Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 23, 1980

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 SENATE PRESIDENT MARTIN J. BURZ1NSKI AGENDA SENATE MEETING #18 September 23, 1980 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p .m. I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Mintues //.17 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Elections Board Member Senator Claire Dowell B. Pre-School Representative, Senator Sandra Williams C. Stipend Increase of $25.00, Epiloque Editor VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Elections Board C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Organizations Board E. Radio Board F. By-Laws Committee G. Ad Hoc Committee Reports VII. Old Business A. Senate President Pro Tempore (nominations) Derrek Yelton B. Vacant Senate Seat, College of Arts & Letters (vote) 1. Gary L. Crandell 2. Jeffrey J. Wild C. Vacant Senate Seat, College of Allied Health (nominations) D. Referendum Proposal, Plus/Minus Grading, (from table) VIII. New Business A. Allocation of 'Funds, National Student Exchange $400.00 IX. Open Discussion, A. William- Haldeman X. Adjournment MINUTES Senate Meeting #.18 September 23, 1980 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p.m. I. Call to Order Senate President Burzinski called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. in the Moyer Student Union Building. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Tom Foskaris Robert Scavetta Dorothy Halpin Rick Oshinski Kelly Campbell Scott Karosa Lori Kanton Ray Corbett Sandy Williams-excused absent Tim McCarry Jeff Wild Dale llulen Derrek Yelton Joe Petrizzo David Martinez Martha Boos Howard Reign Claire Dowell III. Approval of Minutes #17 Senator Karosa added under Open Discussion that Intramurals Director, Ray Corbett thanked last year's Executive Board for their support. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Student Speaks President Chanos turned the floor over to Lee Bilderback at student majoring in philosophy. Ms. Bilderback informed the Senate of a petition that is being circulated around campus concerning a recall election. President Chanos commented briefly on her presentation. B. Temporary Parliamentarian Senate President asked Senator Joe Petrizzo to be j-(is temporary parliamentarian*, if there was no objections from the Senate. At this time there were no objections from the Senate. C. Reno Senate President Chanos announced that Marty Burzinksi and himself attended the ASUN Senate Meeting in Reno. He explained to the Senate that he was trying to open up the line of communication between all schools. Senate Meeting It 18 September 23, 1980 Page 2 D. ATO Budweiser Bash President Chanos reported that estimated damage on the P.E. .complex amounted to approximately $2600.00. It has not been determined who is liable for the damages yet. President Chanos suggested that all three sponsors of the dance pay for the damages. E. Plus/Minus Grading System Vice-President Reyes announced to the Senate that she attended the Faculty- Senate Meeting to discuss the appeal of the plus/minus grading system . This item was not an action item on the pacu;| t y Senate Agenda. F. Guests Senate President Burzinski introduced Dr. Nitzschke, Dr. Pinney, and Dr. Phelps who were present at the meeting and thanked them for attending. G. Plrilsophy Department Senate President Burzinski pointed out the memo that should have been placed in each Senator's box. The memo was thanking the Senate for the $600 for the Philosophy Department colloqmuim. 1- Yell, Managing Editor. Rick Oshinski This item was announced by Senate President Burzinski as an emergency agenda item. Therefore, the Senate would have to recess for five minues. J. Resolution, Parking and Traffic Senate President Burzinski announced that he. had spoken with the UNLV Police and they would like CSUN to write a resolution of some tvpe for increasing their authority in traffic, conditions in surrounding areas, lie asked the members of this committee to meet with him and author with some type of resolution. K. Grievance Committee Senate President announced that do to the resignation of Lisa Rollins there is now an opening on the grievance committee. There is a meeting Thursday at 2:30j if someone would like to attend to fill her position, please let Senate President Burzinski know. L. CSUN Vacancies Senate President Burzinski announced that there were the following vacancies: Cirriculum Committee-2 Entertainment and Programming Board -2 Senate vacancies & 1 Student at large Senator Allied Health Elections Board Energy Committee M. Request for Funds Senate President Burzinski announced that UNLV Jazz Ensemble will be requesting funds of $5000. V. Executive Board Nominations At this time the Senate recessed for five minutes. Senate President Burzinski called the meeting back to order. A. Managing Editor, Yell Senator Karosa moved to approve Rick Oshinski as Managing Editor of the Yell. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. The motion passed with twelve in favor, four opposed, and one abstention. Senate Meeting It 18 September 23, 1980 Page 3 Senator llalpin moved to suspend with the rules and move into Old Business,Item B. The motion was seconded. The motion to suspend with the rules passed unanimously. VIII. Old Business A. College of Arts & Letters, Jeff7 Wild and Gary Crandell Senator Campbell moved that each candidate be allowed to speak for no more than 3 minutes and voting be done by secret ballot. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with sixteen in favor and one opposed, ^irst, Gary Crandell spoke to the Senate;questions and answers followed. Next, Jeff Wild gave a breif speech to the Senate. Voting took place, Jeff Wild received 14 votes and Gary Crandell received 3 votes. Senate President Bur?inski announced Jeff Wild as the new Senator of Arts and Letters and asked him to take a seat at the Senate table for the remainder of the meeting. VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board There was no report. The next meeting will be October 1, 1980 at 4:00. Chairman, Martinez, reminded the Senate that he would accept agenda items no later than 5:00 p.m. 5 days before the meeting. B. Election Board Chairman, Martha Boos,read the Senate the minutes of the Election Board meeting. In the minutes she announced that the board unanimously passed the Election Board Rule concerning market value that had been sent back to committee. Senator Boos moved to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. After two amendments which failed} Senator Martinez called for the question on the main motion to approve the minutes as read. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed with sixteen in favor and two opposed. The main motion to approve passed with twelve in favor and six opposed. C. Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman, Radford Smith, read the minutes of the Entertainment and Programming Board meeting. In. the minutes he announced that there would be a blood drive on the 1JNLV campus October 23 and 24. Chairman, Radford Smith read a memo to the Senate which was written to President Chanos from himself concerning security conditions at future events. Chairman Smith commented that he has never devoted as much time in his life to the job of Entertainment and Programming Board. Senator Wild moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as read. It was mentioned that there is a tenative concert planned with Ambrosia. D. Organizations Board Senator Mac Jackson read the minutes following groups had been recognized. Accounting Association Affiliated Criminal Justice Students of UNLV Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpah Kappa Psi Association of Computing Machinery Baha'i * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints* Hispanic Association Hotel Association IFC * Religious Organization of the Organizations Board. He announced that the International Cultural Society Inter-Varisty Cristian Fellowship* Little Sigmas Pi Sigma Alpha PRSSA Sigma Nu Sigma Gamma Epsilon Sigma Pi Sigma UNLV Rebel Athletes Association Wall Street Association Young Republicans Senate Meeting It 18 September 23, 1980 Page 4 Senator Mac Jackson moved to approve the minutes of the Organizations Board. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. Senator Martinez moved to amend the motion to table the recognition of religious organizations because their requirements concerning matching funds was not definitely known. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. The recognition of religious organizations will be tabeled until Senate meeting #19. Discussion took place on the amendment. The amendment passed with ten in favor and eight opposed. The main motion passed with twelve in favor and six opposed. President Chanos moved to suspend with the rules and moved into New Business, Item A. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. XIII. New Business A. Allocation of Funds, $400 National Student Exchange Senate President Burzinski introduced Dr. Phelps who is in charge of the National Student Exchange Program. Senator Oshinski moved to approve the $400 to the National Student Exchange program. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. President Chanos called for the question. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed with sixteen in favor and two opposed. The motion passed with sixteen in favor and two opposed. Dr. Phelps thanked the Senate for their support. Senator llulen moved to recess for 5 minutes. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with ten in favor and seven opposed. VI. Commiteee Reports E. Radio Board Senator Hulen read the minutes of the Radio Board meeting. It was announced that the Faculty Advisors had resigned from the board. The Board approved Phil Harrington as KUNV Program Director. Also, Senator Hulen announced that a directive is going to be presented to the Senate from the Radio Board concerning the report from the Ad Hoc Constitutional Revision Committee. It was announced in the minutes that the Radio Board passed unanimously the revision °f Che new Radio office. Senator Hulen moved to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded. Discussion took plae. Senator Oshinski moved to amend the minutes to delete the approval of the Radio Station office addition. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. John Wennstrom commented that it was urgent that the approval of the new plans be done at this Senate meeting. Senator Hulen moved to recess for 5 minutes so that the blue prints of the office expansion could be viewed. The motion was seconded. The motion passed. The meeting was called back to order at 6:55. Discussion continued to take place on the amendment. There was a call for the question. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed unanimously. The vote on the amendment failed with nine opposed to it, 5 in favor, and one abstention. The main motion to approve the minutes paased with nine in favor, five opposed, and one abstention. F. Ad Hoc Committee Reports There were no reports. Senate President Burzinski had to leave at this time, therefore, lie passed the gavel to his Pro Tempore to run the meeting. Senator Wild moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with seven in favor, six opposed, and one abstention. X. Adjournment Senate President Pro Tempore Petri.zzo adjourned the meeting at 7:30. Senate Meeting #18 September 23, 1980 Page 5 Respectfully Submitted by, Respectfully Prepared by, Robin Starlin CSUN Senate Secretary Martin J. Burzinski CSUN Senate Presiden