Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 14, 2001

University of Nevada, La Student Government Office of the Senate President STEPH DAVY Hftl 1 «4 56 PH 'OlSTUDENT SENATE MEETING 31-19 Monday, May 14th, 2001 MSU 201, 6:00PM Monica Moradkhan Senate President Pro-Tempore Education Samra Dayani Urban Affairs Sarah Bowers Business Chris Powell Education Eric Woodson Hotel Administration Marissa Geffen Urban Affairs Lisa Fleming Liberal Arts Jamie Homampour Liberal Arts David Fauske Hotel Administration Katie MacDonald Hotel Administration Kelly Martinez Student Development Ken Aoki Student Development Dustin Williams Health Services Jessica Zarndt Health Services Shawna Hughes Fines Arts Cara Chasin Sciences Aaron Dunning Education Tony Salsaa Business Alyson Ling Business Chris DiLorenzo Business Luke Bowland Engineering Rocco Gonzalez Liberal Arts Jason Schrock Education I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. ANNOUNCEMENTS IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 31-17 and 31-18 V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports B Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Business Manager Report D. Directors' Reports Brooke Bohlke - Director of Nevada Student Affairs Jennifer Hale - Director of CSUN Services Sean McClenahan - Director of Entertainment and Programming Jason Smylie - Director of Office of Student Information Holly Wainscott - Director of Elections VI. OLD BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one student to serve as Senator for the College of Hotel Administration; B. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one student to serve as Senator for the College of Business; C. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one student to serve as Senator for the College of Urban Affairs; D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of revising Bylaw 44 as submitted by Senator Homampour (see attachment); • CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4 5 0 5 MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 4 - 2 0 0 9 • (702) 8 9 5 - 3 6 4 5 • FAX ( 7 0 2 ) 8 9 5 - 4 6 0 6 E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of one student to serve Rebel Radio Director; F. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of one student to serve as Director of Elections; G. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of one student to serve as Vice President Pro-Tempore; H. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of CSUN Budget for FY02 as submitted by Senator Bowers. See attached; I. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of payment to Bat Rental for generators and light towers for RebelPoolza. Total cost $1263.70. Funds to be encumbered from CSUN 2702 (Palooza) account; VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT {in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)} IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS X. GOOD OF THE SENATE XI. 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. Senate Bylaw 44 Senate Stipend I. PURPOSE A. To senators with a reasonable consideration for their effort; B. To more fully emphasize the accountability of senators; C. To fully encourage direct involvement in the ongoing business of CSUN Student Government. II. DEFINITION A. The CSUN Senate Stipend (herein referred to as "stipend") shall be a gift to Senators for their continued commitment to public service. As such, all or any part of the stipend can be declined by a Senator; B. The stipend shall also consist of a credit fee waiver of no less than twelve(12) credits, evenly split between the fall and spring semesters, and may be transferable to summer sessions, and a per meeting attended cash amount of [fifty dollars($50.00)] twenty-five dollars($25.00). C. Any raise in the stipend must be approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Senate in the session preceding the increase. No Senate shall be empowered to give themselves a stipend increase; D. When quorum is not met, a per meeting stipend will not be paid. If an emergency meeting is called due to a lack of quorum, all Senators at both meetings will receive a stipend; E. All other emergency meetings will be treated as ordinary meetings for stipend purposes; F. For the fee waiver portion of the stipend, and Senator not completing an entire term shall be given a prorated fee waiver on the percentage of the term completed. Audited, dropped, or failed courses will not be covered by the fee waiver. If any of these occur, the Senator will be charged for the amount owed to CSUN, as fee waivers are processed before the semester begins. If these monies are not returned to CSUN, then by the definition in the Regents Handbook (refer to Handbook for appropriate article) a registration hold and/or graduation hold will be placed on the above mentioned student; G. The Senate President Pro-Tempore is exempt from this as he/she already receives a stipend and fee waiver; H. The amount declared by the Senate shall be budgeted in the CSUN budget each year; I. Senators are bound by Senate Bylaw 27; J. No part of this Bylaw may be waived it must be waived as a whole; K. Senators will be held accountable to the rules established by the Rules and Ethics committee of each session; L. The Rules and Ethics committee shall be empowered to bring charges against Senators who fail