Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 7, 1982

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 AGENDA Senate Meeting #41 Session #12 4 p.m. 09-07-82 MSU 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #38, 39 & 40 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Executive Board Nominations A. Publications Board Member - Jan Craddock B. Elections Board Member - Mary Borsellino C. Bylaws Committee Chairman - Senator Clay D. Political Action Committee Members - Oshinski, DeTillio, Clay, Voelcker E. Chief Justice - Tom Foskaris F. Academic Standards Committee Members - Senators Clayton & Horn, Michael Schumacher G. Library Comnittee Member - Michael Schumacher H. Grievance Committee Members - Senator Tollefson, Mary Borsellino, Sam Lieberman I. Performing Arts Council Member - Senator Hunt J. Student Services Committee Member - Greg Goussak K. Admissions Comnittee Member - Sam Lieberman VI. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Ad Hoc Committees 1. Constitutional Revisions Committee 2. Political Action Committee B. Beverage Manager C. Bylaws Committee D. Day Care Center E. Elections Board AGENDA-Senate Meeting #41-September 7, 1^82 F. Entertainment and Programming Board K. Publications Board G. Faculty Carrmittees 1. Academic Standards 2. Code 3. Curriculum 4. Financial Aid L. Radio Board M. Security Coordinator N. Student Services Committee 0. Other P. Appropriations Board 5. Grievance 6. Library 7. Admissions H. Intramurals Director I. Organizations Board J. President's Committees 1. Parking & Traffic 2. Performing .Arts Council VII. Unfinished. Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seets 1. Academic Advisement (4) 2. Health Sciences (1) 3. Education (2) B. Approval of S.B. 005-"Executive Office Succession Bill"-(Executive Board) VIII. New Business A. Elections Board. Operating Policy IV. Open Discussion X. Adjournment 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 MINUTES Senate Meeting #41 Mayer Student Union Building Room 201 4 p.m. 09-14-82 I. Call to Order Senate President Wild called the Forty-first meeting of the Consoli-dated Student Senate to order at 4:05 p.m. Senate President Wild continued the meeting, although the Senate did not achieve quorum. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Charles Bloom Ginger Clayton - excused absent MarvBeth Nitzschke Terri Tollefson Robert Barnum Steve Bowie Dave Levins - excused absent. Cathy Clay Phil Horn - unexcused absent Pam Jacka Paul Berger • Senate President Wild skipped to Executive Board Announcements. IV. Executive Board Announcements A. President's Announcements 1. President Oshinski mentioned the proposal being submitted to the Senate to move KUNV's transmitter to Black Mountain, Henderson. 2. He also announced that Dean Daniels is holding a meeting in his office (Humanities 330) on September 22, 1982 at 12:30 with the Administration of the Bookstore to discuss the possibilities of having a student operated bookstore. 3„ President Oshinski received a letter from Chancellor Bersi stating that his office will no longer pay the CSUN President for out-of-town trips. The Senate should be aware of this change and be pre-pared to make a decision concerning out-of-town trips. 4. President Oshinski discussed the letter which he received from Pres-cient Goodall regarding the rock concert policy. The letter implied that they are not planning to pass any concert policies right now but may revise the current one. CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS "SENATE MEETING #41-Septerober 14, 1932 page 2 5. Also, Evelyn Ludeman from Preschool has informed, us that due to budget problems, Preschool has raised their hourly rate and is in the process of revising their by-laws and would welcome any input., 6. President. Cishinski gave the State of the Campus Address. At 4:15 p.m. Senator Tollefson arrived. B, Vice President's Announcements There were no announcements. C. Senate President's Announcements Senate President Wild stated that under unfinished business, item C-Presentation by 82-83 Presidential Candidate Mike Waller has been with-drawn indefinitely. He expressed Dr. Phelps' thanks at receiving the $400.00 for the Student Exchange Fund. Senate President Wild also announced the new policy regarding reports. No reports will be put on the Senate Agenda unless the minutes or the agenda of the committee have been received. Senate President Wild moved back into Approval of Minutes. III. Approval of Minutes #33, 39 & 40 Senator Nitzschke moved to approve the minutes from meeting #38, 39 & 40 as a whole. Senator Berger seconded the motion. At Senate meeting #40, Senator Nitzschke was changed from an unexcused to an excused absence. The minutes from Senate Meeting #39 were changed to include the executive board's approved nominations as follows: a. Entertainment & Programming Board Member - Senator Tollefson, Senator Barnum & Senator Bowie b. Radio Board Member - Michelle O'Donnell c.