Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 06, 1979

AGENDA SENATE MEETING #35 March 6, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building Room 201 4:00 p.m. I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #34 IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Greg Neuweiler, ASUN President, and Kevin Melcher, ASUN Senate President, grace us with their presence. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Activities Board (nom.) VI. Committee Reports A. Elections Board B. Organizations Board C. Activities Board D. Radio Committee E. Student Counseling Hotline Committee F. Senate Research Task Force VII. Old Business A. Bartender requirement policy (Joe Laliberte; presentation) B. Student Evaluation of Faculty program (Sen. Voelcker, JC) C. Request for funds from General Expense, $1,360. Legislative Process class trip to Carson City (Peggy Burnham; presentation) D. Outstanding Senator Award (Sen. Matvay, SM) VIII. New Business IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment MINUTES SENATE MEETING ft35 March 6, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building Room 201 4:00 p.m. I. Call to Order The thirty-fifth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Senate President at 4:05 p.m. in Lounge 201 of the Moyer Student Union Building. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Phillip Jackson Peggy Racel Li.se Wyman Kirk Voelcker DeAnn Turpen Lorraine Alderman (excused late) Cindy Vannucci (unexcused late) Dave Craddock (excused late) Joe Matvay David Martinez (excused late) Scott Gonzalez Cindy Simia III. Approval of Minutes tt34 There were no comments or questions to the Minutes of Senate Meeting 1134, there the Minutes for Senate Meeting 1134 stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcments A. Greg Neuweiler, ASUN President, and Kevin Melcher, ASUN Senate President, grace us with their presence. President White announced to the Senate that he and Marshal attended Reno's Senate Meeting, Greg Neuweiler, ASUN President and Kevin Melcher, ASUN Senate President, were present at this Meeting to speak and answer any questions the Senate may have. Greg Neuweiler, ASUN President - President Neuweiler informed the Senate of some of the differences between UNR and UNLV. He informed the Senate that their student government offices each have their own bathrooms with a shower, a small refrigerator, their own kitchen, their own Public Relations Director, etc. He also informed the Senate that UNR has a total enrollment of 8,600. This is actually up from last semester by 8/10 of a percent. The operate with the student revenues of $2.30 per credit which is a total of $340,000 to work with three Boards. The Finance Control Board of which they allocated $90,000 for paying for the staff, Book Store, the Business Manager, the Public Relations Director, and Part Time Employees. The second Board is also called the Finance Control Board which handles the funding for their 84 recognized student organizations. These organizations can come in and asked for $3,000 a piece for academic funding. The third Board is the Activities Joyce Bridges Bill Haldeman Pam Roberts Marie Rope11 Byron Blasco Carol Tarpley Nina Ross Lisa Wolfbrandt "Skip" Kelley Jeff Wild Nick Santoro Danny Campbell Absent Shellee Willden (excused) Scott Greene (unexcused) Kent Reardon (excused) Bruce Bayne (dismissed) Minutes - Senate Meeting 1135 March 6, 1979 Page 2 Board of which they ha ve allocated $70,000. UNR has three major weeks; Homecoming which is in October, Makee week, and winter carnival. They have show case events, and a lecture series. All of their lectures are free to the community and to the students. (David Martinez arrived at 4:13 p.m. - excused.) UNR does not charge for their yearbooks either. President Neuweiler went on to inform the Senate that they have allocated $9,000 for concerts. Th*y have also allocated $8,000 to the Cheerleaders, and $3,000 to child care. They have also allocated $2,000 to peer counseling, $2,000 for their own attorney and just under $2,500 for legal referral services. He also informed the Senate that they are two dozen attornies in the Reno area who will give the first hour of their advi e free to the students. Kevin Melcher, Senate President - Senate President Kevin Melcher informed the Senate that UNR's elections are held only once a year and the primaries will by tomorrow and Thursday, and the General's will be held one week from tomorrow and Thursday. Their Senate consists of 20 Senators all appropriated through the Colleges by population. The Senate President is elected by the Senate. Kev.in was a Senator for the College of Education and then was elected, by the Senate, to Senate President. Their Senate Meetings are conducted very similar to ours but they are aired live on KUNR. They also tape their Meetings. They also have a Speaker Service where every week, or as often as possible, they invite a guest speaker to their Meetings. Their Senate consists of four Committees. There is the Rules and Actions Committee, the Acedemic Affairs Committee, and the Community Affairs Committee, and each Senator must be a member of one of the Committees. Senators are impeached if they accumulate three absences and this can be an unexcused absence from one of the Committees or Boards. UNR revised their Constitution last year and it is twelve pages long. They have allocated $20,000 to their Intramural sports and it consists from everthing from