Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 23, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA SENATE MEETING #40 2 3 AUGUST 198 3 4:00 P.M. MSU 203 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #39 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Student Services Committee Member(SAL) - Denvce Tuller VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Ad Hoc Committees 1. Constitutional Revision 2. Student Government Under A.B. 411 B. Bylaws Committee C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Judicial Council E. Nevada Student Affairs F. Publications Board G. Student Services H. Other 1. Professional Programming 2. Qualifications Verification VII. Old Business A. Closed Personnel Session to Discuss CSUN Personalities/ Policies B. Discussion/Action Concerning Personnel Session C. Approval of Qualification Verification Committee Operat-ing Policy - Chadwell D. Approval of Security Shuttle Contract - Corrales E. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Education College 2. Academic Advisement UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 AGENDA SENATE MEETING #40 23 AUGUST 1983 PAGE 2 F. Transfer $9000.00 from 904-1100 to 906-1100 G. Transfer $9000.00 from 906-1100 to 906-3000 H. Transfer $9000.00 from 906-3000 to 904-3000 I. Amendment to Bylaw #9 - from table J. Amendment to Bylaw #21 - Eglet VIII. New Business A. Transfer $3000.00 from 906-3000 to 907-3000 - Shaffer B. Decrease 906-9002 by $3000.00 - Shaffer C. Increase 906-9001 by $3000.00 - Shaffer D. Approval of Dorm Contract - Shaffer E. Transfer $2000.00 from 906-9002 to 4-2-457-4120-206-9001 Shaffer IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MEMORANDUM Please add the following item under New Business, item F: F. Approval of "CSUN Support of Dorm Resolution" 082383-01 - Eglet Senator Eglet requested this item after the agenda was typed but before the agenda was posted. Thank you. JP/lb UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 TO: SENATORS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS FROM: JOHN PASQUANTINO, ACTING SENATE PRESIDENT DATE: 18 AUGUST 19 83 RE: AGENDA #40 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES SENATE MEETING #40 2 3 AUGUST 19 8 3 4:00 P.M. MSU 203 I. Call to Order Senate President Clay called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Stephanie Pettit Sari Bloom August Corrales John Pasquantino Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson Matthew McGuire Murray Long Jim Eells Jeff Chadwell Mark Doubrava Senate President Clay recessed tion of the Yell photo session Members Absent Jay Lezcano - excused Barbara Zimmer - excused Louie Schiavone - excused David Mounts - excused Nanda Briggs - excused Deanna Macaluso - excused Others in Attendance President Lee Vice President Shaffer Union Board Chairman Larry Hamilton Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman Roby Turner the meeting ;antil the comple- Senate President Clay called the meeting back to order at 4:08 p.m. Members in Attendance Stephanie Pettit Sari Bloom August Corrales John Pasquantino Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson Matthew McGuire Murray Long Jim Eells Jeff Chadwell Mark Doubrava Members Absent Jay Lezcano - excused Barbara Zimmer - excused Louie Schiavone - excused David Mounts - excused Nanda Briggs - excused Deanna Macaluso - excused Others in Attendance President Lee Vice President Shaffer Union Board Chairman Larry Hamilton Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman Roby Turner Senator Eglet moved to suspend the rules and consider Old Business items C,F,G,H and then New Business items A,B,C, F,D,E. Vice President Shaffer seconded the motion. There UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #40 MINUTES CONTINUED PAGE 2 was no discussion. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstaining. VII. Old Business C. Approval of Qualifications Verification Committee Operat-ing Policy - Chadwell Senator Chadwell moved to approve the revision of the Qualifications Verification Committee Operating Policy. Senator Eglet seconded the motion. Senators Chadwell and Pasquantino explained the change in the attendance policy section of the policy. The motion to approve the revised Qualifications Verification Committee Operating Policy passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstaining (Long). F. Transfer $9000.00 from 904-1100 to 906-1100 G. Transfer $9000.00 from 906-1100 to 906-3000 H. Transfer $9000.00 from 906-3000 to 904-3000 Senator Eglet moved to approve the above transfers as a whole. Senator Jackson seconded the motion. Senator Long requested an explanation of the transfers. Senator Corrales explained that these transfers will enable him, as Student Services Committee Chairman, to begin work on the copv service. The motion to approve the transfers of $9000.00 from 904-1100 to 906-1100, $9000.00 from 906-1100 to 906-3000 and $9000.00 from 906-3000 to 904-3000 passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 ab-staining. VIII. New Business A. Transfer $3000.00 from 906-3000 to 907-3000 - Shaffer B. Decrease 906-9002 by $3000.00 - Shaffer C. Increase 906-9001 by $3000.00 - Shaffer Senator Eglet moved to approve the above items as a whole. Senator Jackson seconded the motion. Senator Long asked for an explanation of these transactions. Vice President Shaffer explained these