Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 13, 1998

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President RICHARD D. KIMBROUGH II STUDENT SENA TE MEETING 28-24 Monday, July 13, 1998 FDH105 6:00 PM Joaquin F. TrujiUo Senate President Pro-Tempae Business David Shapiro Sciences Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Marty Weinberg Business David Fisk Education Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Hotel Administration Amy K. Canepa Hotel Administration Leia M. Cartwright Student Development Jamie T. Hemington Education Jerry K. Jory Student Development aron M. Clemens Student Development Ryland G. Whitaker Engineering Tony Zaranti Hotel Administration Anne-Marie Lazaroff Fine Arts Christian Augustin Liberal Arts John P. A. Garcia Health Sciences Josephine Binetti Liberal Arts Katie Auer Health Sciences Jennifer Peck Business Stephanie Davy Education Dalicia Ramey Urban Affairs Teddi Raff ail Urban Affairs Joe Cordone Business I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Director Reports 1. Student Services, DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN; 2. Nevada Student Affairs, DIRECTOR DALEY; 3. Elections Board, DIRECTOR RAMIREZ; 4. Organizations Board, DIRECTOR AY ALA; 5. Entertainment & Programming, DIRECTOR JOHNS; 6. Office of Student Information, DIRECTOR DELAFONTAINE; D. Residence Hall Liaison Report E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report F. Ethnic Student Council Liaison Report G. Business Manager Report VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Action Item: Election of William Dey, Scott Bernth, Ann Yu, Benjamin Prohaska, and Leonie Mowat to serve on the CSUN Judicial Council; VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Nomination of students to sit on the Presidential Planning Council; B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of travel for Business Manager Moore to attend WACUBO Business Management Institute at the University of California Santa Barbara. Expenditures are as follows: Travel $321.21, Lodging $340.00, Meals $162.00, Registration & Parking $695.00; see attachment 1 C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of spending an amount not to exceed $2832.00 for the purchase of Novell Network Software. Amount to be encumbered out of the 2702 (general) account; -c-<Jo c £ o PI - 1 r* C O cn vc —o <»•/. u—>. 9~ * o -H - o-'. CO CD c n= m-- lo» o •rXn . J*-ft .—I v, CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of transfer of $38,000 to UNLV Preschool for CSUN FY99 contribution as proposed in the CSUN budget. Funds to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 (General) account; E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of transfer of $25,000 to KUNV for CSUN FY99 contribution as proposed in the CSUN budget. Funds to be encumbered from the CSUN 2702 (General) account; F. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of CSUN Senate Rules rewording and revision for the purpose of making them more fluent and understandable, as submitted by SENATOR AUGUSTIN; see attachments 2 G. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of removing Senator Joaquin Trujillo from the position of Senate President Pro Tempore, as submitted by SENATOR DAVY AND SENATOR RAMEY; VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS X. GOOD OF THE SENATE XI ADJOURNMENT Posted in accordance with Nevada Open Meeting Law(N.R.S. 241.000) at the following locations: Moyer Student Union, Frank & Estella Beam Hall, Flora Dungan Humanities, Classroom Building Complex and Thomas Beam Engineering Complex. W m M r v m Y ^ 2- Senate Rules for the 28th Session 1. Senators must give a minimum of two speeches in class per semester. 2. Senators must live up to the standards set forth in the UNLV Conduct Code. 3. If a Senator cannot effectively represent his/her constituents, as shown through repeated tardiness, absences, or other documentable faults, he/she can be brought up for disciplinary measures (such measures can result in dismissal). 4-. Senate Committee Chairs must verbally announce the times and date of the committee meetings at the Senate meeting before the committee meeting. Emergency meetings are an exception. 5. All Senators must spend a minimum of two hours per week in a place accessible to their constituents and other Senators. Classes do not qualify. 6. When a Senator obtains three unexcused tardies he/she will be given one unexcused absence. 7. Minimum disciplinary action shall be a written warning, three warnings shall be grounds to begin the impeachment process as set forth in Senate By-Law 6. 8. Other rules as set forth in Article VI, Section D, Items 1 through 4. They are as follows: 1. The Senate shall require the regular attendance of the Senators. A Senator who accumulates three (3) unexcused absences in any six (6) month period within a session shall be dismissed from the Senate, unless the third (3rd) unexcused absence shall be considered as the first item of business following Roll Call of the next regular meeting of the Senate after the third (3rd) unexcused absence was issued; 2. The Senate shall require a quorum of two-thirds (2/3) of the current Senate membership. Senate meetings held between the Spring and Fall Semesters shall require a quorum of 50 percent plus one (1) of the current Senate membership; 3. Neither proxy votes nor absentee ballots are permitted during Senate meetings; 4. The Senate shall maintain records through the Senate Secretary, or the Senate President's designee. 