Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 09, 1980

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 AGENDA Senate Meeting #16 September 9, 1980 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p.m. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII, VIII. IX. Call to Order Roll Call Approval of Minutes #15 Executive Board Announcements Executive Board Nominations A. Academic Standards 1. Martha Giles B. Entertainment and Programming Board Member 1. Senator Joseph Petrizzo C. Judicial Council Member 1. Sally Swiess Taraban D. Election Board Member 1. Kenneth Erlanger E. Organizations Board, Chairman 1. Martin J. Burzinski Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board 1. Amendments to Operating Policy B. Election Board 1. Request for funds, $132.50 2, Campaigning Spending limit raise. C. Radio Board D. Entertainment and Programming Board Old Business A. Approval of Vita Plus Program (from table) ANe. w RBeuqsuiensets s for Funds, UNLV Hispanic Society, $500.00 B. O.J.'s Diner, Male Stripper Dance Approval Open Discussion X. Adjournment TO: All Senators FROM: Martin J. Burzinski, CSUN Senate President SUBJECT: Emergency addition to Agenda #16 DATE: September 4, 1980 Please make the following additions to your agenda for Senate Meeting #16 to be held on September 9, 1980. I inadvertently omitted these items from the agenda. Old Business. B. Vacant Senate Seat, University College (vote) 1. Lori Ann Kanton 2. Mike Taylor C. Vacant Senate Seat, College of Allied Health (nominations) New Business. C. Vacant Senate Seat, College of Arts & Letters (nominations) D. Nominations of Senate President Pro Tempore My apologies for any inconvenience this has caused! CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 SENATE PRESIDENT MARTIN J. BURZINSKI Minutes Senate Meeting #16 September 9, 1.980 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p.m. I. Call to Order The sixteenth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Senate President at 4:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Dorothy Halpin Ray Corbett Kelly Campbell David Martinez-excused late Martha Boos Scott Karosa Derrek Yelton Dale hulen Mac Jackson Rick Oshinski Howard Reign Claire Dowell Sandy Williams Joe Petrizzo-excused absent Lisa Rollins-unexcused absent Tim McGarry- excused absent Tom Foskaris-excused absent III. Approval of Minutes #15 The Ad Hoc Rebel Mascot committee is Susana Reyes, Dale Hulen, Rick Oshinski, Martha Boos, Howard Reign, Claire Dowell, and Dorothy Halpin. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Appointment of Temporary Senate President Pro Tempore Senator Hulen nominated Senator Yelton. Senator Campbell nominated Senator Oshinski. Senator Oshinski declined the nomination. There being no objection by the Senate, Senator Yelton was made the temporary Senate President Pro Tempore. B. Joan Armatrading Concert President Chanos was extremely happy with the Joan Armatrading Concert. He congratulated Bruce Bradely on a job well done. President Chanos did comment that he was disappointed in the student turn out at the concert. C. Plus-Minus Grading System Vice-President Reyes announced that she would be speaking before the Academic Standards Committee concerning the appeal to the plus-minus grading system. The meeting will'take place September 15, at 4:00 p.m. in FDH-234. She encouraged everyone to attend the meeting. D. Senate President Announcements Senate President Burzinski thanked all the people in the audience for attending the meeting. He reminded the Senate not to forget to vote today. He told the Senators that each one of them should have recieved a copy of the memo from Dr. Goodall to Dr. Cassesse concerning male strippers. Senate Meeting #16 September 9, 1980 Page 2 V. Executive Board Nominations A. Academic Standards Committee, Faculty-Senate Martha Giles Senator Oshinski moved to approve Martha Giles to the Academic Standards committee. The motion was seconded. Senate President Burzinski introduced Martha Giles to the Senate, The motion passed unanimously. B. Entertainment and Programming Board, Senate Joseph Petrizzo Senator Boos moved to approve Joseph Petrizzo to the Entertainment and Programming Board. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. C. Judicial Council, Sally Swiess Taraban Senator Karosa moved to approve Sally Swiess Taraban to the Judicial Council. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. D. Election Board Member, Kenneth Erlanger Senator Karosa moved to approve Kenneth Erlanger to the Election Board. The motion was seconded. Senate President Burzinski introduced Kenneth Erlanger to the Senate, The motion passed unanimously. E. Organization Board, Chairman Martin J. Burzinski President Chanos moved to approve Martin J. Burzinski as Organizations Board Chairman. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. The motion passed unanimously. VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board There was no report. The next meeting will be Wednesday at 4:00 p.m., September 10 in the Room 202 of the Moyer Student Union Building. 1. Amendments to Operating Policy Senator Martinez moved to add the following ammendments to the Operating Policy of the Appropriations Board. The motion was seconded. XII. All request to the Appropriations Board for agenda items must be submitted to the Chairman in writing at least five (5) working days to the next Appropriations Board Meeting. XIII. All written request will be placed on the Appropriations Board Agenda as deemed necessary by the Appropiations Board Chairman. Disucssion took place. Senator Boos moved to table the amendments. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with eleven in favor and two opposed. B. Election Board There was no report. 1. Request for funds, $132.50 Senator Boos moved to approve $132.50 to the Elections Board. