Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 3, 1992

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT AGENDA SENATE MEETING 22-17 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992 5:00 p.m. WRI 112 (Gold Room) I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Senate Minutes 22-16 IV. Announcements V. Board and Director Reports VI. Senate Committee Nominations VII. Executive Board Nominations A. Approval of Wendy Finmark as Appropriations Board Director . B. Approval of Nevada Fine as Elections Board Director . C. Approval of Lisa Zentner as E&P Director. D. Approval of Mike Kennedy as NSA Director. E. Approval of Mike Bunin as OSI Director. F. Approval of Nick Whitstone as Organizations Board Director. G. Approval of Heidi Smith as Student Services Director. VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Nomination/Approval of the Vacant Senate Seats. 1. Mathematics and Science (1 seat) a. Christopher Ward b. Matt Schwartz c. Clayton Davis 2. Education (1 seat) a. Rachel Kiecker 3. Engineering (1 seat) a. J. Paul Sellers b. Timothy Mitchell c. Dave Segal (Nomiations for all three seats were closed at 22-16.) IX. NEW BUSINESS A. Approval of Executive Board Nominations. B. Approval of the CSUN Budget for fiscal year 1992- 1993. ***UNDER BYLAW 4, ITEMS A AND B OF NEW BUSINESS MUST BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT OFFICIAL SENATE MEETING AT WHICH QUORUM IS MET.*** UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE AGENDA 22-17 IX. NEW BUSINESS, CONTINUED C. Approval of stipends out of the 901 account for the following positions at KUNV out of the 1992- 1993 fiscal budget beginning July 1, 1992: 1. $150 per month for the Assistant Program Director (Tina Aldridge) . 2. $450 per month for the Station Engineer (Gordon Alsum). 3. $300 per month for the Program Director (Kevin Kew) . D. Introduction of Senate Bill 22-10. X. OPEN DISCUSSION XI. ADJOURNMENT POSTED ACCORDING TO NEVADA OPEN MEETING LAW IN THE FOLLOWING: MSU 160, BEH 1st floor, FDH 1st floor, WRI 1st floor. BB/bjs CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT MINUTES SENATE MEETING 22-17 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992 5:00 p.m. WRI 112 (Gold Room) I. Call to Order SENATE PRESIDENT BUD 5:12 p.m. BENNEMAN called the meeting to order at II. PRESENT Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Roll Call Amend Brown Devine Dubowsky Fischer Fisher Houston (late) Lagomarsino Nalder (late) Romero Steck Yohe Young ABSENT Senator Senator Hall (excused) Ortega (excused) SENATORS APPOINTED (but not sworn in) Senator Davis Senator Kiecker Senator Segal III. Approval of Senate Minutes 22-16 Motion to approve by Senator Nalder. There were no corrections. Motion carried by voice vote with three abstentions. IV. Announcements PRESIDENT KOSTMAN: Last week I gave you copies of the letter sent and we Fee, the fee to all to the Board of we have received from students, students who are Regents concerning the Student Health quite a bit a negative response about Dr. Ackerman is sponsoring a letter affected and Student Government needs list of questions and answers, and I will be meeting Winchell. We need to familiarize ourselves with the in order to answer student questions. Also, I was re-roof the shed, and there to get a with Lori situation informed that it will cost $3000 to is no way that we are paying that much for that We will be getting our own estimates and looking for we don't have that kind of money to waste. VICE PRESIDENT HELD: I am planning the first Overnight Retreat, which will be August 1st and sign up so we know the numbers. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE ROMERO: There was meetings as I didn't post an agenda because I didn't think we'd make quorum. We will be having a meeting before the next Senate meeting, and will work on Senate Bills 22-08 to 22-11. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA. LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS. NEVADA 89154/(702) 739-3477 small area, other areas , annual CSUN 2nd. Please no Bylaws i, SENATE MEETING 22-17 2 IV. Announcements, continued. SENATE PRESIDENT BENNEMAN: The policy for excused absences is that if you call before the meeting, you will be excused. However, the phone call or message MUST come before the meeting and not after, unless there is an emergency. The policy for speakers from organizations or departments is that they must first make arrangements to come to the Senate and speak, they cannot just come to the meeting and have the floor yielded to them. V. Board and Director Reports RULES COMMITTEE CHAIR FISHER: No report. STUDENT CAMPUS SAFETY AWARENESS COMMITTEE CHAIR FISCHER: We did not have a meeting due to scheduling problems and time constraints on the Student Security members of the committee. AD HOC CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION COMMITTEE CHAIR NALDER: We had a meeting today, and I would like to thank my committee as every member was present. We decided on the Constitutional Revision concerning KUNV [she passed out the revision]. This will go to the Senate at one of the summer meetings, and is to give KUNV the ability to manage and operate the radio station without mandating CSUN involvement. SENATOR FISHER: Point of Information, there is one Ad Hoc Consti-tutional Revision Committee opening as I have "voluntarily removed myself" from the committee. CSUN BUSINESS MANAGER SNYDER: I have the proposed budget to be approve by the Senate [passed copies of the proposed budget out]. I have checked all requirements for officers and officials in compliance with the Bylaws. The budget cuts are lumped into the Operating Budget, travel has been cut, and $10,000 in transfer out was removed. VI. Senate Committee Nominations AD HOC CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION COMMITTEE CHAIR nominated SENATOR JAMES YOHE to the Committee. VII. Executive Board Nominations A. Approval of Wendy Finmark as Appropriations Board Director. B. Approval of Nevada Fine as Elections Board Director. C. Approval of Lisa Zentner as E&P Director. D. Approval of Mike Kennedy as NSA Director. E. Approval of Mike Bunin as OSI Director. F. Approval of Nick Whitstone as Organizations Board Director. G. Approval of Heidi Smith as Student Services Director. SENATE MEETING 22-17 3 VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Nomination/Approval of the Vacant Senate Seats. 1. Mathematics and Science (1 seat) a. Christopher Ward b. Matt Schwartz c. Clayton Davis Motion to have each candidate speak for up to 5 minutes with unlimited questions and answers, to be followed by a roll call vote with the candidate receiving the highest votes to obtain the Mathematics and Science Senate Seat by Senator Fisher. CHRISTOPHER WARD was not present MATT SCHWARTZ was not present CLAYTON DAVIS spoke and answered questions by Senator Fisher. Clayton Davis was appointed by unanimous vote. 2. Education (1 seat) a. Rachel Kiecker Motion to have the candidate speak for up to 5 minutes with unlimited questions and answers, following which the candidate is to be appointed by unanimous acclamation by Senator Fisher. RACHEL KIECKER spoke and answered questions by Senator Romero, Senator Nalder, and Senator Amend. Rachel Kiecker was appointed by unanimous acclamation. 3. Engineering (1 seat) a. J. Paul Sellers b. Timothy Mitchell c. Dave Segal Motion to have each candidate speak for up to 5 minutes with unlimited questions and answers, to be followed with a Roll call vote with the candidate receiving the highest number of votes obtaining the Engineering seat by Senator Romero. J. PAUL SELLERS was not present TIMOTHY MITCHELL spoke and answered questions by Senator Yohe. DAVE SEGAL spoke and answered questions by Senator Bunin, Senator Fisher, Senator Yohe, Senator Fischer, and Senator Nalder. Senators Amend, Brown, Devine, Dubowsky, Lagomarsino, Nalder, Steck, and Young voted for DAVE SEGAL. Senators Bunin, Fischer, Fisher, and Yohe voted for TIMOTHY MITCHELL. Senator Romero voted for J. PAUL SELLERS. Dave Segal was appointed 8-4-1 • IX. NEW BUSINESS A. Approval of Executive Board Nominations. POINT OF INFORMATION by Senate President Benneman: Unless Bylaw 4. is waived, Executive Board Nominations and Budget items cannot be acted upon until the next official Senate meeting from today. SENATE MINUTES 22-17 U IX. NEW BUSINESS, CONTINUED. Motion to make an emergency motion by Senator Romero. Motion carried by voice vote with one opposing and one abstention. SENATE PRESIDENT BENNEMAN called a recess