Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 4, 1984

CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES SENATE MEETING #21 SESSION 14 APRIL 4, 19 8 4 4:00 P.M. MSU 201 I. Call to Order Senate President Clay called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. in MSU 201. II. Roll Call / Members in Attendance / David Ezra Tom Hawley •James Ohriner Gary Samuelson Patrick Adams Karen Cohen Robert Eglet John Fazi Gus Varona Robert Ashley Vicky Huse Rian Flourens Hal Friedman Mark Doubrava Karen' Eckert Cara Iddings III. Approval of Minutes #20 Senate President Clay corrected minutes #20 to list PatriIc k Adams as excused absent. There being no objections minutes #20 stood approved as corrected. IV., Executive Board Announcements A. President'Lee President Lee discussed the revised constitution and stated that the section on the Radio Board needed to be changed. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 B. Senate President Clav Every senator should have recieved a cony of the memo from Rick Oshinski regarding Senate Bill 10. V. Executive Board Nominations There were no nominations. VI. Board, Committee, and Director Reports A. Elections Board There was no report. B. Organizations Board Senate President Clay read the action items from the Organizations Board meeting held on March 29, 1984 at 3:30 p.m. Action item A under Recognition of Organiz-ations, is the ROTC Association Club. The ROTC Assoc-iation Club was recognized with all i-n favor. Item B is the Hackysack Club. The Haqkysack Club was recog-nized with all in favor pending presentation of their roster -and constitution within 24 hours of the meeting. Request for Funding- The ROTC Association club was approved for funding of $500.00. The International Student Organization was approved for $195.00. The UNLV Debate and Forensics Squad's request for $600.00 was tabled until the next meeting. At this time they must present an account of where the previous $2000.00 of CSUN funding went. The Lesbian and Gay Academic Union was approved for funding of $1500.00. Senator Samuelson moved to approve the minutes from the Organizations Board meetina held on March 29, 1984 at 3:30 p.m. Senator Eckert seconded the motion. Senate President Clay stated that the Hackysack Club did turn in their roster and constitution within the 24 hour time limit they were given. A friendly amendment was made that the ISO be approved for funding pending the Friday night event they have scheduled. Senator Samuelson accepted the amendment and the second concurred. The motion to approve the Organizations Board minutes of the meeting held on March'29- 1984 at 3:30 p.m. with the addition of the Friday International Might. The motion passed with 0 opposed and 1 abstention. C. Other Reports Senator Eckert read the Appropriations Board minutes from meeting of March 28, 1984 at 1:30 P.m. The meetina was called to order at 1:30 o.m. Members present were Senator Iddings, Jack Mc Clary, Senator Samuelson, and Business Manager Pan Levins. Senator Eglet was unexcused absent, Senator Friedman was unexcused absent, and Senator Adams was unexcused absent. The meeting was adjourned due to lack of quorum. Senator Iddings moved to approve the minutes from the Appropriations Board meeting on March 28, 19 84 at 1:30 p.m. Senator Hawley seconded the motion and it passed with all in favor. Senator Ohriner announced that the Presidential Search Committee would be meeting Friday at 2:00 p.m. in the Thomas & Mack. Board of Regents Room. Senator Haldeman in a point of personal privilege re-quested that Senator Ohriner only vote for the candi-dates who posess a doctoral. Senator Cohen announced that the Bylaws Committee is in the process of revising Senate Bill 10 and if any senators would like to jot down their proposals, they can leave them in the Chairman's box for the next meeting. ' I President Lee announced that the bar's profit from the Mardi Gras events and the Fox was $1667.07. Senate President Clay added that the bar had a net loss of $110.00 after the Animal House movie nights. VII. Old Business VITI. New Business Senator Eckert made a motion to approve item C, and Senator Cohen seconded the notion. Senator Eglet moved to amend bv substitution for item D, and Senator Samuelson seconded the motion. Item C was Discussion/Action on $4,000 transfer into Organizations Board account. The new motion on the floor, item D, is Discussion/Action on $5,000 transfer intoj Organizations Board account, Senator Samuelson called for the vote and Senator Eglet seconded. The motion for previous question failed with 6 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Eglet moved to previous question and it was seconded. The motion failed with 7 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Eglet withdrew his amendment and the second, Senator Samuelson, concurred. C. Discussion/Action on $4,000.00 transfer into the Organizations Board account. President Lee moved to previous question, and Senator Eglet seconded the motion. The motion passed with all in favor. Senate President Clay restated the motion on the floor which was Discussion/Action on £4,000.00 transfer into Organizations Board account from 906-3000. The chair took a roll call vote on the motion and it passed unanimously. No action was taken on items A, B OR D. E. Certification of Elections Senator