ping pong to wrestling. This semester they had 90 basketball teams. (Dave Craddock arrived at 4:26 p.m. - excused.) Joe Matvay inquired as to how much of a stipend does each Senator receive. Greg informed the Senate that they get $100 an acedemic year. Which is about $25 every October, December, March and April. They have just set up stipends for the Cheerleaders which was set for $200 an acedemic year. President White then asked President Neuweiler of his perception of USUNS. President Neuweiler .informed the Senate that at the starting of the summer he couldn't stand it and he was very unhappy about some of the reports that were going on. Then USUNS started to try to operate on a more realistic level. He does like it now because he knows what is going on on every campus accept Clark County Community College and all of the schools go into the Regents Meetings as a team, and everyone is also informed of what is going on with each part of the Regent's Agenda. He further stated that he is pleased with USUNS but it took a lot of work to get it there. Next year they will he trying to meet only in Reno and not in Vegas because they already have 10 people in the Reno area and next year is not a legislative year, and it will be less expensive. Minutes - Senate Meeting 1135 March 6, 1979 Page 3 USUNS has sponsored campus Blood Drives, they have supported the Teacher/ Course Evaluation Program which is now a state wide program, and it also puts alot of power into his and Chuck's presentation. Open Senate Seat The Senate President announced that there is an opening in the College of Education due to the resignation of Bruce Baijne which is effective today. This opening will be advertised and will be on the Agenda for nomination next week. Bylaws Committee The Senate President announced that the Bylaws Committee will be Meeting as of today. (Lorraine Alderman arrived at 4:35 p.m. - excused.) The Senate President further informed the Senate that they will be considering a long list of bylaws and if anyone has any questions or suggestions please feel free to write them down and put them in Lorraine Alderman's box or give them to him. KULV Construction Permit President White announced that Tommy Walker did hear from the attorney in Washington D.C. and will be expecting a construction permit any day. Request from Music Department President White announced that last Tuesday, Dr. Peterson came to him asking for $1,500 to take their singers on tour. President White informed Dr. Peterson about the budget cuts and encouraged him to put it on the Agenda if he wanted to or he could go to the Organizations Board because the ChamJjer Singers are a recognized organization. Budget Cuts President White announced that there will be a $4,000 cut from the Day Care Budget, a $3,500 cut in the Matching Funds Account. These appropriations will be taken to the Appropriations Board for approval and will be brought back to the Senate for their approval. These appropriations were made just to bring the accounts back up to what they used to be. There will also he a cut in the Intramurals budget so they won't be able to have a Softball league but they will have a double elimination tournament. President White also informed the Senate that Tommy Walker and one of his students requested funds to attend a Conference in Washington, but this will also be cut out. He further informed the Senate that we are short on anticipated revenue and all of these appropriations will be brought out in front of the Senate again. They are just ways to restructure the budget. Appropriations Board John Hunt informed the Senate the Appropriations Board will be meeting with concern for the budget cuts. He informed the Senate that they are three accounts that need to be watched which are the 900, 905, and 903 accounts. He further informed the Senate that there is $18,000 left in unencumbered funds in the General Account. There is $17,000 left in the Activities Account, and $12,681 left in the Yell Account. The amzvnt of $10,929.99 Minutes - Senate Meeting 1135 March 6, 1979 Pa ye 4 is expected to be encumbered with Intramurals, S.E.F., Executive Board stipends, Senate Stipends and the lawyer which will leave $7,535.17 in the General Account. This $7,535.17 will be what the next administration will have to work with. John Hunt also .informed the Senate that they anticipated a budget for the spring semester of $154,655 but received a preliminary number of $135,017.50 which is a budget cut of $19,637.50. He also informed the Senate that we will probably coming up with a request from Contingency to bring these Accounts back up. There is $915 left in the Contingency from the Fall Semester, but the spring fees will be added to this. Activities Report Tim Herlosky announced that there will be two names submitted for the student-at-large seats on the Activities Board. There will be no report, because there were no minutes and he did not Chair the Meeting. Several questions were asked by the spectators present at the Meeting concerning Full Time Enrollment and when CSUN collects the Spring fees. Mike Navarro questioned John Hunt as to whether or not this has ever happened before. John Hunt: informed him that it has happened before and everytime summer would come we would have no money, but now we have a business manager and we should adhere to his advice and he won't allow us to spend into the future. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Activities Board (nomination) Two names were submitted for the student-at-large seats on the Activities Board who were Jennifer Houston, and Lori Sowers. This will come up for a vote at the next Meeting. Lisa Miller was also nominated for the Election Board. Nominations for the Interim Union Board Committee were Marshal Willick, Jeff Wild, and Lorraine Alderman. These will all come up for discussion and a vote at the next Meeting. VI. Committee Reports A. Elections Board Pam Roberts read the Minutes of the last Election Board Meeting, and informed the Senate that the Operating Policy should be passed with week because filing will start Monday, March 19. Lisa Wolfbrandt .informed the Senate that she could not vote on this item because she has not had time to read the Operating Policy or Election Rules. Danny Campbell then moved to table this item of discussion until a later time in this Meeting or until the end of Old Business, and was seconded. Joyce Bridges informed the Senate that she wouldn't approve it because she doesn't think it is fair that they have to read it in the middle of the Meeting. More discussion took place and John Hunt called for the question, was seconded and passed with two opposed. A vote was then taken on the main motion to table this item until later on in the Meeting. The motion passed with two opposed and one abstention. B. Organizations Board There was no Meeting last week, but there will be one Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Minutes - Senate Meeting 1135 March 6, 1979 Page 5 C. Activities Board Tim Herlosky announced that tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. there will be a special noon time event which is Comedy Month. He also announced that on March 23 there will be a gallet expose which will consist of five singers from the Las Vegas area in conjunction with the UNLV Jazz ensemble and there will be mixed drinks served and will hopefully be in cooperation with Dudweiser. April 18 and 19 there will be a Blood Drive and there are also sign up for the cytopheresis program which is a machine that takes the platelets out of your blood and is used for people with leukemia or for those who have been in serious accident. The movie for this week is Close Encounters of the Third Kind. There is Mard.i Gras sign ups in the office. D. Radio Committee Tommy Walker reported that the committee meetings are now set for Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. and the next Meeting is March 14 and they will have probably received their construction permit by that time. E. Student Counseling Hotline Committee David Martinez reported that the committee has not met yet, therefore, there is no report. He also announced that there will be a meeting for about five minutes after the meeting. F. Senate Research Task Force Joe Matvay moved to suspend the rules and consider this item after all business has been taken care of, was seconded, and passed with one opposed. G. Bylaws Committee Lorraine Alderman reported that the bylaws committee has started meeting. She read the Minutes of the last meeting and she reported that they have about 40 bylaws proposals. There were no corrections or comments about the Minutes, so, therefore, they stood approved. VII. Old Business A. Bartender requirement, policy (Joe Laliberte; presentation) The Senate President informed the Senate that Joe Laliberte has a complex policy to submit to the Senate and as soon as this is completed he will bring it to the Senate. B. Student Evaluation of Faculty Program (Senator Voelcker, JC) Kirk Voelcker moved t:o approve an expenditure of $2,128 from General Expense to the S.E.F. Committee for the S.E.F. Program, and was seconded. Kirk explained the program and informed the Senate that the entire cost of the program is $4,256 but we are separating the cost for this part of the program with ASUN, so, it therefore, will cost us $2,128. He also informed the Senate that the entire expenditures will be $3,000 total. David Martinez then inquired as to whether or not ASUN has approved the expenditures for this program. Greg Neuweiler informed the Senate that ASUN approved $4,000 early in September of last year. More discussion took place and Byron Blasco called for the question, was seconded, and passed with two opposed, and one abstention. A vote was then taken on the main motion for approval of the expenditure of $2, 1.28 for the S.E.F. Minutes - Senate Meeting 1135 March 6, 1979 Page 6 Program from the General Expense Account which passed unanimously. The rest of the expenditures for this program will be approved through the next S.E.F. Committee report. C. Request for funds from General Expense, $1,360. Legislative Process Class Trip to Carson City (Peggy Burnham; presentation) Peggy Racel moved to limit discussion to 20 minutes, and was seconded. John Hunt moved to have a roll call votcwhich failed. A vote was then taken on the motion to limit discussion to 20 minutes, a division of the house took place and the motion failed with 14 in favor, 7 opposed, and three abstentions. President White then moved to disapprove the funds requested and was seconded. Dave Craddock then gave the floor to Peggy Burnham who made a presentation to the Senate as to why the Legislative Process Class should receive the funds requested. She also passed out a petition that this group had made up which consisted of 339 names of CSUN students who felrthat this was a good cause and it is for the good of the whole University. President