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. Vice-President Reyes called for the question. The call for the question was seconded. The call for the question passed with nine in favor, and four opposed. The main motion passed with nine in favor, three opposed, and one abstention. 2. Campaign Spending Limit Senator Boos moved the raise the campaign spending limit to $75.00. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. The motion passed with nine in favor and four opposed. Senate Meeting #16 September 1980 Page 3 C. Radio Board There was no report. D. Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman, Radford Smith, read the minutes of Meeting #10. He announced that the Coffee House will be held.Friday, September 12 in the Moyer Student Union. He also announced that the mugs had been ordered for Octoberfest and all preparations are being made. There will be a formal homecoming dance to be held at Ceasar's Palace. Radford congratulated Bruce Bradley on an outstanding job he did on the concert. The new motto of the Entertainment and Programming Board will be, "If you had a good time go tell a friend", he asked all Senators to remember this motto. President Chanos moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or correction the minutes stood approved as read. E. Student Handbook Committee Senator Oshinski there will be a meeting on Thursday at Vice-President Reyes office. On September 18, Dorothy Halpin and himself will be working on the handbook, all help will be appreciated. F. Preschool Representative David Martinez said that there would be a meeting held Thursday. He announced that he will have to resign his position as representative, and ask the Senate to please recruit and new CSUN representative. /II. Old Business A. Approval of Vita Plus Program (from Table) Senator Hulen moved to remove it from the table. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. President Chanos moved to disapprove the Vita-Plus Program. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. Many different ideas were suggested by the Senators concerning the distribution of the vitamins. Senator Karosa called for the question. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed with twleve in favor and one opposed. The motion to disapprove passed with ten and three in opposed. B. Vacant Senate Seat, University College (vote) 1. Lori Ann Kanton, Mike Taylor Senator Campbell moved that each Candidate talk for 3 minutes and voting be done by secret ballot. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Lori Ann Kanton gave a breif presentation to the Senate as well as Mike Taylor. Question and answers followed each presentation. Voting took placejLori Kanton received seven votes and Mike Taylor six votes. Senate President Burzinski announced Lori Ann Kanton as the new University College Senator and asked her take a seat at the Senate table. C. Vacant Senate Seat, College of Allied Health (nominations) Senator Hulen nominated Robert Scavetta. Vice-President Reyes moved to close nominations. The motion was seconded. Discusssion took place. Senator llulen called for the question. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed with twelve in favor and two opposed. The main motion passed with twelve in favor and two opposed. Senate Meeting #16 September 9, 1980 Page 4 VIII. New Business A.-; Request for Funds, Hispanic Association $500 Sentor Boos moved to approve $500 to the Hispanic Association. The money would come out of the matching funds account waving the requirement of being a recognized CSUN organization. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. After much discussion, Senator Halpin called for the question. The motion was seconded. The call for the question passed with eleven in favor and three opposed. The main motion to approve passed with ten in favor and four opposed. B. Time of Adjournment President Chanos moved to adjourn the Senate Meeting at 6:30 so people could vote in time. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with thirteen in favor and one opposed. C. Hispanic Association Senate President Burzinski announced that the Senate was in violation of the Organizations Operating Policy. Therefore, all matching funds requirements needed to be waived. President Chanos moved to amend the original motion to approve the $500 waiving all matching funds requirements. Much discussion took place. The amendment passed with eight in favor and six opposed. D. O.J.'s Diner, Male Stripper Dance Approval President Chanos moved to table this until next Senate Meeting. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with eleven in favor and three opposed. E. Vacant Senate Seat, College of Arts & Letter (nominations) Senator Hulen nominated Jeff Wild. President Chanos moved to close nominations. The motion was seconded. The motion failed with six in favor and eight opposed. F. Nominations of Senate President Pro Tempore Senator Hulen nominated Derrek Yelton and Rick Oshinski. Senator Hulen moved to close nominations. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with thirteen in favor and one opposed. IX. Open Discussion Senator Boos apologized to Senate President Burzinski for speaking out of turn. Senator Martinez announced that all fund request should be taken to Appropriations Board. The boards function is to take care of monetary problems before they come before the Senate for approval. Senate President Burzinski apologized to the Senate for being so tempremental today. Senator Hulen explained to the Senate that he wasn't against giving the Hispanic Associations the money, however, he feels that should have gone through the proper channels to receive it. X. Adjournment Senate President Burzinski adjourned the sixteenth meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate at 6:30 p.m Senate Meeting if 16 September 9, 1980 Respectfully Submitted by, Page 5 Respectfully Prepared by, Robin Starlin OSUN Senate Secretary Martin J. Burzinski CSUN Senate President