Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 12, 1983

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS AGENDA Senate Meeting #21 Session #13 4:00 p.m. April 12, 1983 MSU 203 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes #20 IV. Executive Board Announcements V. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Ad Hoc Committees B. Elections Board C. Faculty Committees 1. Grievance Committee (4-6-83) 2. Financial Aid (4-6-83) 3. Academic Standards (4-6-83) D. Student Services Committee E. Other VI. Unfinished Business A. Nominations for Vacant Senate Seats 1. Academic Advisement (1) 2. Health Sciences (1) 3. Education (1) VII. New Business A. Approval of lease KUNV transmitter - Executive Board B. Approval of contract between KUNV and National Cash Saver (Pledge Drive) - Wennstrom VIII. Open Discussion IX. Adjournment UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES Senate Meeting #21 Session #13 4:00 p.m. April 12, 1983 MSU 203 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:05 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance David Mounts Stephanie Pettit John Bostaph John Pasquantino August Corrales Frank Regina - absent, unexcused Trent Parks Robert Eglet Mike Waller Sindy Glasgow - late Virgil Jackson Calvin Valvo - leave of absence Catherine Clay Marc Miller Jim Eells - absent, unexcused Eric Emerson Cara Iddings III. Approval of Minutes #20 Senator Mounts (moved to table approval of minutes #20 until next Tuesday's Senate Meeting, and Senator Miller seconded. The motion failed with 5 in favor, 8 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senate President Wild read the minutes from meeting #20. Senator Glasgow arrived at 4:12 p.m. Senator Clay moved to approve the minutes from meeting #20 as read, and Senator Emerson seconded. The minutes stood approved as read. Senator Clay moved to suspend the rules and move into New Busi-ness, items A and B. Senator Emerson seconded the motion which passed with all in favor. VII. A. Approval of lease KUNV transmitter - Executive Board Senator Clay moved to approve the lease as submitted, and Senator Emerson seconded. The motion passed with 13 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 SENATE MEETING #21 - April 12, 1983 page 2 B. Approval of Contract between KUNV and National Cash. Saver (Pledge Drive) - Wennstrom Senator Clay moved to approve the contract, and Senator Jackson seconded. John Wennstrom made an amendment to include in the contract that "All monies will be collected by KUNV and deposited to the CSUN business manager," which was accepted as a friendly amendment. The motion to approve the contract with the amendment passed with all in favor. IV. Executive Board Announcements 1. Rick Oshinskl The CSUN Awards Banquet if scheduled for this Friday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. There Will be a hearing scheduled for Thurs-day, April 14 at 6:00 p.m. for Assembly 4-11, the autonomy bill. Rick will be out-of-town for that hearing. On Thurs-day and Friday, the Board of Regents will be holding their meeting i.n Education 399, Committee meetings will be held on Thursday and the regular meeting will be held on Friday at 1:00 p.m. Bill Wagonseller was chosen as UNLV's Teacher of the Year. Don't forget to have your postcards- signed for improved campus security. The security issue is currently in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and any support we give can only help. 2. Jef Wild Zellie Dow was nominated last week for the vacant Academic Advisement College Senate Seat. Please add item B, Bylaws Committee Directive to Unfinished Business. Also add item C, memo regarding Fitchet's transfers dated April 11 to the agenda. V. Board, Committee and Department Head Reports A. Ad Hoc Committees There will be a Stipend Review Committee meeting on Wednes-day after the Executive Board Meeting. B. Elections Board Chairman Goussak read the minutes from the meeting held on April 8, 1983 at 12:30 p.m. The members present were Gigi Gallaway, Randy Crum, Sari Bloom, Kathi Kulesza and Mike Waller. Pam Levins and Davis Mounts were excused absent. Michel O'Donnell received her third unexcused absent. Approval of minutes from meeting of 3-23-83 and 