9. All Senators must maintain membership in two committees, committee membership includes CSUN Senate & Faculty Senate committees. Inability to maintain committee membership results in automatic stipend reduction of no less then 50%. Failure to maintain committee status is defined as being placed on a committee, and subsequently terminated, dropped, or released. 10. All Senators must work diligently in each committee. Failure to work diligently in each committee may result in a written warning by the chair of the committee. Three warnings will constitute grounds for removal from the committee. 11. All Senators must present themselves in their classes during the first two weeks of instruction (This does not count as a class speech). All Senators must attend a new or transfer student orientation during either the summer or winter orientations. If a Senator is not able to attend a transfer or new student orientation, then he/she shall speak to one additional class during the Senate session, in addition to Rule #/, By-Law 44, and By-Law 27. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President RICHARD D. KIMBROUGH II Joaquin F. Trujillo SeraePmsdatPro-Tenpae Business David Shapiro Sciences Randy Mibneister Liberal Arts Marty Weinberg Business David Fisk Education Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Hotel Administration AinyK. Canepa Hotel Administration LeiaM. CartwriglU Student Development Jamie T. Hemington Education Jerry K. Jory Student Development \aronM. Clemens tudent Development Ryland G. Whitaker Engineering Tony Zaranti Hotel Administration Anne-Marie Lazaroff Fine Arts Christian Augustin Liberal Arts John P. A. Garcia Health Sciences Josephine Binetti Liberal Arts Katie Auer Health Sciences Jennifer Peck Business Stephanie Davy Education Dalicia Ramey Urban Affairs Teddi Raff ail Urban Affairs Joe Cordone Business MINUTES SENA TE MEETING 28-24 Monday, July 13,1998 FDH105, 6:00 PM I. II. CALL TO ORDER: SENATE PRESIDENT KIMBROUGH called Senate Meeting 28-24 to order at 6:03 p.m. ROLL CALL: PRESENT ABSENT Katie Auer Amy Canepa (excused) Christian Augustin (arrived at 6:06)* Aaron Clemens (excused) Josephine Binetti David Fisk (excused) Leia Cartwright Randy Milmeister (excused) Joe Cordone Stephanie Davy John P. A. Garcia Jamie T. Hemington Jerry K. Jory Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Anne-Marie Lazaroff Jennifer Peck Teddi Raffail Dalicia Ramey David Shapiro Joaquin Trujillo Marty Weinberg Ryland Whitaker Tony Zaranti denotes tardiness III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Motion to approve Meeting Minutes 28-21 made by SENATOR PECK, seconded by SENATOR DAVY. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4505 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154-2009 • (702) 895-3477 • FAX (702) 895-4606 SENATE MINUTES 28-24/ July 13, 1998 Move into a vote. Motion passes 17-0-1. (SENATOR CART WRIGHT abstained.) IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS: SENATE PRESIDENT KIMBROUGH stated that he has the cell phone and he will use it. He also stated that New Business Item A needs to be tabled and asked that somebody move out of the order of the day to Item D once they get to New Business because Judy Filler is here and she has some commitments which she has to get to. SENATOR AUGUSTIN entered at 6:06. V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Senate Committee Reports: B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports: C. Director Reports: 1. STUDENT SERVICES DIRECTOR FLEISHMAN was not present. VICE PRESIDENT CECI stated that DIRECTOR FLEISHMAN apologizes for not making it because she had to work tonight. She is working on cleaning out indoor storage and is going to work on keeping the office more clean and asks for everyone's assistance. 2. NEVADA STUDENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR DALEY was not present. VICE PRESIDENT CECI stated that he also had a problem and read a report from DIRECTOR DALEY. In the report, DIRECTOR DALEY thanked those people involved with his appointment to this position. He stated that he sees it as a wonderful opportunity to advance the awareness and participation of the students at large in the political goings-on in the community and on campus. In an effort to make known that one may register to vote in the office a sign has been visibly posted in the office. Phil Burns has also been asked to publicize it during Orientation giving new students an opportunity to register. He also intends to place notices in the Rebel Yell and requests that each Senator include such information in their classroom speeches. In order to attract the attention of student voters he is currently trying to place an early voting route. He will be working with E&P DIRECTOR JOHNS to orchestrate Entertainment at the Flamingo Library, the early voting site nearest to campus for Saturday, August 22nd and Sunday, August 23rd. The idea is to solicit student attention to a party and then to encourage them to go inside and cast a ballot for the primary. To inform student voters several candidate debates have been scheduled on campus. The first one is between Senator Harry Reid and John Ensign and the tentative date is Wednesday, September 9th at 11:30 in the MSU. He apologized for his absence and thanked the Senate for their time. 2 SENATE MINUTES 28-24/ July 13, 1998 3. ELECTIONS BOARD DIRECTOR RAMIREZ was not present. VICE PRESIDENT CECI stated that she also had to work and that all of the Directors were confused and thought the meeting was last week. He will do better next time. They are working with Alan Chastain on a new bid for the elections. They are having a debate over two elections for Homecoming and Senate rather than one and they would like to hear the Senate's input on what they think would be best. 4. ORGANIZATIONS BOARD DIRECTOR AYALA had no report. 