Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 28, 1978

AGENDA SENATE MEETING it25 November 28, 197S Moyer Student Union Building Room 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes if24 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations VI. Committee Reports A. Organizations Board 1. Phi Alpha Theta (CSUN recognition; vote) B. Radio Committee C. S.E.F. Committee D. Activities Board VII. Old Business A . Committee Nominations (vote) 1. S.E.F. Committee 2. By-Laws Committee 3. Constitution Revision Committee 4. Radio Committee B. Vacant Senate Seat 1. Hotel College (vote) a. Joe Laliberte b. Tim Nelson 2. Education College (nomination) C. Reimbursement of Senate Filing Fees (Senator Reyes, AL) VIII. New Business IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment MINUTES SENATE MEETING it25 November 28, 1978 Moyer Student Union Building Room 20.'3 I. Call to Order The twenty-fifth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Speaker at 4:01 p.m. in Lounge 203 of the Moyer Student Union Building. II. Roll Call Members in At tendance Shellee Willden Phillip Jackson (late excused) Peggy Racel (late excused) Lise Uyman DeAnn Turpen (late excused) Lorraine Alderman Joyce Bridges (late excused) Bill Ilaldeman Pamela Roberts Marie Ropell Byron Blasco Carol Tarpley Nina Ross Scott Greene Lisa Wolfbrandt Susana Reyes Jeff Wild Nick Santoro Bruce Bayne Danny Campbell Dave Craddock Joe Matvay (late excused) David Martinez Scott Gonzalez Absent Kirk Voelcker (unexcused) III. Approval of Minutes #24 Bruce Bayne noted that his unexcused absence should be changed to an excused absence. The Minutes stood approved as corrected. IV. Executive Board Announcements Agenda Research The Speaker requested that everyone look at the Agenda items before the Meetings and do a little research on the subjects you are unfamiliar with. This could save time. Agenda Item The Speaker announced that there was an additional Agenda item, and that was under New Business, Letter A, and that was a request for funding for the Counseling and Evaluation Department - submission. (Peggy Racel arrived at 4:07 p.m. - excused.) Preference Sheets The Speaker announced that all of the Preference Sheets have been turned in except two, and these two must be turned in. Madison Conference Tapes President White announced that the tapes from the Madison Conference are now completed, and are available in the CSUN offices. Minutes - Senate Meeting 1125 November 23, 1978 Page 2 Close Circuit Television fur Basketball Games President White announced he has finalized the close circuit television in the Gold Room of the Convention Center for both the Saturday and Monday Games. They will be selling beer i)i the back, and one must show their student I.D. to get in. Yell and Yearbook Editor Applications President White announced that we will be accepting application for Yell Editor from December 15 to December 29, and starting Wednesday, November 29 we will be accepting applications for a Yearbook Editor. V. Executive Bard Nominations There were no Executive Board Nominations. VI. Committee Reports A. Organizations Board 1. Phi Alpha Theta (CSUN recognition; vote) President White gave the report and stated that the next meeting will be November 29 at 3:30 p.m. at which time their Operating Policy will come up for a vote, and then we can get on with the Matching Funds Requests. Lisa Wolfbrandt moved to approve Phi Alpha Theta as a CSUN recognized organization was seconded by Lorraine Alderman, and passed unanimously. B. Radio Committee Tommy Walker announced that there was no meeting last week, but the next Meeting will be November 30 at 2:15 in room 307. lie noted that some Senators have expressed interest in the Radio Committee, and Mr. Walker would like these Senators to try to make this Meeting on Thursday. If you can't make this Meeting, and are still interested in this Committee, please contact Mr. Walker. C. S.E.F. Committee There was no Meeting. D. Activities Board There was no Meeting, but Lise Wyman reminded the Senate about the Gong Show to be held Friday, December 1 from 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. It was also announced that at this event, this will be the first time CSUN will have a full bar. VII. Old Business A. Committee Nominations (vote) The Speaker delayed these nominations until the next meeting, because of the lack of all of the Preference Sheets, and because this day was the actual deadline for the Preference Sheets. B. Vacant Senate Seat 1. Hotel College (vote) a. Joe Laliberte b. Tim Nelson The Speaker informed the Senate that A1 Lipsky's name was withdrawn from the nominations because of the lack of an Information Sheet, and Joe Laliberte has also withdrawn his name from nominations, Danny Campbell moved to Table Minutes - Senate Meeting //25 November 23, 1978 Page 3 the vote indefinitely on this, and re-open nominations, and was seconded by Joyce Bridges. The motion passed with two opposed and two abstentions. This will coine up at the next Meeting. 