Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 27, 1982

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 AGENDA Senate Meeting #23 April 27, 19-82 4 p.m. Fireside Lounge Moyer Student Union Building I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #22 . * »v ># IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations VI. Board and Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Radio Board C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Elections Board E. Publications Board F. Bylaws Committee F. Organizations Board G. Grievance Committee I. Academic Standards J. Student Services Committee K. Parking and Traffic Committee L. Intramurals M. Beverage Manager N. Radio Station Manager 0. Other VII. Unfinished Business A. Transfer of $1000 to Emergency Student Loan Fund (from table) B. Publication of Voter List (.from table) VIII. New Business A. Establishment of Elections Board Investigative Committee B. Extension of 1981-1982 Appointments (with stipends) C. Establishment of Ad Hoc Constitutional Revisions Committee D. Nominations for Arts & Letter Senate Seat E. Nominations for Academic Advisement Senate Seat F. Proposal to Pay Tuition for Summer Yell Class for 82-83 Editor G. Proposal to move CSUN Typewriters from Library to Dorm H. Executive Board Cabinet Bylaw Proposal I. CSUN Account Reorganization Bill (SB001) J. Repeal of Establishment of CSUN Information Director (June 30, 1981) Senate Agenda #23 Page 2 IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment o CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 SENATE PRESIDENT RICK OSHINSKI TO: CSUN Senate, Executive Board 1981-82, and Executive Board 1982-83 FROM: Jef Wild, Acting CSUN President DATE: April 23, 1982 RE: Emergency Agenda Item Due to the emergency decision of the Board of Regents decreasing the "CSUN^budget, and the -gross misrepresentation to the Board of Regents by the current CSUN President. Place under New Business item K.& L fvY VIII. New Business ! K. Suspension of 1981-82: President's Stipend for April and May. L. Removal of 1981-82 President from Office effective May 11. JW/rs Senate Meeting #23 Moyer Student Union Building Fireside Lounge 4 p.m. 4-27-82 I. Call to Order The twenty-third meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order at 4 p.m. by Senate President Pro Tempore Wild. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Tony Castanon Lynn Best Karen Cohen Cathy Clay Robin Starlin Shawn Lumus Jef Wild Ginger Clayton MaryBeth Nitzschke Lisa Griffith Rudy Bruehl-excused absent Phil Horn Jimmy Hill Pat Thomas Cathy Powell Pam Jacka III. Approval of Minutes #22 Senator Starlin made an addition to the minutes that Senators, Hill, were in attendance at the meeting. There being no furhter additions the minutes stood approved as submitted. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Chairman's Announcements Chairman Wild announced that items K &L were removed from the agenda under New Business, this items would be counter-productive to CSUN. B. CSUN President's Announcements President Ravenholt congratulated and welcomed to new CSUN Executive Board 1982-83. He thanked Rick and Pam for their support during his administration. C. Vice President's Announcements Vice President Levins announced that Appropriations Board did have a meeting, and no action items were taken. She also thanked Dirk, Rick, and Robin and all those involved in CSUN for a sucessfuly year. D. Senate President's Announcements Senate President Oshinski announced that all positions will be opening in CSUN on May 1. Applications will close on May 15. Regent meeting was interesting, since Regent McBride chaired the meeting. Letters have been received from Senator Cannon and Congressman Santini stating that they are not supporting the financial cuts, and Senator Laxalt has done made a decision. Rick highly complimented the 11th and 12th session of the CSUN Senate, and thanked them for his administration as their Senate President. Bruehl, and Griffith or corrections Senate Meeting #23 Page 2 4-27-82 E. Senate President Pro Tempore Announcements Senate President Pro Tempore Wild announced that Kim Daffner, and Marie Ravenholt resigned from their Senate seats. He commented as being the elected new Senate President that the new Executive Board has already been planning and they will be able to work as one team, they all have the same priorities. The No Nuke Resolution was printed in the New York Times. V. Executive Board Nominations VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board Chairman Levins read the minutes of the meeting held on 4-26-82. There were no action items at this meeting, Marie Mullins was absent from the meeting. Senator Levins moved to approve. The motion was seconded. Thesse being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved. B. Radio Board Chairman Felsing read the minutes of the meeting held on 4-26-82. The board approved the operating policy , and discussed the budget. MaryBeth Nitzschke was absent from the meeting excused. Senator Castanon moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as submitted. C. Academic Standards Committee Senator Clay announced