at 5:58 p.m. SENATE PRESIDENT BENNEMAN called the meeting back to order at 6:07 p.m. Motion to waive Bylaw U for a period of forty-eight (4-8) hours by Senator Romero. Seconded by Senator Fischer. Senator Young: What is Bylaw 4-? Senate President Benneman read and explained Bylaw U- Motion carried by voice vote. A. Approval of Wendy Finmark as Appropriations Board Director. Motion to approve item A of Executive Board Nominations by Senator Fischer. Motion carried with one opposed. B. Approval of Nevada Fine as Elections Board Director. Motion to have the candidate speak for five minutes with an unlimited question and answer period, followed by a roll call vote, approval being a majority of the votes by Senator Yohe. NEVADA FINE spoke and answered questions by Senators Steck, Romero, Nalder, Fisher, and Young. Motion carried 10-3-0. C. Approval of Lisa Zentner as E&P Director. Motion to have the candidate speak for 3 minutes with unlimited question and answer period, followed by a roll call vote by Senator Fisher. LISA ZENTNER spoke and answered questions by Senators Steck, Yohe, Romero, Bunin, Lagomarsino, Devine, Amend, Nalder, and Dubowsky. Call for the question by Senator Romero, which carried with four opposing. Motion carried 11-2-1. D. Approval of Mike Kennedy as NSA Director. Motion to approve by Senator Romero. There was no discussion. Motion carried unanimously. E. Approval of Mike Bunin as OSI Director. Motion to approve by Senator Fisher. There was discussion. Through the Chair, Senator Fisher asked if Senator Bunin will resign his Senate Seat. Senate Bunin responded affirmatively. MIKE BUNIN spoke and answered questions from Senators Yohe, Romero, Steck, Nalder, and Dubowsky. Motion carried with one abstention. SENATE MEETING 22-17 5 IX. NEW BUSINESS, CONTINUED F. Approval of Nick Whitstone as Organizations Board Director. Motion to have the candidate speak for 3 minutes with an unlimited question and answer period, followed by a roll call vote by Senator Nalder. NICK WHITSTONE spoke and answered question by Senators Amend, Fisher, Yohe, Young, and Dubowsky. Motion carried unanimously. G. Approval of Heidi Smith as Student Services Director. Motion to approve by Senator Fisher. There was no discussion. Motion carried unanimously. B. Approval of the CSUN Budget for fiscal year 1992- 1993. Motion to approve by Senator Amend. There was discussion. Senator Nalder: Is there a problem with overriding Bylaw 4-? Senate President Benneman: That bylaw has already been overridden. There were questions to the Business Manager by Senators Young, Fischer, and Romero. Senate President Benneman recessed the meeting at 7:05 p.m. in order to vacate the room for a class that is scheduled. Senate President Benneman called the meeting back to order in the Wright Hall Courtyard. ***PLEASE NOTE, DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE MEETING AREA, THE FOLLOWING RECORDS ARE PARAPHRASED AS THERE WAS NO FACILITY TO RECORD THE MEETING.*** Senate President Benneman called the meeting back to order at 7:12 p.m. in Wright Hall Courtyard. Senator Nalder: Last year there was an E&P bar account, what happened to the money from that account? Business Manager Snyder: That account is inactive, we have no money allocated as any money is the bar account must be generated not from student fees. Senator Nalder: What happened to the revenue from the t-shirts? Business Manager Snyder: The money was closed out of the bar account for other E&P expenditures. Senator Dubowsky: The budget was cut, except for NSA which went up, why did it go up? Manager Snyder: The increase in the NSA account was due to a request from the Executive Board on the basis that NSA will be more active due to it being a legislative year and there will be more lobbying done. Senator Nalder: Why is there an increase in the Professional Student Services account? Manager Snyder: Two reasons, one is the attorney fees, the second is for a paid director, which we didn't have last semester. SENATE MEETING 22-17 6 IX. NEW BUSINESS, CONTINUED Senator Dubowsky: I yield the floor to Mike Kennedy. Director Kennedy: I yield the floor to Wendy Finmark. Director Finmark: By my bylaw, I must submit an agenda by June 15th. The problem is that I have been just appointed and my numbers