2. Education College (nomination) There were no nominations at this time. C. Reimbursement of Senate Filing Fees (Senator Reyes, AL) Senator Reyes informed the Senate that she felt that it wasn't fair that the Senators who failed to turn in their expenditure sheets on time had their filing fees taken away. She felt that there wasn't enough time to turn in these financial statements. Bruce Bayne suggested that if the Senate does not impeach these Senators, then they should return their filing fees. Much discussion took place on this issue, and Bruce Bayne moved that those Senators who were not reimbursed of their filing fees be impeached or punished in some way. The Speaker ruled this motion out of order based on a Constitutional provision that Board decisions can only be overturned by the Judicial Council. More discussion took place, and Peggy Racel moved to proceed with the order of the agenda, and was seconded. Lorraine Alderman called for the question, was seconded by Bruce Bayne, and the motion passed. A vote was then taken on the main motion to proceed with further business, a division of the house, took place, and the motion failed with nine in favor. The Speaker limited discussion to five more minutes. Lisa Wolfbrandt suggested that those Senators who lost their filing fees make an appeal to the Judicial Council, and moved that the Senate move on to further business, was seconded, and passed with one opposed. VIII. New Business A. Request for Funding for the Counseling and Evaluation Department (submission) David Martinez made this request for funding for the Counseling and Evaluation Department, and concerned the establishment of a Student Hotline. It will be manned by work studies or other people who might be able to handle these types of problems, or tape cassettes may be used sucli as those used by the University of Texas, and these could be manned when the office hours are generally closed. Senator Martinez will be submitting to the Senate the establishment of this Hotline and will request funding from CSUN and will take an entire 18 weeks. Only a brief of the costs could be given at this time: the cost of telephones to be put in, the purchase of tapes, and the funding of a staff. One semesters cost will be approximately $3,500. If the staff is composed of work studies the cost will be about $1,100 or $1,200. Chuck White informed the Senate that Student Government can not be responsible for supporting everything on campus. He feels this issue should first lie brought to Dr. Dixon or the Board of Rpgents. Joyce Bridges suggested going to the Psychology Department to use Upper Division Sy chology Major to work on it as Independent Study, and then get University funding. Lorraine Alderman suggested on forming an ad hoc committee to check into the funding by the Board of Regents or any other source. Byron Blasco then moved to limit discussion to another five minutes, was seconded by Scott Greene, and passed unanimously. David Martinez moved to refer this to an ad hoc committee, and then do research on this, and was seconded by Lisa Wolfbrandt. A limit of five members was put on this committee. The five Senators who volunteered were: Bruce Bayne, Lisa Wolfbrandt, Susana Reyes, Dave Craddock, and Phillip Jackson. Minutes - Senate Meeting it25 November 28, 1978 Page 4 (Peggy Racel left at 5:36 p.m. - excused. A vote was taken on the main motion to form this ad hoc committee which passed unanimously. IX. Open Discussion Danny Campbell informed the Senate that the Hotel Association will be requesting Matching Funds for $450 for an annual all-in-one convention. This money will not be asked for, however, until after the convention. Tim Herlosky announced that Leonard Wolf was lecturing tonight in the Ballroom, and he encouraged everyone to attend. Joyce Bridges informed the Senate that the Radio Station will be having an FCC Training Seminar to obtain a third class license. Bill Haldeman informed the Senate that next week they will be receiving a questionnaire dealing the the Special General Information Issue of the Yell. X. Adjournment There was no further items of business, so the Meeting stood adjourned at 5:41 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Rene Bernier Senate Secretary CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 MEMORANDUM T O : F R O M : R E : The Third Annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) West Coast Convention was held in San Diego, November 17, 18, 19, 1978 attended by Tommy Walker and George Morrissey. Our purpose in attending the convention was to gain knowledge of other college radio station operations. The conference was college radio designed especially for college radio. In addition to equipment representatives, there were records company repre-sentatives and broadcast industry professionals. The following is a synopsis of the major workshops we attended. The radio station established new relationships with record companies including Capitol, MCA,A & M , Asylum, Atlantic, RSO, Janus, Cream and others. There were discussions of radio station-record-record company relations. The main knowledge gained from meeting record company representatives was the importance of staying in communication with them via mailing of station playlists, telephone calls and other written communication. If the record company representatives know you personally it increases your chances of getting better record service. We intend to mail them a playlist and stay in close contact. We received approximately twenty new releases for airplay. There were sessions on college radio formatics. Including discussions of overall' sound continuity, keeping consistancy with a student volunteer staff. There were also workshops on how to get a job in commercial radio. Another major point learned was our station projects relatively good financial position. There are not, at least if this sample is representative that many college stations directly funded by the student government with as much money available. November 28,1978 MEMBERS OF CSUN SENATE TOMMY WALKER IBS CONVENTION CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 It is important for our radio station project to be in contact with other college stations and to attend conferences such as this for the purpose of remaining aware of the state of the art. Material from the conference is available for review in the Radio Station Office room 307 of the Student Union.