5. ENTERTAINMENT & PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR JOHNS stated that he is currently working on the web sight and this is going to be to the benefit of Freshmen, transfer students, and the general student body at large. The purpose of the websight is to inform UNLV student body, faculty, and staff about upcoming events taking place on and off campus. He is working with the Director of Multicultural Student Affairs, Velicia McMillan, in staging a second annual Reggae concert which will take place in mid-October. He is working with Sunny Martin in preparation for Premier week. He is working with KLUC on doing a live remote here on campus which would feature various DJ personalities. He will be passing around an assessment survey to students to find what their needs and wants are here on campus. He has confirmed with Phil Burns that they are showing the movie Titanic during Family Week. He is also working on the UNLV/UNR Football game, providing transportation for Freshmen and those who do not have cars getting to the home Football games, and Homecoming. SENATOR AUER asked when he is going to be handing out the surveys. DIRECTOR JOHNS stated that he will be doing that during student Orientations. SENATOR AUER asked if he will be handing them out during the transfer Orientations for the non-traditional students. DIRECTOR JOHNS stated that he will be handing them out at all of the Orientations and there are questions geared towards non-traditional students. SENATOR ZARANTI asked if the information on the websight will be linked to the CSUN websight. DIRECTOR JOHNS stated that it will be and the address for that is unlventertainment.com 6. OFFICE OF STUDENT INFORMATION DIRECTOR DE LA FONTAINE stated that after the last Senate meeting SENATOR LAZAROFF came up to her and expressed her concern about the different types of publicity in the different buildings that were getting ripped down and she wanted to know if there could be display cases in every building. She talked to VICE PRESIDENT CECI and what they were talking about is having two display cases up on campus, one by the Sidewalk cafe and one at the library. She and DIRECTOR JOHNS have both mentioned making assessment surveys and they will be getting together to try and make the surveys. For turning in the surveys they are looking into different types of novelties to be handed out. She is also working on different Communication Networks for the students. She made her decision this afternoon to use College Club. SENATE MINUTES 28-24/ July 13, 1998 It includes an E-mail account, long distance voice mail through the E-mail account, a web page factory linked to other pages, on line-chat and things like match-u, and also a member savings card. D. Residence Hall Liaison Report: Jamee Luce introduced herself and stated that she will only be here until the end of the summer. They have had some officer transition and their President is not returning to the University so they will have a new President. The welcoming weekend committee is meeting this week to talk about what they are going to do for the opening weekend in the Residence Halls. The National Residence Hall Honorary chapter on campus is doing welcome packets. They are also working on the Student Orientation Services Program as well. E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report: The Student Athlete Advisory Board liaison stated that they have nothing to report. F. Ethnic Student Council Liaison Report: Ayala Kaiser stated that their "voices" newsletter is coming out in Summer '98 through Spring '99. The summer issue of "voices" will be mailed out on Friday, July 24th. She also stated that ESC will continue to have a booth at all of the Orientation sessions. G. Business Manager Report: BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE read the expenditures for the last 2 weeks: $.64 for June postage, $139.10 for the June phone bill, $160.00 for new Senate handbook binders, $180.00 for new Robert's Rules of Order books, $27.40 for new cassette tapes, $224.90 for pencils, $10.00 to replace the keys for the CBC annex, $8.00 to replace the key to the Vice President's desk, and $142.50 for name tags for the new Senators, Directors, and Executive Board. VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Action Item: Election of William Dey, Scott Bernth, Ann Yu, Benjamin Prohaska, and Leonie Mowat to serve on the CSUN Judicial Council; Motion to remove from the table made by SENATOR TRUJILLO, seconded by SENATOR AUGUSTIN. Move into a vote. Motion passes 19-0-0. SENATOR TRUJILLO made a motion to allow each candidate to speak for 2 minutes, followed by questions and answers, seconded by SENATOR CARTWRIGHT. 