Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Febraury 6, 1986

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting 16-9 MSU Lounge 201 February 6, 1986^ 4:00 p.m. I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes 16-8 IV. Executive Board Nominations 1. Danny dordan to Grievance Committee and Curriculm Committee. 2. Lana Jo Fierge to Asst. Yearbook Editor. V. Announcement s VI. Board, Committee and Director Report VII. Old Business r III. New Business A. Approval of Executive Board Nominations B. Override of Presidential Veto from meeting 16-8[Approval of fuhding Delta Sigma Theta $400.00] requires 2/3. C. Override of Presidential Veto from meeting 16-8[Approval of funding $400.00 for the Pre-Professional Club] requires 2/3. D. Approval of funding Delta Sigma Theta $300.00 for Black Awareness Week. E. Approval of increasing the Bar Managers stipend from $150.00 to $200.00. F. Nominations to Ad Hoc Committee for Constitution Revision. 1. Jeff Chadwell-Chairman 5. Mark Dixon 2. Jack Spicer 6. Bill Haldeman 3. Gus Varona 4. Ron Zayas G. Approval of nominations to Ad Hoc Committee for Constitution Revision. H. Nominations for Senate President Pro Tempore. I. Approval of clean-up for Kappa Sigma Fraternity for $75.00 on 1/25/86. J. Approval of co-sponsorship with ZBT Fraternity on 2/15/86 for post-game party. K. Approval of transfer: Permission to transfer Budget Authority of the 7901 Contingency Line horizontally from the 6-2-457-4120-901 to 6-2-457-4120-906 for the S.J. Hall quarterly loan payments of $6,000.00 ($3,000.00 per quarter). UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Senate Meeting 16-9 jFebruary 6, 1986 - 2 - L. Approval of funding the Nevada Federation for Animal Rights for $400.00 M. Approval of funding the Tennis Club $800.00. N. Discussion/Action of setting up a memorial for the astronauts on the Space Shuttle. 0. Introduction of Greg Nance to Yearbook Editor. IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment sjd CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS EMERGENCY ITEMS Please add the following to your agendas for Meeting 16-9. New Business February 6, 1986. Senate P. Approval of Executive Elections filing dates from February 13 through the 19th, from 8:00 am. to 5:00 pm. (as per Elections Board Operating Policy). Q. Approval of setting Election dates- Primary Election March 5 and 6. General Election for April 2 and 3 (as per the Constitution). sjd UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS i. i i . MINUTES Senate Meeting 16-9 February 6, 1986 MSU lounge 201 4:00 p.m. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Senate President Varona at 4:05 p.m. Roll Call Present Senator Adams Senator Chadwell Senator Delia Rosa Senator Harrison Senator Larsen (late) Senator leroy Senator lieberman Senator Loxton Senator Menke Senator Miller Senator Muir (late) Senator Novak Senator Spicer (late) Senator Susman Senator Swanson Senator Zayas (late) Absent Senator Anton (unexcused) Senator Dixon , .(^excused) There being quorum 1 , the meeting continued. III. Approval of Minutes The minutes were declared approved. IV. Announcements Senate President Varona discussed the Distinguished Teaching Award (Spanos Award) and would like the Senators to submit nominations. Senator Muir arrived at 4:10 p.m. V. Board, Committee and Director Reports Kirk Hendrick, NSA Director discussed the scholarship committee and that a date of April 4 has been set. Senate President Varona requested that all department heads turn in their quarterly reports to Sean Kelleher. Debra Cone, Radio Board Chairman announced the candidate K i r k Crow was chosen for the position of KUNV Manager, at a salary of $23,000. The Board is waiting for an acceptance by Mr. Crow. Senator Zayas arrived at 4:15 p.m. Mike Muir, E&P Director announced the pep rally in the MSU Courtyard for Friday and the dates for Mardi Gras will be April 9 through the 12. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 - 2 - Senate Meeting 16-9 February 6, 1986 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. introduced their organization. Senator Spicer arrived at the meeting at 4:16 p.m. A representative from the Health Sciences Department addressed the Senate and requested our support for the Health Fair which is set for April 24 and 25. Vice President Muir announced that he has Basketball tickets. Muir also discussed Vice President Pro Tempore Lieberman's resignation. Senate President Varona asked the Senate if there were any objections to suspend with the order of the day and move directly into item E under New Business. There were no objections. E. Approval of increasing the Bar Managers stipend from $150.00 to $200.00. Senator Spicer moved to approve. Senator Menke seconded. Several Senators praised the work Gary Richenberg has done. Senate Pres. Varona passed the gavel to Senator Lieberman. Varona then spoke in favor of the motion. The motion passed with 15 in favor, 0 opposed, and 0 abstaining. Pete Peterson, representative of the Handy Rebels interupted the meeting to request funding for donuts and coffee for their first meeting. Peterson was out of order. The gavel was passed back to Senate President Varona. VII. Old Business There was no old business. V . New Business A. Approval of Executive Board Nominations. Senator Spicer moved to approve. Senator Chadwell seconded. The motion passed with 15 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstaining. B. Override of Presidential Veto from meeting 16-8[Approval of funding Delta Sigma Theta $400.00] requires 2/3. Senate President Varona appointed Jack Spicer as his acting Pro Tempore for this meeting, there were no objections from the body. Senator Swanson moved to override. Senator Zayas seconded. Senator Larsen arrived at the meeting at 4:30 p.m. Senate President Varona passed the gavel to Senator Spicer. Varona discussed the item. Tom Muir, Organizations Board Chairman announced that the board approved this item. The motion to override passed with 12 