Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 08, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #13 Session #13 4:00 p.m. February 8, 1983 MSU 203 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes 1 #12 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Elections Board B. Entertainment and Programming Board C. Faculty Committees 1. Curriculum Committee 2. Code 3. Academic Standards D. Organizations Board E. Publications Board F. Student Services Committee G. Nevada Student Affairs H. Other I. Appropriations Board VI. Unfinished Business A. Compensation Request for Elections Board Chairman (from table) B. Amendment to S.B. 006 - DiBenedetto C. Nominations for Constitutional Revisions Committee - DiBene-detto VII. New Business A. Formation of Stipend Review Committee - Oshinski B. Amendment to Publications Board Operating Policy - DiBenedetto C. Repeal of S.B. 002B VIII. Open Discussion IX. Adjournment UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND. PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702] 739,-3477 Mitchell's Law of Committees: Any simple proDlem can be made^insoluble if enough meetings are held to discuss it. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting #13 Session #13 4:00 p.m. February 3, 19 8 3 MSU 203 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Bill DiBenedetto - late David Mounts Stephanie Pettit Ginger Clayton - excused absent August Corrales MaryBeth Nitzschke - unexcused absent Trent Parks - excused absent Robert Barnum Robert Eglet - late Cathy Powell Mike Waller - excused absent Calvin Valvo - late Catherine Clay Marc Miller Jim Eells Eric Emerson Senate President Wild moved into section IV, Executive Board Announcements. IV. Executive Board Announcements 1. Senate President Wild He announced that David Begor has resigned his position as Academic Advisement Senator. Paul Berger has resigned his positions as Radio Board Chairman and Appropriations Board Vice Chairman. Sharlet MacGregor has resigned her position as Financial Aid Committee member. Please add under Unfinished Business, item D. Approval of Contracts for Entertainment and Programming Board(Mardi Gras and Michael Marlin). Also add under Unfinished Business, item E. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats for Health Sci-ences, Science, Math and Engineering and Education. Add under New Business, item D. Reimbursement for Vice Presi-dent's fees and item E. Co-sponsorship of debate between Nevada Power and Nevada Consumer Advocate on February 15, at 1:00 p.m. The Financial Aid Committee has a meeting tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. Jef will be receiving copies of all UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #13-February 8, 19 83 page 2 the Faculty/Senate Committees. Senate President Wild moved back into Approval of Minutes. III. Approval of Minutes #12 Senate President Wild made a correction on the minutes to delete under section VIII. New Business the first paragraph beginning with "Senator Eckert moved. . ." and ending with ". . .and 4 abstentions." There being no further additions or corrections, the minutes stood approved as corrected. V. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Elections Board There will be a meeting on Thursday, February 10 at 4:00 p.m. B. Entertainment and Programming Board There was no report. C. Faculty Committees 1. Curriculum Committee There was no report. 2. Code Committee There was no report. 3. Academic Standards There was no report. D. Organizations Board Karen Eckert read the minutes from the meeting held on February 2, 1983. Alpha Tau Omega, Amnesty International, Black Student Union, Boxing Club, Council for Exceptional Children, Eckankar Club, Financial Management Association, Hillel, International Student Association, Kappa Alpha Psi, Panhellenic Council, Pi Sigma Alpha, Preprofessional Club, Sigma Nu, Ski Club, Student Accounting Association, Student Film Organization, Student Philosophical Round Table Association, Tau Kappa Epsilon Little Sisters, Volun-tary Emergency Medical Service and the Jazz Ensemble were absent from the meeting. The Association for Computing Machinery, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Kappa Psi, Delta Zeta, Freedom Loving Students, Hispanic Associ-ation, Hotel Association, International Association of Business Communicators, Interfraternity Council, LDS Stu-dent Association, Phi Omega Chi, Plus One, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Society of Mining Engineers, Society of Physics Students, Student Media Insti-tute, T'ai Chi Chuan, Tau Kappa Epsilon, University Cham-ber Singers, University Choir, Senator Robert Barnum and ex-officio member Jef Wild were all present. There was a motion to grant $300.00 for the Hispanic Association was approved. Senator Eglet moved to approve the minutes from the Organizations Board meeting held on Feb. 2, 1983, and Senator Emerson seconded. There being no additions or corrections, the minutes stood approved as read. E. Publications Board Chairperson Griffith read the minutes from the meeting held on the 31st of January. The members present were