Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 24, 1997

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President Senate President Joe Laxague STUDENT SENATE MEETING 27-09 Monday, February 24,1997 Moyer Student Union Room 201 6:30p.m. Veronica Perez Senate President Pro-Tempore Liberal Arts Leia Fteischman Fine Arts Terry Moore Urban Affairs Joaquin Trujillo Business Jeremy Aguero Hotel Administration Heather Anderson Business Robert Solomon Education "lliam Price aan Affairs Margaret J. Persch, R.N. Health Sciences Kyle Lopez Student Development Frank Lideros Engineering Steven Amend Business Ben Campbell Student Development Stephanie Gonzales Liberal Arts Alesia Hayes Education Nicole Lehman Education Joey Song Business Matt Stark Liberal Arts jatiier Hunt Health Sciences rr i CO C O jop I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Director Reports 1. Nevada Student Affairs; DIRECTOR VALERA 2. Elections Board, DIRECTOR REED; 3. Organizations Board, DIRECTOR BONGHI; 4. Entertainment and Programming, DIRECTOR CASTILLO; 5. Office of Student Information DIRECTOR HAMILTON; B. Senate Committee Reports C. Faculty Senate Committee Reports D. Residence Hall Liaison Report E. Business Manager Report VI. PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of amending Senate BYLAW 44 as passed by the Senate BYLAWS committee. (See Attachment A.) VIII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of the American Program Bureau Contract for the Black Man Rising Program. (See Attachment B.) B. Action Item: Proposal for Referendum for a Ballot Question as submitted by President Rosenthal. (See Attachment C.) C. Action Item: Nomination/Election of Students to fill open Faculty Senate Committee seats. ejcs CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4 5 0 5 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 4 - 2 0 0 9 • (702) 8 9 5 - 3 4 7 7 • FAX ( 7 0 2 ) 8 9 5 - 4 6 0 6 F. G. H. ( ) K. L. M. ( Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Vice President Joe Mills to be personally liable to pay all expenses incurred from having a police officer at the CSUN offices on February 6, 1997 as submitted by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Funding Request in the amount $250.00 for the American Marketing Association to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (See Attachment D.) Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Funding Request in the amount of $500.00 for Sigma Alpha Mu to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (See Attachment E.) Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Funding Request in the amount of $250.00 for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (See Attachment F.) Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Funding Request in the amount of $400.00 for the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. - Chi Chapter to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (See Attachment G.) Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Changes to Bylaw 5 as per Senate Bill 2 as submitted by SENATOR FLEISCHMAN. (See Attachment H.) Action Item: Appointment of Senator Persch to the CSUN Rules and Ethics Committee. (Approved by the Executive Board at the February 10, 1997 Meeting.) Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending $3,500.00 and Docket for Legislative Lobbying travel expenses; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (Approved by the Executive Board at the February 10, 1997 Meeting. See Reference A.) Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending $2,875.00 for hors d'oeuvres at the 1997 Career Day reception; to be encumbered out of the fy 96-97 CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account/Student Services Budget. (Approved by the Executive Board at the February 10, 1997 Meeting.) Action Item: Discussion/Approval of expending $5000,00 for "Comedy Night/The Gig", including food, soda, band, and comedians; to be encumbered out of the fy 96-97 CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account/E&P Budget. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Constitutional Revisions as approved by the Ad Hoc Constitutional Revision Committee as submitted by SENATOR ANDERSON. (See Attachment I.) IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS 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. TECHNICAL RIDER F O R : Our Young Black Men Are Dying and Nobody Seems to Care Womyn With Wings What It Be Like Black Man Rising LIGHTING General wash with amber tones to highlight African American Actors. The show has 2 light cues: At the beginning of the show, bring lights to full on 10 count At the end of the show, add two house lights when men bow SOUND Music on cassette is used in the performance. A cassette deck tied into the house sound system is required. There are six sound cues in the show. Your contact person will provide a sound cue sheets to your sound technician before the performance. NOTE If your house seats less than 500 and you usually do not use a sound system to amplify plays, we require no stage microphones. If your house seats more than 500 or you usually amplify plays, stage microphones are required. Since we are not familiar with your space, we trust your judgement as to what is appropriate. SETTING We require three stools of equal shape and size. We are flexable as