Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, January 18, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #10 Session #13 4:00 p.m. January 18, 19 83 .MSU 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #8 and #9 IV. Executive Board Announcements A. Termination of YELL Editor V. Executive Board Nominations A. Vice President Pro Tempore - Tony Troccoli (from table) B. Elections Board Chair Compensation (from table) C. Preschool Board Member - Senator McGregor D. Financial Aid Committee - Senators McGregor, Begor and Valvo E. Nevada Student Affairs - Senator Pettit, Theresa Jackson F. Parking and Traffic Committee - Senator Miller G. Intercollegiate Athletic Council - Richard Spiritosanto H. Entertainment and Programming Board - Sam Lieberman I. Bylaws Committee Member - Tammy Niedermeyer J. Bylaws Committee Member - Michelle Hon VI. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A". Elections Board #11 (from table) B. Entertainment and Programming Board C. Faculty Committees D. Intramurals Director E. President's Committees F. Security Coordinator G. Student Services Committee H. Other I. Appropriations Board VII. Unfinished Business A. Approval of Lecture Note Service - Eglet B. Workload Waiver (Bylaw #2) for Senator Emerson C. Directive to YELL Editor re: format - Eckert D. Amendments to Elections Board Rules - Clay 1. Amendment 11 - Filing 2. Amendment #2 - Campaigning 3. Amendment #3 - Campaign Contributions 4. Amendment #4 - Conduct of Candidates UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE. MEETING #10-January 18, 19R3 page 2 5. Amendment #5 - Voting Procedure 6, Amendment #6 - Counting of Ballots VIII. Nev/ Business A. Organizations Board Operating Policy1 Amendments - Eckert IX. Open Discussion X. Adjournment CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting #10 Session #13 4:00 p.m. January 18, 19 83 MSU 201 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Catherine Clay.at 4:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance David Begor ~ Bill DiBenedetto David Mounts Stephanie Petit Ginger Clayton - late August Corrales MaryBeth Nitzschke - excused absent Trent Parks - excused absent Robert Barnum Robert Eglet - excused absent Cathy Powell Mike Waller Brenda Roberts Calvin Valvo - unexcused absent Catherine Clay Marc Miller Karen Eckert Jim Eells Eric Emerson III. Approval of Minutes #8 and #9 Senator Clayton moved to approve the minutes from meeting #8 and #9 with the corrections of changing her "unexcused" absences for both meetings to "excused" absences. Senator DiBenedetto seconded the motion. Senator Barnum moved to amend the minutes from meeting #9 to change his "unexcused" absence to an "excused" absence. Senator Miller seconded the motion. The amendment to change Senator Barnum's absence from "unexcused" to "excused" passed with 7 in favor, 5 opposed and 3 abstentions. The motion to approve the minutes from meeting #8 and meeting #9 with Clayton's and Barnum's absences changed from "unex-cused" to "excused" absences passed with 13 in favor, 0 op-posed and 2 abstentions. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE. MEETING #10-January 18, 19R3 page 2 IV. Executive Board Announcements 1. Acting President Wild He held a drawing for the tickets to the next two games. Sharlet MacGregor has resigned her position as Health Sciences Senator, because she has just been elected President of the Student Nursing Association. Senator Roberts' resignation will be effective next Tuesday. Nominations for these seats will open at Tuesday's Senate meeting on January 25, 1983. Karen Eckert has resigned from the General Education Committee. The raise for the Intramurals Director was left off of the agenda and will appear on next week's agenda for the Senate's considera-tion. He announced the termination of the Yell editor and nominations for that position will be open at the Executive Board meeting tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. 2. Acting Senate President Clay Acting President Wild moved to approve Senator DiBene-detto as Acting Senate President Clay's temporary pro tempore, and Senator Clayton seconded. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 1 opposed and 2 abstentions. V. Executive Board-'Nominations A. Senator Eckert moved to remove the nomination of Tony Troccoli as Vice President pro tempore from the table. Senator Waller seconded the motion which passed with 14 in favor and 1 opposed. Senator Eckert moved to disapprove the nomination of Tony Troccoli as Vice President pro tempore, and Senator Eells seconded. The motion to disapprove passed with 15 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. B. This item (Elections Board Chair Compensation) stayed on the table due to lack of a motion. C. Senator Powell moved to approve Sharlet MacGregor as a member of the Preschool Board, and Senator Emerson seconded. This motion was ruled out of order because the position must be filled by a senator. D. Senator Eells moved to approve Sharlet MacGregor and Senators Begor and Valvo as members of the Financial Aid Committee, and Senator Powell seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. E. Senator DiBenedetto moved to approve Senator Pettit and Theresa Jackson as members of the Nevada Student Affairs, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. F. Senator Emerson moved to approve Senator Miller as a member of the Parking and Traffic Committee, and Senator Eells seconded. The motion passed with 15 in favor, 0 .opposed and 0 abstentions. G. Senator Eckert moved to approve Richard Spiritosanto as a member of the Intercollegiate Athletic Council, and Senator Mounts seconded. The motion passed with 15 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. H. Senator Emerson moved to approve Sam Lieberman as a member of the Entertainment and Programming Board, and Senator DiBenedetto seconded. The motion passed with 15 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. SENATE. MEETING #10-January 18, 19R3 page 2 I. Senator DiBenedetto moved to approve Tammy Niedermeyer as a member of the Bylaws Committee, and Senator Corrales seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstentiono J. Senator DiBenedetto moved to approve Michelle Hon as an alternate member of the Bylaws Committee, and Senator Eckert seconded. The motion passed with 15 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. VI. