Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 26, 1974

AGENDA SENATE MEETING #27 T U E S D A Y , MARCH 26, 1571* Call to order Roll call Reading of minutes domination for President Pro-Tempore Committee Reports A p p r o p r i at ions F i n a n c i a l Aid Mass Coramuni c at ions Board Union Board B i c e n t e n n i a l Election Board Old Business By-laws and amendments New Business Other Business Information - Blood Drive - April 23rd Adj ournment SENATE MEETING #27 I. The meeting was called to order at 5:25 p.m. 11. Rol1 cal1 was taken III. Motion by Bill Callahan to dispense with the reading of the minutes Seconded by Steve Hammel Motion passed unanimously IV. Nomination for President Pro-tempore Dick Torres nominated Rick Cuellar Motion by Dick Torres to close nominations Seconded by Danny Barnett Motion passed unanimously Motion by Dick Torres to accept Rick Cuellar by acclaimation Seconded by Danny Barnett Motion passed unanimously V. Committee Reports A. Appropriations The chair read a recommendation for guidelines (see attached) Motion by Steve Hammel to accept these recommended guidelines Seconded by Carl Collins Motion by Dick Torres to table Seconded by John Tofano Dick Torres stated that he felt this should be tabled since each senator did not have a copy. Steve Hammel withdrew his motion. Call for the question by Val Buhecker Seconded by Dick Torres Question passed unanimously Motion by Val Buhecker that the Appropriations Committee set aside guidelines for the funding of campus organizations subject to senate approval. Seconded by Steve Hammel. Dick Torres questioned if this is a function of the appropriations commi ttee Motion by Dick Torres to table Seconded by John Tofano Dick Torres pointed out that there should be an internal committee to determine what is part of budgets and what is funding. Motions by Val Buhecker and Dick Torres withdrawn Vote on motion to table the appropriations committee guidelines as forming body Motion passed unanimously Appropriations recommended that the BSU proposal be denied until definite guidelines are adopted. Roll call Vote requested Closed ballot requested BSU Proposal failed 3-yes 7-no 2-abstain Several senators wished to have it recorded how they cast their vote. The chair stated he didn't feel this could be done with a closed ballot. Dick Torres challenged the chair. Seconded by John Tofano Motion by Val Buhecker to recess for five minutes. Seconded by Steve Hammel Motion passed 6-yes 5-no Vote on challenging the;chair.. Motion passed unanimously John Tofano voted yes Lynn Shoen-yes Steve Hammel-no Rick Cuellar-no Rick Ani el 1o-no Doug Jeffery-abstain because of lack of information The question came up, is the senate in a position to amend Sturgess and this can only be done through a by-law. Steve Hammel asked to be excused. Dick Torres recommended moving on. B. It was noted that there was an error in the minutes of Senate Meeting #26, pg. 3 Section IV, C, 3 regarding recommendati on from appropriations. The recommendati on should have read, "That all money left in the CSUN accounts from the 73-74 administration be carried over to July 1, in an interim budget in order to correspond with the fiscal year of the business office and that all remaining funds currently in the contingency account also be encumbered in an interim CSUN budget. C. Mass Communications Board It was recommended that the ad in the Yell regarding the buying of term papers be taken out of the paper and not be allowed to run. Dick Torres questioned if this was a problem for the Mass Communications Board. It was requested that this issue be put on the agenda for the next meeting and that a representative from the Yell be present. VI. Old Business-By laws and amendments The question was asked if all amendments also had to be submitted to the by-laws committee and is the by-laws committee an internal senate committee. Carl Collins asked to be excused John Tofano asked who set up the by laws committee and is it possible to select another chairman since the current chairman has been out of town. Val Buhecker pointed out that the by laws committee is a Presidential committee. The chair noted that all that could be done is to recommend persons to the president and if he approves them there is the understanding that they can immediately look into these by laws and amendments It was noted that according to the c o n s t i t u t i o n , amendments go to a special amendment committee not to the by laws committee thus the two amendments passed at the last meeting are not valid. Motion by Dick Torres to elect an internal amendment committee to prepare these amendments for the general e l e c t i o n . Seconded by Ricl^Cuellar. Motion passed unanimously Recommended by Danny Bareett that this committee consist of four members Dick