Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Febraury 13, 1986

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting 16-10 February 13,1986 MSU Lounge 201 4:00 p.m. I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes IV. Announcements V. Board, Committee and Director Reports VI. Executive Board Nominations 1. Kimberly McDonald to Academic Budget Committee. 2. Tammie Carter to NSA 3. Joyce Prioleau to Elections Board VII. Old Business VIII. New Business A. Approval of Executive Board Nominations. B. Nominations for Senate President Pro Tempore. 1. Jack Spicer C. Appointment of Senate President Pro Tempore. D. Approval of co-sponsorship with ZBT Fraternity on 2/15/86 for post-game party. E. Approval of contract with All Around Sound for 2/7/86. F. Approval of funding the Tennis Club $800.00 G. Appointment of Greg Nance to Yearbook Editor. H. Nominations to vacant Hotel Senate Seat. 1. Mike Mixer 2. Denise Sarnelli 3. Kevin Krier I. Appointment of Hotel Senator. J. Discussion/Action-Nominations for one student for Evaluation Committee of President Maxson. K. Approval of clean-up for TKE Fraternity for $75.00 on 2/7/86. L. Approval of CNN Contract. IX. Open Discussion X. Adj ournment UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting 16-10 February 13, 1986 MSU Lounge 201 4:00 p.m. I. II. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Senate President Varona at 4:05 p.m. Roll Call Present Senator Adams Senator Anton Senator Chadwell Senator Delia Rosa Senator Dixon (Late) Senator Harrison Senator Larsen (late) Senator Leroy Senator Menke Senator Miller Senator Muir Senator Novak Senator Spicer Senator Susman (late) Senator Zayas There being quorum, the meeting continued. Absent Senator Lieberman (excused) Senator Loxton ^excused) Senator Swanson (excused) III. Approval of Minutes The minutes were approved with the following corrections: Change Agenda to Minutes, Senator Dixon is excused. IV. Announcements Senate President Varona asked the Senate if there were any objections to having Senator Spicer be his acting pro tempore. There were no objections.! Varona also requested nominations from the Senate for the Spanos Award. Senator Dixon arrived at the meeting 4:10 p.m. V. Board, Committee and Director Reports Mike Muir, E&P Director announced that the dates for Mardi Gras have been changed to April 22 and 23. Jeff Chadwell, Chairman of Ad Hoc Committe for Constitution Revision, addressed the Senate and expressed his disappointment with his committee members for not attending the meeting. Two meetings have been set for next week. Kirk Hendrick, NSA Director discussed the Library Survey and that he was waiting for Senator Chic Hecht's assistant to get back in touch with him to discuss plans for Senator Hecht's arrival. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Seriate Meeting 16-10 February 13, 1986 - 2 - Mike Muir, E&P Director announced that plans were being formulated to bring back "The Fox". There is a meeting this Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. Jack Spicer, Chairman for Ad Hoc Memorial Committee-announced that a meeting will be set for next week. Tom Muir, Organizations Board Chairman announced at meeting Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Senate President Varona asked the Senate if there were any objections to suspend with the rules and move directly into item H and I under New Business. There were no objections. H. Nominations to vacant Hotel Senate Seat. 1. Mike Mixer 2. Denise Sarnelli 3. Kevin Krier There were no further nominations. I. Appointment of Hotel Senator. Senator Spicer moved to hold an election with each candidate speaking for 2 minutes, and the top two vote getters, having a run off. Senator Chadwell seconded. Mike Mixer addressed the Senate. Denise Sarnelli addressed the Senate. Kevin Krier was not present. Mike Mixer 3 Senator Harrison Senator Leroy Senator Spicer Denise Sarnelli 11 Senator Adams Senator Anton Senator Chadwell Senator Delia Rosa A Senator Dixon Senator Larsen Senator Menke Senator Miller Senator Muir Senator Novak Senator Zayas Susan Dute', a Notary Public for the State of Nevada administered the Oath of Office to Denise Sarnelli. Sarnelli was then seated. VII. Old Business A. Nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Award (Spanos Award) 1. Senator Novak nominated Dr. Quain, Marketing 2. Senator Leroy nominted Dr. McNab, Health Ed. 3. Senator Zayas nominated Dr. Swetnam, Anthropology 4. Senate Pres. Varona nominated Dr. R. Anderson, Bus and Finance 5. Senator Muir nominated Dr. Izzolo, Hotel Admin Vice Pres. Muir nominated Dr. Brown, Hotel Admin, and Senator Chadwell nominated Dr. Yfantis, Comp. Sci. and Elec. Engr. later in the meeting. B. Appointment of Distinguished Teaching Award. No action will be taken until the next meeting. Senate Meeting 16-10 February 13, 1986 VIII. New Business A. Approval of Executive Board Nominations The nominations were approved under General Consent. B. Nominations for Senate President Pro Tempore. 1. Jack Spicer There were no fur ther nomiantions. C. Appointment of Senate President Pro Tempore. Senator Novak moved to approve Jack Spicer under unanimous acclamation. Senator Menke seconded. The motion passed unanimously. D. Approval of co-sponsorship with ZBT Fraternity on 2/15/86 for post game party. Senator Spicer moved to approve. Senator Dixon seconded. Senate President Varona requested that the contract state the 75/25 profit/loss. The motion passed with 15 in favor, 0 opposed, and 0 abstaining. E. Approval of contract with All Around Sound for 2/7/86. Senator Menke moved to approve. Senator Leroy seconded. The motion passed unanimously. F. Approval of funding the Tennis Club $800.00 Senate President Varona refused to recognize this item. G. Appointment of Greg Nance to Yearbook Editor. Senator Zayas moved to approve. Senator Spicer seconded. The motion passed unanimously. J. Discussion/Action - Nominations for one student for Evaluation Committee of President Maxson. Several Senators were nominated: Pat Adams Ron Zayas Sean Kelleher Jack Spicer Eric Larsen Senate Pres. Varona passed the gavel to Sen. Pres. Pro Tempore Spicer at 4:50p.m. K. Approval of clean-up for TKE Fraternity for $75.00 on 2/7/86. Senator Novak moved to approve. Senator Harrison seconded. The motion passed unanimously. L. Approval of CNN Contract. Sen.Pres. Varona requested to table this item for one week. M. Discussion/Action nominations for Distinguished Teaching Award (Spanos). Several Senators spoke in favor of their nominations and gave brief summarys of why they felt that their nomination should win the award. Vice Pres. Muir nominated Dr. Brown, Hotel Admin. Senator Chadwell nominated Dr. Yfantis, Comp. Sci and Eng. Senate President Pro Tempore Spicer passed the gavel back to Sen.Pres. Varona at 5:10 p.m. Senate Meeting 16-10 February 13, 1986 -4- IX. Open Discussion Senator Menke commented on the Yellin* Rebel newspaper, as he was opposed. ... to their . campaigning practices on the last issue. ••"Discussion took place, Some Senators spoke Ih favor of'the paper. , Yellin', Rebel representatives explained that thet$& artipl'e was -fair, and on a first come first serve basis. Senator Chadwell displayed to~the Senate his variety of headbands, first being "Yellin1 Rebel" and the next an official "Varona" headband. Senator Spicer requested once again for John Novak to remove all of his "stuff" from the office. Senator Novak addressed the Senate, Novak went on to deliver a speech reflecting on CSUN and asking for a reaffirmation from the Senators to rededicate themselves to serve the students, whom they are supposed to represent. Kirk Hendrick addressed the Senate to rebuttle a comment from Senator Novak regarding turning in Budget Reports. Hendrick informed the Senate that he is one of the few Directors that even bothers to turn.in these reports. Hendrick stated that keeping an up-to-date, accurate account is very difficult as the Senate uses the NSA Account as a "Slush Fund". Senator Menke tried to express further, his views and opinions on the paper, and clear up any misconceptions of what he was trying to state. Senate President Varona made a derogatory comment to Senator Menke. Senator Menke left the meeting. Menke was cackled after by several of his fallow Senators. Senate President Varona [with darkened glasses] tried to pass out basketball tickets. The Senate wished to adjourn. X. Adj ournment Senate President Varona adjourned the meeting at 5:31 p.m. ftested to/ffiy'. Susan Dute' Senate Secretary. sjd Gus Varona, Senate President