Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 23, 1979

AGENDA SENATE MEETING #23 October 23, 1979 4:00 p.m. Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #22 IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Vacancies on Judicial Council B. Withdrawal Policy V. Executive Board Nominations VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Elections Board C. Organizations Board D. Bylaws Committee E. S.E.F. Committee F. Energy Committee VII. Old Business A. Recognition of L.D.S.S.A., Eckankar, and Campus Christian Fellowship VIII. New Business A. Olympic Torch Bearer, Senator Burzinski, Hotel College B. Resolution Concerning New Grading Scale, President Campbell IX. Open Discussion A. Yell Newspaper, Jim DiPietro X. Adjournment CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #23 October 23, ]979 4:00 P.M. MSU 203 Emergency Agenda Item: CSUN Senate Elections New Business Item B, Tie Vote Bill Haldeman Ken Selby f MINUTES SENATE MEETING #23 October 23, 1979 4:00 p.m. Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 I. Call to Order The twenty-third meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Senate President at 4:00 p.m. in Lounge 203 of the Moyer Student Union Building. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Bill Haldeman Ron Deems Marie Ropell Kelly Campbell Carol Tarpley Nina Ross Seth Willick Dorothy Halpin "Skip" Kelley Jeff Wild Nick San toro Sandy Williams Ray Corbett Marty Burzinski Chuck Weinberger Dave Craddock (excused late) Pam Roberts David Martinez Cindy Simia Absent None III. Approval of Minutes #22 Marty Burzinski corrected the Minutes of Senate Meeting #22 on Page No. 3 under Item G.,Committee Reports, to read that the next S.E.F. Meeting will be held on October 30, 1979, and also on Page No. 4 under Open Discussion, Paragraph 3, stating that the next meeting of the Academic Standards Committee will be held on October 30, Tuesday, and 1:00 p.m. Carol Tarpley corrected the Minutes of Senate Meeting #22 under Open Discussion, Paragraph 2, stating that the election booths will be located in the Library Walkway. The Minutes of Senate Meeting #22 stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Vacancies on Judicial Council The Senate President announced that there are two vacancies on the Judicial Council and the Executive Board will be taking applications if anyone is interested in holding this position. (Dave Craddock arrived at 4:06 p.m. - excused.) She further informed the Senate that if you would like to hold the position of Chief Justice or Associate Justice, please indicate this on the information sheet. B. With drawa 1 Policy The Senate President informed the Senate that everyone should have received a copy of the memorandum that she received from Dr. Goodall concerning the Withdrawal Policy. Radio Station Minutes - Senate Meeting #23 October 23, 1979 I Page 2 President Campbell informed the Senate that hopefully the on-campus radio station will be on this semester. He informed the Senate that right now Bill Saxton is running a training session for the D.J,'s and the station will probably be on the air by the end of this week or next week. He further informed the Senate that the call letters KNUL have been submitted to the FCC for the FM station and he will be attending a Clark County School Board Meeting tomorrow and he will be trying to get them to withdraw their objections to the previous call letters submitted. Vice President Wyman thanked everyone who helped pass out petitions at the game and if anyone still has their petitions, please bring them into her for they will be going up to Reno on November 2 to discuss the Law School matter. Vice President Wyman informed the Senate that she will be meeting with Dr. Casesse and Dr. Glennen to discuss the Parliamentary Governmental Workshop and she will be reporting back as soon as possible. Jeff Wild informed the Senate that he will be resigning from his position as Senate President Pro Tempore to be effective at the end of this Meeting. He also announced that the Senate Party is tonight at his house. The Senate President informed the Senate that the emergency Agenda Item should be item C under New Business instead of Item B and there is an addition of an Item D to New Business entitled Elections of Senate President Pro Tempore, and an Item E entitled, Outstanding Senator Award. V. Executive Board Nominations There were no Executive Board Nominations. VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board There was no report of the Appropriations Board, but they will be having a meeting within a few weeks and they will be considering the allotment of funds for the S.E.F. project. B. Elections Board There was no report of C. Organizations Board There was no report of D. Bylaws Committee There was no report of the Elections Board. the Organizations Board. the Bylaws