Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 5, 1979

AGENDA SENATE MEETING #2 May 8, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building Room 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes ftl IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Vice President Pro Tempore 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 A. Allocation of Funds from Matching Funds 1. Young Entrepeneurs ($500; from Table) VIII. New Business A. Vacant Senate Seat (nominations) 1. Hotel College B. Allocation of Funds from Matching Funds (Senators Craddock and Matvay, SM) 1. Pre-Professional Club C. Election of Senate President Pro Tempore D. Executive Board Stipends/Waiver of 15 hour work limitation IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment MINUTES SENATE MEETING #2 May 8, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building Room 201 I. Call to Order The second meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Senate President at 4:00 p.m. in Lounge 201 of the Moyer Student Union Building. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Bill Haldeman (excused late) Pam Roberts Marie Ropell Byron Blasco Carol Tarpley Nina Ross Shellee Will den Lisa Wolfbrandt (unexcused late) "Skip" Kelley Jeff Wild Nick Santoro David Martinez Sandy Williams (unexcused late)Scott Gonzalez Cindy Vannucci (excused late) Cindy Simia Dave Craddock Joe Matvay Absent None III. Approval of Minutes #1 There were no corrections or comments to the Minutes of Senate Meeting #1, therefore, the Minutes stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements Agenda Items The Senate President announced that there were two additions to the Agenda, and they were both under New Business. Item lettered E would be the delay of Senate Meeting #3, and Item F would be a resolution presented by Senator Haldeman. Senate Preference Sheets The Senate President announced that the Executive Board will be appointing all Boards and Chairman within the next couple of weeks. She would appreciate it if you would fill them out and have them turned in by the 15th of May. Seat Openings The Senate President announced that after graduation there will be a seat open on the Judicial Council, and on the Senate there will be openings in the College of Science and Math, the Hotel College, and the College of Business and Economics. Day Care Center President Campbell announced that there will be a meeting tomorrow morning concerning the Day Care Center and representatives from Minutes - Senate Meeting #2 May 8, 1979 Page 2 all sides of the campus will be present. President Campbell also encouraged th< Senate to push to get people to sign up for the open positions because not too many applications are coming in. (Bill Haldeman arrived at 4:05 p.m. - excused.) Appointments Vice President Wyman announced that everyone should have received a memo in their boxes about seeing her sometime this summer to find out what your ideas might be for the upcoming year. Senator Matvay addressed the Senate and said a few things about his role in CSUN and his colleagues on the Senate. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Vice President Pro Tempore The Executive Board nominated Pam Roberts for the position of Vice President Pro Tempore. VI. Committee Reports A. Elections Board There was no report of the Elections Board. B. Organizations Board There was no report of the Organizations Board. C. Entertainment and Programming Board There was no report of the Entertainmetn and Programming Board. D. Appropriations Board There was no report of the Appropriations Board. E. Publications Board There was no report of the Publications Board. F. Radio Board There was no report of the Radio Board, however, Tommy Walker informed the Senate that the call letters, KLVU, are the letters we have applied for because the call letters KULV have already been taken. G. Bylaws Committee There was no report of the Bylaws Committee. H. S.E.F. Committee There was no report of the S.E.F. Committee. I. Grievance Committee Investigative Committee Joe Matvay reported that himself, Chuck White, and Pam Roberts sat on this Committee and he informed the Senate that he will forward on to the Executive Board the information he has gathered from the other Universities. VII. Old Business Minutes - Senate Meeting #2 May 8, 1979 Page 3 A. Allocation of Funds from Matching Funds 1. Young Entrepeneurs ($500; from Table) Members of the Young Entrepeneurs were representing themselves at this meeting and answered any questions of the Senate. Discussion took place and President Campbell moved to allocate $110 for the refund of those tickets that were sold to UNLV Students for