Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 19, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA SENATE MEETING #35 SESSION 13 07/19/83 4:00 P.M. MSU 20 3 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #34 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Entertainment and Programming Members - Suzette Johnson(SAL) and Paul Ostrenger(SAL) B. By lav,7 s Committee Member - Sindv Glasgow (SEN) C. Intramurals Director - Ed Miller D. Elections Board Members - Bruce Shapiro(SAL) and Egillespie Sinayoko(SAL) VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Bylaws Committee B. Entertainment and Programming Board C. Judicial Council D. Nevada Student Affairs E. Radio Board F. Other G. Appropriations Board VII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Academic Advisement(2) 2. Education College(1) VIII. New Business A. Appointment of Senators 1. Hotel College(1) a. Paul Grande b. Kai Fischer UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 AGENDA SENATE MEETING #35 SESSION 13 0 7/19/8 3 page 2 c. Kelly Jennings d. Andy Weather 2. Academic Advisement(1) a. Sari Bloom B. Resolution 071983-01 - Senator Eglet C. Senate Directive - Eglet IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES SENATE MEETING #35 SESSION 13 07/19/83 4:00 P.M. MSU 20 3 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 August Corrales John Pasquantino Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson David Mounts Nanda Briggs Matthew McGuire Murray Long Jeff Chadwell Mark Doubrava III. Approval of Minutes #34 Members Absent Jef Wild - unexcused Barbara Zimmer - excused Jim Eells - excused Senator Eglet moved to amend the minutes of meeting #34 to delete under Old Business, item A the name "Kelly Jennings" and insert the name "Deanna Macaluso." Senator Corrales seconded the amendment which passed with 10 in favor, 1 opposed(Long) and 1 abstaining (McGuire). Senator Jackson moved to amend to delete his unexcused late from the minutes. The chair informed him that being listed as unexcused late is not considered as an unexcused absence. Senator Jackson withdrew his amendment. The motion to approve the minutes as amended passed with all in favor. Senator Eglet moved to suspend the rules and move into New Business, item A, Appointment of Senators, 1, Hotel College, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 3 opposed(Long, Briggs, McGuire) and 0 abstaining. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 MINUTES SENATE MEETING #35 19 JULY 19 8 3 PAGE 2 VIII. New Business A. Appointment of Senators 1. Hotel College(1) a. Paul Grande b. Kai Fischer c. Kelly Jennings d. Andy Weather Due to the amendment to Minutes #35, item c should be listed as Deanna Macaluso and not Kelly Jennings. Senator Eglet moved that each candidate be allowed to speak for no more than two minutes to be fol-lowed a question and answer period and the person receiving a simple majority is appointed as a Hotel College senator. Senator Pett.it seconded this mo-tion. President Lee pointed out that this motion was in conflict with Bylaw #6. Senator Long moved to amend the motion to state that the person receiving a two-thirds vote of the Senate is appointed to the Hotel College Senate Seat and to delete the words "simple majority." President Lee seconded the motion. The amendment failed with 1 in favor(Long), 11 opposed and 0 abstaining. The motion that each candidate be allowed to speak for no more than two minutes followed by a question and answer period and the person receiving a simple majority being appointed passed with all in favor. The chair called on Paul Grande to speak who yielded the floor to Deanna Macaluso. Grande addressed the Senate after Macaluso. The chair explained that Andy Weather had car trouble and was not able to make it to the meeting. Senate President Clay read the letter of recommendation for Andy Weather to the Senate and took a roll call vote. The following Senators voted for Deanna Macaluso: Stephanie Pettit August Corrales John Pasquantino Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson David Mounts Jeff Chadwell Mark Doubrava The following Senators voted for Paul Grande: Nan&a Briggs, Matt McGuire, Murray Long MINUTES SENATE MEETING #35 19 JULY 19 8 3 PAGE 3 Deanna Macaluso was appointed as a Hotel Col-lege Senator with a vote of 9 for Macaluso and 3 for Grande. IV. Executive Board Announcements President Lee, Vice President Shaffer, Vice Presi-dent Pro Tempore Best and Senate President Pro Tem-pore Pasquantino had no announcements. Senate President Clay welcomed Stephanie Pettit back to the Senate and congratulated Deanna Maca-luso as the newly appointed Hotel Senator. Clay announced that Kelly Jennings who was a candi-date for the Hotel College Senate Seat was not quali-fied. As of yet Sari Bloom does not meet the quali-fications. The Senate may want to table the appoint-ment of the Academic Advisement Senate Seat or to re-open nominations for that college in order to allow for Bloom to meet the qualifications. At 12:00 noon today, the Faculty Senate passed a Resolution which criticized President Goodall and asked for his resignation. Clay