Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 20, 1982

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 SENATE PRESIDENT RICK OSHINSKI AGENDA Senate Meeting #22 Moyer Student Union Building Fireside Lounge 3/20/82 4 p.m. I. Call to Order II. Roll Call _TII. Approval of Minutes #21 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Grievance Committee 1. Bonnie Darline B. Cathy Powell VI. Committee Reports A. Appropriations Board B. Elections Board C. Entertainment and Programming Board D. Publications Board E. Raido Board F. Student Services Committee G. Bylaws Committee H. Organizations Board I. Other Committee Reports VII. Unfinished Business A. Senate President Pro Tempore (vote) 1. Catherine Clay 2. Ginger Clayton 3. Jimmy Hill VIII. New Business A. Nominations for Distinguished Teacher Award B. Proposed Resolution to bring Guardian Angels to UNLV IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment MINUTES Senate Meeting #22 Moyer Student Union Building Room 203 4 p.m. 4/20/82 I. Call to Order Acting Senate President Wild called the twenty-second meeting of the Consolidated Student Seante to order at 4 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Tony Castanon Lynn Best Karen Cohen Cathy Clay Shawn Lumus Robin Starlin Jef Wild Ginger Clayton MaryBeth Nitzschke Kim Daffner-absent Nancy Felsing Phil Horn Marie Ravenholt Pat Thomas Cathy Powell Pam Jacka III.„ Approval of Minutes #22 It was corrected in the minutes of Senate Meeting #22 that the representative for "Ground Zero Day" is spelled Jeff VanEe. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as corrected. IV. Executive Board Announcements In A. Acting President's Announcements Acting President of CSUN Pam Levins announced that the Appropriations Board met on Monday and the report would be read today. Levins congratulated the new CSUN Executive Board. She will make sure that there is a smooth transition between herself as CSUN Vice President and Matt Hiu the new incoming CSUN Vice President. B. Acting Senate President's Announcements Acting Senate President Wild announced that Dave Vanis,and Bill Botos had resigned from the Elections Board. Bill Botos resigned from the CSUN Publications Board. Effective May 1, Jef Wild will resign from the Arts & Letters Senate Seat, Publications Board, and Bylaws Chiarman. Within the next 2 weeks the new CSUN Executive Board for 1982-83 will be appointing all new members for Boards and Committees within CSUN, anyone interested please pick up an information sheet in the CSUN offices. V. Executive Board Nominations A. G.rievanceCommittee Senator Starlin moved to approve, Cathy Powell, and Bonnie Darline as members of the Grievance Committee. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 18 in favor. Senate Meeting #22 Page 2 4-20-82 Committee Reports A0 Appropriations Board Chairman Levins read the minutes of the board meeting held on 4-18-82. The board approved the following: $1000 for the Emergency Student Loan Fund. The board also approved the Caravan for Financial Aid Cuts. Vice President Levins moved to approve„ The motion was seconded. Discussion took placea Vice<President Levins moved to amend the minutes to approve a loan of $1000 to the Emergency Student Loan Fund. The motion was seconded„ Discussion took place. Senator Cohen moved to ameihd the amendment to table the $1000. The motion was seconded. No Discussion took place. The motion to table passed with 18 in favor. B. Elections Board Chairman Krantz read the minutes of the meeting held on 3-29-820 The following items were approved by the board: Dave Vanis moved to table the matter of the Anti-Rape Rally and until further information on the matter can be found. Senator Starlin moved to approve. The motion was seconded„ There being no further addtions or corrections the minutes stood aproved with 15 in favor and 3 abstentions. The gavel at this time was passed to Parlimentarian Levins for all Elections Board minutes „ Chairman Krantz read the minutes of the meeting held on 4-12-82. The following items were approved by the board. Motion by Rudy Bruehl to forfeit campaign registration fees of Pam Roberts Levins, Lisa Meyers, and Scott Snoek becuase of infractions (did not take down flyers). Matt Hiu's complaint the board approved that it was "We, the Elections Board, had discussion on Matt's complaint, and we felt that it no valid, nor significant, and it is dilatory, frivolous, and ludicrous." Motion to take away Ma'tt Hiu's filing fee for taking down another candidates flyers. Senator Clayton moved to approve. The motion was seconded. Senator Cohen moved amend to delete the sections of norsignificant, and it is dilatory, frivolous, and ludicrous" from the moi^i'-dna that the board felt Matt'Hiu's complaint was invalid. The amendment was seconded0 Discussion took pi ace .The amendment passed with 18 in favor. There being no furbher additions or corrections the minutes of the meeting stood approved with 11 in favor and 2 abstentionst and 4 opposed. Chairman Krantz read the minutes of the meeting held on 4-19-82. The following items were approved by the board: It was corrected in the minutes of Meeting #10 that specifically removal of the filing fees of Pam Levins, Misa Meyer, and Scott Snoek. To remove them for violation of the twenty-five foot radius campaigning rule. A motion to certify the CSUN Elections including the results. A motion to publish the amount of votes cast at the indivdual polling stations, and to publish the percentage of votes at the indivdual polling stations. Senator Castanon moved to approve. