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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 07, 1982

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    CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #5 Session 13 4:00 p.m. December 7, 1982 MSU 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #4 and Emergency Meeting #1 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Appropriations Board - Senator Eckert B. Grievance Committee - Senator Barnum C. Bylaws Committee - Senator Eglet D. Nevada Student Lobby Director - Mark Shaffer E. Nevada Student Lobby - Senators Begor, Clayton and DiBenedetto and Vice President Pro Tempore DeTillio and Sam Lieberman, Holly Reed, Charles Bloom:and Tom Newell VI. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Bylaws Committee B. Elections Board C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Faculty Committees E. President's Committee F. Publications Board G. Student Services Committee H. Other I. Appropriations Board VII. Unfinished Business VIII. New Business A. Submission of Bylaw #19 (Senate Bills Bylaw) - DiBenedetto B. Submission of Bylaw #21 (Nevada Student Lobby) - DiBenedetto C. Proposal for Student Discount Card - Fitchet IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting #5 4:00 p.m. 12-07-82 MSU 201 I. Call to Order Senate President Wild called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance David Begor Bill DiBenedetto David Mounts Stephanie Pettit Ginger Clayton August Corrales MaryBeth Nitzschke Trent Parks - late Robert Barnum Robert Eglet Cathy Powell Mike Waller Brenda Roberts Calvin Valvo Sharlet McGregor - excused absent Catherine Clay Marc Miller Karen Eckert Jim EelIs Eric E-merson III, Approval of Minutes #4 and Emergency Meeting #1 Senator Powell made the following amendment to Minutes #4>iNew Business B—1. Transfer $200.00 from 907-9002 to 906-3000 Increase 906-3000 by $200,00 Decrease 906-3000 by $200.00, Senator DiBenedetto seconded the motion which passed with no abstentions and no opposition. There being no further addi-tions or corrections the minutes from meeting #4 and the emer-gency meeting #1 stood approved. IV, Executive Board Announcements 1. President Oshinski On December 8, 1982 at 9:30 a.m. the regents will be in CSUN- for a briefing and tour. The code with revisions passed UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #5-December 7, 1982 page 2 at the regents' meeting on December 3. At 4:08 Senator Parks was present. An audit was taken of UNLV and UNR Boosters and as a result bonuses will be given to coaches and players. At the Regents' meeting Regent Gallagher passed out a reso-lution proposing that the regents refuse to collect student fees for CSUN and ASUN. At 4:10 Senator Clayton left the meeting. CSUN and ASUN were on the agenda for the regents'- meeting. After members from ASUN and CSUN had spoken, the regents took no action on the agenda item. At 4:13 Senator Clayton returned. 2. Vice President Hiu President Oshinski deserves credit for CSUN's positive performance at the Regents8 meeting. Vice President Hiu introduced Dr. Thompson who gave an overview of his proposal for lobbying in Carson City and his proposal for a possible class in Nevada State Politics. V. Executive Board Nominations Senator Powell made a motion to approve Senator Barnum as a member of the Grievance Committee, Senator Eglet as a member of the Bylaws Committee, Mark Shaffer as the Director of the Nevada Student Lobby, Senators Begor, Clayton and Di- Benedetto, Michelle DeTillio, Sam Lieberman, Holly Reed, Charles Bloom and Tom Newell as members of the Nevada Student Lobby. Senator DiBenedetto seconded the motion which passed with all in favor. VI. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Bylaws Committee Chairman DiBenedetto announced that there was a meeting on November 23, 1982 at 4:00 p.m. It was called to order at 4:03 and adjourned at 4:13 due to lack of quorum. Currently, CSUN is operating under Senate. Bills 001 and 002B and 006 through 008 . and 18 bylaws with the excep-tion of Bylaws 3 and 10, The next Bylaws meeting will, be held on December 10 at 3:15. Senator Eglet moved to approve the minutes from the Bylaws Committee held on November 2 3 which included and une.xcused absent for Senator Corrales, There being no additions or corrections the minutes stood approved, B, Elections Board Chairman Crum read the minutes from meeting #11 held on December 1, 1982. The Filing dates for the Executive Elections was set at February 28 to March. 