4 SENATE MINUTES 28-24/ July 13, 1998 Move into a vote. Motion passes 19-0-0. William Dey introduced himself and stated that he is a native of Las Vegas. He went to ASU for a semester and then lived in Japan for 2 years. He worked for about half a year and then decided to attend UNLV. SENATOR KAWAZOE asked him if he has read the CSUN Constitution and Bylaws. William Dey stated that he has. SENATOR WEINBERG asked him how he feels he can contribute to the Judicial Council. William Dey stated that he feels this is a great opportunity for him and the school. He wants to be more involved at UNLV and to see what they have. He wants to give them something what they have given him. They have given him an education and he wants to show them what he can do. He hopes that he can issue some hints or suggestions on how to operate an efficient system here. He knows that they have a young President here and this a great opportunity for us to show what we can do. SENATOR TRUJILLO stated that he feels the Judicial Council should be a re-active body and asked him his opinion about if the Judicial Council should be a pro-active or re-active. William Dey stated that he thinks that sometimes there are some issues involved and you have to take a stance on them SENATOR WHITAKER stated that for the most part cases will be brought to him and he doesn't really have a choice on bringing something up. He also asked his opinion on what he thinks the job of the Judicial Council is. William Dey stated that it is one of the three branches of Government and it checks and reviews the legislation. SENATOR CARTWRIGHT asked how long he has attended UNLV and what is his major. William Dey stated that he has been here for two semesters and his major is Asian Studies. He also stated that one of his reasons for being here is because he would like to be involved with law program. SENATOR GARCIA asked when is his expected date of graduation and can he fulfill the entire term of the Judicial Council. SENATE MINUTES 28-24/ July 13, 1998 William Dey stated that he plans on graduating in Spring 2001 so it should be no problem. SENATOR RAMEY asked what experiences he has that he thinks will benefit the Judicial Council. William Dey stated that he was the arbitrary in Japan between the American and Japanese students and he feels that he is able to look at both sides of an issue. Scott Bernth stated that he is a sophomore and a Biology Major. He has been in Las Vegas for about 10 years and was originally from Michigan. He became interested in the Judicial Council last year when former president Mills started the whole thing up and then it fell through until the Executive Board this year started it back up. He asked himself if this is something that he can handle and he came to the conclusion that some of the problems that he witnessed last year were something that he wants to play an active part in fixing. He has enjoyed his time here at UNLV and he wants to get more involved on campus. SENATOR AUER asked if he has any experience. Scott Bernth stated that he has done a lot of team oriented groups and is on the LEAD team here at UNLV. He also has personal characteristics that would allow him to do something like that like having an open mind. SENATOR GARCIA asked if he plans on graduating from UNLV. Scott Bernth stated that he does in 2001. SENATOR KAWAZOE asked if he has read the CSUN Constitution and Bylaws. Scott Bernth stated that he hasn't had a chance to read that yet. SENATOR CARTWRIGHT asked him for an example of the problems in the Senate that he is interested in fixing. Scott Bernth stated that it is not necessarily the Senate over the last year. The only real experience he had is when he read the Rebel Yell about former President Mills and saw the unevenness in the Senate. He thinks that if you bring in stronger leadership and a stronger group some of those problems can be gotten rid of. SENATOR BINETTI asked when he first sent in his application for the Judicial Council. Scott Bernth stated that he sent it in last October. SENATOR BINETTI asked how many Executive Board meetings he has attended. 6 SENATE MINUTES 28-24/ July 13, 1998 Scott Bernth stated that he has not attended any Executive Board meetings. PRESIDENT PRICE stated that Ann Yu could not attend tonight's Senate meeting because she has gone overseas. She is a sophomore at UNLV with a 3.96 GPA enrolled in the Honors College. She is pursuing an advanced degree in the field of Accounting with a minor in Political Science and Spanish. She will also attend Law School in 2001 after passing her CPA examination in Las Vegas. She is currently involved in many campus organizations such as the LEAD team. In addition she has been the Ethnic Student Council liaison for the past semester and has attended Monday night Senate meetings. She would be an asset as a justice because of her hard work and commitment to service. She believes in being fair and impartial. She admits that she might not have a solution to every situation but her opinions will always be based on the facts presented to her and on her careful study of the CSUN Constitution and Bylaws. She asks the Senate to please understand her situation and support her appointment as a justice. PRESIDENT PRICE stated that she is in Korea. PRESIDENT PRICE stated that Benjamin Prohaska is also away. He stated that he apologizes for his