Committee. E. S.E.F. Committee There was no report of the S.E.F. Committee, but the Chairman of this Committee informed the Senate that he has spoken with the Chairman of the S.E.F. Committee in Reno and he has informed him that it will take eight weeks to have the forms printed up for the evaluation which will put us in the middle of December and this would not make the evaluation possible this semester; therefore, he will be searching for someone to print the forms as soon as possible. The forms must be done within a month. Minutes - Senate Meeting #23 October 23, 1979 I Page 3 F. Energy Committee Vice President Wyman read the Minutes of the last meeting of the Energy Committee held on Monday, October 22. Vice President Wyman moved to approve the report as read, was seconded, and the report stood approved. Dave Gist announced that Oktoberfest is coming and there will be many events such as the Yo-Yolympics which will be held on Thursday at 12:00 p.m. He handed out a comp mug to the Senators and each Senator will receive two comp Oktoberfest entrance tickets. VII. Old Business A. Recognition of L.D.S,S.A., Eckankar, and Campus Christian Fellowship Carol Tarpley moved to approve the recognition of L.D.S.S.A., Eckankar, and the Campus Christian Fellowship as a whole, and was seconded. Dave Craddock suggested that the Senate should be extremely critical on giving any financial support to these organizations. "Skip" Kelley informed the Senate that he interpreted the memorandum received from Dr. Goodall as stating that we can recognize these groups, but we shouldn't give them any money, and President Campbell informed the Senate that this was how he interpreted the memorandum also. "Skip" Kelley then called for the question, was seconded, and passed with one opposed. A vote was taken on the approval of CSUN recognition of the list organizations as a ( whole which passed with four opposed and one abstention. The Senate President thanked the Senate for not having a long drawn out discussion on this matter. President Campbell thanked these organizations for putting forth the effort to become CSUN recognized. VIII. New Business A. Olympic Torch Bearer, Senator Burzinski, Hotel College Marty Burzinski informed the Senate that this individual was chosen out of 6,000 applicants; he is a graduate fron UNLV as well as UNR; he has tried to get money from other agencies, specifically the government, but could not; and he think s that it would be an honor to help this gentleman to get to the winter Olympics since he will be representing the State of Nevada. He informed the Senate that it cost approximately $400 to send this man to New York and if the Senate were to allocate money to him, the money would come out of the General Account . He thinks that nothing more than $100 should be allocated. Marty Burzinski them moved to appro-priate $100 to this gentleman to pay for his plane fair to New York, and was seconded. Much discussion took place on this issue and David Martinez moved for this issue to be tabled for definitely for two weeks so that Senator Burzinski can compile more information about this man and his cause, was seconded, and passed with two abstentions. B. Resolution Concerning New Grading Scale, President Campbell President Campbell informed the Senate that he has not come up with a resolution concerning the new grading scale yet. The Yell will be coming out with an article on this, and he will wait until after this article has come out to write the resolution. C. CSUN Senate Elections, Tie Vote, Ken Selby Kelly Campbell moved to allow each candidate to speak for three minutes before the Senate and the vote be taken by secret ballot, was seconded, and passed with one abstention. I Minutes - Senate Meeting #23 October 23, 1979 Page 4 Each candidate addressed the Senate and a vote was taken by secret ballot. Bill Haldeman won the seat be receiving fourteen votes and Ken Selby receiving four votes. D. Election of Senate President Pro Tempore Jeff Wild informed the Senate that the position of Senate President Pro Tempore not only requires familiarity with the Consitution, Bylaws, Parliamentary Procedures, and other document of CSUN, but it also requires a background of cooperative experience with the Executive Board and a similarity of ideas, beliefs, and goals between the Senate President and the Senate President Pro Tempore. For this reason, he nominated Marty Burzinski for the position of Senate President Pro Tempore, and was seconded. Dave Craddock nominated David Martinez, who appreciated the nominated but declined from the nomination. There were no further nominations, therefore, they were closed. A vote was then taken on the motion to approve Marty Burzinski for the position of Senate President Pro Tempore which passed unanimously. The Senate President thanked the Senate for their efficieny. E. Outstanding Senator Award