differ from Lori's. By approving this budget, you make my position worthless. POINT OF INFORMATION by Senator Fisher: We can always amend it, and we have done so in the past. Senator Dubowsky: I yield the floor to Mike Kennedy. Director Kennedy: I am speaking against the budget as I never submitted a budget request per the Constitution, and I want my day in court. Senator Nalder: I yield the floor to Business Manager Snyder. Manager Snyder: If we don't approve the money by July 1st, we can't spend ANY money. POINT OF INFORMATION by Director Finmark: According to my operating policy, I MUST submit a budget by June 15. POINT OF INQUIRY by Senator Fisher: How long can we spend the money approved for the summer? Senate President Benneman: It can be spent to the end of this fiscal year (July 1st). POINT OF INQUIRY by Senator Fisher: When does the fiscal year end? Senate President Benneman: The fiscal year ends July 1st. CALL FOR THE QUESTION by Senator Lagomarsino. Motion failed 3-9-5. POINT OF INQUIRY by Senator Devine: Is it possible to have a meeting on June 31st? Senate President Benneman: We can call a meeting the Wednesday before July 1st. Senator Nalder: I say we go ahead and approve it, we can amend it later. We've had the proposal since the last meeting, so let's do it. Senator Lagomarsino: I agree with Senator Nalder. Senator Yohe: I yield the floor to Wendy Finmark. Director Finmark: You will have to override my operating policy. Senator Yohe: I yield the floor to Lori Snyder. Manager Snyder: You can submit a revised budget and time stamp it on June 15th. POINT OF INQUIRY by Director Finmark: Do I have to submit the budget at an official meeting? (The answer is yes.) Senator Romero: Where is the requirement (to Director Finmark) it is not in the updated policy. Through the Chair to Manager Snyder, how did the numbers for the budget get chosen? Manager Snyder: I based it on the last actual budget after all the final amendments and I estimated the operating budget and projected the final amounts. CALL FOR THE QUESTION by Senator Nalder. Motion carried with two opposed. Motion carried by voice vote with one opposing. SENATE MEETING 22-17 7 IX. NEW BUSINESS, CONTINUED. C. Approval of stipends out of the 901 account for the following positions at KUNV out of the 1992 1993 fiscal budget beginning July 1, 1992: 1. $150 per month for the Assistant Program Director (Tina Aldridge) . 2. $4-50 per month for the Station Engineer (Gordon Alsum). 3. $300 per month for the Program Director (Kevin Kew) . Motion to approve by Senator Amend. There was discussion. Senat or Fisher: Through the Chair to Rob Rosenthal (KUNV General Manager), are there any raises, and do they do a good job? Rob Rosenthal: There are no raises, and they do very good job. Senator Amend: What are the number of hours they work? Rob Rosenthal: They are all on call 24 hours/7 days, but they average about 20 hours a week. Senator Romero: Do they receive fee waivers? Rob Rosenthal: They receive full waivers (42 credits). Senator Amend: Does CSUN pay the waivers? Rob Rosenthal: It comes out of our account this fiscal year. Motion carried by voice vote unanimously. D. Introduction of Senate Bill 22-10. Motion to refer to Bylaws by Senator Amend. Motion carried with one opposing and one abstention. X. OPEN DISCUSSION SENATOR HOUSTON: I apologize that I missed last meeting, but I work until 6 p.m. and I'm sorry that I was late. Congratulations to the new Directors. POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. (Senator Houston left the meeting.) SENATOR LAG0MARSIN0: No comments. SENATOR AMEND: I still say that I was right on the parliamentary procedure, I will call my grandmother, she is a parliamentarian. SENATOR DEVINE: The reason I abstained on Lisa Zentner's vote is because I spoke extensively with Becky Barnard who stated that the idea was definitely not Lisa's, so since someone is lying, I abstained. I resign from the Student Development Seat and will hopefully be up for appointment for the B&E Seat. SENATOR NALDER: The caucus went well, and I thank the Senators who came. Hopefully, we will be doing it again next month. I do not want the Executive Board to crash the caucus. I don't mind if they ask, but it was rude. SENATOR DUB0WSKY: The reason I