\ Parking S Traffic- - Senator Clayton d. Performing Arts Council - Senator Clayton e. Bylaws Committee - Senators Barnum, Bowie, Robin Hunt, Mario Guerrina f. Constitutional Revisions Committee - Robin Hunt g. Student Services Committee - Senator Bowie h. Publications Board Member - Mario Guerrina, Michelle O'Donnell There being no further additions or corrections, the minutes of Senate Meeting #38, 39 & 40 stood approved as corrected. V. Executive Board Nominations Vj.ce President Pro Tempore DeTillio moved to approve items A - K as a whole. Senator Bowie seconded the motion. Senator Clay made a friendly amendment to change Senator Hunt to Robin Hunt. The motion to approve with amendment passed with 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. VI. Board, Committee & -Department Head Reports A. Beverage Manager Beverage Manager Shields reported a $60.93 loss on the T.GlI.F. held on September 10, 1982. B. Bylaws Committee Chairperson Clay called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m. on Sept. 8, 1982. Due to a lack of quorum the meeting was adjourned. Senator Clay moved to approve the minutes of the bylaws committee, and Senator Jacka seconded. There being no additions or corrections the minutes stood approved. "SENATE MEETING #41-Septerober 14, 1932 page 3 C. Elections Board Chairman Crum read the minutes from meeting #5.. During this meeting Charles Bloom made amotion to change all uhexcused absences to excused. Jim Wunrow second, and the motion was passed with 5 in'favor, 0 opposed 0 abstentions. Chairman Crum read the minutes from meeting #6. Mario Guerrina moved to approve the Election Rules for Fall Elections, and Jim Wunrow seconded. The motion was passed with 7 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. President Oshinski moved to approve the minutes from Meeting 5 and #6 and Senator Clay seconded the motion- Senator Bloom made a motion to amend the minutes to state that the filing for Senate positions will begin on Monday, September 20 at 9:00 a.m. and end lyfonday, September 27 at 12:00 noon, and the Mandatory Candidates Meeting will be held on September 27 at 4:00 p.m. The motion was seconded by Senator Tollefson and passed with 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Bowie made a motion to amend the minutes of the Elections Board to delete all of his unexcused absences from the minutes. Vice President Hiu. moved to delete section IV A, IV A 3 and IV B 3 of the Election Rules.regarding the campaign spending limit. Vice President pro tempore DeTillio seconded and the motion failed wiJth 1 in favor, 7 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Bloom moved to amend the Election Rules to set the Security Deposit at $25.00 per candidate for filing and in item IV part A to strike the words "exceeding the sum" and inserting the words "of $500.00 as" and Senator Bamum seconded. The motion was amended by Senator Nitzschke to set the spending limit—for Senate Elections at $250.00 and for Executive Board Elections at $500.00. This was accepted as a friendly amendment. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. -There being ho further discussion the minutes stood approved as amended. D. Entertainment & Programming Board Chairman Hamilton read the minutes from meeting #6 held on September 6, 1982. The following were the action items: John Michailidis made a motion to approve the Fall 1982 Schedule of Events as presented by Chairman Hamilton, and the motion was seconded by Roby Turner. The motion passed with 5 in favor, 0 opposed.and 0 abstentions. Steve Bowie moved to approve the Budget for events on the Fall 1982 Schedule of Events as presented by Chairman Hamilton.. The motion was seconded by Robert Barnum and passed with 5 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 r, abstentions. Senator Clay moved to approve the minutes of the E S P Board and Vice President Pro Tempore DeTillio seconded. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. E. Intramurals Director There was no report. F. Organizations Board Chairman Voelcker read the minutes from meeting #1 held on August 18, 1982, - at which the following organizations were recognized: Alpha Delta Pi Sorority Alpha-?Epsilon Pi Fraternity Amnesty International Delta Zeta Sorority Black Student Union Hotel Association Interfratemity Council International Association of Business Communicators Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity "SENATE MEETING #41-Septerober 14, 1932 page 4 Kappa Sigma Fraternity Sigma Chi Fraternity Sigma Nu Fraternity Society of Physics Students - ••• Student Philosophical Round Table Association ' Panhellenic Council Senator Jacka moved to approve the Minutes and Senator Nitzschke seconded. Senator Jacka has resigned from the Organizations Board. There being no further discussion, the minutes stood approved. G. Radio Board • Acting Chairman Berger read the minutes from meeting #2. At this meeting Paul Berger moved to approve the concept of moving the KUNV transmitter to the Arden Black Mountain site at a monthly rate of $260.00, to forward a copy of the proposed lease to the Executive Board and KUNV Management was instructed to prepare a contract permit application. Ed Malik seconded the motion and it was approved by a vote of 3 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 absten-tions. Ed Malik moved to approve the Beatle Concert Film Festival and Paul Berger seconded. The motion passed with 3 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. There was a motion to put Surf Punks Dance/KUNV Benefit on the-calendar for October 16, 1982 which passed with 3 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Nitzschke moved to approve_jthe minutes of meeting #2 and Senator Tollefson seconded. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. H. Security Coordinator Coordinator Nitzschke announced that the Guardian Angels1 first patrol occured Friday, September 10 at 6:00 p.m. There is a possibility of getting an office in the dorm pending Dean Daniels' and Tom Cruikshank's approval. Guardian Angels' graduation is set for mid or end October. They should be in full uniform by the end of October. I. Other 1. Publications Board Chairperson Griffith read the minutes from the meetings held on Septem-ber 1 and September 7, 1982. Senator Clay moved to approve the minutes from both meetings and Senator Jacka seconded. There being no objections the minutes stood, approved. J. Appropriations Board 1. Chairman Goussak read the minutes for the Appropriations Board Meetings. The Emergency Senate Meeting was held on August 23, 1982. Phil Horn moved to disapprove the transfer of $500.00 from 906-3000 to 900-3000. The motion was seconded and the motion to disapprove passed with 4 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Clay moved to approve the minutes of the Emergency meeting and Senator Nitzschke seconded. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. 2. Chairman Goussak read the minutes from meeting #10 held September 7, 1982. Senator Bloom moved to approve Paul Berger as Vice Chairman and the motion was seconded. It passed with 4 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. The following emergency transfers were approved: a. Transfer $2400.00 from 907-9002 to 906-9001 b. Transfer $2100.00 from 908-9002 to 906-9001 c. Transfer $1000.00 from 903-9002 to 906-9001 a-c transfer cash carried forward from prior year into CSUN Operations "SENATE MEETING #41-Septerober 14, 1932 page 5 Appropriation. Transfer $300.00 from 906-2100 to 900-2100-general out-of-state travel Transfer $7000.00 from 906-3000 to 905-3000(This is a cash loan)UNLV Yell Transfer $750.00 from 906-3000 to 902-3000 Songleaders Uniforms Transfer $1200.00 from 906-3000 to 904-3000-Student Services Committee d-g increase budgets indicated and to decrease CSUN Operations Appropriation due to assignment. Senator Nitzschke moved to approve the minutes from meeting #10 and Senator Clay seconded. There being no further additions or corrections, the minutes of meeting #10 stood approved. 