the Shalamar concert, and was seconded by David Martinez. More discussion took place and Bill Haldeman called for the question, and was seconded. The call for the question passed with one opposed. A was then taken on the main motion to allocate $110 to the Young Entrepeneurs for the refund of those tickets sold to UNLV students, which passed with one opposed and two abstentions. VIII. New Business A. Vacant Senate Seat (nominations) 1. Hotel College Carol Tarpley nominated Mark Burzinski. Shellee Willden then moved to keep nominations open for one more meeting, and was seconded. President Campbell informed the Senate that there will be another Hotel College seat opening up at the next meeting. A vote was then taken on keeping the nominations open for one more meeting; a division of the house took place and the vote was 8 in favor, 8 opposed, and one absention. The Chair cast her vote for closing the nominations. Therefore, the nominations were closed. B. Allocation of Funds from Matching Funds (Senators Craddock and Matvay, SM) Dave Craddock, representing the Pre-Professional Club, moved to approve this Matching Funds request, and was seconded. Discussion took place and Joe Matvay called for the question, was seconded, and passed unanimously. A vote was then taken to approve this Matching Funds request which passed with two abstentions. C. Election of Senate President Pro Tempore President Campbell nominated Jeff Wild and David Martinez, and Joe Matvay nominated Byron Blasco. Nominations were then closed. (Sandy Williams arrived at 4:40 p.m. - unexcused.) President Campbell reminded the Senate that this is an important position and you should not start dealing with personalities. Pam Roberts then moved that each nominee address the Senate and then vote by secret ballot, and the motion was seconded and passed with the one abstention. Then each nominee addressed the Senate. A vote was then taken by secret ballot and Jeff wild won the position of the Senate President Pro Tempore by receiving ten votes, David Martinez receiving five votes, and Byron Blasco receiving two votes. (Marie Ropell left at 4:46 p.m. - excused.) D. Executive Board Stipends/Waiver of 15 hour work limitaiton Minutes - Senate Meeting #2 May 8, 1979 Page 4 Executive Board stipends were set at $225 for the three Executive Board officers and to allowing, during the summer months, to work more than 15 hours a week. Jeff Wild moved to approve, and was seconded. Joe Matvay then moved to divide the motion, and was seconded. The Chair approved of the dividing of the quesiton. A vote was then taken on the first part of the main motion for a $225 stipend for all three Executive Board Officers which passed unanimously. Discussion then took place on the second part of the main motion to allow the Executive Officers work more than 15 hours a week during the summer months. Discussion took place and Joe Matvay moved to amend the 15 hour work limitation stating in essence this: that they shall be allowed the 15 hours or more during the summer months, but when school starts in the Fall that they shall be held to the 15 hours, and was seconded by Bill Haldeman. A vote was then taken on this motion which passed unanimously. E. Delay of Senate Meeting ft 3 The Chair entertained a motion to delay Senate Meeting #3 and was so moved by Joe Matvay, and was seconded. The motion passed with one opposed. F. Resolution by Senator Haldeman Bill Haldeman moved to approve the following two resolutions: Resolution A We, the Senate, hereby call for the establishment of a CSUN-operated magazine, to be published in addition to the Yell Newspaper on a monthly basis (or twice monthly if budget permits). Resolution B Due to his prior experience with such a project, first consideration for the Editorship of teh proposed publication should be given to Mike Navarro. And the motion was seconded. Scott Gonzalez then moved to divide the question which was accepted by the Chair. (Cindy Vannucci arrived at 5:00 p.m. - excused.) Much discussion took place on these two resolutions and David Martinez moved to refer this to Committee with "Skip" Kelley as the Chairman, and was seconded. Lise Wyman suggested that Bill Haldeman and Jeff Wild serve on this committee. More discussion took place and Cindy Simia called for the question, was seconded, and passed with one opposed. A vote was then taken on the move to the ad hoc committee in which a division of the house took place and the motion passed with 14 in favor and 2 opposed. Danny Campbell then moved that we add Carol Tarpley to this committee and Bill Haldeman asked that David Craddock join this committee too. David Martinez then moved to table