Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 24, 1979

AGENDA SENATE MEETING ft41 April 24, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building Room 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes 1140 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations VI. Committee Reports A. Elections Board B. Organizations Board C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Appropriations Board E. Publications Board F. Radio Board G. Bylaws Committee H. S.E.F. Committee VII. Old Business VIII. New Business A. Vacant Senate Seat (nomination) 1. University College B. Outstanding Senator Award (nomination) IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment MINUTES SENATE MEETING 1141 April 24, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building Room 201 I. Call to Order The forty-first meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Senate President Pro Tempore at 4:00 p.m. in Lounge 201 of the Moyer Student Union Building. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Shellee Wi.llden Peggy Racel Lise Wyman Kirk Voelcker (excused late) DeAnn Turpen Lorraine Alderman Danny Campbell Dave Craddock (excused late) Joe Matvay David Martinez Scott Gonzalez Cindy Simia III. Approval of Minutes 1140 Joe Matvay corrected page No. 2 of Minutes 1140 to read Bart Bach as a Professor Emeritus in Astronomy. He made a further correction on Page No. 5, in the second paragraph, to read, "...the lesser body cannot overrule an act of a superior body, the superior body being the Senate." Jeff Wild made an additional correction to the Minutes of Senate Meeting 1140 by informing the Senate that explained parts of the letter he did not read it. There were no further corrections or comments on the Minutes of Senate Meeting it40, therefore, they stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements (Jeff Wild, Bill lialdeman, Lorraine Alderman, and David Martinez arrived at 4:05 p.m. - excused.) Freshman Class Seat Resignation Senate President Pro Tem, Joe Matvay, announced that Phillip Jackson resigned his Senate seat in the Freshman Class. Book Drop Senate President Pro Tem, Joe Matvay, announced that through the efforts of Ron Deems on the Library Committee, he finally got a book drop near the Biology Building. It is located between the Biology Building and the Chemistry Building. At this time the gavel was passed back to the Senate President at 4:05 p.m. Joyce Bridges Bill lialdeman Pam Roberts Marie Ropell Byron Blasco Carol Tarpley Nina Ross Lisa Wolfbrandt "Skip" Kelley Jeff Wild (excused late) Nick Santoro Sandy Williams Absent Phillip Jackson (resigned) Cindy Vannucci (unexcused) Minutes - Senate Meeting ft41 April 24, 1979 Page 2 Mandatory Athletic Fee Vote The Senate President congradulated all those who worked on the abolishment of the Mandatory Athletic Fee and especially Bill Haldeman. The final vote was 691 opposed to 283 in favor. He informed the Senate that this was the largest turn out and also the largest for one side of the question. Over 1,000 people turned out for this election which is about 25%. He further informed the Senate that this would be his last Meeting, and he addressed the Senate further. (Dave Craddock arrived at 4:07 p.m. - excused.) New Sports Information Director Assistant President White informed the Senate that the Athletic Department has appointed a new Sports Information Director Assistant who is Mark Papiowski. Scarlet - Grey Football Game President White announced that the Scarlet - Grey Football Game will be held Saturday, at the Stadium, at 1:30 p.m. Beer will be .25C for students of UNLV. President White further addressed the Senate and said "Thank you." Awards Banquet Tim Herlosky announced that on May 11, 1979 the Awards Banquet would be held in the Lounges and we will get invitations. The Senate President informed the Senate that this term of his office has held the most meetings that have ever met and all three of this year's Executive Officers came off the Senate floor. Softball Game with the Yell Senate President Pro Tem, Joe Matvay, informed the Senate that last week he extended a challenge to the Yell for the Softball game and he has not yet received any response. He further extended praise to the past Executive Board Officers and the past year has shown that these people are very competent. He further informed the Senate that he feels that the three officers sitting up here next week will also be very competent. V. Executive Board Nominations There were no Executive Board Nominations. VI. Committee Reports A. Elections Board Carol Tarpley read the Minutes of the last Elections Board Meeting which took place on April 19, 1979. Joe Matvay moved to approve those Minutes, and was seconded. "Skip" Kelley then moved to amend the motion