Bill DiBenedetto, Randy Hockfeld, Linda Lehman, Lisa Grif- SENATE MEETING #13-February 8, 19 83 page 3 fith, Mario Guerrina and Richard Kalian. Guests were Dr. McCullcmgh and Stephanie Pettit. The Board approved an amendment to the minutes to read an excused absence. There was a motion to submit the following change as a Senate Bill: That the CSUN Publications Board has the power to nominate all CSUN editors-in-chief(following procedure established in the Publications Board Operating Poli-cy) , with approval from the Executive Board and finally the Senate. No editor nominated may be a member of the Publica-tions Board. President Oshinski moved to approve the Publications Board Minutes (including Senate Bill #10-CSUN! Editor Bill) , and Senator DiBenedetto seconded. Senate President Wild ruled the approval of Senate Bill #10 out of order because of Constitutionality. Senator DiBenedetto appealed the deci-sion of the chair which was ruled out of order. Senator DiBenedetto made a motion to approve the minutes except for item B which would be referred to the Bylaws Commit-tee. Senator Clay seconded. There being no further additions or corrections, the minutes stood approved. F. Student Services:Committee There will be a meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Febru-ary 10, 1983. G. Nevada Student Affairs Director Shaffer read the minutes from the meeting held on February 4, 198 3 at 3:00 p.m. The members present were Mark Shaffer, Michelle DeTillio, Sam Lieberman and Stephanie Pettit. Members unexcused absent were David Begor^and Bill DiBenedetto. Members excused absent were Holly Reed and Theresa Jackson. The meeting was adjourned due to lack of quorum. Senator Eglet moved to approve the minutes as read, arid Senator Powell seconded. There being no additions or corrections, the minutes stood approved. H. Other There will be a Bylaws Committee meeting on Thursday at 4:00 p o m 0 I. Appropriations Board Chairman Goussak read the minutes from the meeting held on Mondaiy, February 1 , 1983 . The members present were Paul Berger, Rosana Reyes and Sindy Glasgow, Excused absences were Cathy Powell and Pan Jacka„ The minutes from Meeting #26 were approved with no additions or corrections. The Board approved a motion to require the Yell to repay the $9000o00 loan when the newspaper is financially able. Senator Powell moved to approve the minutes from meeting #26, and Senator DiBenedetto seconded. The minutes stood approved as read. The next Appropriations Board meeting will be held on Monday at 4:00 p.m. VI. Unfinished Business A „ Compensation Request for Elections Board Chairman (from table) There was no motion made. SENATE MEETING #13-February 8, 19 83 page 4 B. Amendment to S.B. 006 - DiBenedetto Senator DiBenedetto moved to review the amendment to S.B. 006, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. C. Nominations for Constitutional Revisions Committee - DiBenedetto This item was withdrawn. D. Approval of Contracts for Mardi Gras and Michael Marlin Chairman Hamilton made corrections to the Contract paper-worko In the first section, #1 should be changed to Ted Goodman and #5 should be changed to Ted Goodman, On the third section, #1 and #5 should changed from Keith Nelson to Michael Schivo„ In; section 6, change "Mr. Osieki" to "Ted Goodman," Senator DiBenedetto moved to approve con-tracts with the Generics, the Grown Ups, Secret Citizen, Joe Burton and the Wrecking Crew, Kamikazi Klones, James Tony and the Countdowns, Michael Smith, Pascal Veraquin of the UNLV Dixieland Band and Linda Woods, and Senator Miller seconded. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. E. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats There were no nominations for Health Sciences. Senator DiBenedetto nominated V.J, Hirsch for the vacant Science, Math and Engineering seat, The nomination of Jeff Chad-well was withdrawn. Senator i.Emerson moved to close nomi-nations for the Science, Math and Engineering, and Senator Eckert seconded. The motion was passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Pettit nominated Michelle MacDonald for the vacant Education seat. VIIo New Business Ac Formation of Stipend Review Committee - Oshinski President Oshinski moved to direct the Vice President, President, Senate President, Appropriations Board Chair-man and the pro terns to be members: of the Stipend Review Committee to review the stipends and to make recommenda-tions for the future and report back by March 1, 1983. Senator Miller seconded the motion which passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. B0 Amendment to Publications Board Operating Policy - DiBenedetto This item was withdrawn. C9 Repeal of S0B0 002b This item was withdrawn. Do Reimbursement for Vice President's Fees Senator Powell moved to approve reimbursement for Vice President's fees, and Senator Miller seconded. The mo-tion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Eo Proposal to co-sponsor a debate between the Consumer Ad-vocate's Office and Nevada Power Senator Clay moved to approve the co-sponsorship of a de-bate between the Consumer Advocate's office and Nevada Power Company on February 15-at 1:00 p„m, in the MSU Ball-room, The only costs would be for security. Senator Eckert seconded the motion which passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention, F. