Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 12, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #34 Session #13 07/12/83 MSU 20 3 4:00 p.m. I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #33 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Judicial Council: TBA B. Intramurals Director: TBA C. Approval of Compensation o a. Yell Editor (D-l): $285 per month b. Appropriations Board Chairman: fee waiver (Summer Session II 83, Fall 83, Miniterm 84 and Spring 84) D. Constitutional Revision Committee: TBA E. Additional Nominations as per Executive Board Meeting #14 VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Nevada Student Affairs B. Appropriations Board C. Other VII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Hotel College (1) a. Paul Grande b. Kai Fischer c. Julie Worth 2. Academic Advisement (3) a. Sari Bloom 3. Education College (1) UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 AGENDA SENATE MEETING #34 0 7/12/8 3 CONTINUED PAGE 2 B. Approval of Senate Bill 014 - Pasquantino (from table) VIII. New Business IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES SENATE MEETING #34 SESSION 13 12 JULY 19 8 3 4:00 P.M. MSU 203 I. Call to Order Senate President Clay called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance August Corrales John Pasquantino - excused late Jef Wild Barbara Zimmer Robert Eglet Sindy Glasgow Virgil Jackson - unexcused late David Mounts Nanda Briggs Matt McGuire Murray Long Jeff Chadwell Mark Doubrava III. Approval of Minutes #33 Senate President Clay corrected the minutes of meeting #33 to change August Corrales* unexcused absence to excused in both of the Roll Call sections. There being no further corrections the minutes of meeting #33 were approved with all in favor. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Vice President Shaffer He had no announcements. B. Senate President Clay 1. Please withdraw the nomination of Sally Horn for the Publications Board and the nomination of Julie Worth for the Hotel College Senate Seat. President Lee was not present for announcements. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Judicial Council UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702] 739-3477 Members Absent Stephanie Pettit - excused Jim Eells - excused MINUTES SENATE MEETING #34 0 7/12/8 3 page 2 Senator Mounts moved to approve the nominations of Michael Schumacher and Barbara Taylor as Justices of the Judicial Council and to divide the question. The Chair suggested that Senator Mounts simplify his motion. Senator Mounts moved to divide the question and to approve Barbara Taylor as a Justice of the Judi-cial Council and to disapprove Michael Schumacher's nomination for the Judicial Council. Senator Eglet seconded. The Chair suggested that Senator Mounts divide his motion into two motions for the purpose of enabling the Senate to consider each item separately. Senator Mounts moved to approve Barbara Taylor as a Justice of the Judicial Council, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. Senator Eglet moved to disapprove the nomination of Michael Schumacher for the Judicial Council, and Sena^ tor Mounts seconded. The motion requires a two-thirds majority vote of the Senate members. The motion to disapprove failed with 4 in favor (Mounts,. Eglet, Chad-well, Glasgow), 5 opposed(Corrales, Wild, Briggs, McGuire, Long) and 2 abstaining(Zimmer, Doubrava), Senator Wild moved to approve Michael Schumacher as a Justice of the Judicial Council, and Senator Cor-rales seconded. The motion failed with 5 in favor (Corrales, Wild, Briggs, McGuire, Long), 4 opposed (Mounts, Eglet, Chadwell, Glasgow) and 2 abstaining (Zimmer, Doubrava). B. Intramurals Director Senator Wild moved to approve Jim Gilbert as Intra-murals Director, and Vice President Shaffer seconded. The motion failed with 4 in favor(Wild, Long, Briggs, McGuire), 6 opposed(Corrales, Eglet, Glasgow, Mounts, Chadwell, Doubrava) and 1 abstaining(Zimmer). C. Approval of Compensation a. Yell Editor(D-l): $285.00 per month Senator Mounts moved to approve a stipend of $2 85.0 0 per month for the Yell Editor(D-l), and Vice Presi-dent Shaffer seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. b. Appropriations Board Chairman: fee waiver (Summer Session II '83, Fall *83, Miniterm '84 and Spring '84) Senator Wild moved to approve a fee waiver for the Appropriations Board Chairman for Summer Session II 1983, Fall '83, Miniterm 1984 and Spring 1984, and Vice President Shaffer seconded. The motion passed with 9 in favor, 1 opposed(Corrales) and 1 abstaining (Mounts). MINUTES SENATE MEETING #34 0 7/12/8 3 page 3 D. Constitutional Revision Committee Vice President Shaffer moved to approve the nomi-mation of the dismissal of the Constitutional Revi-sion Committee and the nomination of a new Constitu-tional Revision Committee, including Chairman Clarence Lee and member Barbara Zimmer as representatives of the Bylaws Committee, for the purpose of considering 1) the addition of Nevada Student Affairs, Stu-dent Services Committee and the Qualifications Verification Committee to the Constitution and 2) grammatical corrections. Senator Eglet seconded the motion. Senator Pasquantino was present at 4:20 p.m. Senator Wild stated that according to Bylaw #8, the Constitutional Revision Committee must have two Bylaws members and only one has been nominated. Senator Eglet withdrew his second. Senator Zimmer seconded the motion. Jim Ohriner stated a point of information that accord-ing to Roberts' Rules of Order it is unethical for the nominators