Ohriner made a motion to certify the elections, and Senator Fazi seconded the motion. Senator Eglet made a point of order stating that the motion was out of order because the Elections Board has not yet verified the computer print out sheets to see that nobody voted twice. Secondly, the coirputer print out sheets have been laying around the CSUN offices all week on the secretaries desk were anyone r ; with access to the office could reach them. / Senator Cohen stated that the sheets had been lacked in the President's office and had been put in there bv the Elections Board Chairman because he felt they would be more secure there. Senator Friedman made a point of information stating that he was informed that the President found the books on the secretaries' desk on Saturday when he came in and took it upon himself to lock the sheets in his office. Senator Eglet made a point of information stating that he was in the CSUN office at.5:30 on Friday and those books were sitting on the Executive Secretary's desk. He stated that he was the only cne in the office and even flipped through them a little bit. He also staffed that the doors were locked and nobody was around. Senator Cohen moved to amend the motion to state pending veri-fication of voters by the Elections Boaxd Chairman. The rraker of the main motion accepted Senator Cohen's amendment as a friendly amendment and the second concurred.. J Senator Flcurens rroved to previous question, and Senator Eglet seconded the motion. The motion failed with 6 opposed and 0 abstentions. Senator Adams left the meeting at 5:20 p.m. . / Senator Eglet called for a point of personal privelece to recess the meeting. ' The meeting was recessed at the descretion of the chair. The meeting was called back to order after five minutes, and roll call v/as taken. David Ezra - present Tfcm Hawley - present Jarres Ohriner - present Gary Samuelson - excused absent Patrick Adams - excused absent Karen Cohen - present Robert Eglet - excused absent John Fazi - present Gus Varcna - excused absent Robert Ashley - present Vicky Huse - present Rian Flourens - excused absent Hal Friedman - excused absent Mark Doubrava - excused absent Karen Eckert - present Cara Iddings - present The meeting was adjourned due to lack of quorum. / Respectfully submitted by Respectfully prepared by Catherine Clay CSUN Senate President Sirinda Glasgow CSUN Receptionist CONSOI.il jA I'ED STUDENTS AGENDA KJ4ERG£KCY SENATE ;-iKETl>JG #1 S h!8 SI ON 14 3 APPCL 19 3 4 4:00 lM MSU 201 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. New Business A. Certification of Election B. Dis-Certification of Election C. Re-opening of poles on Thursday April 5, from 5 to 8 pm at MSU, FDH, and JDL D. Re-scheduling of the Primary Election to April 4 and 5 E. Discussion/Action on the Election IV. Open Discussion * «•• • •" > • ' V. Adjournment * This meeting is open to everyone! CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS MINUTES EMERGENCY SENATE MEETING #1 SESSION 14 APRIL 3, 1984 4:00 P.M. MSU 201 I. Call to Order Senate president Clay called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Members in Attendance Bill Haldeman James Ohriner Gary Samuelson Pa tr ick Adams Karen Cohen Rober t Egle t John Fazi Gu s Var cn a Robert Ashley Vicky Huse Rian Flourens Hal Friedman Mark Doubrava Karen Eckert Cara Iddings III. New Business Senator Friedman moved to suspend the rules and move directly into item C of new business. Senator Haldeman objected to the consideration and asked that we proceed with the regular order of business. Discussion took place. Senator Egle t moved to mcve into a committee of the whole to discuss item A through E and allow the committee to decide with James Ohriner as the chairman of the committee of the whole. Senator Haldeman seconded the motion which passed with all in favor . Senator Ohriner entertained discussion on items A through E of new business and would accept a recommendation from the committee on one of the items. There was discussion. Electiais Board Chairman DiBenedetto was questioned as to the procedures used during the primary election. It was pointed out that the list was not checked to make sure that no one had voted more than once. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS/4505 MARYLAND PARKWAY/LAS VEGAS, NV 89154/(702) 739-3477 Members Abs ait David Ezra - unexcused Tom Hawley - late MINUTES EMERGENCY SENATE MEETING #1 APRIL 3, 1984 PAGE 2 The senate discussed the possibility of re opening polling booths from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 5. i There was also discussicn regarding redoing'the entire primary elec tion. The parliamentary and c enstitutional ramifications of holding the elections over cr reopening polling booths. There was discussicn. A petition containing the names of 60 people who planned to vote but wore denied the opportunity due to the polls closing early was presented. There was further discussion. Senator Haldeman moved to recess the meeting for five minutes. There was no second. Senator Eglet suggested that all candidates in the primary be placed on the ballot for the general election then the candidates receiving the plurality vote in their race be chosen the winner. There was discussion on whether the suggestion was c ensti tiiiti cnal. Senator Egldt moved to move oat of a committee of the whole to