Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 13, 1979

AGENDA SENATE MEETING 1132 February 13, 1979 Moyer Student Union Buildina Room 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes if31 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Activities Board 1. Vice-Chairman (nomination) 2. Board Members (nomination) VI. Committee Reports A. Student Counseling Hotline Committee (Ad Hoc) B. Radio Committee C. Activities Board D. Organizations Board VII. Old Business A. Radio Station Consultant Contract Renewal (vote) 1. Tommy Walker VIII. New Business IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment MINUTES SENATE MEETING ft 3 2 February 13, 1979 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 I. Call to Order The thirty-second meeting ^f the Consolidated Student Senate was called to order by the Speaker at 4:04 p.m. in Lounge 203 of the Moyer Student Union Building. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance She1lee Will den Phillip Jackson Peggy Racel Lise Wyman Kirk Voelcker (excused late) DeAnn Turpen Lorraine Alderman Joyce Bridges Bill llaldeman Pam Roberts Marie Rope11 Byron Blasco Carol Tarpley Nina Ross Scott Greene (excused late) Lisa Wolfbrandt Skip Kelley Jeff Wild Nick Santoro Kent Reardon Bruce Baune Danny Campbell Cindy Vannucci Dave Craddock (excused late) Joe Matvay David Martinez Scott Gonzalez (excused late) Cindy Simia III. Approval of Minutes H31 There were no corrections to Senate Minutes §31, so, they, therefore, stood approved. IV. Executive Board Announcements Senate Research Trip Report The Speaker announced that the Senate Research Task Force is expecting to give a report, but they are awaiting a final delivery of slides and information. Senate I.D. Cards The Speaker informed the Senate that the I.D. cards are in and they are available in his office. Explanation of Minutes The Speaker informed the Senate that the will take the floor and read the Minutes will be duplicated and handed out; these Matching Funds, and contracts. By using have to be Xeroxed off which saves money Chairman of the Board or Committee, for the meeting. Supporting documents include such things as requests for this process, the Minutes do not and time. (Dave Craddock arrived at 4:07 p.m. - excused.) Minutes - Senate Meeting t!32 February 13, 1979 Page 2 College Bowl Team The Speaker announced that the Union has finally come out with a standing proposal for a College Bowl Team. lie explained that this is like Varsity Quiz for the high schools, but is on a collegiate level. UNLV will have a team and on March 3 will go up to Stanford for competition. Senate Meetings The Speaker informed the Senate that he would appreciate it if all of the Senators were in the room at 4:00 p.m., because it caused confusion on the Minutes and someone may be counted absent when they were here. Radio Station Consultant Contract Renewal President White informed the Senate that Mr. Walker's contract will be coming up for renewal at this Meeting. He announced that they are ready to start a national research for a Radio Station Manager. He would like to form an Interviewing Committee which will do the interviewing of the candidates and review the resumes. This Committee will consist of Mike Stowers, John Hunt, Burt Teh, and another member of the faculty. This position can be made a classified or professional spot. A professional spot is one in which a national search is taken and a degree will be required. The classified spot will go through a state wide search and this position will not require a degree. He would like the Senate's .input as to whether this position should require a degree or not. He personally does not think a degree should be required. If a person with a degree holds this position, this might lead to connections with the Communications Department. By making this a classified position, this might asure CSUN that they have a firm hold on the radio station and won't get to close to the Communications Department. (Kirk Voelcker arrived at 4:13 p.m. - excused.) By making this position a professional one, this makes it a material link with the Education or Communications Department. Presidential Candidate President White announced that on February 15, at 3:00 p.m., Dr. Billy Jo Franklin would be visiting the school for the Presidential position. He would be making a presentation at Ham Hall. He informed the Senate that if they were serious about picking a candidate they can give the feedback to Bruce and himself. From 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. will be his speech, and from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. will be the reception. Grievance Committee Task Force President White announced that this Committee has met and they will start calling schools to see what kinds of committees some of the other schools have set up. Pre-school Committee President White announced that this Committee has met and they have set up a schedule of what they are going to do and where they are going to do it. Senate Party Speaker Pro Tem, Joseph Matvay, announced that this Friday is the Senate party. Minutes - Senate Meeting t!32 February 13, 1979 Page 3 The party will start at 9:00 p.m. in the Student Government Offices. He