in favor, 4 opposed (Harrison, Chadwell, Menke, Muir) and 0 abstaining. The gavel was passed back to Senate President Varona. Sen. Pres. Varona requested the following be entered in the minutes. Senator Spicer "I understand about the idea of the veto, his veto but the fact that they didn't go through the Organizations Board channels what we are dealing with now is ..everybody knows that is was vetoed and now we have to override the veto. I think everyone can understand the gravity of what's going on. We all agreed at the last meeting that this affects 650 students, like they're claiming that it will, that is was money well spent, that's why the Organizations Board also approved it additionally, so the principles is great but right now I think we should...I think the idea that -- it's approved, because we thought it was a worthwhile, at least I thought it was worthwhile. " Senate Meeting 16-9 Feb*vari 6, 1986 - 3 - Senator Susman,"! don't think that by this vote that we are taking away the powers of the Organizations Board, I think the problem is in this case you have Rochelle Fischer was told by various people that you know not to ask money through the Organizations Board..She came here we did spend time debating I think in her case Tom that you know why we our overriding the veto it's not overriding the Organizations Board, but I think in the future that the organizations will be more aware of it, and next time somebody comes up for money we will send have to go through the organizations board and come back next week, I think that in Rochelle Fischers case she had other information,... and she did present her case, she did speak for an hour, and she did field everybody's questions and in that particular case I don't think that this one vote will destroy the Organi-zations Board. Senator Zayas,"The main point that I voted them was the fact that the Organizations has approved it 4 it would have come back a negative vote such as the case with the Pre-Professional Club I take that into account and would vote against it. It did go through the Organizations and it came back approved, and that's why I Tom I voted the way I did." C. Override of Presidential Veto from meeting 16-8 [Approval of funding $400.00 for the Pre-Professional Club] requires 2/3. Senator Lieberman moved to override. Senator Leroy seconded. Senate Pres. Varona passed the gavel to Senator Spicer. Varona then spoke opposed to the motion. The motion to override failed with 0 in favor, 15 opposed, and 1 abstaining (Lieberman). The gavel was then passed back to Sen. Pres. Varona. President Maxson addressed the Senate just to say hello and wish everyone well. Rian Flourens addressed the Senate, Flourens was a member of the Senate several years ago, Flourens is now selling T-Shirts. D. Approval of funding Delta Sigma Theta $300.00 for Black Awareness Week. This item was withdrawn. E. Approval of increasing Bar Managers stipend from $150 to $200. Approved earlier. F. Nominations to Ad Hoc Committee for Constitution Revision. 1. Jeff Chadwell-Chairman 5. Mark Dixon 2. Jack Spicer 6. Bill Haldeman 3. Gus Varona 4. Ron Zayas Carmen Zayas, Robert Cherhoniak, and Sean Kelleher were also nominated. G. Approval of nominations to Ad Hoc Committee for Constitution Revision. Senator Spicer moved to approve all the nominations. SenatorLeroy seconded. The motion passed with 16 in favor, 0 opposed, 0 abstaining. H. Nominations for Senate President Pro Temproe. Senate President Varona nominated Jack Spicer. I. Approval of clean-up for Kappa Sigma Fraternity for $75.00 for 1/25/86. Senator Spicer moved to approve. Senator Novak seconded. The motion passed with 15 in favor, 0 opposed, and 1 abstaining (Zayas). J. Approval of co-sponsorship with ZBT Fraternity on 2/15/86 for post-game party. No contract was available at this time. No action was taken. gen-re Meeting 16-9 February 6, 1986 - 4 - K. Approval of transfer: Permission to transfer Budget Authority of the 7901 Contingency Line horizontally from the 6-2-457-4120-901 to the 6-2-457-4120-906 for the S.J. Hall quarterly loan payments of $6,000,000 ($3,000,00 per quarter.) Senator Lieberman moved to approve. Senator Spicer seconded. The motion passed unanimously. L. Approval of funding the Nevada Federation for Animal Rights for $400.00 Senator Zayas moved to refer the item to the Organizations Board. This motion was accepted under General Consent. M . Approval of funding the Tennis Club $800.00 No action was taken. N. Discussion/Action of setting up a memorial for the astronauts on the Space Shuttle. Senator Spicer moved that we move into the committee of the whole with Varona as Chair. There were multiple seconds. Under General Consent the Senate moved into the committee of the whole. Senate President Varona rose with the report of setting up an Ad Hoc Memorial Committee with Jack Spicer as Chair, Harrison, Loxton, Swanson, Chadwell, Larsen, Leroy, Susman, DellaRosa, Muir and Varona. Senator Novak moved to approve the committee report. Senator Lieberman seconded. The motion passed unanimously. 0. Introduction of Greg Nance to Yearbook Editor. This item was introduced. Senate President Varona asked the Senate to add an emergency item to their agenda. There were no objections from the Senate to add items P and Q. P. Approval of Executive Elections filing dates from ..February 13 through the 19th, from 8:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (as per Elections Board Operating Policy.) Q. Approval of setting Election dates-Primary Election March 5 and 6. General Election for April 2 and 3 ( as per the Constitution). Senate President requested that, the Senate approve items P and Q as a whole. The items were approved under General Consent. R. Nominations for Hotel Senator. Senate President Varona announced that Senator Andy Nichols had to resign his senate seat due to class. Mike Mixer, Denise Sarnalli, Kevin Krier were all nominated. XX- Open Discussion Senator Spicer moved to adjourn. Adj ournment ident Varona SENATE PRESIDENT