to nominate themselves for the chairmanship of a committee. Senator Mounts moved to refer the entire nomination to the Executive Board, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with all in favor. Senator Corrales suggested that the Bylaws Committee be consulted in the matter of choosing their members for the Constitutional Revision Committee. Senate President Clay suggested that any interested Senators may apply for membership for the Constitutional Revision Committee. E. Radio Board Senator Wild moved to approve Murray Long as a member of the Radio Board, and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion passed with 10 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 ab-staining (Mounts , Eglet). VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports A. Nevada Student Affairs There was no report. B. Appropriations Board There was no report. C. Other Senator Corrales announced that the Bylaws Committee will be having a meeting on Wednesday, July 13 at 1;30 p.m. in MSU 203. Also, the Student Services Committee will MINUTES SENATE MEETING #34 0 7/12/8 3 page 4 be meeting next Wednesday, July 20 at approximately 1:30 p.m. Senator Mounts announced that the Professional Pro-gramming Department had an informal meeting yester-day (July 11) to discuss their plans for the semester. The department will be scheduling their regular meet-ings for Mondays at 4:00 p.m. Senator Mounts welcomes any input in regards to this department. VII. Old Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Hotel College(1) a. Paul Grande b. Kai Fischer c. Julie Worth The nomination of Julie Worth has been withdrawn. Senator Pasquantino nominated Andy Weather. Senator Wild moved to close nominations for the Hotel College Senate Seat, and Senator Zimmer seconded. The motion was withdrawn with the second concurring. Senator Mounts nominated Kelly Jennings. Senator Wild moved to close nominations for the Hotel College Senate Seat, and Senator Zimmer seconded. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 3 opposed(Corrales, Mounts, Eglet) and 1 abstaining (Pasquantino). 2. Academic Advisement(3) a. Sari Bloom Senator Eglet moved to close nominations for one Academic Advisement Senate Seat, and Senator Wild seconded. The motion passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstaining(McGuire). 3. Education College(1) There were no nominations. B. Approval of Senate Bill 014 - Pasquantino (.from tablel Senator Pasquantino moved to remove the approval of Senate Bill 014 from the table, and Senator Wild seconded, The motion passed with 11 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstain-ing (McGuire). Senator Pasquantino moved to approve S.B. 014 as it read in the minutes of meeting #33 amending the bill to insert the word "Directors" after the phrase "appointees to the Senate" under section II, after the phrase "for Senate appointees" under section III and after the words "any Senate appointee" under section V. Senator Wild seconded this motion. Senate President Clay ruled the motion out of order due to MINUTES SENATE MEETING #34 0 7/12/83 page 5 conflicts with the Constitution. Senator Mounts moved to appeal the decision of the chair, and Senator Eglet seconded. Senate President Clay did not accept this motion as the Senate could not appeal the decision of the chair in this matter. She suggested that the matter be referred to the Judicial Council. Jim Ohriner stated that there are only three motions which are always in order. The appeal to the decision of the chair is one of them. Senator Wild referred to "The Book" on page one and stated that the Senate President has the power to rule a motion out of order that (s)he determines to be in con-flict with the Constitution. Senate President Clay referred to page 10, section 4, of the Constitution which reads: "The Senate President shall ensure that all motions passed by the Senate in no way conflicts with the Con-stitution or its bylaws." Senator Eglet commented that Senate Bills and Bylaws are considered as additions to the Constitution. The Chair stated that bylaws and bills are not additions to the Constitution. They are bylaws and bills. If one wants to add to the Constitution, (s)he must amend it. The motion to appeal the decision of the chair failed with 8 in favor, 1 opposed(Zimmer) and 2 abstaining (Long, Glasgow). Senator Wild chose not to cast a vote because he felt that the motion was illegal. Senator Corrales moved to amend S,B, 014 with amendments to include the phrase "to the Senate" after the word "appointees" and before the word "Directors" under section III, and Senator Mounts seconded the motion. Senate Presi-dent Clay stated that she could not accept that motion, because she had previously ruled it unconstitutional. Senator Corrales moved to introduce S.B. 014 with the amendments to insert the word "Directors" in sections II after the phrase "for Senate appointees" and V after the words "any Senate appointee" and also to include the phrase "to the Senate" after the phrase "for Senate appointees" under section III. Senator Wild seconded this motion. Senator Eglet moved to send the original S,B, 014 to the Judicial Council and to direct the Council to meet and render a decision concerning the constitutionality of S.B. 014. Senate President stated that the motion was not necessary since any senator may send a letter to the Judicial Council requesting them to look into this matter. Senator Wild stated that this motion was out of order, because the Senate does not have the power to direct the