rise and report with the recommendation of directing the Elec-tions Board to conduct the general election with ballots to include the names of all candidates who were placed on the primary ballot. Senator Flcurens seconded the motion. There was a friendly ansndnen t that the senate set the polling times during today's meeting. The motion to move oat of the c ommi ttee oof the wh cle and to rise and report with the rec emmenda ti on of directing the Elec-tions Board to c endue t the general election with ballots to include the names of all candidates who wore placed on the primary ballot: and to set and post tines for the polling booths passed with 12 in favor, 1 epp os ed (Ohr iner) and 3 abstain-ing (Cohen, Ecker t, Doubrava). Senator Ohr iner reported that the committee of the whole voted by a majority vote to direct the Elections Board Chairman to conduct the general elections with a ballot to include the names of all candidates with the candidates receiving the plurality vote being declared the winner and to set and post time s for the polling booths.'I Senator Eglet moved to approve the rec ommenda ti on . Senator Flourens sec aided the motion. There was discussicn. President Lee moved for a seven minute recess. Senator Flcurens objected tc the consideration. Senator Ohriner seconded Lee's motion to recess. There wore 10 in favca: of a recess, 6 opposed and 0 abstaining. The meeting was recessed at 5:35 p.m. for five minutes. The ire e ting was called back to carder at 5:41 p.m. Second Roll Call Members in Attendance Bill Haldeman MINUTES EMERGENCY SENATE MEETING #1 APRIL 3, 1984 PAGE 3 Tom Haw ley Members Absent James Ohr iner David Ezra - unexcused Gary Samuel sen Pa tr ick Adams Karen Cohen Rober t Egle t John Fazi Gus VAr cna Rober t Ashley Vicky Huse Rian Flourens Hal Er ie dman Mar k D oubr ava Karen Ecker t Cara Iddings Senator Egle t moved to amend the original motion to direct the Electicns Beard to hold a primary election in place of the general election next week and schedule a general election to be held an the f ir s t We dne sday and Thursday after Spring Break. Senator Ecker t seconded the raoticn . There was discussion. Senator Egle t moved to amend the amendment to state that the primary and general elections have polls cpen fr cm 9 a<.m. to 5 p.m. an Wednesday and and onWednesday fr cm 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Library, Humanities and the Student Union. Senator Samuel son seconded the amendmen t. Discussion took place. Senate President Clay restated the motion with amendmen ts. The motion is to hold a primary election instead of the general election and to reschedule the general election to the first Wednesday and Thursday after Spring break, on April 11th the .'polling booths will be cpen fr cm 9 to 5 and the Library, Humanities and the Student Union will remain cpen until 8 p.m., Apr il 12 th the polling booths will be cpen from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and cn the Wednesday after spring break, the polling booths will be cpen f r on 9 to 5 with the Library Humanities, and the Student Union polling booths to remain cpen fr cm 9 to 8 p.m., on the Thursday following spring break all polling booths will be cpen from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Senator Var cna moved the previous question. Senator Egle t seconded the motion which failed with 11 in favor, 5 epp osed and 0 abstaining. There was discussion. Senator Egle t moved the previous question. Senator Flourens seconded the motion which passed with 13 in favor , 3 qoposed an d 0 ab s ta in in g. The motion to amend to add that the p oiling booths for both the primary and general electicns be cpen fr an 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday with the polling booths located at the library, Humanities,, and the Student Union remaining cpen from 9 3>m. to 8 p.m. cn Wednesday passed with 11 in favor, 3 epp os ed and 2 abstaining. MINUTES EMERGENCY SENATE MEETING #1 APRIL 3, 1984 PAGE 4 Senator Egle t re que s te d a roll call vote en the motion. The motion was to hold a primary instead of a general elec-tion en Apr il 11 and 12, to hold a general election en the Wednesday and THur sday following Spring break, the polling booths fcr both elections will be cpen from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. cn both Wednesday and Thursday with the polling booths located at the library, student unicn and the humanities building being cpen fr cm 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. cn Wednesday. The following senators voted in favor of the motion: Bill Haldeman Tom Hawley Gary Samuel sen Patrick Adams Rober t Egle t Gus Varona Rober t Ashley Rian Flourens The following senators voted against the motion: John Fazi / Vicky Huse Hal Friedman Cara IddingS The following senators abstained from the vote: Jarre s Ohr iner Karen Cohen Mar k D oubr ava Karen Ecker t The moticn passed with 8 in favor, 4 opposed and 4 abstaining. Senator Egle t mcved to hold a senate meeting the Friday follow-ing the general elections to consider certification of the elections. Thd moticn was seconded and passed with all in favor . ! V. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m. Do r* -1—f-1 -i ~1 "1 \ 7 oiiVimi -I- 7 " D ^ crr> ch t~* ffnl T 7 by Lduiex m e uxciy »j ±jymi resi CSUN Senate President CSUN Secretary