Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 05, 1982

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 SENATE PRESIDENT RICK OSHINSKI AGENDA Senate Meeting #8 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p.m. l-b-81 I. Call to Order II. Roll Gal i III. Approval of Minutes #7 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Assistant Information Director Jimmy Hi il B. E&P Board 1 „ urew Downer 2. Shawn Lumos 3. Herb Star!in C. Student Services Committee David Campbell D. Elections Board Rudy Bruel E. Financial Aid 1. Ginger Clayton 2. Rudy Bruel F. Chief Justice Judical Council Bill haldeman \llli. New Business A. Submission of Amendment to Byl aw #11 IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Elections Bord C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Radio Board E. Organizations Board F. Publications Board G. Bylaws Committee H. Student Services Committee I„ Other Committee Reports V I I . Unfinished Business A. Vote of Allied Health Senate Seat Marie T. Ravenholt MINUTES Senate Meeting #8 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p.m. 1-5-82 Call to Order Senate President Oshinski called the eighth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate to o ^ r at 4:00 p.m. Roll Call Members in Attendance Lynn Best Greg Akers Tony Castanon Cahterine Clay Kim Daffner-excused late Drew Downer-absent Cathy Powell Dawn Soderquist Pat Thomas Nancy Felsing Lisa Griffith Jim Hi 11-excused absent Pam Jacka-excused absent Phil Horn-excused absent , MaryBeth Nitzschke Jef Wild v • Robin Starlin Rudy Bruel Ginger Clayton Approval of Minutes #8 There were no additions or corrections the minutes of Senate Meeting #8 therefore, they stood approved^ « Executive Board Announcements A. Vice President's Announcements Vice President Levins announced that the Appropriations Board will be meeting January 8 at 12 p.m. in her office. B. Senate President's Announcements Senate President Oshinski informed the Senate that his office hours will be different until January 15 he will be in approximately from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. each day, He announced that himself and President Ravenholt will be serving on a committee of President Goodall's determining the criterion for the Alex & Faye Spanos distinguished Teaching Award. He announced that himself and Robin Starlin are serving on a committee to develop orientation for incoming students at UNLV. The Academic Advisement Resource Center has been established for first years students, transfer students, and foriegn exchange students who has not decided their major, a director is currently being chosen by Dean Daniels. Senate President Oshinski informed the Senate that he got a memo from John Wennstrom that construction on the Radio Station will begin the last January or beginning of February, it will take 25-35 days to complete. I. II. III. IV. Senate Meeting #8 Page 2 1-5-82 Senate President Oshinski will be making an evaluation of the twelfth session 3 weeks from today, this evaluation will be a subjective evaluation. The meeting recessed at 4:07 p.m. for Yearbook pictures. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Assistant Information Director lo Jimmy Hill B. E&P Board 1. Drew Downer 2. Shawn Lumos 3. Herb Star!in C. Student Services Committee 1. Dave Campbell D. Elections Board 1. Rudy Bruel Eo Financial Aid 1. Ginger Clayton 2. Rudy Bruel Senator Akers moved to approve items A-E. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 16 in favor. F. Chief Justice Judicial Council-Bill Haldeman Senator Star!in moved to approve Bill Haldeman as Chief Justice of Judicial Council. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 16 in favor. VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board-No report B. Elections Board-No report Co Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman Gist read the minutes of the meeting held on 1-5-82. The board approved $2606 for decoration, t-shirts, and glasses for Carni-Gras. The board approved the name of Carni-Gras for the event. The board approved 2 dates to their approved schedule February 24 for Career Day and Feb 1 a reception for the returning Dorm students. The repayment of the loan to Appropriations Board was approved, and co-sponsorships for Feb 5. with ATO, Feb. 13 with Par Excellence, and Feb 20 with ADPi. Senator Powell moved to approve the report. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. D. Radio Board Senator Akers moved to refer the Operating Policy to Bylaws Committee. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 16 in favor. E. Organizations Board-Mo report F. Publications Board- No report G. Bylaws Committee Chairman Wild read the report to refer Bylaw #16 to the Bylaws Committee. Senate Meeting #8 Page 3 1-5-82 VII. VIII. IX. Unfinished Business Senator Akers moved that the Candidate speak for 3 minutes, with a motion to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no objections from the Senate Marie Ravenholt spoke to the Senate briefly. Marie Ravenholt was elected the representative for the College of Allied Health with 13 in favor and 3 abstentions. New Business A. Submission of Amendment Bylaw #11 Senator Wild moved to refer the amendment to Bylaw #11 to the Bylaws Committee. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 16 in favor. Open Discussion Senators Castanon, and Clay discussed the possibility of taking a charter Airplane to Reno for the basketball game on March 2. Senator Akers reported that there would be a Radio board meeting on Friday at 11:00 a.m. Senator Clayton commented on the plus-minus grading system. Adjournment Senate President Oshinski adjourend the meeting at 4:34 p.m. X. J RespectfuWy Submitted by. Respectfully Prepared by, Rick Oshinski/Senate President Robin Starlin, Senate Secretary Proposal for Amending Bylaw #11 "Expiration of Legislation" Enacted legislation shall regain in effect until the event of amendment, repeal, date of expiration, or declaration of unconstitutionality by the Judicial Council. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 Minutes Bylaws Committee Regular Meeting 12-2 December 9, 1931 I. Call to Order The Chairman called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m. II. Roll Call Jef Wild (present) Mark Welker (absent unexcused) Bill Haldeman (present) Drew Downer (absent unexcused) Karen Cohen (absent unexcused) Jimmy Hill (absent unexcused) Cathy Clay (absent ^excused) III. Unfinished Business Bill Haldeman submitted a proposal for Bylaw #16 (Student Status Verification)(see attached sheet). IV. Open Discussion Haldeman and Wild discussed the proposal for Bylaw #16 and put together a rough draft of it for submission to the Senate. Respectfully Submitted. Jefry -wild, Chairman Proposal for Bylaw #16 "Student Status Verification" I. An Ad Hoc Committee shall be formed for the purpose of verifying the GPAs and student status of all CSU.N Officers and Officials. II. The Committee shall consist of the Senate President, CSUN's present legal advisor, one member of the Judicial Council to be selected by the Judicial Council, two senators to be selected by the Senate, and the Dean of Student Services. III. The Committee shall be established at the beginning, middle, and end of each session of classes. IV. The Committee shall be the only CSUN entity which shall be empowered to obtain, analyze and report students' GPAs and statuses to the Senate or to the Elections Board.