that board will be voting on a motion to not excuse students from classes for non-academic events, such as atheletics, band, student government. The Senate discussed this item and the consensus was that they were not in favor of this motion. D. Entertainment and Programming Board There were no action items, and the meeting held on April 22, 1982. Dave Gist and Mark Welker were absent excused from the meeting. There was a motion to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additons or corrections the minutes stood approved. E. Beverage Manager Beverage Manger Goussak explained his audit about the KUNV Anniversary event. F. General Education Commitee Representative Steve Nitzschke announced that the committee made a recommendation to the Facutly-Senate to increase the core curriculum by 46-50 credits to improve the credibility of the university, the faculty senate passed the recommendation. VII. Unfinished Business A. Transfer of $1000 to Emergency Student Laon Fund (from table) Senator Horn moved to remove this item from the table. The motion was seconded. The motion passed. Discussion took place. After much discussion took place. Senator Cohen moved to table the motion again. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor and 1 opposed. Senate Meeting #23 Page 3 4-27-82 B. Publication of Voter List (from table) This item was not removed from the table. VIII. New Business A. Establishment of Elections Baord Investigative Committee Senator Clayton moved that a committee be established to investiage the CSUN Elections Board on the biased of the Elections Board, and the Yell article on April 15. The following members will serve on the committee, Pam Jacka, Pam Levins, and Nancy Felsing, the administrator Fred Tredup. The motion was seconded. This was a motion with many friendly amendments. There was a motion to table which failed. Discussion took place. The motion passed with 10 in favor and 4 opposed. B. Extension of 1981-1982 Appointment (with stipends) Senator Cohen moved to approve the appointment of 1981-82 until May 17th and the Yell Editor until May 31st. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor. C. Establishment of Constitutional Revision Committee Senate President Oshinski moved to establish a committee consisting of Ginger Clayton, Nancy Felsing, Karen COhen, and Lorraine Alderman. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor. D. Nominations for Arts & Letter Senate Seat Senator Starlin nominated Art Jimmenez, and Ginger Clayton nominated Charles Bloom, and Rachel Harris. Senator Clay moved to close nominations. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor and 1 opposed. E. Nominations for Academic Advsiement Senate Seat Senator Clay nominated Tammy Ship, and Senator Starlin nominated Chuck Wait. There was a motion to close nominations. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor. F. Proposal to Pay Tuition for Summer Yell Class for 82-83 Editor Senator Castnon moved to approve the tuititon for the summer Yell Editor for the class. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 41 in favor. G. Proposal to move CSUN Typewrtier from Library to Dorm Matt Hiu Vice President elect of CSUN said he was checking into the possibiltiy of putting the typewriters in the dorm I. CSUN Account Reorganization Bill (SBOOl) Lisa Griffith moved to approve S,B. 001 concerning the restructure of CSUN account 900-901. The motion was seconded. It was accepted as a friendly amenment to change account 901 to Radio Board and 909 to KUNV Construction along with 910 to by the Bar account. Discussion took place. The motion passed with 14 in favor. J. Approval of S.B. 002 President Ravenholt moved to approve S.B. 002 to establish the Executive Cabinet consisting of a Internal AFfairs Director, A Public Affairs Director and a Press Secretary. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place„ The bill passed with 14 in favor. Senate Meeting #23 Page 4 2-27-82 J. Repeal of Establishment of CSUN Information Director (June 30, 1981) Senator Horn moved to repeal the estabishment of the CSUN Information Director. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor. IX. Open Discussion Senator Castanon suggested that legal action be taken against the board of Regents. He announced that on May 9,10,11 ,&12 he will be attending a National Student Council convention. Next week he is placing on the agenda, that he has the approval to represent CSUN at the convention. He will be asking for a donation from CSUN for him to attend. Senator Nitzshcke informed the Senate that she did send the letter to Curtis Sliwa. Senator Powell announced that Academic Standards meeting on friday at 7:30 a.m„ Senate President Oshinski will be submitting Bylaw #16, and #17 at the next meeting. Senator Clay that the Executive Board for a terrific year. Senator Starlin suggested that a letter be sent to Regent Buchanan for his support at the Regent's meeting. X. Adjournment Senate President Pro Tempore Wild adjourned the meeting at 6:04 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, Respectfully Prepared by, Jef Wild Senate President Pro Tempore CSUN Senate Secretary