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Elections Board #11(from table) Senator DiBenedetto moved to remove Elections Board Minutes from Meeting #11 from the table, and Senator Waller seconded. The motion to remove from the table failed with 3 in favor and 11 opposed. B. Entertainment and Programming Board Chairman Hamilton read the minutes from the meeting held on January 7, 1983. Chairman Hamilton, Senator Mounts, Deron Shields, Roby Turner and Randy Whitsett were present. Senator Miller and John Michialidis were excused absent. The board approved the Schedule of Events for Spring 198 3, the Budgets for the sponsored activities on the 19 83 Spring Schedule of Events and Roby Turner was appointed as Vice Chairman of the board. The board also approved a monthly stipend of $100 to be awarded to Vice Chairman Roby Turner. The board also approved a lecture by Joe Black for Black History Month. The board approved the concept of an event called "Rockin1 Out with the Red" to be sponsored with E and P and KUNV. The proposed date for this event is Feb-ruary 19, 1.983. CSUN would only be responsible for the security costs onlithis event. The board also approved the use of the name of the CSUN Entertainment and Pro-gramming Board in conjunction with the Alpha Tau Omega 2nd Annual Budsudsfest. CSUN will receive equal billing on all promotional materials for this event, representa-tives from the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity will sign a contract releasing CSUN from any financial costs or responsibilities as a result of the event. Acting Pres-ident Wild moved to approve the minutes of E and P meeting #10, and Senator DiBenedetto seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. C. Faculty Committees Senator Emerson reported that the amendments to the com-piled amendments to the code will be xeroxed and available to anyone interested in a copy. D. Intramurals Director There was no report. E. President's Committees There was no report. F. Security Coordinator Senator Clayton announced that the current class of Guardian Angels will graduate in February. G. Student Services Committee The next meeting will be held on January 20, 1983 at 4 p.m. in MSU 122. SENATE. MEETING #10-January 18, 19R3 page 2 H. Other Chairperson Griffith read the minutes from the Publica-tions Board meeting held on Monday, January 17, 1983 at 10:00 a.m. The members present were Randy Hockfeld, Linda Lehman, Lisa Griffith and Richard Kalian. Members excused absent were Bill DiBenedetto and Mario Guerrina. Unexcused absent was Jan Craddock. The board removed Jan Craddock from the board, because she had 3 unexcused absences. The board unanimously agreed that Marc Charisse be recommended to the Executive Board as YELL editor for the Spring of 1983. Senator DiBenedetto moved to approve the minutes, and Senator DiBenedetto read the Student Services minutes from the meeting held on January 7, 198 3. The members in attendance were Robert Eglet and Jim Eells. The members unexcused absent were Sindy Glasgow, Pam Jacka, MaryAnn Muserelli, Tina Washington, Marie Hullins, Jay Levine and Steve Bowie. Jim Jackson was excused absent. Due to a lack of quorum, there was open discussion. The meeting was adjourned at 5:55 p.m. Senator DiBenedetto moved to approve the Student Services committee report, and Senator Pettit seconded. There being no additions or corrections the minutes stood approved. Senator DiBenedetto read the minutes from the Nevada Student Affairs meeting held on January 7, 198 3. The members present were Mark Shaffer, Sam Lieberman and Holly Reed. The members who were u: excused absent were David Begor and Michelle DeTillio. The members who were unexcused absent were Bill DiBenedetto, Ginger Clayton and Tom Newell. Due to a lack of quorum, the meeting was adjourned. Senator DiBenedetto moved to approve the minutes from the NSA meeting with the correction of changing his "unexcused" absent to "excused" absent, and Senator Emerson seconded. There being no further addi-tions or corrections, the minutes stood approved. I. Appropriations Board Chairman Goussak read the minutes from Meeting #24. The members in attendance were Sindy Glasgow, Rosana Reyes, Karen Eckert and Brenda Roberts. Pam Jacka was excused a absent and Paul Berger is on a leave of absence. The board approved a transfer of $850 from 906-9002 to 900- 9001 Increase 900-1100 by $850. Decrease 906-1100 by $850. Chairman Goussak read the minutes from Meeting #25. Pam Jacka, Cathy Powell, Karen Eckert and Brenda Roberts were present. Sindy Glasgow and Rosana Reyes were excused absent. Paul Berger is on a leave of absence. The board approved a transfer of $10,333 from 906-9002 to 904-9001 Increase 904-1500 by $3375.00 904-1600 by $34.00 904-3000 by $14,424. Decrease 906-1500 by $3375 906-1600 by $34.00 and 906-3000 by $14,424. (This trans-fer was originally approved at meeting #24 and amended at meeting #25). The difference