stated for my vote were correct, and I feel that I did the right thing. I know I didn't sway anyone's vote, nor would I have if I have I had spoken up earlier. I am resigning my Seat effective June 30th. SENATOR BROWN: No comments. SENATOR Y0HE: The $20 SHC fee...I feel that Student Government should do something about it, and I personally will be shorting SENATE MEETING 22-17 8 X. OPEN DISCUSSION, CONTINUED the University $20 this fall. I see no problems with Senator Dubowsky's actions, and Senator Bunin was totally wrong. Certain Senators seem to bully the rest of the Senate. I feel that everyone should keep their ideological differences out of their discussion. SENATOR STECK: No comments. SENATOR FISCHER: Congratulations to the new Directors. You all need to realize that arguments happen and we cannot take them personally. SENATOR YOUNG: No comments. SENATOR FISHER: First of all, I hope that when you discuss motions and vote as your constituents want, you realize that it is politics. When you believe in a point, you argue to get that point passed. Some arguments are passive and some are aggressive, but I personally do everything I can to get something I believe in approved. Don't take this personal, feelings are to be left outside. If I thought that a roll call vote will be effective to sway votes, I will call for it, if I thought that it would be effective to stare in someone's eyes to have them vote my way, I'd do it. We try to do what we think is best, and we all have different ways. Another thing is that I HATE call for the questions. When I voted for Lisa Zentner I had reasons for changing my vote. I wanted to explain them in Open Discussion, but the Call for the Question did not give me the opportunity. The most powerful tool that a Senator has is the ability to debate, and someone took it away. It pissed me off, and it sucks. FROM THE EXECUTIVES: PRESIDENT JOEL KOSTMAN: First of all, I'd like to thank Lori for her work in CSUN. She does a lot for CSUN, and she does it well. She has handled a lot of screw ups that, if not for Lori, we would have been really bad off. Congratulations to Clayton, Rachel, Dave, Wendy, Nick, Lisa, Mike, Mike, Nevada, and Heidi. Thank you for appointing them. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE WILLIE ROMERO: First of all, I would like to yield the floor to Debbie Speegle, Vice Chair of SHAC, to speak on the SHAC trip. Debbie Speegle spoke and answered questions (see attached sheets). SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE WILLIE ROMERO: I nominate MAMIE LYNN HOWARD for the Vacant B&E Senate Seat. SENATE PRESIDENT BENNEMAN: Her paperwork and GPA have been turned in and completed. She qualified. SENATOR AMEND: I nominate BRIAN DEVINE for the Vacant B&E Senate Seat. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE WILLIE ROMERO: Welcome to the new Directors, I feel that they will do really good jobs. Point of Information, I understand the need for discussion, but when I sit there and realize that discussion is no longer necessary, and can see that the majority of Senators feel the same, I will call for the question. Welcome to the new Senators. SENATE MEETING 22-17 9 X. OPEN DISCUSSION, CONTINUED POINT OF INFORMATION by Senator Nalder: We did discuss Call for the Question at the caucus, and decided that we would not do it. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE ROMERO: We had already spoken about everything, there was no need to continue. POINT OF INFORMATION by Senator Nalder: I abstained as I was not ready to stop discussion. SENATE PRESIDENT BENNEMAN: All Senators are required to serve on two committees, and I will send out a memo stating all the openings on committees which fulfill that requirement. The next meeting will be 7/1/92. I was invited to the caucus, so I went. It is a great idea as I'd like the Senate to be more proactive. Congratulations to the new Senators and Directors. This is a poor room to have a meeting in, and I will try to find a new room. We will be looking for an active Judicial Council because CSUN needs to get proactive. We will be lobbying for tuition holds. I think Lori has a handful with Wendy. We have an open Hotel Seat. XI. ADJOURNMENT SENATE PRESIDENT BUD BENNEMAN adjourned the meeting at 7:52 p.m.