announced that things have been lost, stolen or misplaced around the office, and practical jokers will not be tolerated. If these people are caught, they will be reprimanded. The Constitutional Revisions Committee needs members. Any interested Senators should apply for membership. Senate President Clay is in the process of ranking goals for CSUN. If anyone has suggestions for goals that (s)he would like added to the list, see Cather-ine Clay. A meeting with the department heads and Executive board is being considered to educate these indivi-duals as to proper procedures for the office and paperwork. During Open Discussion Clay will be discussing the possibility of a Board of Regents Day so the Senate can meet the regents and lobby them regarding the CSUN Constitution. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Entertainment and Programming Members - Suzette Johnson(SAL) and Paul Ostrenger(SAL) Senator Eglet moved to approve Suzette Johnson and Paul Ostrenger as student at large members of the Entertainment and Programming Board, and Senator Jack-son seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. B. Bylaws Committee Member - Sindy Glasgow(SEN) Senator Pasquantino moved to approve Sindy Glasgow as a senate member of the Bylaws Committee, and MINUTES SENATE MEETING #35 19 JULY 19 8 3 PAGE 4 Senator Jackson seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. C. Intramurals Director - Ed Miller Senator Mounts announced that he had received a letter from Ed Miller in which Miller withdrew his name from consideration for the Intramurals Directorship. Senator Eglet moved to suspend the rules and move back into Approval of Minutes, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. III. Approval of Minutes #34 Senator Eglet moved to amend the minutes from meeting #24, page 2, item 7 to delete the words "May 15" and insert the words "until a new appointment is made." Senator Mounts seconded this amendment. Senate President Clay agreed to accept this amend-ment if another Executive Board member agreed. Vice President Shaffer agreed. President Lee stated a point of information asking if this required a two-thirds vote. Senate President Clay stated that she would call for the vote and later check whether it required a two-thirds vote. The amendment passed with 12 in favor, 1 opposed (Long) and 0 abstaining. V. Executive Board Nominations D. Elections Board Members - Bruce Shapiro(SAL) and Egillespie Sinayoko(SAL) Senator Eglet moved to approve Bruce Shapiro and Egillespie Sinayoko as student at large members of the Elections Board, and Senator Jackson seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. Senator Eglet stressed that Senate elections will occur in October and urged the Executive Board to recruit a chairman for the Elections Board. VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Bylaws Committee August Corrales reported that there was a meeting on Wednesday, July 13 at which he did not achieve quorum. The meeting was called to order at 1:30. The members present were August Corrales, Jeff Chadwell and Robert Eglet. The members excused absent were Holly Reed, Barbara Zimmer and Richard Riedy. The meeting was adjourned at 1:53 due to lack of quorum. Senator Corrales moved to approve the minutes from this meeting, and Senator Jackson seconded. The mo-tion passed with all in favor. MINUTES SENATE MEETING #35 19 JULY 19 8 3 PAGE 5 B. Entertainment and Programming Board There was no report. C. Judicial Council The Judicial Council met But did not achieve quorum. D. Nevada Student Affairs Robert Eglet announced that in lieu of the Nevada Student Affairs Operating which was approved on June 27, 19 8 3 Suzanne Nounna is no longer a member of Nevada Student Affairs because there is no board. NSA has a staff only. E. Radio Board John Wennstrom announced that there will be a meeting on Thursday, July 21 at 11:00 a.m. F. Other August Corrales announced that on Wednesday, July 20 the Student Services Committee will meet at 1:30 in MSU 203. G. Appropriations Board Karen Eckert announced that there was a meeting on July 19 at 1:00 p.m. in MSU 201. The members present were Barbara Zimmer and Chairman Eckert. The members excused absent were Jef Wild, Jim Eells and Mark Shaffer. The members unexcused absent Suzanne Nounna, Jack McClary and John Pasquantino. The meeting was adjourned due to lack of quorum. Senator Eglet moved to approve the minutes from this meeting, and Senator Jackson seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. VII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Academic Advisement(2) Senator Eglet nominated Jay Lescano. Senator Glasgow nominated Vianney Marino. Senator Cor-rales nominated Karen Musselman. Senator Pasquan-tino moved to close nominations for both seats, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention(Long). 