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats Senator Pettit nominated Daryl Wicliff for the Academic Advisement Senate Seat. SENATE MEETING #13-February 8, 19 83 page 5 Senator Valvo moved to suspend with the rules and move back into Unfinished Business item A, Compensation Request for Elections Board Chairman. Senator Mounts seconded the mo-tion which failed with 7 in favor, 4 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator Mounts made a motion to recess the meeting for 5 minutes. Senate President Wild recessed the meeting for 10 minutes at 4:48 p.m. At 4:58, Senate President Wild called the meeting back to order. Second Roll Call Members in Attendance Bill DiBenedetto David Mounts Stephanie Pettit Ginger Clayton - excusdd absent August Corrales MaryBeth Nitzschke - unexcused absent Trent Parks - excused absent Robert Barnum Robert Eglet Cathy Powell Mike Waller - excused absent Calvin Valvo Catherine Clay Marc Mi1ler Jim Eells Eric Emerson Senator Barnum moved to reconsider the motion to suspend the rules, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion to reconsider suspending the rules passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. Then the Senate moved back into discussion on whether to suspend the rules and move'lnto Unfinished Business item A. Senator Miller moved the previous question, and Senator DiBenedetto seconded. All were in favor of ending debate. The motion to suspend the rules and move into Unfinished Business, item A passed with 11 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. The Senate was back into discussion on Unfinished Business, item A. Senator Mounts moved to remove this item from the table, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion to remove item A from the table passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Mounts moved to approve a stipend of $150/month and a fee waiver for the Elections Board Chairman-equal to the compensation for Publications Board Chairman. Senator Valvo seconded the motion,, Senator Miller called for the question, and Senator Powell seconded. The motion to end debate failed with 5 in favor and 6 opposed. Senator DiBenedetto moved to refer the Compensation Request for Elections Board Chairman to the Stipend Review Committee, and Senator Emerson seconded. Senator Mounts objected to the consideration, and Senator Miller seconded. The motion to object to the consider-ation failed with 5 in favor, 4 opposed and 3 abstentions. The Senate moved back into discussion on referring the Elections Board Chairman Compensation to committee. Senator Emerson made a friendly amendment that, if this stipend is granted to the SENATE MEETING #13-February 8, 19 83 page 6 Elections Board Chairman, that it be retroactive to the first of February. Senator Eells made a motion to end debate which was seconded. The motion to end debate failed with 10 in favor, 2 opposed. There was more discussion. Senator Mounts made a mo-tion to end debate, and Senator Miller seconded. This motion failed with 9 in favor and 3 opposed. The vote on the motion to refer the Elections Board Chairman Compensation to the stipend review committee failed with 2 in favor and 10 opposed. The Senate then moved back into discussion on whether to approve the compensation for the Elections Board Chairman. Senator Corrales moved to amend the motion to delete the part concerning the fee waiver and only grant him the $150/month stipend, and Senator Miller seconded. Senator Miller moved the previous question, and Senator Powell seconded. The motion to end debate failed. Pres-ident Oshinski made a motion to move into a Closed Personnel Ses-sion, and Senator Eglet seconded. This motion passed with 9 in favor, 1 opposed and 2 abstentions. The meeting moved into a closed personnel session at 5:39 p 0m. The meeting was then called back to order after approximately 10 minutes had passed. Senator Eglet moved the previous question, and Senator Powell seconded. This motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator DiBenedetto asked for a roll call vote. The vote on the amendment to award the Elections Board Chairman $150/month with no fee waiver, failed with 1 in favor, 8 opposed and 3 abstentions. The vote on the motion to award a stipend and fee waiver to the Elections Board Chairman, failed with 0 in favor, 10 opposed and 2 abstentions,„ VIII. Open Discussion Senator DiBenedetto requested an item for next week's agenda regarding disqualification of Jef Wild as a candidate for the Executive Board elections to be held on April 13 and 14. President Oshinski announced that he is still accepting nomi-nations for the Distinguished Teaching Award, and he explained the award in detail. Tonight at the Sands Hotel there will be a Rebel Rally. All are invited to meet the team and coach. IX. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 5:57 p.m by, Jef Wild CSUN Senate President Lyirn Best CSUN Secretary