Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 21, 1986

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES SENATE MEETING 16-32 AUGUST 21, 1986 4 PM MSU 201 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Senate President Chadwell at 4 p.m. It then was recessed for five minutes, and reconvened at 4:05. II. Roll Call Present Senator Anderson Senator Davis Senator Gottschalk Senator Harrington Senator Leroy Senator Lieberman Senator Loxton Senator Ma Senator Miller Senator Mixer Senator Novak (late) Senator Parker (late) Senator Popadak Senator Retke Senator Sarnelli Senator Spicer Senator Susman Senator Tangredi Senator Zayas Absent III. Approval of Minutes Approval of Senate Minutes from 16-29, 16-30 and 16-31 16-29—not complete, not approved. 16-30—Senator Retke asked that the item in Open Discussion concerning him be removed, as it was taken out of content. 16-31—approved. IV. Announcements Items J and P are removed from the Executive Board Nominations. Item D was Removed at this time V. Executive Board Nominations A. Steve Evenson to Entertainment and Programming B. Debra Cone to E&P C. Kathy Anderson to E&P D. Not considered E. Pat Ballinger to Student Services F. Mary Thompson to Student Services UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Senate Minutes cont. 16-32 August 21, 1986 page 2 G. Ron Zayas to Financial Aid Committee I. Mike Muir to Intercollegiate Athletic Council J. Not considered K. Rob Mentnech to Intercollegiate Athletic Council L. Kirk Hendrick to Intercollegiate Athletic Council M. Alfred Gomez to Admissions Committee N. Kirk Hendrick to Parking and Traffic Committee 0. Denise Sarnelli to Organizations Board P. Not considered Q. Mike Muir to Academic Standards Committee R. Jeff Chadwell to Curriculum Committee S. Robert Cherhoniak to Curriculum Committee T. Kirk Hendrick to Public Relations Committee VI. Board, Committee and Director Reports Sam Lieberman, Publications Board Chair, reported the Yearbooks were in, and the Pub Board would be going thru them page by page to help with next year's books.They also passed a contract with Taylor publishing. Lanny Leroy, Student Services director, passed out CSUN key chains which will be handed out in orientation. Denise Sarnelli, E&P Chair, reported she had a signed contract with Tommy Rocker for her party—Day on the Green, and everything was going fine. Tristam Harrington, NSA Director, said the meeting they last had went well, and they were working on a candidate's day. Bill DiBenedetto, Elections Board Chiar, said the Elections Board really needed people. Lorl Susman, Managing Editor for THE YELLIN' REBEL, said the Freshmen Frontier was and had positive response from students and administration. VII. Old Business A. Approval of Appointment of Ken Jordan to Interim General Manager for the month of August. This item was out of order B. Approval of 12 credit fee waiver for OPI Director to replace full stipend for months of August, September, October, November and § stipend for December. Senator Sarnelli moved to approve; Senator Zayas seconded. The motion passed unanimously. C. Discussion/Action on Taylor Publishing Contract for 1986-87 yearbook. Senator Lieberman moved to approve; Senator Parker seconded. CSUN Business Manager Nancy Clark explained the proposal. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting recessed at 4:25 and was called back to order at 4:30 p.m. VIII. New Business A. Approval of Executive Board Nominations Senate Meeting cont. 16-32 August 21, 1986 page 3 Senators Lieberman, Zayas and Popadak were not at the meeting at this time. Senator Harrington moved to approve Items E through T as a whole; Senator Leroy seconded. This motion passed unanimously. Because there were only two E&P positions available, Items A, B and C could not be approved together. Senator Leroy moved to approve Items B and C as a whole; Senator Davis seconded. This motion passed with 13 in favor; two opposed (Harrington, Susman). B. Introduction of Jack Spicer to Radio Board Chair This item was withdrawn as there was another applicant. C. Approval of $7500 to College of Education/CSUN Preschool Senator Leroy moved to approve; Senator Miller seconded. Senators Zayas and Popadak returned to the meeting. Senator Leroy spoke of the needs of the Preschool, and said this would cover their fees for the first semester. The motion passed unanimously. D. Approval of an amount not to exceed $250 for political forum Senator Harrington added to this motion "...any money not used will be given back to the Student Services account." Senator Harrington moved to approve; Senator Novak seconded. This motion passed unanimously. E. Approval of sending the following officials to the Board of Regents meeting in October: NSA Director, OPI Director, Kevin Stevens (NSA Assistant) and two CSUN senators to be chosen by the Senate. Senator Harrington moved to approve; Senator Sarnelli seconded. Senator Leroy offered a friendly amendment to removing the OPI Director, the NSA Assistant a nd the two senators. The second concurred. There was another amendment to leave the two senators, just take off the OPI Director and NSA Assistant. This was agreed on by the maker of the motion and the second. This motion, passed unanimously. F. Nomination. two senators to attend Board of Regents meeting. Senator Tangredi nominated Senator Retke Senator Harrington nominated Senators Gottschalk and Leroy Senator Miller nominated Senator Zayas Senator Anderson nominated Senator Sarnelli Senator Sarnelli nominated Senator Anderson Senator Spicer nominated senator Lieberman Senator Novak nominated Senator Loxton Senator Harrington moved to approve Senators Gottschalk and Leroy; Senator Zayas seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, four opposed (Spicer, Tangredi, Anderson and Sarnelli). Senate Meeting cont. 16-32 August 21, 1986 page 4 H. Nominations to the SME Senate Seat Alfred Gomez Curtis Brown IX. Open Discussion Senator Zayas commended Nancy Clark for all her help with the yearbook sales, and said Thank You. President Hendrick said today was a day he saw everyone working together and it felt good to see everyone pulling together. The meeting then moved back into Old Business X. Old Business Approval of formation of Ad Hoc Constitutional Revision Committeee Senator Spicer moved to approve Senator Sarnelli seconded. This motion passed unanimously. Nominations to the Ad Hoc Con Rev Committtee Senator Sarnelli nominated Senator Anderson Senator Retke nominated Senator Tangredi Senator Miller nominated Senator Leroy Senator Spicer nominated Senator Retke President Hendrick nominated Senator Zayas and Vice President Muir Senator Zayas withdrew his name from the: nominations Approval of nominations to the Ad Hoc Con Rev Committee, with Senator Anderson as Chair Senator Novak moved to approve; Senator Harrington seconded. The motion passed with 15 in favor, one opposed (Zayas and one abstention (Susman). The meeting returned to Open Discussion XI. Open Discussion Senator Davis called Senator Harrington cruel and told the men on the Senate to keep their unnecessary : remarks to themselves. XII. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 5 p.m. Jeffrey S. Chadwell, Senate President Is