Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 30, 1980

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 AGENDA SENATE MEETING #19 September 30, 1980 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p.m. I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #18 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. By-Laws Committee Dawn Soderquist B. Stipend, $150-monthly for KUNV Program Director VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Election Board C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Organizations Board E. Radio Board F. By-Laws Committee G. Ad Hoc Committee Reports VII. Old Business A. Senate President Pro Tempore (nominations) Derrek Yelton B. Vacant Senate Seat, College of Allied Health (nominations) C. Referendum Proposal, Plus/Minus Grading (from table) VIII, New Business A. Establishment of Minority Affairs Committee, President Chanos Members: Nikki Rodriquez Vicki Barnett Toshiko Primrose Creg Frazier B. Recall Petition Proposal, Marty Flynn (action item) IX. Open Discussion A. William Haldeman X. Adjournment MINUTES Senate Meeting #19 September 30, 1980 A p.m. Room 203 I. Call to Order Senate President Burzinski called the meeting to order at A p.m. of the Consolidated Student Senate. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Tom Foskaris Robert Scavetta Dorothy Halpin Claire Dowell Rick Oshinski-unexcused Howard Reign Kelly Campbell-unexcused Scott Karosa-unexcused Mack Jackson Lori Kanton Guest Present Martha Boos Dr. Nitzschke David Martinez Dr. Cassesse Tim McGarry Fred Tredup Jeff Vfild Lorraine Alderman Dale Hulen Burt Teh Derrek Yelton Sgt. Ri^as Joe Petrizzo John Purvis Sandy Williams Ray Corbett III. Approval of Minutes //18 There being no additions or corrections the minutes of Senate Meeting //18 stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. President Chanos President Chanos engaged in a lengthy discussion reviewing each allegation of the recall of himself and Vice-President Reyes. He asked that the student body be patient, it has only been approximately A weeks since school has started and and it takes time to get things going. It will also take time to correct the rough spots and they can be resolved if everyone is willing to work together. President Chanos belives that a recall is not in order at this time, the conditions will in approve in time with more communication, between all. The Senate was entertained by a singing telegram for Senate President Burzinski's birthday. Senate Meeting //19 September 30, 1980 Page 2 B. Vice-President Reyes Vice-President Reyes commented that she reaffirms the statements and answers made by President Chanos in his presentation concerning the recall. C. Senate President Burzinksi Senate President Burzinski announced that if they are planning to recall the Execuitve Board he should also be recalled because they are a whole entity not just two members. V. Executive Board Nominations A. By-Laws Committee, Dawn Soderquist Senate President Burzinski introdued Dawn Soderquist to the Senate. Senator Hulen moved to approve Dawn Soderquist to the By-Laws Committee. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. B. Stipend, $150 for KUNV Program Director This had been previously approved by the Radio Board. Senator Karosa moved to approve the $150 monthly stipend for the KUNV Program Director starting October 1. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board. There was no report. There will be a meeting October 1, at 4:00 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge. B. Election Board Chairman, Boos read the minutes of the Election Board. Campaigning has begun and Elections will be October 15-16. Senator Boos moved to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. C. Entertainment and Programming Board. There was no report. D. Organizations Board Senator Mac Jackson read the minutes of the Organizations Board, he announced that Sigma Chi, Alpha Tau Omega, Baptist Student Union, Delta Zeta, and Preprofessional club were recognized at that meeting. Senator Jackson moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved. 1. Religious Organizations (from table) Senate President Burzinski announced that a religious organization can apply for matching funds if the event is not of a religious nature. Senator Oshinski moved to remove this item from the table. The motion was seconded. The motion passed uananimously. Senator Oshinski moved to give the Baha'i, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Association CSUN recognition. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. E. Radio Board There was no report. F. By-Laws Committee There was no report. There will be a meeting October 1 at 2:30 p.m. in Room 202. G. Preschool Report Senator Williams announced that there would be a meeting October 1 at 3:00 p.m. Senate Meeting //19 September 3 0 , 1980 Page 3 H. Ad Hoc Rebel Mascot Senator Hulen announced that there will be a meeting on Friday, October 3, at 11:30 p.m. in Vice-President Reyes office. There was a motion to recess for 5 minutes. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with seventeen in favor and two opposed. Senate President Burzinski called the meeting back to order. It was announced that Senator Scavetta left the meeting do to illness. VII. Old Business A. Senate President Pro Tempore (nominations) Senator Boos nominated Jeff Wild. Senator Halpin moved to close nominations. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Jeff Wild and Derrek Yelton are the two nominations who will be voted on at the next Senate meeting. B. Vacant Seante Seat, College of Allied Health (nominations) There were no nominations. C. Referendum Proposal, Plus/Minus Grading (from table) Senator Karosa moved to remove this item from the table. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Senator Martinez moved to approve the shorter vision of the plus/minus ballot with little revision. (see attached) The motion was seconded. The motion passed fourteen in favor and three opposed. VIII. New Business A. Establishment of Minority Affairs Committee, President Chanos President Chanos said that this committee would represent all students. Professor Miranda and Professor Fitzgerald would serve on this committee has Faculty Advisors. This committee would have certain responsibilities. There was a motion to establish the Minority Affairs, committee with the following members thus far, Nikki Rodriquez, Toshiko Primrose, Vicki Barnett, and Greg Fraizer. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with sixteen in favor and one abstention. B. Recall Petition Proposal, Marty Flynn Marty Flynn was not at the meeting to make a petition presentation. Chairman Burzinski said that Mr. Flynn had not offically withdrawn this item from the agenda, nor had he officially requested that someone speak on his behalf. Therefore, Chairman Burzinski announced that this item would be considered at Senate Meeting //20. At this time, Dave Gist requested that he make the petition presentation. Chairman Burzinski restated that since Mr. Flynn had not advised him otherwise, he was the only person authorized to make the presentation. Senator Karosa moved to appeal the decision of the chair, and was seconded. Discussion took place. Chairman Burzinski gave the gavel to Temporary Senate President Pro Tempore. Chairman Burzinski said that since he had Mr. Flynn sign a statement requesting this item of business and we owed it to Mr. Flynn to speak for himself or request someone speak on his behalf. Much lengthy discussion took place and three calls for the question failed. Much more lengthy discussion took place. Senator Martinez called for the question and was seconded. The call for the question passed with 12 in favor and A opposed. The motion to appeal the decision of the chair failed with 4 in favor and 10 opposed. Chairman Burzinski thanked the Senate for upholding his decision. Senate Meeting //19 September 30, 1980 Page 4 IX. Open Discussion William Haldeman made a brief presentation to the Senate. He told and reminded the Senate of their responsibilities to the students of UNLV. Radford Smith announced that there would be a concert October 12, Ambrosia. Senator Boos announced that the students are in need of some typewriters that are now being stored in the library. Senator Yelton announced that the Preprofessional club will be having Dr. Goodin speak on how to apply to professional schools and jobs. Also, CSUN and Sigma Nu will be presenting the Blues Dance,Saturday after the football game. Bruce Bradley, Chairman of Concerts & Speakers, announced that Libetarian Presidential Candidate, Ed Clark will be speaking Tuesday at 12 p.m. Dave Gist presented Recall Petitions for President Chanos and Vice-President Reyes at the meeting. X. Adjournment Senate President Burzinski adjourned the nineteenth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate at 7:40 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, Respectfully Prepared by, Robin Starlin CSUN Senate Secretary Martin J. Burzinksi CSUN Senate President