to size of stage and draping. *We also require a table on which to sell items to the public. We sell these items to raise money to provide free performances to shelters and prisons across the country. We are a non-profit organization. We sell these items for a nominal price in hopes that you will wave any charges. Varification is available upon request. A M E R I C A N P R O G R A M P u R E A u, I N C . International Lecture M a n a g e m e n t February 14, 1997 Mr. Mike Castillo Ent./Prog. Director University of Nevada Las Vegas CSUN Student Govt Ent. & Programming 4505 S. Maryland Pky. Las Vegas, NV 89154-2009 Dear Mr. Castillo: Enclosed please find the contract confirming our agreement. Please sign and return all three copies to AMERICAN PROGRAM BUREAU, with the deposit, for counter-signature as soon as possible in order to finalize the paperwork and logistics. We will return one copy to you for your files. Please also take the time to fill-out and return the enclosed Program Information Rider, even if you cannot complete it in full at this time. The Rider contains information that is essential for a successful program. Also included in this package are promotional materials for your program. Please note all payments should be made to AMERICAN PROGRAM BUREAU and mailed to the address below. Do not hesitate to call with any questions you may have regard-ing your upcoming program. I look forward to working with you and appreciate your business. Sin Andrew Walker Program Consultant 36 Crafts Street • Newton, MA 02158-1249 • (617) 965-6600 • FAX (617) 965-6610 E-mail apb@apb-speakers.com • http://www.apb-speakers.com A H a c h e rxJ Q PROPOSAL FOR REFERENDUM Ballot Question: Would you be in favor of paying an additional $1.50 per semester as part of your registration fees, to support the funding of the Rebel Yell independently of CSUN Student Government? Ir3—/CJ UO O - ° CTJ J> u C r'>- -C I Cv! <=rs-> o u; J z C? [— C D LaUs Senate Bill No. 0 1 of the 27th session INTRODUCED BY: Senator Fleischman Summary: This bill will make revisions to Bylaw 5, CONSTITUTION REVISION COMMITTEE We, the Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, represented in the CSUN Senate, do enact as follows: r Senate Bylaw 5 CONSTITUTION REVISION COMMITTEE (I. Proposed Constitutional amendments presented to the Senate shall be referred to an Ad Hoc Constitution Revision Committee appointed by the Senate) L Purpose * The purpose of the Constitutional Revision Committee is to update and revise the CSUN Constitution as needed. (II. Membership of the committee shall include at least two (2) members of the Bylaws Committee) II. Structure The structure shall consist of the following: A. The Chair, who must be a Senator. EL At least three G) but no more then seven m CSUN members, at least two of whom must be members of the Bylaws Committee. C. One justice, appointed by the Judicial Council, and one Executive Board Member, appointed by the Executive Board, shall be ex-officio members of the board (III. The Ad Hoc Constitution Revision Committee shall present its findings and recommendations to the Senate on a date specified by the Senate) m . DUTIES. POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES A. The Chair 1. Shall be nominated and appointed by the Senate. 2. Shall preside over all the official meetings, he/she, or the chair's designee will maintain all agendas and minutes, and be responsible for the attendance records of the committee. 3 . Shall vote onlv to break a tie. 4= Shall undertake all charges deemed necessary by the full committee. 5. Shall have the power to remove any member with three or more unexcused absences. B. The Vice Chair 1. Shall assume the roll of the Chair L_. J in the temporary or permeate absence of the Chair ^ _ and will assume all responsibilities of the position therein. 2 , Shall retain full voting privileges. X Shall under take all charges as deemed appropriate by the full committee. C. All members of this committee will be nominated through the Senate with the exception of the ex-officio members D. The Committee shall represent its findings to the Senate. 20 working davs before the next general election. E. The Senate shall by a two thirds (2/3) vote be empowered to place the purposed revision on the ballot for student approval by the next general election. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President rCnO MINUTES SENA TE MEETING 2 7-09 ^ Monday, February 24,1997 ro Moyer Student Union —r, Room 201 6:30p.m I. CALL TO ORDER: SENATE PRESIDENT LAXAGUE called Senate Meeting 27-09 to order at 6:33 p.m.. II. ROLL CALL: PRESENT ABSENT Jeremy Aguero Alesia Hayes (excused) Steven Amend Heather Anderson Ben Campbell Leia Fleischman Stephanie Gonzales Nicole Lehman Frank Lideros Kyle Lopez Terry Moore Veronica Perez Margaret Persch William Price Robert Solomon Joey Song Matt Stark Joaquin Trujillo Heather Hunt Stephanie Poole Ildiko Lutar Matthew Knutson David Shapiro III APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Motion to approve Minutes for Senate Meeting 27-09 made by SENATOR ANDERSON, --conded by SENATOR AGUERO. rn ^ o o < - fi m rn -><• trSn o -on —sr. I om C"r j CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA. 4 5 0 5 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 4 - 2 0 0 9 • (702) 8 9 5 - 3 4 7 7 • FAX ( 7 0 2 ) 8 9 5 - 4 6 0 6