absence and has had a trip planned for many months. In no way does this reflect a lack of enthusiasm for him becoming a member of the Judicial Council. He is honored to be nominated for this position by the current Executive board. His interest in becoming a Justice is a result of his enduring curiosity about the nature of Government and policy making. Especially the role the Judicial Council plays in this process. He is also intrigued by the interaction among the three branches. If he could choose any three words to describe his character they would be honest, ethical, and moral and these are the standards by which he will resolve any conflict that comes before the council. It is in this manner he intends to serve the students of UNLV with dedication and motivation. And for the record he has read the CSUN Constitution. Leonie Mowat introduced herself and stated that she is a Junior. She plans on graduating in the year 2000 with a degree in Political Science and then plans to study Law at USC. She was raised in Las Vegas and went to Valley High School. She was active on the Debate team still judges debate tournaments in town. She is not active in many things on campus because she is really busy with work. SENATOR WEINBERG asked about her time constraints with work. Leonie Mowat stated that there are no constraints and she works during the daytime so that she can be done with work by 6:00. SENATOR KAWAZOE asked if she has read the CSUN Constitution and Bylaws. Leonie Mowat stated that she has. SENATOR BINETTI asked when she first turned in her application. SENATE MINUTES 28-24/ July 13, 1998 Leonie Mowat answered last fall. SENATOR BINETTI asked if she has attended any Executive Board meetings. Leonie Mowat stated that she has not. SENATOR GARCIA asked her expected date of graduation. Leonie Mowat answered 2000. SENATOR RAMEY asked if she has a full time job. Leonie Mowat stated that she does not have a full time job. SENATOR RAMEY asked when she feels she will have time to fulfill her responsibilities. Leonie Mowat stated that if she asks she can take time off. SENATOR CART WRIGHT asked how many applicants were there total. PRESIDENT PRICE stated that there were about 15-16 applicants. SENATOR CART WRIGHT asked if they interviewed all of them. PRESIDENT PRICE stated that they did. SENATOR CART WRIGHT asked what were the deciding factors. SENATE PRESIDENT PRICE stated that these by far were the top 5 candidates. They factored several different issues including diversity of candidates with varying levels of experience among the candidates. SENATOR WHITAKER asked the Executive Board what questions they asked the candidates and how could they judge how unbiased somebody is through these questions. PRESIDENT PRICE stated that they asked a lot of the same questions that they were asking today. Their goal was not to find out who was unbiased but was to get a diverse background of hardworking people for these positions. SENATE PRESIDENT KIMBROUGH stated that he asked some questions dealing with mediation and to describe their past conflicts that they have had and how they overcame them. He also asked them things like their greatest weakness and these 5 candidates were able to answer that question and talk about why it was their greatest weakness and what their greatest strength was. SENATE MINUTES 28-24/ July 13, 1998 SENATOR WHITAKER stated that he doesn't think looking for diversity is the first thing because they are not a trial jury. In his opinion the questions need to be more important and how do you really judge if one person is more unbiased that another person. VICE PRESIDENT CECI asked how you can find out if someone is unbiased. They had no case to present to them with and they had to go on the feeling they got through dealing with them. The way they answered questions was more important than the answer to the questions. SENATE PRESIDENT KIMBROUGH stated that it would be unfair of them to ask them questions dealing with the Constitution because any type of question they may post to them could be considered as being biased in them asking them for their own purposes. So they tried to stay away from the interpretation of the Constitution so they would have an approach outside of the sphere of the current CSUN members. SENATOR LAZAROFF asked if they are voting on these candidates as a whole. SENATE PRESIDENT KIMBROUGH stated that yes, they are. SENATOR TRUJILLO stated that as a Senator you have the right to divide the question which would take each individual candidate separately. SENATOR AUGUSTIN stated that diversity is very important and he would like to vote on these all together. He trusts his Executive Board and they sat down with them and interviewed them and the Senate only saw them for one minute. He trusts his Executive board and there is a reason why they are here. And he thinks they should keep them as a group. SENATOR TRUJILLO stated that he sat in on a few interviews and listened to the other recordings and the line of questioning was uniform throughout. They tried to find out what makes a person tick in terms of what is it they are trying to do. One question was regarding any experiences you have had in terms of facing a moral dilemma. The response to what they did in that situation was what they would do as a justice. There was a question if the legislative branch was going to be more pro-active instead of reactive which is something that he has always differed on because we assign them the work. They are not going to invent a new law because that is legislative. But from what he heard from the interviews the Executive Board did a good job. If the Senate wants to divide the question to judge each one individually they have the power to do that. SENATOR HEMINGTON stated that when you have a lot of people from diverse backgrounds you are going to have an unbiased opinion because they have different views from different life experiences. Having people from diverse backgrounds is important because somebody who is not experienced is not going to have a well-rounded opinion about something. 