transactions would return to the Publications account the budgetary authority and the cash that had been transferred out previously The motion to transfer $3000.00 from 906-3000 to 907-3000, to decreae 906-9002 by $3000.00 and to increase 906-9001 by $3000.00 passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstaining. F. Approval of "CSUN Support of Dorm Resolution" 082383-01 - Eglet Senator Corrales moved to adopt resolution 082383-01. Senator Jackson seconded the motion. Discussion took place. Vice President Shaffer asked that his name be added as a sponsor of the resolution. There were no objections. The motion to approve the "CSUN Support of Dorm Resolution" passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstaining. The resolution reads as follows: SENATE MEETING #40 MINUTES CONTINUED PAGE 3 Senate Resolution #082383-01 As Submitted by- Senator August L. Corrales, Senator Robert Eglet and Vice President Mark Shaffer Session #13 the student government of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is committed to promoting the ideals of the University for the benefit of the students and for the academic community which encompasses UNLV, and, the CSUN Student Senate, in collaboration with the Executive Board, has made a constant commitment to achieve the goal of additional oh campus housing, and, the Consolidated Students support improving student housing and promoting on campus life, and Tonopah Hall is the only Student Residence Hall on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, housing approximately 250 students, Therefore, be it resolved that the student government of the Consolidated Students supports promoting on campus housing and student activities. Be it further resolved that the CSUN student government shall allocate $2000.00 to Tonopah Hall for the purposes of improving on campus housing and promoting student activities and on campus life. D. Approval of Dorm Contract - Shaffer Vice President Shaffer introduced the contract. Senator Eglet moved to approve the contract. Senator Bloom sec-onded the motion. There was no discussion. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstaining. E. Transfer $2000.00 from 906-9002 to 4-2-457-4120-206-9001 Shaffer Senate President Clay announced this item was unnecessary Senator Eglet moved to suspend the rules and consider Board, Committee and Director Reports item C. Vice President Shaffer seconded the motion. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstaining. VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports C. Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman Turner distributed copies of a letter from Network Communications, Inc. to Rich Hunsaker of the Student Media Institute and explained that he and other University entities are discussing working with NCI. Whereas, Whereas, Whereas, Whereas, SENATE MEETING #40 MINUTES CONTINUED PAGE 4 President Lee left the meeting at 4:22 and returned at 4:25. Chief Justice Oshinski and James Ohriner arrived at 4:25. Chairman Turner submitted for approval the action items from the minutes of the board's 22 August meeting. The action items were: Liz Cohen moved to delete from the operating policy from Section VI, titled Remuneration, A. Stipends, part 2, which reads, "The Vice Chairman shall receive a stipend of $50 per month during the term of office. The motion was seconded by Paul Ostrenger. The motion to delete from the operating policy from Section VI, titled Re-muneration, A. Stipends, part 2, passed with 5-0-0. Paul Ostrenger moved to give the Vice Chairman Bob Compan a stipend of $150 retroactive August 1, 1983. Liz Cohen seconded the motion. The motion passed with 4-0-1. The motion to approve the following contracts as a whole passed with 5-0-0. September 2, 1983: "Beat the Wolfpack Rally" Bill Marcus of Gigolo - $400.00 Michael Smith Sound - $100.00 September 3, 19 83: ATO Coors Crusher Mark Huff of Smart Bomb - $175.00 Brett Oldham of The Ritz- $175.00 Michael Smith - $150.00 Vice President Shaffer moved to approve the report of the Entertainment and Programming Board. Senator Jackson seconded the motion. Discussion took place. The motion to approve the report of the Entertainment and Program-ing Board passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 ab-staining. Senator Eglet moved to suspend the rules and consider Nominations item A. Senator Jackson seconded the motion. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 ab-staining. IV. Executive Board Nominations A. Student Services Committee Member (SAL) - Denyce Tuller Senator Eglet moved to approve the nomination of Denyce Tuller for a student at large position on the Student Services Committee. Senator Jackson seconded the motion. Discussion took place. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstaining. III. Approval of Minutes #39 Senator Eglet moved to approve the minutes of meeting #39. Vice President Shaffer seconded the motion. Senator Chadwell pointed out that page 8 of the minutes includes his name twice in the vote count on item E. Senate Presi-dent Clay explained the secretary would correct the mis-take. The motion to approve the minutes of meeting #39 SENATE MEETING #40 MINUTES CONTINUED PAGE 5 with the aforementioned correction passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstaining (McGuire). Senate President Clay passed the gavel to Senate President Pro Tempore Pasquantino. Senate President Clay requested a motion be made to rescind approval of the minutes of meeting #38 in order to make a correction. Senator Eglet moved to rescind approval of the minutes of meeting #38. Vice President Shaffer seconded the motion. There was no discussion. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstaining (McGuire). Senate President Clay moved to approve the minutes of meeting #38 with the deletion of the word Yell and the insertion of the word general in its place in paragraph 5 of page 4. Senator Eglet seconded the motion. Discussion took place. The mo-tion passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstaining (McGuire). Senator Corrales moved to adjourn. Senator Eglet seconded the motion. There was no discussion. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 1 opposed (Pasquantino) and 2 abstaining (Pettit, McGuire). X. Adjournment Senate President Clay adjourned the meeting at 4:38. Respectfullysubmitted by Respectfully prepared by Karen Cohen Executive Secretary CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS __ QUALIFICATIONS VERIFICATION COMMITTEE OPERATING POLICY AS AMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE 0 9 AUGUST 19 8 3 PURPOSE The purpose of the Qualifications Verification Commit-tee shall be to verify the qualifications of Executive Board Members, and to make sure that the Senate Presi-dent reports correctly the qualifications of Senate members and of (all) applicants to (all) C.S.U.N, posi-tions except for positions on the Executive Board. STRUCTURE A. The committee shall consist of three senators ap- ' pointed by the Senate who do not already hold the position of Chairman or Director of a committee or board. B. The Senate President Pro Tempore shall be an ex officio member of the committee unless he or she is appointed to the committee by the Senate as one of the members. C. The Chairman of the committee shall be selected by the Senate/ DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES A. The Chairman 1. The Chairman shall make sure that the written permission of the members of the Executive Board to have their qualifications verified is obtained. 2. The Chairman shall make sure that the proper veri-fication forms and written permissions are de-livered to the registrar's office and that the completed verification forms are picked up from the registrar's office. B. The Committee 1. The committee as a whole shall verify the qual-ifications of the members of the Executive Board. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 QUALIFICATIONS VERIF ATION COMMITTEE OPERATING V >LICY Cont'd page 2. The committee as a whole shall determine whether the Senate President reports correctly the verifications of the qualifications of the Senate members and of (all) applicants to all C.S.U.N, positions except for positions on the Executive Board. MEETINGS A. The committee shall meet once at the beginning of the fall semester and once at the beginning of the spring semester to verify the qualifications of Executive Board members. B. The, committee shall meet whenever necessary to verify the qualifications of a member of the Executive Board and (whenever necessary) to check the qualifications of Senate members and of (all) applicants to (all) C.S.U.N, positions except positions on the Executive Board as reported by the Senate President. C. The assignment of three. (3) unexused absences by the Chairman per semester shall constitute automatic dismissal from the committee. D. Quorum at all meetings shall be 2/3 of the members on the committee. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS CSUN ENTERTAINMENT & PROGRAMMING BOARD SPECIAL AGREEMENT 3. Duration of Event:_ 4. For the amount of:_ 5. Check payable to: 1. Date fo Event: 2. Description of Services: UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS CSUN ENTERTAINMENT & PROGRAMMING BOARD SPECIAL AGREEMENT 3. Duration of Event: 4. For the amount of: 5. Check payable to: Contracted UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS V E G A S , NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 This shall serve as an agreement between CSUN Entertainment and Programming Board and (Affiliation:_ for the following special services: 1. Date fo Event: 2. Description of Services: CSUN Executive Board CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS CSUN ENTERTAINMENT & PROGRAMMING BOARD SPECIAL AGREEMENT This shall serve as an agreement between CSUN Entertainment and Programming Board and f^jjCtBhS l-hif^f^' (Affiliation:_ for the following special services: 1. Date fo Event: 2. Description of Services: UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 3. Duration of Event: 4. For the amount of: 5. 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Check payable to: / J r''-) ° ° » \ fr&erc Ou )m4<i . i — Contracted • btyo* Adress A3 Cit.v St: N O , t R 7. in CSUN Executive Board CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS CSUN ENTERTAINMENT & PROGRAMMING BOARD S PE CIAL AGREEMENT RepreS^jrit>t ive UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702] 739-3477 This shall serve as an agreement between CSTJN Entertainment and Programming Board and_ (Affiliation: for the following special services: 1. Date fo Event 2. Description of Services: 3. Duration of Event:_ 4. For the amount of:_ 5. Check payable to: CSUN Executive Board