Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 05, 2003

Office of the Senate President Christopher B. Powell University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government STUDENT SENATE MEETING 33-17 MONDAY, MAY 5, 2003 MSU 201, 6:00PM I. Michael J. Amesquita Jr. Education JJ Senate President Pro Tempore Jessica Zarndt 111. Health Sciences Tony Salsaa .. . Business Anisa Izzolo Hotel Administration V. Rachael Wagner Liberal Arts Peter Goatz Student Development Nikki Flinner VI. Education Ryan Cianci Liberal Arts Chester Corpuz Business Josh Goihl Business Sherry Snyder Business Nicole Sunstrum Education K Faon Cobb Engineering Mark Ulep Engineering Kevin Mullinax Fine Arts Holly Nye Fine Arts VII. Lisa Soldano Health Science VIII Aaron Arneson Hotel Administration Nick Christiansen Liberal Arts Dustin Crawford Sciences Amy Schanhals Student Development Sherrelle Blood Urban Affairs Gina Marie Nissen Urban Affairs CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ANNOUNCEMENTS APPROVAL OF MINUTES 33-15 BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Business Manager Reports E. LiaisonG Rreeepko rAtsd visory Multicultural Student Affairs Residence Hall Association Student Athletics Student Body President's Advisory Student Health Advisory Committee ROTC LAB PUBLIC COMMENT UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Discussion/Approval of Vagus Nerve Featurette. As submitted by Mitchell Stapleton. (See attachment 33-17.01.) B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $245.00 to be paid to Director Gonzalez as merit pay. C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Director Fueston as merit pay. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3645 • FAX (702) 895-4606 D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $280.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Long as merit pay. E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $140.00 to be paid to Director Buchanan as merit pay. F. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Aguero as merit pay. G. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $105.00 to be paid to Director Taylor as merit pay. H. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $105.00 to be paid to Director Stapleton as merit pay. IX. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one Senator to serve as the Senate President Pro-Tempore for the remainder of the 33rd Senate Session. As Submitted by Senator Amesquita. B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $140.00 to be paid to Director Angell as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. A submitted by Senator Goatz. C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Director Fueston as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $280.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Long as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Aguero as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. F. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $140.00 to be paid to Director Juarez as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. G. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $105.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Taylor as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. H. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $105.00 to be paid to Director Stapleton as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. I. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Director Chan as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. J. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $70.00 to be paid to Programming Coordinator Hollero as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. K. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the Executive Board nominee to sit on the Rules and Ethics committee. Term ending October 31, 2003. X. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS XL GOOD OF THE SENATE Xm. ADJOURNMENT Posted in accordance with Nevada Open Meeting Law (N.R.S. 241.000) at the following locations: Moyer Student Union, Frank & Estella Beam Hall, Flora Dungan Humanities, Classroom Building Complex and Thomas Beam Engineering Complex. CHRISTOPHER B. POWELL EMILY L. WESTCOTT STUDENT SENATE MEETING 33-17 MONDAY, MAY 5, 2003 MSU 201, 6:00PM I. CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order at II. ROLL CALL Present Amy Schanhals Rachael Wagner Peter Goatz Nikki Flinner Ryan Cianci Chester Corpuz Josh Goihl Sherry Snyder Nicole Sunstrum Mark Ulep Kevin Mullinax Holly Nye Lisa Soldano Nick Christiansen Dustin Crawford Sherrelle Blood Anisa Izzolo Aaron Arneson Gina Marie Nissen Absent Jessica Zarndt (Unexcused) Tony Salsaa (Walked in at 6:06pm) E. Faon Cobb (Unexcused) III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MORADKHAN - There will be a Board of Regance meeting Thursday and Friday. SENATE PRESIDENT AMES QUIT A - Spoke in regards to the new memos. Gave his new email address; unlvsenateprez@yahoo.com, and discussed the senate submission policy. V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 33-15 SENATOR FLINNER moved to approve item, SENATOR CIANCI second the motion. Minutes passed, SENATORS MULLINAX and SUNSTRUM abstained. VI. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports SENATOR FLINNER - Campus Safety will meet on Thursday at 4pm. They will be meeting during the summer at further notice. SENATOR GOATZ - Ways and Means will meet tonight to finish the budget. SENATOR WAGNER - Would like to step down from Bylaws and Constitutions. B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Business Manager Reports ENTERTAINMENT & PROGRAMMING $ (480.00) Dan Nelson Productions - banners 4'x5' OFFICE $ (145.38) Boise 87047611 5/5/03 $ (241.20) Boise 86964186 credit for incorrect order OFFICE STUDENT INFORMATION $ (6.75) Repro 88734 - Posters for Directors E. Liaison Reports Greek Advisory Mike Minich - Spoke in regards to Greek Week. Multicultural Student Affairs Residence Hall Association SENATOR SCHANHALS - Dorms officially closed on June 17. Also spoke in regards to the recycling program. Student Athletics Student Body President's Advisory Student Health Advisory Committee ROTC LAB SENATE PRESIDENT AMES QUIT A - Spoke in regards to what LAB is and how it works. VII. PUBLIC COMMENT Kris Bastian - Congratulated the Senate and SENATE PRESIDENT AMES QUIT A. Lori Evan - Stated she is interested in getting involved with student government. VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Discussion/Approval of Vagus Nerve Featurette. As submitted by Mitchell Stapleton. (See attachment 33-17.01.) Item was tabled during the Executive Board Meeting. B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $245.00 to be paid to Director Gonzalez as merit pay. SENATOR CIANCI moved to combine and move out off table items B through H, SENATOR SCHANHALS second the motion. Motion passes unanimously. SENATOR FLINNER moved to combined and approved items B through H, SENATOR IZZOLO second the motion. SENATOR FLINNER moved to amend item B to read as follows: Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $150.00 to be paid to Director Gonzalez as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA Election Series Account. Item C to read as follows: Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $250.00 to be paid to Director Fueston as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA Election Series Account. Item D to read as follows: Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $280.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Long as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA Election Series Account. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA Election Series Account. Item E to read as follows: Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $150.00 to be paid to Director Buchanan as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA Election Series Account. Item F to read as follows: Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Aguero as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA Election Series Account. Item G to read as follows: Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $105.00 to be paid to Director Taylor as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA Election Series Account. Item H to read as follows: Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $105.00 to be paid to Director Stapleton as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA Election Series Account. SENATOR GOIHL second the amendment. Discussion: SENATOR CIANCI - Why are the amounts being changed? SENATE PRESIDENT AMES QUIT A - Went on to explaining why amounts where amended to what they where. The reason for the amendments was that the Executive Board took the formula that former STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT HALE had established and formulated the performance of each director and came up with new amounts that they thought were appropriate. SENATOR WAGNER - Stated her opinion on merit pay and expressed her ideas on how merit pay should be decided. SENATOR IZZOLO - How were the amounts decided? STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MORADKHAN - Explained why the amounts where amended. SENATOR IZZOLO - Why didn't you follow STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT HALE'S formula? STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MORADKHAN - Went on explaining her opinion in regards to STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT HALE'S formula. SENATOR WAGNER - Stated her opinion on how we should come to a decision on what the amount should be. SENATOR CIANCI calls the question, SENATOR FLINNER second the motion. The question is called. SENATORS MULLINAX and CRAWFORD opposed. Amendment passed. SENATORS BLOOD, CRAWFORD, ULEP, WAGNER, and MULLINAX opposed. SENATOR SCHANHALS abstained. SENATOR GOATZ - Spoke in regards to the amendments. SENTOR SALSAA moved to table item, SENTOR SCHANHALS second the motion. Motion failed. SENATORS FLINNER, SUNSTURM, NYE, CIANCI, WAGNER, ARNESON, IZZOLO, CORPUZ, GOHIL, and CRAWFORD. SENATOR NISSEN abstained. Discussion: SENATOR CIANCI calls the question, SENATOR FLINNER second the motion. Motion failed. SENATORS MULLINAX, SUNSTRUM, GOATZ, SCHANHALS, SOLDANO, CRAWFORD, SALSAA, BLOOD, and SNYDER opposed. SENATOR SALSAA moved to table item, SENATOR SCHANHALS second the motion. Motion passed. SENATORS FLINNER, CIANCI, ARNESON, IZZOLO, NISSEN, CORPUZ, and GOIHL opposed. C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Director Fueston as merit pay. Item was combined and tabled. D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $280.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Long as merit pay. Item was combined and tabled. E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $140.00 to be paid to Director Buchanan as merit pay. Item was combined and tabled. F. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Aguero as merit pay. Item was combined and tabled. G. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $105.00 to be paid to Director Taylor as merit pay. Item was combined and tabled. H. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $105.00 to be paid to Director Stapleton as merit pay. Item was combined and tabled. IX. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one Senator to serve as the Senate President Pro-Tempore for the remainder of the 33rd Senate Session. As Submitted by Senator Amesquita. SENATOR IZZOLO asked why some people should get some and others not. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MORADKHAN, SENATE PRESIDENT AMESQUITA, and STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT CHRISTIANSEN stated their personal opinion in regards to the issue. SENATOR MULLINAX asked SENATOR IZZOLO what her concern was. SENATOR IZZOLO stated her thoughts on the issue. SENATOR SALSAA moved to open nomination, SENATOR FLINNER second the motion. SENATOR SNYDER moved to nominate SENATOR GOATZ (SENATOR GOATZ accepted nomination), SENATOR CIANCI second the nomination. SENATOR SCHANHALS moved to table item, SENATOR CIANCI second the motion. Motion failed. SENAOTRS FLINNER, SUNSTRUM, NYE, WAGNER, ULEP, SNYDER, ARNESON, IZZOLO, and CRAWFORD opposed. SENATORS MULLINAX and NISSEN abstained. SENATOR GAOTZ explained that there is trouble with his transcripts; therefore he does not qualify for position SENATOR ARNESON moved to table the item, SENATOR SUNSTRUM second the motion. Item was tabled. SENATORS FLINNER and SALSAA opposed. B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $140.00 to be paid to Director Angell as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. A submitted by Senator Goatz. SENATOR GOATZ moved to approved item, SENATOR CIANCI second the motion. SENATOR CIANCI explained how if the senate really wants a director to get money they can get them to obtain the money SENATE PREISENT AMES QUIT A stated a point of info; whether senate wanted to amend item or not. SENATOR WAGNER stated that she wanted to approve the person receiving merit pay and then the amount. SENATOR AMES QUIT A explained why that would not be possible. SENATOR IZZOLO explained how she thinks that only the assistants should get merit pay. SENATOR FLINNER calls the question, SENATOR SUNSTRUM second the motion. Motion failed. SENATORS FLINNER, SUNSTRUM and MULLINAX voted in favor. SENATOR CIANCI abstained. SENATOR GOATZ moved to combine and table item B, F, and I until the next meeting, SENATOR CORPUZ second the motion. Motion passed. SENATORS FLINNER and CIANCI opposed. C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Director Fueston as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. Out of order. Item failed during the Executive Board Meeting. D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $280.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Long as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. Out of order. Item failed during the Executive Board Meeting. E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Aguero as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. Out of order. Item failed during the Executive Board Meeting. F. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $140.00 to be paid to Director Juarez as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. Item was combined and tabled. G. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $105.00 to be paid to Assistant Director Taylor as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. Out of order. Item failed during the Executive Board Meeting. H. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $105.00 to be paid to Director Stapleton as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. Out of order. Item failed during the Executive Board Meeting. I. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $175.00 to be paid to Director Chan as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. Item was combined and tabled. J. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of an amount not to exceed $70.00 to be paid to Programming Coordinator Hollero as merit pay. Cost to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 FY02-03 NSA (Lecture Series) account. As submitted by Senator Goatz. Out of order. Programming Coordinator Hollero dropped out of school. K. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the Executive Board nominee to sit on the Rules and Ethics committee. Term ending October 31, 2003. Item was tabled. Item was not submitted to the Executive Board. X. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS SENATOR CHRISTIANSEN announced his new e-mail address; unlvvpnc@yahoo.com. Announced that director applications are due 5/16 and are available on the 3rd floor. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT MORADKHAN will be releasing memos. Rules and Ethics nominations will be appointed on next meeting. SENATE PRESIDENT AMES QUIT A has a list of meetings for this summer. Went over meeting dates and times. Went over the plans for the senate chambers. Spoke in regards to plans in regards to archival of past minutes. XI. GOOD OF THE SENATE SENATOR FLINNER has an open seat on the Campus Safety Committee. June 2nd vacant seats for liberal arts will be appointed. SENATOR CIANCI spoke in regards to his opinion on merit pay. SENATOR WAGNER voiced her reasons as to why she stepped down from her colleges. SENATOR SALSAA stated that this was his last meeting and voiced his opinions about CSUN Student Government. XIII. ADJOURNMENT SENATOR SCHANHLS moved to adjourn meeting, SENATOR CIANCI second the motion. Meeting Adjourned at 7:25pm. Posted in accordance with Nevada Open Meeting Law (N.R.S. 241.000) at the following locations: Moyer Student Union, Frank & Estella Beam Hall, Flora Dungan Humanities, Classroom Building Complex and Thomas Beam Engineering Complex. SENATE PRESIDENT MICHAEL J. AMESQUITA JR. SENATE SECRETARY EMILY L. WESTCOTT