2. Education College(1) There were no nominations. VIII. New Business A. Appointment of Senators 1. Hotel College(1) Action was taken on this item earlier in the meeting. MINUTES SENATE MEETING #35 19 JULY 19 8 3 PAGE 6 2. Academic Advisement(1) a. Sari Bloom There was no action taken on this item. B. Resolution 071983-01 - Senator Eglet This item was withdrawn. C. Senate Directive - Senator Eglet Senator Eglet moved to direct the CSUN Executive Board to consider at the next Executive Board Meeting the extension of the Intramurals Director position. Senator Mounts seconded this motion which passed with 12 in favor, 1 opposed(Long) and 0 abstaining. D. Override of Veto - Pasquantino Senator Pasquantino moved to override President Lee's veto of Senate Bill 014 dated July 14, and Senator Eglet seconded. There was discussion. Senator Mounts moved the previous question, and Senator Jackson seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. Senator Corrales requested a roll call vote. The following senators voted in favor of overriding President Lee's veto of Senate Bill 014: Stephanie Pettit August Corrales John Pasquantino Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson David Mounts Deanna Macaluso Jeff Chadwell Mark Doubrava The following senators voted against overriding President Lee's veto of Senate Bill 014: Nanda Briggs Matt McGuire Murray Long The vote was 10 in favor, 3 opposed and 0 abstaining. The chair announced that the override had passed with a two thirds vote. It was not discovered until after the meeting that two thirds of the senate membership at the time of the vote was 11. The motion to over-ride failed with 10 in favor, 3 opposed and 0 abstaining. IX. Open Discussion Senator Mounts was glad that the override of the veto of Senate Bill 014 passed but was discouraged MINUTES SENATE MEETING #35 19 JULY 19 8 3 PAGE 7 to see that some senators had changed their vote on the same issue from one week to the next. Last week Senate Bill 014 passed with all in favor. If senators change their minds on a decision, they should explain the reasons- during discussion. If one sena-tor changed his mind on an issue because of additional information, then that same information may change another person's opinion. Senator McGuire stated that he had given Senate Bill 014 more consideration during this past week. He understands the bill better now and does not believe that anything with loopholes should be passed. This type of legislation should be thrown out and rewritten without all of the potential problems. McGuire stated that he understands the bill differently now. Senator Mounts did not mean to criticize anyone for changing his mind. If senators shared their ideas at the meetings people may see things differently. Dean Daniels addressed the Executive Board and the Senate in regard to the situation CSUN is currently facing. It is important to recognize that CSUN is legally non-existent and must try to operate as a legal entity. The Dean occasionally attends the Senate meetings in order to become informed as to what may be happening. He stated that "government is no stronger than its weakest link." Dean Daniels is chagrined to hear many students have been strug-gling to become involved in CSUN when at the same time many of the boards and committees lack members. The Elections Board presently has no chairman, and elections are scheduled in October. CSUN must start recruiting members and stop turning away students who want to be-come involved. The student government must deal with the problems rather than play games at the students' expense. The Dean will not sit and watch CSUN play petty political games. Student Government is not opera-ting as a democracy; it is operating as an oligarchy, almost a dictatorship. It is time for the Senate and the Executive Board to attempt to work together and deal with their problems. If September arrives and CSUN is lacking members for boards and committees, CSUN will not have a Dean who will defend the students at the admini-strative level as he has in the past. Dean Daniels urged the members of CSUN to discuss their problems even if it means going into a closed personnel session. Students should not have to fight to become involved in this organi-zation. The Dean expressed that he was not pleased to address the Senate and Executive Board in this manner and was tired of trying to mend ways. He asked the members at the table to take a moment of introspection and ask themselves what they can do to make CSUN a responsible organization. The student government is in a crisis situation in which the members must put aside MINUTES SENATE MEETING #35 19 JULY 19 8 3 PAGE 8 their petty differences and show their integrity. Dean Daniels is tired of the infighting and immature behavior of the organization. CSUN is- a representative body of thousands of students who attend UNLV and suffer the most as a result of CSUN's behavior. Senate President Clay announced that the Constitutional Revisions Committee needs members. Deanna Macaluso and Nanda Briggs must submit their preference sheets to Catherine Clay. The Senate President will be placing an agenda item calling for a closed personnel session for the next Senate Meeting. X. Adjournment Senate President Clay adjourned the meeting at 5:01 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Respectfully prepared by, Lyon Best Secretary Catherine Clay Senate President