4-4-83 was postponed until the next meeting. There was a motion to disqualify Clarence Lee for violation of Section III, sub-section B of the election rules which failed. There was also a motion to disqualify Robert Eglet for violation of of Section II, subsection C, 4 which failed. The board approved the refunds of Michele Casserly, Larry Hamilton and Kevin Knight's security deposits. The Board approved Kathi Kulesza as Vice-chairman. The next meeting will be held on Monday, April 1.8 at 12:30 p.m. in Lounge 202 to certify the general elections, decide who will get refunds, and go over any complaints. Senator Emerson moved to approve the minutes from the Elections Board Meeting held on April 8, 1983 at 12:30 p.m. and Senator Clay seconded. There being no additions or corrections, the minutes stood approved. C. Faculty Committees 1. Grievance Committee (4-6-83) SENATE MEETING #21 - April 12, 1983 page 3 Senator Clay reported that the Grievance involving Kent Anderson and Dhana Wong was decided in the students' favor. 2. Financial Aid Their next meeting is scheduled for April 13 at 2:20 p.m. in FDH 608. 3. Academic Standards There will be a meeting on April 13 at 7:30 a.m. in the Gold Room. D. Student Services Committee Chairman Eglet read the minutes from the meeting held on April 7 at 5:30 p.m. The members present were Robert Eglet, Cara Iddings, Karen Eckert, Sindi Glasgow, Holly Reed(who left at 5:47), Sam Lieberman and Rusty Smith(who was late). Denyce Tuller, Pam Jacka and Kai Fischer were excused absences Robert announced that the Lecture Note Service had generated over $5,700.00 in revenue. The report on the analysis on the proposed copier service was read. The committee passed a motion to survey 1000 students in classes to find out if they want a printer in the library of letter quality. The meeting was adjourned at 5:50 p.m. Vice President Eckert moved to approve the minutes, and Senator Clay seconded. There being no additions or corrections, the minutes stood approved. E. Other There was no report. VI. Unfinished Business A. Nominations for ;Vacant Senate Seats 1. Academic Advisement (1) Zellie DOw was nominated. Senator Clay nominated Holly Reed 2. Health Sciences (1) There were no nominations. 3. Education (1) Vice President Eckert nominated Julie Gwerre and moved to close nominations for this seat, and Senator Iddings seconded. This motion failed with 1 in favor, 10 opposed and 3 abstentions. Senator Clay moved to close nominations for the Academic Advisement Senate Seat, and Vice-President Eckert seconded Vice President rescinded her second so Senator Eglet seconded the motion. This motion passed with 6 in favor, 0 opposed and 8 abstentions. B. Directive to Bylaws Committee - Eglet Senator Eglet made a motion to direct the Bylaws Committee to meet before the next Senate meeting to consider the Publi-cations Board minutes concerning Publications Board having the power to approve CSUN editors which had been referred to the Bylaws committee earlier. Senator Pettit seconded, and the motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 absten-tions . VII. New Business Items A and B were approved earlier in the agenda. SENATE MEETING #21 C. April 12, 1983 page 4 Transfer from Fitchet's Memo dated April 11, 19 83 Senator Clay moved to approve the following transfers: A. Transfer $6000.00 B. Increase 906-3000 C. Decrease tions 904-3000 D. Transfer $3000.00 E. Increase 906-3000 F. Decrease tion 911-3000 G. Transfer $1500.00 H. Transfer $3000.00 ,00 as indicated in item D. Senator Emerson seconded that motion. The motion passed with 12 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 abstentions. VIII. Open Discussion Greg Goussak announced that the voting booths for general elec-tions will close on Thursday at 9:00 p.m. The board will pro-bably leave for the computing center around 9:30 p.m. and any candidate is allowed to go to the center or send a representative. The unofficial results should be posted at approximately 10:00 p.m on Thursday, April 14, 19 83. IX. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at approximately 5:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Respectfully prepared by, Jef WiM CSUN SbAate President Lynrr Best CSUN Secretary