3. Chairman Goussak read the minutes from meeting #11 held September 14, 1982. Paul berger moved to approve the following items and was seconded by Pam Jacka. The motion was approved with 4 in favor, 0 opposed and. 0 abstentions. a. reduce 900-1400 by $21,000.00 . reduce 906-1500 by $11,000.00 • ./reduce 906-3000 by $10,000.00 The above are done due to an excess in appropriated funds. b. increase 900-1500 by $11,000.00 increase 900-3000 by $10,000.00 increase 906-1400 by $21,000.00 the above transfers take money budgeted for the classified staff and put that into the reserve account from which we' 11 take money to put into the operations and general account so that we are able to pay CSUN student employees. The following amendment was suggested by Mr. Fitchet. It is the Senate's intention to transfer the reciprocal cash where appropriate . to coincide with the aforementioned budget transfers. - Senator Clay moved to approve the minutes from meeting #11 with Jim Fitchet* s suggested amendment. There being no objections the minutes stood approved. VII. Unfinished Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Senator Clay nominated David Begor, Julie Conway and Sindy Glasgow for the Academic Advisement Senate Seats and moved to close nominations for;.3 of the 4 Academic Advisement Seats. The motion was seconded and passed with 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. 2. Senator Clay moved to close nominations for 1 of the 2 Education Senate Seats and V.P. Pro Tempore DeTillio seconded. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. 3. Senator Clay nominated Stacey Garber and Pastora Roldan for the Health Sciences Senate Seat and to move to close nominations and V.P. Pro Item-pore DeTillio seconded. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. d. e. f. g. "SENATE MEETING #41-Septerober 14, 1932 page 6 ^ 4. Senator Clay nominated Laura Perkins and Tom Newell for the Science, Math and Engineering Seats and moved, to close nominations for Math and Engineering,, Senator Barnum seconded. The motion, passed with, 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. , B. President Oshinski moved to approve S.B. #005 - "Executive Office Succession Bill" and Senator Clay seconded. The motion passed with 8 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. C. The Presentation by 82-83 Presidential Candidate Mike Waller was removed indefinitely. VIII. New Business a. Elections Board Operating Policy was previously approved under corrmittee reports. b. Elections Board Rules were also approved under committee reports. IV. Open Discussion Sentor Clay told everyone to remind people that Senate filing begins next Monday, September 20, 1982. She also requested all chairpersons and vice chairpersons to tell her what positions they have open. ( " X. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at approximately 6:00 p.m. Senate President CSUN Secretary CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Telephone (702) 739-3477 AGENDA l!/- Senate Meeting #41 Session #12 4 p.m» 09-14-82 M3U 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #38, 39 & 40 IV. Executive Board Announcements 1. State of the Campus Address - (Oshinski). V. Executive Board Nominations A. Publications Board Member - Jan Craddock B. Elections Board Member - Mary Borsellino C. Bylaws Committee Chairman - Senator Clay D. Political Action Committee Members - Oshinski, DeTillio, Clay, Voelcker E. Chief Justice - Ibm Eoskaris F. Academic Standards Oommittee Members — Senator Clayton & Horn, Michael Schumacher G. Library Committee Member — Michael Schumacher H. Grievance Ctammitte Members - Senator Itollefson, Mary Borsellino, Sam Lieberman I. Performing Arts Council Member - Senator Hunt J. Student Services Ctomrnittee Member - Greg Goussak K. Admissions Committee Member - Sam Lieberman VI, Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A.® Beverage Manager G. Radio Board B. Bylaws Committee 1. Beatles Movie Contract C. Elections Board H. Security Coordinator D. Entertainment and Programming Board I. Other E. Intramurals Director J. Appropriations Board F. Organizations Board SENATE MEETING #41-September 14, 1982 VII. Unfinished Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. .Academic Advisement Center (4) 2. Education (2) 3. Health Sciences (1) 4. Science, Math & Engineering (1) B. Approval of S.B. 005-"Executive Office Succession Bill"-(Executive Board) C. Presentation by 82-83 Presidential Candidate Mike Waller - (Barnum, Bowie, Levins, Wild) VIII. New Business A. Elections Board Operating Policy B. Elections Rules IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment "Go confidently in the direction of your dreamsI Live the life you've imagined." Henry David Thoreau