in cash and budgetary authority corresponds to a direct increase in generated ; revenue in account 906. The board also approved a transfer of $2200 from 906-9002 to 903-9001 Increase 903-3000 by $3200 Decrease 906-3000 by $3200. A cash loan to be repaid by SENATE. MEETING #10-January 18, 19R3 page 2 March 11, 1983. The difference in cash and budgetary authority corresponds to a direct increase in generated revenue in the amount of $1000 in account 903 and a de-crease in generated revenue in account 906. Senator Eells left the meeting at 4:49 and returned at 4:51. Senator Emerson moved to approve the minutes from the Appropriations Board Meetings #24 and #25, and Senator Eckert seconded. The motion to approve passed with 14 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. VII., Unfinished Business A. Approval of Lecture Note Service - Eglet Acting President Wild moved to approve the Lecture Note Service, and Senator Eckert seconded. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. B. Workload Waiver (Bylaw #2) for Senator Emerson Senator Emerson moved to table this item until next week. Senator Powell seconded. There being no objections, the waiver was tabled. C. Directive to YELL Editor re: format - Eckert Senator Eckert made a motion to direct the YELL to keep the format for the newspaper the same, and Senator Emer-son seconded. Acting President Wild amended the motion to read that the format :for the YELL can be changed through the Publications Board Minutes. The amendment was seconded and passed with 15 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. The motion to keep the format of the YELL newspaper the same and changes can be made through the Publications Board Minutes passed with 14 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Eckert moved to recess the meeting for 5 minutes and Senator Emerson seconded. There being no objections, the meeting was recessed at 5:05 p.m. The meeting was . called back to order at 5:10 p.m. Roll Call Members in Attendance David Begor Bill DiBenedetto David Mounts Stephanie Petit Ginger Clayton - late August Corrales MaryBeth Nitzschke - excused absent Trent Parks - excused absent Robert Barnum Robert Eglet - excused absent Cathy Powell Mike Waller Brenda Roberts Calvin Valvo - unexcused absent Catherine Clay Marc Miller Karen Eckert Jim Eells Eric Emerson SENATE. MEETING #10-January 18, 19R3 page 2 VII. uUnfinished Business D. Amendments to Elections Board Rules - Clay Acting Senate President Clay passed the gavel to her temporary pro tem DiBenedetto. At this point, Senator Clay received her vote back and DiBenedetto lost his vote. Senator Clay moved to approve amendment #1 - Filing, and Senator Roberts seconded. Senator Mounts moved to table amendments 1 through 6, and Senator Corrales seconded(the table was indefinite). The motion to table indefinitely passed with 12 in favor and 3 opposed. DiBenedetto passed the gavel back to Clay. j E. Directive to Elections Board Acting President Wild moved to have the Elections Board representative rise and report the information concerning the Elections Board Investigation Committee,and move into a Closed Personnel Session. Senator Emerson seconded the motionwhich passed with 14 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. The meeting then moved into a Closed Per-sonnel Session. When the Senate moved out of the Person-nel Session, Acting President Wild moved to direct the Elections Board to maintain the Elections records as public information, and Senator DiBenedetto seconded. There was a friendly amendment by Senator Mounts to allow the Elections Board to submit copies for the file instead of the originals. The motion passed with 14 in favor, 1 opposed and 0 abstentions. VIII. New Business A. Organizations Board Operating Policy Senator DiBenedetto moved to approve the Organizations Board Operating Policy with the following amendments: 1.- The paragraphs establishing the Ethics and Planning Committees have been deleted. 2. On page 2, delete the phrase "and their student identification numbers" from under the first section entitled "qualifications and procedures for recognition." 3. On page 2, delete under the section entitled "meritorious grants" the words "and the incen-tive sum, equaling five to ten percent of the principal sum, as reward for a proposal of meritorious character." 4. Add under the section entitled "stipulations and proscriptions for the allocation of funds", in the third sentence, after the word "meetings" the words "per semester." Also 1 in that sen-tence, after the words "account access" add the words "and voting privileges." At the end of this sentence, add the phrase "for that semester." 50 Add to the end of the Operating Policy, a new section entitled "inactive status" to read as follows: inactive status. Any organization not repre-sented for 3 meetings per semester shall be SENATE. MEETING #10-January 18, 19R3 page 2 suspended to inactive status. Inactive status will consist of loss of all voting privileges, and ability to receive grants, for the remainder of the semester. Organizations on inactive status will not be counted for quorum. Senator Emerson seconded the motion to approve the Organi-zations Board Operating Policy revisions. The motion to approve passed with 13 in favor, 1 opposed and 1 abstention. IX. Open Discussion Acting President Wild announced that the winners of the tickets were Bill DiBenedetto and Sheri Wolodko. Senator Clay passed out the questionnaires for the YELL. X. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 5:54 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Respectfullyprepared by, CSUN Senate President CSUN Secretary