9 SENATE MINUTES 28-24/ July 13, 1998 SENATOR GARCIA asked what is Benjamin Prohaska's expected graduation date. PRESIDENT PRICE stated that he doesn't have it readily available. VICE PRESIDENT CECI stated that he believes it is two years. He also stated that the candidate's graduation dates are staggered so that their terms would expire so that they don't have to have another Executive Board appoint 5 more people. SENATOR RAFFAIL asked if the candidates all know each other. PRESIDENT PRICE stated that they don't all know each other but they are the top candidates and are willing to work with one another. They have all expressed interest and willingness to get involved with CSUN and work with students and interact with one another. SENATOR LAZAROFF stated that she agrees with SENATOR AUGUSTIN that we should have trust in the Executive Board but our Constitution is set up similar to the Federal Government with the system of checks and balances. She felt strange with the Directors and being given one choice. But she felt that the candidates presented themselves well. However it is difficult for her as a Senator, with a Judicial Council that is going to be in place for two years and more difficult to remove from office than a Director according to our Constitution, to put two people on who she hasn't had a chance to speak with. She almost wants to table two of those candidates until the time that they are able to speak in front of us or should we put all of the trust in our Executive Board. SENATOR SHAPIRO stated that he has met Ann Yu before and certainly thinks that she is a qualified candidate and Benjamin Prohaska is his best friend and he certainly thinks that he is a qualified candidate, so he personally doesn't see any reason to table this. SENATOR CARTWRIGHT stated that she is definitely not in favor of tabling this and she also knows the two people that are not present tonight and they are both very capable applicants. She stated that she is not in favor of breaking up this Action Item and asked SENATOR TRUJILLO if he is in favor of all of these nominations. SENATOR TRUJILLO stated that he is and the only objection that he had was regarding the line of questioning but it wasn't coming from the candidates and was the overall mood that was presented. But in terms of the answers that the candidates gave he has no problem. SENATOR CARTWRIGHT asked if there are 7 total seats on the Judicial Council. SENATE PRESIDENT KIMBROUGH stated that there are. They talked about staggering and this will put us with 6, which means that in a couple of months we will put another person in there because we don't want to have all of their terms beginning and ending at once. 10 SENATE MINUTES 28-24/ July 13, 1998 SENATOR BINETTI stated that the Judicial Council was supposed to be put on during the last Executive Board term under Joe Mills. The reason why she asked whether or not the applicants attended any Executive Board meetings was because quite a few candidates attended every Executive Board meeting. The candidates were supposed to be nominated among the E-Board members and then those nominees were supposed to come before us. Many of these candidates came to every meeting and kept showing dedication. Already two of the candidates have answered that they didn't attend any Executive Board meetings and one was not even aware of them. Other candidates made themselves aware and attended every meeting and showed dedication. She is in favor of voting on each candidate individually. It should not be a reflection on our Executive Board and we have the right and it is given to us to go and review from what we have seen. Some of us have been to past Executive Board meetings where we have listened to these candidates as well as others and we have our own decision as well. We should be able to use our own information as well and vote on them individually. SENATOR GARCIA stated that he seconds SENATOR BINETTI'S thoughts. He attended most of the E-Board meetings the spring semester and he saw students who were dedicated to show up to the meetings. He is surprised that out of the 5 here only 2, Ann Yu and Benjamin Prohaska, attended Executive Board meetings on a regular basis. Which are the only two, in his mind, that showed dedication to this position on the Judicial Council. SENATOR KAWAZOE stated that just because a person is dedicated to something, it doesn't mean that they are the best person for the job. That goes back to the interviewing phase of this and the Executive board is smart enough to make a good decision on who is qualified. Just because someone keeps going to a meeting it doesn't make them more qualified, it