 abstaining(Long, PettitI. The motion to allow department heads, senators, execu-tive board members, Moyer Student Union representatives, Larry Hamilton, Sam Lieberman and the' Ye11 writer to remain during the closed session to discuss- conflicts between the senate and the executive board passed with 7 in favor, 5 opposed (Chadwell, Long, Eglet, Eells, Glasgow) and 1 abstaining(Pasquantino Senator Eglet moved to go out of closed personnel session, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 1 opposed (Chadwell) and 0- abstaining. B. Discussion/Action Concerning Closed Personnel Session There was no action taken on this item. VIII. New Business j C. Discussion/Action on Reduction of Executive Board Mem-bers Stipends Senator Macaluso moved to set the President stipend at $380.00 per month. MINUTES SENATE MEETING #41 30 AUGUST 19 8 3 PAGE 0 09 Senate President Clay stated that this item can only be approved as a submission. Senator Pasquantino moved to submit the approval of a $450.00 per month stipend for the President, and President Lee seconded. Senator Pasquantino moved to amend to stated that the stipend will be effective May 1. Senator Chadwell seconded. Senator Macaluso moved the previous question which was seconded by Senator Jackson. The motion passed 8 in favor and 5 opposed (Eglet, Corrales, Glasgow, Long, Eells). The motion to approve the submission of a $450.00 per month stipend for the President to begin May 1 passed 11 in favor, 1 opposed(Glasgow) and 1 abstaining(Corrales). Senator Eglet moved to adjourn the meeting, and Jackson seconded. Senate President Clay pointed out that the consitution states that the state of the campus address must be given today. Senator Eglet moved to recess the meeting until next Tues-day, September 06 at 4:00 p.m. Lee seconded. The motion to recess the meeting until next Tuesday, September 06 at 4:00 p.m. in MSU 20 3 passed with 6 in favor, 4 opposed and 3 abstaining. The meeting was recessed at 6:48 p.m. The meeting was called back to order 4:04 p.m. on the 0 6 of September in MSU 203. Roll Call Members in Attendance Stephanie Pettit Jay Lezcano Sari Bloom August Corrales Louie Schiavone Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow David Mounts Nanda Briggs Deanna Macaluso Jim Eells Due to lack of quorum, the meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m. Senate President Clay announced that Senate Meeting #42 will be called to order at 5:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Respectfully prepared by, Members Absent John Pasquantino - excused Virgil Jackson - unexcused Matt McGuire - unexcused Murray Long - unexcused Jeff Chadwell - unexcused Mark Doubrava - unexcused Catherine Clay Senate President Lynn Best Secretary UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Intercolleaiate Athletic Council [7'P I A C M i n u t e s o f 3/14/83 /}S> Present: Dolin, Schaffter, Wagonseller, Crehan, Gonssak, Oshinski, Rothermel. Guests: Fred Albrecht, Bill Terry, Le Riggle, Tina Kunzer, Dennis Finfrock. 1. Albrecht presented a priority seating policy for scholarship donors based on length of time in the program and amount of con-tribution. The plan also included three new contribution levels ($7200, $5400, $3600). Different categories will be assigned dates on which individuals in the respective categories can choose their s-jats. Motion by Goussak, second by Wagonseller to approve the priority seating policy. Motion passes (6-0). 2. Albrecht presented a proposal for seating allotment (see diagram for lower 9000 seats) . Schaffter suggested an alternative plan which would (a) give students almost all base line to base line seats on one side, (b) give F/S more and better seats on the student side, (c) put the Alumni and Foundation on the side with other scholarship donors. Crehan and Wagonseller agreed that students should have the base line to base line seats. Oshinski and Goussak indicated they were happy -with Albrecht's plan. Finfrock said the student repre-sentatives had been offered the better seats in two previous meetings with Athletic Department officials. Rothermel indicated his preference for Albr^-.ht's plan since, (a) the student representatives were happy with it, and (b) Schaffter's plan offered fewer prime seats to potential scholarship donors. In the upper seats there are sections reserved for students (about 1000), F/S (about 300), alumni, and scholarship donors. Motion by Wagonseller, second by Dolin to approve Albrecht's plan. Motion passed (6-0). 'NOTES: a) Pricing and seating for alumni donors will be the same as for other donors. b) There was no discussion of what would be done with any seats left unsold in a category. c) In the previous IAC meeting, Rothermel indicated that F/S season tickets would be discounted somewhere between 25 and 33 percent from single game prices. Next meeting: Monday, May 2, 198 3 at 5:00 pm in EDU 118. 7\genda: (1) Discussion of forthcoming Regent's policies on athletics, (2) Final budget for 83-84, and (3) F/S seating priority and ticket prices for basketball. TS/drb