also announced that donations are still being accepted. V. Executive Board Nominations A. Activities Board 1. V.i ce- Cha i rrna n (nomi nation) 2. Board Members (nomination) Tim Herlosky* announced that the nomination for the Vice-Chairman of the Activities Board is Dave Gist, and Item No. 2 will come up on the next Agenda because the nominations for these seats do not close until February 14, 1979. VI. Committee Reports A. Student Counseling Hotline Committee (Ad Hoc) David Martinez read the Minutes from the Meeting. He stated that research is being done at this time on the subject matter. There were no objections or corrections to the Minutes, therefore, the Minutes stood approved. B. Radio Committee Mr. Walker announced that the next Committee Meeting will be on Thursday, February 15 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 307. He announced that they have been discussing about getting a physical plant for the radio station, in other words, they are going to buy a trailer. They went to Dr. Glennen two weeks ago and he gave them the permission to buy it. He agrees that they are over crowded in the Radio Station Office. He also informed the Senate that since January Id they have been eligible for a construction permit. President White informed the Senate that the bidding process for the trailer is a slow one. Advertising must be done for about 30 to 45 days and then it will take 30 to 45 more days to open the bid. So the trailer will not be selected for another two-to-three months. There were no corrections to the Minutes, therefore, the report stood approved. C. Activities Board Tim Herlosky reported that last night in the Fireside Lounge Franco Polumbo was here and 150 to 200 people attended. He also announced that tonight Phillip Cary Jones will be here in Lounge 203. He announced that last Friday was the Sadie Hawkins dance and it was the first time mixed drinks were served. He felt that it was more than a success. He announced that last Wednesday was the last meeting. Tim Herlosky read the Minutes: I. Call to Order The Meeting was called to order by Timothy IV. Herlosky, Vice President for Activities at 2:35 p.m. II. Roll Call Roll Call was taken by the secretary: Present: Lorraine Alderman Dave Gist Gene Russo Also Present: Scott Hanlon Bill Botos Scott Gonzalez Lise Wyman Pate Church Timothy Herlosky introduces Pate Church from Nevada Blood Services he informs the board of the importance of the blood drive and presents a Minutes - Senate Meeting t!32 February 13, 1979 Page 4 a new process called Cytopheresis. III. Approval of minutes There were no minutes to approve. IV. MDS The discussion on MDS dance marathon was tabled until next meeting. V. Mardi Gras Dave Gist reports to the board about the work he has done for Mardi Gras. All decorations have been ordered and the plans for the Mardi Gras activities have been made. Discussion Bill botos reports to the board that Dudweiser Co. wants to challenge UNLV to a tug of war. VI. Sadie Hawkins Lorraine Alderman informs the board that all looks good for Sadie Hawkins. She gave a list of organizations that will be setting up booths at the dance. VII. Informative Lectures Dave Gist informs the board that on February 13 an informative lecture with Philip Cary Jones will be held. The name of his topic is "Creative Assertiveness." VIII. Open Discussion a. Timothy Herlosky asked the board for its approval of $1,000 to be used for Black Awareness Week. Scott Gonzalez made the motion to approve $1,000 for Black Awareness Week. The motion was seconded by Bill Botos. All in favor. Motion passed. Dave Gist introduces Theatre Express. A theatre group from UNLV that wants to co-sponsor a rock concert to be held in the Student Union Ballroom. This concert would cost the Activities Board or CSUN nothing. Timothy Herlosky informs the Board that this will be put on the Agenda for the next meeting. IX. Adjournment Bill Botos made the motion to adjourn the meeting. Dave Gist seconded the motion. All in favor motion passed. Lorraine Alderman moved to approve the Minutes, and was seconded. Joe Matvay questioned as to what the Black Student Alliance would do with the $1,000, and Mr. Herlosky informed him that it would be used to vromote their Black History Week, and they are going to have a lecture, dance, and so forth. The motion passed with four abstentions. D. Organizations Board There were no representatives present, therefore, there was no report. Minutes - Senate Meeting t!32 February 13, 1979 Page 5 VII. Old Business A. Radio Station Consultant Contract Renewal (vote) 1. Tommy Walker Joe Matvay moved to approve the renewal of the contract, and was seconded. President White informed the Senate that this contract was for three months and it is for $900 a month for his services rendered and $100 a month for training students to get their third class lincences. David Martinez then questioned as to whether the three months will he a sufficient amount of time to search for someone else for this spot. President White informed him that he does have a time schedule set up with Jim Kitchen in the Affirmative Action Office. David Martinez moved to amend the motion to four months instead of three months, and was seconded. A vote was