to approve the Minutes except for the action taken against Danny Campbell, and was seconded. Dave Craddock then objected to the Consideration of that motion, and was seconded by Carol Tarpley. A division of the house took place and the motion failed with a lack of a two-thirds majority. President White informed the Senate that he felt that throwing him out of the race was harsh, but he reminded the Senate that we do have an Minutes - Senate Meeting ft41 April 24, 1979 Page 3 Elections Board that spent alot of time to make this decision. Much discussion took place and Joe Matvay called for the question, was seconded, and passed with three opposed. Carol Tarpley requested a Roll Call vote to be taken on the amendment. Shelice Will den No Peggy Racel Yes Lise Wyman abs. Kirk Voelcker Yes DeAnn Turpen Yes Jeff Wild Yes Nick Santoro Yes Sandy Williams Yes Danny Campbell abs. Cindy Vannucci Lorraine Alderman Yes Joyce Bridges Yes Bill Haldeman Yes Pam Roberts No Marie Ropell No Dave Craddock No Joe Matvay No David Martinez Yes Scott Gonzalez Yes Cindy Simia No Byron Blasco pass Carol Tarpley No Nina Ross Yes Lisa Wolfbrandt No "Skip" Kelley Yes Byron Blasco abs. The amendment passed with 13 in favor, 8 opposed and three abstentions. Much more discussion took place and Lorraine Alderman called for the question, was seconded, and passed. A vote was now taken on the main motion to approve the Minutes as amended which would take away the fine from Danny Campbell; a division of the house took place and the motion passed with 13 in favor, 8 opposed, and three abstentions. B. Organizations Board Tim Herlosky announced that there was no Meeting last week due to a lack of quorom and the next meeting will be held this Thursday at 3:00 p.m. C. Entertainment and Programming Board Tim Herlosky announced that due to a lack of quorum last week there was no meeting of the Entertainment and Programming Board. He announced that this is the best Mardi Gras that ever took place and he personally thanked two people who were the back bone of the thing and they were Dave Gist and Bill Botos. He further announced that we made $10 off of Mardi Gras. D. Appropriations Board There was no report for the Appropriations Board. E. Publications Board There was no Meeting of the Publications Board and, therefore, no report. F. Radio Board There was no Meeting of the Radio Board, and, therefore, no report. G. Bylaws Committee There was no Meeting last week, hut Lorraine Alderman announced that she will be resigning from the Committee, so there will be an opening in that Committee. Bill Haldeman will be the Chairman. H. S.E.F. Committee There was no Meeting of the S.E.F. Committee, and, therefore, no report. Minutes - Senate Meeting ft41 April 24, 1979 Page 4 VII. Old Business There was no Old Business. VIII. New Business A. Vacant Senate Seat (nomination) 1. University College Joe Matvay nominated Shellee Willden, Cindy Simia nominated Scott Snoek, Lise Wyman nominated Laura Fletcher, and Nick Santoro nominated Luke Puschnig. Nominations were then closed. This will come up next week for a vote. B. Outstanding Senator Award (nomination) The Senate President informed the Senate that the nominations should be kept to one nomination per person. Bill Haldeman objected to one nomination per person, and was seconded. He informed the Senate that he would like to nominate the Senate as a whole for this award. A vote was taken on the objection which failed, therefore, there was only one nomination per person. Kirk Voelcker and Joyce Bridges abstained from the procedure. Peggy Racel nominated Lorraine Alderman, Nick Santoro nominated Joe Matvay, Dave Craddock nominated David Martinez, Shellee Willden nominated Lise Wyman, Bill Haldeman nominated Dave Carddock. Scott Gonzalez then moved to close nominations, and was seconded. There were two opposed to close nominations, so, therefore, the nominations were closed. This will come up for a vote this time next week. At this time, Joe Matvay moved for a "Done Good" Award for all of the members of the Elections Board and Dr. Cassesse for the counting of the ballots, and was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. IX. Open Discussion Peggy Racel informed the Senate that she understood that the class Senators stayed until May. The Senate President explained to her and the rest of the Senate why they didn't. Peggy Racel apologized to those people last week who may have felt offended by some of her comments. She didn't mean to attack the Pre- Professional Club. President White tlianked the Elections Board and informed them that he doesn't think the matter that came up today should go to the Judicial Council; we should learn from our mistakes. (Danny Campbell left at 5:00 p.m.) President White informed Tim Herlosky, Dave