4 , 1982 , The. dates for the primary are set for March 2 3 and 24. The The elections dates will be April 13 and 14 1982, There was a motion to maintain the Campaign expenditures as they now stand in accordance with the Elections Board Rules . SENATE MEETING #5-December 7, 1982 page 3 which passed with all in favor. Senate President Wild ruled New Business, item 3 out of order because it is in conflict with the U.S. Constitution. Senator DiBene-detto appealed to the decision of the chair. The Senate voted against the decision of the chair. Senator Clay made ia motion to move into a committee of the whole and Senator Nitzschke seconded the motion. Senator Corrales moved to approve Senator Eglet as chairman of the commit-tee of the whole. Senator Clay seconded the motion which passed, The Senate moved into a committee of the whole at 4-40 p.m. Senator Miller returned to the meeting at 4-47 p.m. Discussion on the minutes took place. Senate President Wild left the meeting at 5;09 p.m. Senator Miller moved to rise and report and Senator Di- Benedetto seconded. The Senate moved out of the commit-tee of the whole with a vote of 17 in favor, 2 opposed and 0 abstentions-. The report of the chairman of the committee of the whole(Senator Eglet) was that it seemed that the general consensus of the Senate was to table the item until next week. Senator Eglet moved to table the minutes from the Elections Board -until next week's Senate Meeting. Senator Emerson seconded the motion.which passed with 16 in favor, 2 opposed and 1 abstention. Senator DiBenedetto stated' a point of order that a definite table is debatable so the meeting moved back into discussion disregarding the vote , At 5:17 p*m. Senate President Wild returned. Senator Miller called for the question and Senator Powell seconded. The motion passed with 19 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. The motion to. table the minutes of the Elections Board passed with 12 in favor, 6 opposed and 1 abstention.. Senate President Pro Tempore Clay passed the gavel to Senate President Wild at 5:19 p.m, C. Entertainment and Programming Board There was no report, D. Faculty Committees There was no report, E. President's Committees President Oshinski read the minutes from the President's Intercollegiate Athletic Council meeting held on November 19, 1932, Basketball player Adams withdrew from UNLV and was then readmitted. The authorities voided his readmit-tance to UNLV, SENATE MEETING #5-December 7, 1982 page 4 Senator Clay stated a point of parliamentary procedure. She declared that it was out of order to table reports of a committee therefore, it was out of order to table the Elections Board report. At 5:33 p.m. Senator Emerson moved to recess the meeting. At 5:48 the meeting was called to order. The secretary called roll. Roll Call Members in Attendance David Begor Bill DiBenedetto David Mounts Stephanie Pettit Ginger Clayton - late August Corrales MaryBeth Nitzschke - late Trent Parks Robert Barnurn Robert Eglet Cathy Powell Mike Waller Brenda Roberts Calvin Valvo Sharlet McGregor - excused absent Catherine Clay Marc Miller - late Karen Eckert Jim EelIs Eric Emerson Senate President wild reported that the rule of tabling was in order so the Elections Board Minutes remained tabled. P. Publications Board Chairperson Griffith, read the minutes from the. meeting held on November 29, 1982 at 3:45 p,m* Jan Craddock was absent, lanexcused, Bi-1-1 DiBenedetto was present, Lisa Griffith was present, Mario Guerrrna was absent, ex-cused', Randy Hockfeld was absent, excused, Linda Lehman was present and Richard "Kalian was: absent unexcused. Since there was no quorum, the meeting was- adjourned at 4:15 p.m. Chairperson Griffith announced that the Yearbook Sale made $56,00, Senator Emerson moved to approve the Publications Board minutes. There being no additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read, G, Student Services There was no report, H, Other There was no report, I, Appropriations Board Chairman Goaassak read the minutes from the Appropriations Board -meeting held on December .7 , 1982 at 3?Q0 p,me The board approved a transfer of $2500' from 906-9002 to 902-9001, Increase 902-3 000 by $2500, Decrease 906-3000 by- $2500 . Senator Roberts moved to approve the Appropria- SENATE MEETING #5-December 7, 1982 page 5 tions Board minutes, and Senator Powell seconded. There Being no additions or corrections the minutes stood approved. VIII, New Business A. Submission of Bylaw #19 (Senate Bills Bylaw) - DiBenedetto This item will appear on next week's senate meeting agenda. B. Submission of Bylaw #21 (Nevada Student Lobby) — DiBenedetto This item has been withdrawn, C. Proposal for Student Discount Card - Fitchet The card would be give the student membership in a dis-count credit club which would include discounts on air^ line tickets, car rentals, room rates, etc. The cost of the card would be $7,00 with a $2.00 profit on the sale of each card going to CSUN, If CSUN did not want to make a profit, the price could be set at $5.00. No motion concerning this item was made. IX. Open Discussion Senator Clay announced that the Freedom Loving Students will be having a rally on January 14 at 7»00 p.m. in the MSU Ball-room. Tomorrow the regents will be in CSUN at 9j30 a.m. with a tour and lunch to follow^. Senator Eglet proposed a new student service which would be the printing of lecture notes. This would include hiring student to take the notes- and having the notes printed and selling them at a reduced price. He requested the help of the Senators- in instituting the survey, He is also looking into the possibility of purchasing a copying machine, X. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 6:21 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Respectfully prepared by, Jef Wild CSUN Senate President CSUN Secretary