this Minutes - Senate Meeting #2 May 8, 1979 Page 5 matter until the committee can come hack with this information, was seconded, and passed with one abstention. Dave Craddock then informed the Senate that there will be a meeting of Dr. Glennen, Dr. Cassesse, Dr. Seidman, and a few others would be meeting to discuss the recognition of religious groups. (Marie Ropell arrived at 5:15 p.m. - excused.) Dave Craddock then moved to refer this item to committee, specifically an ad hoc committee, and was seconded. Much discussion took place and Carol Tarpley called for the question, was seconded and passed unanimously. A vote was then taken on the main motion to refer this item to committee which failed. IX. Open Discussion President Campbell informed the Senate that he has met with the two new student body leaders out at Clark County Community College and they have expressed a desire to get back into USUNS. He also announced that Lise Wyman will be running for USUNS President. Joe Matvay reminded the Senate of the party fund and informed them that we have some left over liquor and about $25 in the part fund. Marie Ropell proposed a date of May 25 for the party and Scott Gonzalez proposed a date of Friday 18 at 8:00 p.m. Senator Matvay then informed the Senate that if there were no objections he will decide for a place and time for the party. David Martinez then questioned the Executive Board as to when the preliminary budget would be drafted and the date on the final drafting. The Senate was informed that the Preliminary budgeting is due on the tenth of this month and that hopefully in June they will get the whole budget ready as soon as some the necessary officers areappointed. Lise Wyman informed the Senate that today the openings for the Senate seats went up on the marque. "Skip" Kelley informed the members of those appointed to the investigating of the magazine as a publishment of CSUN, that there will be a meeting right after this meeting. Scott Gonzalez informed the Senate that everybody should keep up on the talk about changing the grading system. David Martinez informed the Senate that during the last year he was chairman of the Ad Hoc committee formed to investigate the Student Hotline and there are possibilities that they might receive funding but it would have to be with CSUN. And he was informed that this funding would come out of General Expense. The price for this type of program could range anywhere between $1,000 and $35. Minutes - Senate Meeting #2 May 8, 1979 Page 6 X. Adjournment Bill Haldeman moved to adjourn, and was seconded. The motion passed with one abstention. The second meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate adjourned at 5:37 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: (^t&UUrtJL, (Jj^U^tAr^ Lorraine Alderman Senate President Respectfully prepared by: v.. fy %t- I L Rene Bernier Senate Secretary ISi CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 TO: All Senators DATE: May 7, 1979 FROM: Lorraine Alderman, Senate President SUBJECT: (1) Absences Policy, (2) Agenda Items, and (3) Senate Conferences t-t- <--, y.<s. (1) The policy for absences shsill be the following: Please notify the Senate President if you cannot attend a Senate Meeting. All absences shall be considered unexcused with the exceptions of illness, emergencies, or extenuating circumstances. Any Senator arriving after roll call has been taken or leaving the Senate Meeting more than five minutes before adjournment, shall be considered abse.nt unexcused unless arrangements are made with the Senate President. (2) Agenda items will be accepted no later than 9:00 a.m. each Thursday. (3) After finals are over, I would like to set up a time to talk to each individual Senator for about one-half hour to discuss goals and priorities for the Senate. Appointments shall be coordinated through the Senate Secretary. Please contact me if you have any questions concerning these items. rjb A CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 May 7, 19 79 MEMORANDUM T 0: All Senators FROM: Lise Wyman, CSUN Vice-President SUBJECT: Interviews Du i in PI ring the summer, I order to get inpu ease call the CSUN would like to ta t for the upcomin secretary for an 739-3477 Ik to each Senator g Fall Semester. appointment. LLW:fe RESOLUTION A We, the Senate, hereby call for the establishment of a CSUN-operated magazine, to be published in addition to the Yell Newspaper on a monthly basis (or twice monthly if budget permits). RESOLUTION B Due to his prior experience with such a project, first consider-ation for the Editorship of the proposed publication should be given to Mike Navarro. Bill Haldeman, U.C. Senator 5/8/79