Gist, and Bill Botos that he has never seen a better Mardi Gras. Lise Wyman informed the Senate that on May 4 in front of the Student Union there will be a bike rally for the production of a bike path. This will be at 3:00 p.m. Bill Haldeman informed the Senate that the fight against the M.A.F. is still going on and there are petitions circulating at this time. Minutes - Senate Meeting ft41 April 24, 1979 Page 5 Scott Gonzalez informed the Senate that he was accused of engraving his name on the side of the spot light and he informed the Senate that he will not pay the $25 they are fining him for this damage. Carol Tarpley at this time yielded the floor to Robin Hunt. Robin Hunt informed the Senate that some of the people on the Elections Board wanted the last Meeting closed because an audience would have caused disruptions, and this is what happened. He then requested an apology from John Hunt? for referring to the Chair as an "fuckin' idiot"0 ron~behal f of the Elections Board. T.im Herlosky informed the Senate that Mardi Gras was sort of an initiation for Dave Gist and Bill Botos for the Entertainment and Programming Board. These two people are his recommendation for his position next year. Kirk Voelcker moved to present Bill Botos and Dave Gist two "Done Good" Awards, and was seconded. He also thanked John Purvis for his patience and diligence throughout the whole thing. The motion passed. Jeff Wild informed the Senate that a rally will be held on May 1 against the draft. This will be at 1:00 p.m. in front of the Student Union, right after the rally against nuclear power. Pam Roberts informed the Senate that 16 minutes ago all candidates should have had all of their posters down. Dave Craddock nominated Marshal S. Nillick, Charles "Chuck" White, and Timothy W. Herlosky for a "Done Good" Award, and was seconded. The motion passed. Peggy Racel moved for a "Done Good" award for John Purvis for outstanding service during Mardi Gras, was seconded, and passed unanimously. Pam Roberts moved that Senator Joe Matvay receive a "Done Good" Award for outstanding service as Parliamentarian, was seconded, and passed. Bill Ha.ldeman moved for a "Done Good" award to the Senate as a whole, and was seconded. Dave Craddock objected to the consideration, was seconded, and passed. (Danny Campbell returned at 5:22 p.m.) Joe Matvay informed the Senate that $17.89 .is in the Party Fund and that there is some liquor left over from the first party. John Purvis informed Scott Gonzalez that he wasn't accusing him of destruction of the spot light but he would like to have help him find the person who did. X. Adjournment Peggy Racel informed the Senate that since this is the last time she could get her name in the Minutes, she moved to adjourn, and was seconded. Minutes - Senate Meeting ft41 April 24, 1979 Page 6 The motion to adjourn passed unanimously. The forty-first meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate adjourned at 5:29 p.m. Respectfully submitted bu: Respectfully prepared by; Marshal S. Willick Senate President Rene Bernier Senate Secretary MINUTES APPROPRIATIONS BOARD MEETING April 16, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building I. Call to Order The Approrpriations Board Meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 3:40 p.m. II. Roll Call John Hunt John Purvis III. Generated Revenue of the Yell and Activities Account It was noted that the revenues for both accounts were down compared to what was budgeted to be generated. Recommendation was made that the next administration continue to review and monitor the generation of revenues in these two accounts. IV. It was noted that based on a recent review of the Accounts Receivable for the Yell, that the Yell was averaging a 34% collection rate for this year for their Accounts Receivable. The Appropriations Board needs to review the procedures for budgeting and collecting generated revenue. V. Report of the CSUN Student Fee Distribution for the Spring Semester After the Actual Second Fee Distribution had taken place A transfer of $1,309.49 into the 900, General Account, and a transfer of $667.89 into 903 'Activities Account were recommended and approved due to a decrease in actual student fees received. VI. The Assignment of a Subcommittee to Formulate the 1979-1980 Operating Budget for CSUN Kirk Voelcker was appointed Chairman, and with other members being Lorraine Alderman and Dave Levins. VII. Adjournment The Meeting moved into•Open Discussion and due to the lack of Open Discussion the Meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by: Respectfully prepared by: Members in Attendance Lorraine Alderman Kirk Voelcker Dave Levins Absent Bill Fries Robert Nielsen Peggy Racel John A. Purvis CSUN Business Manager Rene Bernier Senate Secretary