taken on the motion which passed with two opposed and two abstentions. A vote was then taken on the approval of the amended contract which passed unanimously. VIII. New Business There was no New Business. IX. Open Discussion President White informed the Senate that the Executive Board has a "hands off" policy pertaining to all media. He informed them that no one has the right as an individual to approach any of the media to us it as a tool to get things they want. Bruce Bayne then made a comment stating that his constituents are really opposed to the new format of the Yell. He gave the Yell editor the advice to make some definite improvements and changes in the format of the Yell. Jeff Wild informed the Senate that his constituents feel the same way that Bruces' does. Joe Matvay stated that he agrees with Bruce and Jeff and its is up to them to bring it up to the front. Cindy Vannucci informed the Senate that she feels that we should give the new editor a reasonable chance. Much more discussion took place on this subject matter and Mike Navarro, the Yell Editor, was present to answer all questions and make comments about the new Annotated Yell. Lise Wyman thanked everyone for contributing to the Senate Hotline. She informed the Senate that they are getting more and more questions in and she announced that there would be a Pre Law meetingthis Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room. She also Questioned the Speaker about the Govern-mental Training Sessions. The Speaker informed the Senate that this program was in effect for the Senate and the Executive Board about two years ago, however, on the Senate Research trip they asked about this and he will be getting agendas and stuff on this. He informed the Senate that we may be able to get something like this going again. Byron Blasco asked what ever happened to the Buzz Book Project. The Speaker informed the Senate that everything has been scheduled with the Registrar's and this will be done for the fall semester. lie stated that all that needs to be done is the paper work with the Registrar's Office. The Senate then questioned as to what happened to the Student Buying Power Cards, and the Speaker informed them that it died. (Danny Campbell left at 5:31 - excused.) The Senate then questioned as to what happened to the Coupon Book. Lisa Wolfbrandt informed them that it totally flopped. Minutes - Senate Meeting t!32 February 13, 1979 Page 6 She reported that there was very little response from the merchants. She also stated that with the response that she did get it would have been financially not feasible. Joe Matvay announced that he handed out Parliamentary Guides and if anyone needs one he has extras. The Speaker informed the Senate that the memo from Dr. Seidman about religious activities has still not arrived. He informed the Senate, however, that we are not supposed to use University funds in any way for the sponsoring of religious activities. Now we have to define religious activities. David Martinez stated that at the last week the subject came up about abstaining on particular votes and he does agree that it is the duty of Senators to vote, however, he would like for all Senators to remember that if he is uninformed or takes a neutral position may be he should abstain. He reminded the Senators that it is their duty to research topics and should attempt to vote. President White informed the Senate that within the next few weeks we should be getting some ballot questions together. (Danny Campbell arrived at 5:39 p.m. - excused.) President White informed the Senate that he would like to see the Atheltic fee question on the ballot again. (Bruce Bayne left at 5:40 p.m. - excused.) Joyce Bridges questioned as to whether or no an alternative answer can be put beside the ballot question. Marie Ropell moved to adjourn, was seconded, and the motion failed. Lisa Wolfbrandt stated that she feels that Parliamentary procedure has been abused very much especially the points of information. The Speaker also informed the Senate that abuse has been made of the objection to the consideration of a motion. This is only supposed to be used when there is a discussion on the item, or should be used only on items you wish not to be discussed at all. Joe Matvay informed the Senate that a Point of Information was originally set up so that if a vote is on the floor and someone doesn't know what is going on they can use this to cast a correct vote. David Martinez informed the Senate that he feels the Chair has been a bit lenient, but now they are in the second semester and he would like to see the Chair take this in and make business go on as smoothly as possible. Bill lialdeman questioned as to why do they put a boot on a care when they park in Handicapped Parking. Danny Campbell informed him that the Parking and Traffic Committee suggested that parking in Handicapped Parking the fine should be moved up from $2 to $10. Minutes - Senate Meeting t!32 February 13, 1979 Page 7 X. Adjournment Joyce Bridges moved to adjourn, was seconded, and passed unanimously. The Meeting adjourned at 5:57 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Respectfully prepared by: Rene Bernier Senate Secretary Marshal S. Willick Speaker of the Senate