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. Senator Cohen moved to publish the names of voters. The amendment was seconded. Discussion took place. Senator Thomas moved to table the amendment. The motion was seconded. The motion to table passed with 16 in favor and 2 abstentions„ The minutes passed as amended passed with 15 in favor and 3 abstentions. C. Entertainment and Programming Board Senator Lumos read the minutes of the meeting 4-15-82 „ The following was approved by the board the Joan Jett concert, cancelled foreign films, and approved $500 to the Jazz Band for Secretary's Day. Herb Starlin and Dawn Soderquist resigend from the board. Senator Starlin moved to approve. The motion was seconded„ Discussion took place„ There being no further additions or corrections the minuteF stood approved as submitted. VI. Senate Meeting #22 Page 3 4-20-82 D. Organizations Board Senator Starlin read the minutes of the meeting held on 4-8-82. The board approved $175.00 to Society of Physic Students for "Ground Zero Day". There were no other action items, it was announced that the Rebel Ruggers were removed from the board due to 3 unexcused absences. SenatorStarlin moved to approve. The motion was seconded. There being no further additions or corrections the minutes stood approved as submitted. E. Student Services Committee Senator Clay read the minutes of the meeting Kayla Ratzlaff and Steve Rowan were removed from the board, too many absences. Cathy Powell has resigned from the board. There were no formal action items. Unfinished Business A. Senate President Pro Tempore Senator Cohen moved to approve Cahty Clay as the CSUN Senate President Pro Tempore. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 18 In favor, effective May 1. New Business A. Nominations for Distinguished Teacher Award See attached for results. Senator Starlin moved that there be a primary and general election. The top 3 candidates will be submitted to the Committee from CSUN. It was accepted into the amendment that each candidate nominated will receive a letter letting them were nominated for the award by the CSUN Senate. The motion was seconded. The motion passed with 17 in favor and 1 abstention. B. Proposed Resolution to bring Guardin Angels to UNLV. Senator Nitzschke moved to approve the resolution to invite the Guardian Angels to establish on the UNLV campus. The motion was~ seconded. Discussion took place. The motion passed with 15 in favor and 1 opposed, and 0 abstentions. Acting Senate President Wild recessed the meeting for 10 minutes. C. Recommendation to Budget Proposal John Wennstrom spoke to the Senate concerning the proposal from President Goodall. He made the Senate aware of the proposal and its downfalls. Acting Senate President Wild recessed the meeting for 10 minutes. The Gavel was given to the Parlimentarian Pam Levins. Senator Wild moved to approve the budget resolution. The motion was seconded. Discussion took place. The motion passed with 17 in favor, (see attched) Open Discussion This will be limited to voting members of the CSUN Senate, and paid staff of CSUN„ Senator Clay congratuled the new CSUN Executive Board, and thanked the Senate for electing her as the new CSUN Senate President Pro Tempore. Rick Oshinski talkled about his caravan to BYU, and suggested that CSUN cannot support the recommendation from President Goodall the way it is written. Senator Felsing reminded everyone about the KUNV anniversary April 23 and the SVT concert. VII. VIII. IX. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 Whereas: Whereas: Be it Resolved: CSUN has just completed elections and installation of officers is not yet completed by government, and during this period of transition, the Consolidated Students have not had ample opportunity to review the recommendations and alternatives, including expanded powers for the Business Manager and constitutional amendments to alleviate conflicts experienced by CSUN, therefore that the CSUN Senate implores that the Board of Regents table any action on CSUN and ASUN until the next meeting of the Board of Regents, while CSUN establishes a committee of President-elect Rick Oshinski, Vice-President-elect Matt Hiu and Senate President-elect Jef Wild. Approved by Senate April 20, 1982 Senate Meeting #22 Page 4 4-20-82 X. Adjournment Acting Senate President Wild adjourned the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Jef Wild Robin Starlin Acting Senate President CSUN Senate Secretary Respectfully Submitted by, Respectfully Prepared by, CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR DISTINGUISHING TEACHING AWARD Ms. Louise Allen Richard Kalian Barbara Cloud Dwayne Baldwin Dr. McNab Dr. Golding Francis Brown Charles Levinson Dr. Loveday Professor Robinson Pat Geiger Dr. Jones Rick Tilman Primary X X X X X X X X General X X Top 3 candidates Barbara Cloud Louise Allen Francis Brown X