The Senate President informed the Senate that this traditon has been started and at the end of each Senate term, :the Senate gives an Outstanding Senator ( Award. Nominations were then opened for this award. Bill Haldeman nominated Jeff Wild, and was seconded. Kelly Campbell nominated Pam Roberts, and was seconded. Bill Haldeman nominated David Martinez, was seconded; President Campbell nominated Marty Burzinski and was seconded. The nominations were closed at this time. A vote will be taken on this at the next Meeting. IX. Open Discussion A. Yell Newspaper, Jim DiPietro Jim DiPietro addressed the Senate concerning some things about the Yell Newspaper that he thought should have been brought to the Senate's attention. A letter was distributed to the Senate concerning Mr. DiPietro's dismissal from the Yell Newspaper Staff. The Senate President announced that the Yearbook will be taking pictures at the next Senate Meeting, so please try to make it five minutes early to the Meeting. She also announced that at the Meeting two weeks from today they will also be taking pictures of the new Senate. "Skip" Kelley informed the Senate that he thinks that the Senate will miss Jeff Wild and that the Senate and the student body should be appreciative of everything he has done for us. He then moved to give Jeff Wild a "Done Good" award for his services to CSUN, was seconded, and passed unanimously. Vice President Wyman moved to give the Elections Board a "Done Good" Awards and Pam Roberts would like Lisa Miller's award to read "Acting Chairman of the 1979 Senate Elections" was seconded, and passed unanimously. Pam Roberts moved to have a "Done Good" Award given to Luke Puschnig for Homecoming, was seconded, and passed unanimously. Minutes - Senate Meeting #23 October 23, 1979 I Page 5 David Martinez questioned Bylaws #1 and #6 and wished to make an amendment to both Bylaws. Jeff Wild moved for this body to move back into New Business in order for Senator Martinez to make his amendment, was seconded, and passed unanimously. Dave Martinez moved to amend only Bylaw #6 by deleting Sentence A out of Item I, and was seconded. This is submitted at this Meeting and will be voted upon at the next Meeting of this body. Chuck Weinberger informed the Senate that he spoke with one of the Clark County Schools and he has contact a Scan Tron Corporation. He informed the Senate that we could get 40,000 sheets made up for $1,280 by November 21 and this would include the analysis of the evaluation, etc. He informed the Senate that a P.O. will need to be out by next Monday, however, if we want the evaluation sheets made up by November 21. Nick Santoro informed the Senate that he attended the Parking & Traffic Meeting and he was the only student representative present on this Committee. He feels that the students vote is necessary and they we should try to get representatives to also serve on this Committee. He also informed the Senate that the Committee is considering on putting a traffic light on Maryland Parkway and Harmon. Jeff Wild reminded the Senate that there was a Senate Party at his house ( tonight. Carol Tarpley thanked everyone for cooperating with the Elections Board and she is glad to see some Senators come back. Ray Corbett inquired as to whether or not the Constitution states that the Senate President Pro Tempore has to be a Senator, and he was informed that it does state this. Dave Craddock inquired about the request for an extra table for these Meetings, and he was informed that they got the extra tables, but they received no chairs. Marty Burzinski then requested that we try to get some extra chairs also. Nina Ross informed the Senate that if anyone wished to help decorate for Oktoberfest, that the Entertainment S Programming Board will be decorating right after this Meeting and everyone is welcome to help. "Skip" Kelley asked the Senators to please try and talk to their constituents about how they feel about the proposed changes to the grading scale. The Senate President also requested that they ask their constituents about their feelings about the new withdrawal policy. Bill Haldeman informed the Senate that there may be a possibility of him coming up with a directive to the M.A.F. Committee which would state that the Committee would not take any action without two-thirds majority y approval by the Senate. He feels that this is the only way that the Committees decision could represent the student's desires and if anyone has any feed back concerning this, please contact him. Minutes - Seriate Meeting #23 Page 6 October 23, 1979 X. Adjournment Dave Craddock moved to adjourn, was seconded, and passed unanimously The twenty-thirds meeting of the Consolidated Student Senate adourned at 5:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Respectfully prepared by: Lorraine Alderman Senate President Rene Bernier Senate Secretary