to meet the above mentioned obligations; M. Penalties, including reduction of stipend, shall only be enforced by two-thirds(2/3) vote of the Senate. STUDENT SENA TE MINUTES MEETING 31-19 Monday, May 14th, 2001 Alumni Center Board Room, 6:00PM I. CALL TO ORDER SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY called the meeting to order at 6:02 pm H. ROLL CALL Present Absent Monica Moradkhan Eric Woodson (unexcused) Jason Schrock Katie MacDonald Shawna Hughes Ken Aoki (unexcused) Dustin Williams (unexcused) Aaron Dunning (unexcused) Samra Dayani Sarah Bowers Chris Powell Lisa Fleming Jamie Homampour Rocco Gonzalez Jessica Zardnt Cara Chasin Luke Bowland Tony Salsaa Chris DiLorenzo Kelly Martinez *(6:02 pm) Alyson Ling * (6:03 pm) * Denotes Tardiness HI. ANNOUNCEMENTS SENATOR MARTINEZ enters at 6:02 pm VICE PRESIDENT FAUSKE- PRESIDENT MORADKHAN and SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE MORADKHAN are in California until May 29th. There is a Board of regents meeting June 14th and the 21st. The main projects this summer will be the new campus club, Rebel Radio, and homecoming facilities and events. The two positions up for appointment at tonight's meeting, are going to be VPPT and Rebel Radio. These are the only two positions that have had one person apply for it. These people up tonight have been speaking to us for a while, and they were approved in the e board meeting. At the next senate meeting, June 4th' is when all the directors will be up for appointment. Keep that day on your calendars. There will be 2 or more candidates for each position. The meeting might last a while. SENATE PRESIDENT STEPHANIE DAVY- We need a new senate secretary. Senate Secretary Amy Soldano will be leaving us after tonight. Here are the meting times for this summer: June 4th and 18th, July 9th and 23rd, and August 6th. Then we will start again in the fall. I will be out of the town from the 26th to the 3rd. I got an e-mail from Mandi York at the Health District. She has asked the senate to help her sponsor a resolution that would bar facility and students from smoking within 25 feet of buildings. Interested senators, please come and talk to me. Senator GefFen resigned due to graduation. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 31-17 and 31—18 There were no minutes to approve BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS Senate Committee Reports SENATOR DILORENZO- Bylaws- We only had three people today at the meeting. We did not make quorum. SENATOR BOWERS-^ays and Means- We had three people today at the meeting. We did not make quorum. There will be a meeting at. 2:30 on June 4th. Please come. We have to get the budget approved. . SENATOR DAY ANT- Campus Safety and Awareness. We were thinking on June 4th after the Senate meeting to have the walkthrough. The Senate meeting would be at 3 pm., and will probably get done around 5 pm. . We can go out to dinner after the senate meeting. Then we can come back to campus in the evening, and do the walkthrough. We will have meeting on June 4th around 8 pm. B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Report SENATOR HOMAMPOUR- May 30th I have an invitation to meet the new basketball coach. See me if you are interested . I can take one person. IV. V. A. c. Business Manager Report Business Manager Jim Moore read the following expenditures: Reprographics $175.75 Invitation Cards Reprographics $9.00 Business Cards Boise Cascade $132.61 Office Supplies Reprographics $25.50 Office Forms Telecommunications $190.65 Phone for April Facilities Mix $303.80 Over time charges-storage Reprographics $6.00 Blank award certificates Telecommunications $194.01 Phone-March United Rentals $285.00 Generator Light Tower Barnes and Noble $29.98 Commencement gown Sodexho Marriott $36.00 Food and Drinks Sodexho Marriott $36.00 Food and drink for regents Boise Cascade $193.23 Misc. office supplies Total: $1,617..53 There were no questions for Business Manager Jim Moore D. Directors' Report There were no reports VL OLD BUSINESS VH. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one student to serve as Senator for the College of Hotel Administration; Senator Dayani moved to combine and table action items A, B, and C, seconded by Senator Gonzalez. B. Action Item: Nomination/Election of one student to serve as Senator for the College of Business; C. Action Item: Nomination/ Election of one student to serve as Senator for the College of Urban Affairs; Move into a vote Motion Carries (13-0-0). D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of revising Bylaw 44 as submitted by SENATOR HOMAMPOUR (see attachment); SENATOR DAYANI moves to send to bylaws seconded by SENATOR POWELL Move into a vote Motion carries (12-1-0). Senator Homampour opposes. Senator Ling enters at 6:09 PM E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of one student to serve as Rebel Radio Director; SENATOR DAYANI moved to approve, seconded by SENATOR MARTINEZ SENATOR DAYANI moved to strike "one student" and insert "Davin Hill" and insert "interim" before Radio seconded by SENATOR GONZALEZ. SENATOR BOWERS: How does the whole interim thing solve the problem? SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY: He can work now and we can approve the pay later Move into a vote. Amendment Carries (12-0-1). (Senator Bowland abstains). SENATOR POWELL: Have you talked with President Moradkhan about this position at all? DAVIN HILL: Yes. We both recognize that this is a big undertaking but we all want this. Move into a vote Item Carries (12-0-1) (Senator Bowland abstains). F. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of one student to serve as Director of Elections; SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY ruled this item out of order. G. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of on student to serve as Vice President Pro Tempore; SENATOR DAYANI moved to approve seconded by SENATOR BOWL AND. SENATOR DAYANI moved to strike one student and insert "Jennifer Hale", seconded by SENATOR GONZALEZ. Move into a vote. Amendment Carries (12-0-1). (SENATOR HOMAMPOUR abstains). Move into a vote on the item as a whole. Item Carries (12-0-1). (SENATOR HOMAMPOUR abstains). H. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of CSUN Budget for FY02 as submitted by Senator Bowers. See attached; SENATOR POWELL moved to table, seconded by SENATOR DAYANI. Move into a vote Motion Carries (13-0-0). I. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of payment to Bat Rental for generators and light towers for Rebelpoolza. Total cost $123. 70. Funds to be encumbered from CSUN 2702 (Rebelpalooza) account; SENATOR DAYANI moved to table, seconded by SENATOR BOWERS. SENATOR POWELL: What is this for? SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY: We need to check this out before we can vote on this Move into a vote. Motion Carries (13-0-0). VH. PUBLIC COMMENT {in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020(2)(3} Davin Hill: Thank you for this position. I am excited about Rebel Radio. I have talked with Vice President Fauske and Paul. This is what the school needs. It won't be easy at first, but we are looking at this as a team effort. I am looking forward to the challenge. IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS VPPT Hale: Thank you guys for this position. If you want to know my plans, please talk to me. If you have any suggestions, please talk to me. Vice President Fauske- Please come to the committee meetings. It is very important. We can't let the work wait. Senate President Davy-Let people know about senate seats. We have business, hotel, and urban affairs. Also, possibly Senator Woodson might be leaving. I want to thank Senator Dayani for being the Pro tempore tonight. SENATORS DILORENZO and Geffen will be missed. Applications are due 2:00 pm on June 4th. Who can't come to the next meeting? It will be at 3pm. Please talk to the other senators. Vffl. GOOD OF THE SENATE SENATOR BOWLAND-1 met the HPPV people two weeks ago. They gave me a letter to give to you guys. Our competition was a success. We got gold and silver medals. We appreciate your generous contributions. It provided us with the needed equipment. With being well prepared we were able to assist other schools in repairing vehicles. It was also a success among the engineering students. We worked as a team. Because of the generous donation from CSUN, we could work at our best. SENATOR POWELL- Paul is in California. He as assured me that he won't be calling back constantly. SENATOR MARTINEZ- applications for advisory council are out. We are looking for an entirely new council for the fall. I had a meeting with my dean, but I had to work for Marissa today so I had to cancel it. SENATOR HOMAMPOUR- Talk to me if you want to come to the event on May 30th at pm. There will be food and drinks. I have been going over the budget item by item. About the bylaw revision... directors and senators take a pay cut. We will take a cut around 22,000 dollars. If you think you are worth the 50 dollars a meeting then speak up. I am the new chairperson of the Rebel Yell Advisory board. SENATOR ZARDNT- Health Sciences is slow over summer. I will work on a newsletter via e-mail SENATOR FLEMING- good job to Davin Hill and Jen Hale SENATOR CHASIN - there are some complaints about the library. Not enough spots. The library should be open longer. Study the week before, not during the week. I might be late at June 4th. SENATOR DILORENZO-1 met with the associate dean last week for one last time with SENATOR S ALS AA. I will be an advisor with the college of business. He liked the newsletter and wants it to continue. I have been a senator for about six or seven months. I have enjoyed it. This is a doorstep for a political career. I like being a senator and once I stop talking its over. I accepted a full time job with Arthur Anderson. I will be working on my masters. SENATOR SALSAA- Kelly, when are the applications due? SENATOR MARTINEZ: anytime SENATOR LING - Good job to Jenn and Davin. Sorry for being late. SENATOR BOWERS- good job to Jenn and Davin. They will do a great job. Have a good summer. SENATOR GONZALEZ: pass SENATOR DAYANI- good luck to Jen and Davin. I have the utmost confidence in you guys that you will represent us well. I should get paid Pro Tempore salary tonight. Senator DiLorenzo, you still owe me a 30 dollar date from you fraternity auction. IX. ADJOURNMENT SENATOR DAYANI moved to adjourn meeting 31-16 seconded by SENATOR BOWLAND. Move into a vote Motion Carries (12-1-0). (SENATOR DILORENZO abstains). SENATE PRESIDENT DAVY adjourned meeting 31-19 at 6:27 pm 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. Stephanie Davy Amy Soldano Senate Secretary