Torres nominated Rick Cuellar Rick declined Lynn Shoen nominated Steve Hammel Danny Barnett nominated Dick Torres John Tofano nominated Lynn Shoen Pandora Nash nominated John Tofano Rick Cuellar nominated Pandora Nash Danny Barnett nominated Doug Jeffery Dick Torres nominated Val Buhecker Motion by Dick Torres to close nominations Seconded by Rick Cullar Motion passed unanimously Lynn Shoen, John T o f a n o , Pandora Nash and Doug Jeffery are the amendment committee Motion by Dick Torres to recind the two amendments that had been passed and send them back to the commi ttee Seconded by Val Buhecker Motion by John Tofano to recess for 5 minutes Seconded by Pandora Nash Motion passed 6-yes 3-no Meeting could not be called back to order for lack of quorum. The meeting was adjourned at 7p.m. C o n s o l i d a t e d S t u d e n t s UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY 89154 TELEPHONE (702) 739-3477 A P P R O P R I A T I O N S COMMENT C O N C E R N I N G FUNDING OF CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS CSUN's broadening campus involvement in the area of funding campus organizations and d e p a r t m e n t a l functions has created a d e f i n i t e need to establish specific criterion which should be met and complied with in order to qualify for CSUN m o n i e s . All guidelines should be specific to guard against "rip-offs" and to insure consistency of application of said guide-l i n e s . The following are r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s to be considered in establishing CSUN funding guidelines. l ) Student organization or campus d e p a r t m e n t ( s ) shall not charge for any CSUN funded activity unless CSUN1s i n v e s t m e n t is returned or CSUN agrees to share the f i n a n c i a l burden of a non-profit activity. a. In the case where an o r g a n i z a t i o n a l or departmental CSUN funded activity realizes a p r o f i t , CSUN's investment shall be returned. b . Funding for any o r g a n i z a t i o n a l activity or group of activities should be specifically allocated to proposed a c t i v i t i e s and a g e n e r a l allocation to umbrella a variety of activities should be discouraged. 1 . Each separate activity presented in a "package" p r o p o s a l should be specifically funded. This would p r e v e n t shifting of funds upon possible cancellation or deletion of one or more activities in the "package" and thus would guarantee that the funds allocated can only be used for the quality and quantity of the singular proposed activity of the "package" p r o p o s a l . 2 } CSUN funding shall not be granted for establishing or r e j u v e n a t i n g any campus organization which does not exist under CSUN's juristiction. a . Campus organizations which are enumerated in CSUN c o n s t i t u t i o n or by-laws fall under the jurisdiction of CSUN. 3) CSUN funding should not be granted for the internal affairs of any campus organization or department unless said o r g a n i z a t i o n fall under the jurisdiction of CSUN. a . Examples of i n a p p r o p r i a t e funding 'of organizations Page 2 1. Operating expenses; office supplies and other related it eras. 2. Part i e s , l u n c h e o n s , banquets or any other internal organizational activity which does not directly "benefit or involve tlie general university community or CSUN. 4) Funding of all on campus and possibly off campus activities should be done with some definite priorities. The basic objective of funding any activity should be its general appeal to CSUN and the University community. „ a. Funding of any activity with primarily community interest and support should be di s c o u r a g e d . b. The objectivity of determining student participation in CSUN activities and CSUN funded activities should be increased by requiring attendance records as well as financial records to be kept and presented to the appropriate branch of CSUN. c. Funding of off campus activities should only be for activities which benefit UNLV and (or) CSUN through p r o m o t i o n s , publi c i t y , or through a legitimate educational experience for CSUN members. CSUN funds are student monies and immediate steps must'be taken to establish funding guidelines to insure the integrity of CSUN monies and operations. The governing body of CSUN (committees, senate and administration) needs a consistent applicable criterion to avoid setting poor precedence which could develope into a controversial problem of major proportions. In regards to this communication and the request for funding the BSU l u n c h e o n , the appropriations committee recommends that (the undersigned members of the appropriations) this request as well as any others of the same variety be denied until definite guidelines are adopted. This recommendation shall also apply to all CSUN funds.