White informed the Senate that one of the major reasons for this disapproval of this request for funds is because of the condition of the budget. Much discussion took place and Peggy Racel called for the question, was seconded, a division of the house took place and the motion failed with 12 in favor. David Martinez then moved to amend the motion to a maximum of $400, and was seconded. This motion was made with the intention to approve, but to change the amount to $400. This motion also intended that only CSUN students shall use the funds. (Cindy Simia left at 6:06 p.m. - excused.) More discussion took place and Dave Craddock called for the question, was seconded, and passed unanimously. Marie Ropell requested a roll call vote, was seconded, and there were no objections. The vote on the amendment to the motion went as follows: Shelice Willden Joyce Bridges Yes Scott Greene Peggy Racel No Bill llaldeman Yes Lisa Wolfbrandt Yes L.i.se Wyman Yes Pam Roberts Yes "Skip" Kelley Yes Kirk Voelcker abs. Marie Ropell Yes Jeff Wild No DeAnn Turpen Yes Byron Blasco Yes Nick Santoro Yes Lorraine Alderman No Carol Tarpley No Kent Reardon Phillip Jackson No Nina Ross No Danny Campbell No Cindy Vannucci No Dave Craddock Yes .Joe Matvay No cDavid Martinez Yes Scott Gonzalez No Cindy Simia The motion passed with 12 in favor, 10 opposed and one abstention. D. Outstanding Senator Award (Senator Matvay, SM) Minutes - Senate Meeting 1135 March 6, 1979 Page 7 Joe Matvay informed the Senate that Lise Wyman brought up this idea of giving an award to the Outstanding Senator. He then turned the floor over to Lise Wyman. Lise Wyinan informed the Senate that she rather not proceed with this if we don't have the money. Chuck suggested that each Senator take $15 out of their stipendss Kevin Melcher explained to the Senate how they did this kind of award. He informed the Senate that they have a permanent plaque and it stays in the chamber and each year they add the name of the Outstanding Senator to it. More discussion took place and Lise Wyman informed the Senate that she is open for any suggestions about the criteria for this award. Kirk Voelcker the moved to present at "Done Good" award to Dave Craddock for thoracic fortitude for the CSUN Senate Meeting for March 6, 1979, and was seconded by Cindy Vannucci. The motion passed. President White also informed the Senate that the Executive Hoard is thinking about giving an Outstanding Senator award. Kirk Voelcker moved to refer this matter to an ad hoc committee to be chaired by Lise Wyman so that they can process all of the input and then come back at the time it finishes its task and give a presentation, and was seconded. Discussion took place, a vote was taken on the motion which passed unanimously. VI. Committee Reports A. Election Board At this time the Senate moved back into the Election Hoard report with the approval of the Minutes, Operating Policy, and Election Rules. Byron Blasco moved to approve and was seconded by Joe Matvay. President White then moved to amend the Operating Policy and the Election Rules on page No. 3, Item B - 1. He amended it to read $200 instead of $300 for the total campaign expenditures, and was seconded. A division of the house took place, and the motion passed with 11 in favor, six opposed, and four abstentions. Lorraine Alderman then questioned Pam Roberts as to why the filing fee is so much higher than it has been. Senator Roberts informed her and the Senate that the Election Board decided upon this filing fee because they felt it might help enforce the rules of taking down the posters and other such Election Rules. (Cindy Vannucci left at 5:43 p.m. - .unexcused.) Much discussion took place, and Byron Blasco called for the question, was seconded, and passed with two opposed. A vote was then taken on the main motion for approval of the Minutes including the approval of the Operating Policy and the Election Rules as amended; the motion passed with two opposed and two abstentions. VIII. New Business Bill llaldeman .informed the Senate that a hand out was in their boxes concerning a substitute for the yearbook. President White informed him that the Senate really hasn't had the time to look into this and talk about it. We can do it next week and have it put on the Agenda Minutes - Senate Meeting 1135 March 6, 1979 Page 8 as a formal item of discussion. (Joyce Bridges ieffc at 6:53 p.m. - unexcused.) Byron Blasco requested that the vacant Senate Seat he put on the marqued for advertisement. At this time the Senate moved hack into Committee Reports, Item F - Senate Research Task Force Report. Joe Matvay moved to table this item of business until next week with the stipulation that it will be put on the Agenda after Executive Board announcements, and was seconded. The motion passed with one opposed and one abstention. IX. Open Discussion Greg Neuweiler thanked the Senate for inviting them and they will go back to the ASUN Senate and share with them some of the things we do here at. CSUN. Byron Blasco informed the Senate that the Parking and Traffic Committee passed unanimously the new campus parking regulations. X. Adjournment Byron Blasco moved to adjourn, and was seconded. The motion passed with one opposed and one abstention. The thirty-fifth Meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate adjourned at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Respectfully prepared by: Marshal S. Willick Senate President Rene Bernier Senate Secretary