Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 20, 1998

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President TERRY A. MOORE STUDENT SENA TE MEETING 28-18 Monday, April 20, 1998 Moyer Student Union Room 201 7:00 P.M. Joaquin F. Trujillo Senate PresickrtProTenpore Business Nicole Lehman Education David Shapiro Sciences Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Marty Weinberg Business Scott Ceci Business Richard Kimbrough Urban Affairs David Fisk Education Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Hotel Administration Heather A. Hamilton Urban Affairs my K. Canepa lOtel Administration Leia M. Cartwright Student Development Jamie T. Hemington Education Jerry K. Jory Student Development Aaron M. Clemens Student Development RylandG. Whitaker Engineering Tony Zaranti Hotel Administration Melissa Colen Business Anne-Marie Lazaroff Fine Arts Christian Augustin Liberal Arts John P. A. Garcia Health Sciences Josephine Binetti Liberal Arts I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES ANNOUNCEMENTS BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS -•oso CO O A. Senate Committee Reports B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports C. Director Reports 1. Nevada Student Affairs; DIRECTOR CONTINE; 2. Elections Board, DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN; 3. Organizations Board, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DORSEY; 4. Entertainment & Programming, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HIRSCHTRITT 5. Office of Student Information, DIRECTOR A YON; D. Residence Hall Liaison Report E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report F. Ethnic Student Council Liaison Report G. Business Manager Report UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of one (1) student to fill the vacant Health Sciences Senate seat, as submitted by SENATOR BINETTI; B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of authorization as permissible by the CSUN Constitution Article VI, Item C, Section 4, Subsection f, for the 1998-99 Executive Board to administer expenditures not to exceed the amount of $500.00 beginning May 1, 1998 and continuing through April 30, 1999, as submitted by SENATOR KIMBROUGH; C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Executive Board Stipends: Student Body President: a monthly stipend of $920.00 per month plus a 42 credit fee waiver; Student Body Vice President: a monthly stipend of $870.00 per month plus a 42 credit fee waiver; Student Senate President: a monthly stipend of $870.00 per month plus a 42 credit fee waiver; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (For the first two months the stipend will be taken out of the FY 97-98 budget and the remainder will be taken out of the FY 98-99 budget), as submitted by SENATOR KIMBROUGH; CJD CO t/l , - -cioo -'.J- o rn -*- <">1 rri 0 o < " *< 2 </>! •"' j/5r t ma- ~ ji^m >>.~n —[ CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4 5 0 5 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 4 - 2 0 0 9 • (702) 8 9 5 - 3 4 7 7 • FAX (702) 8 9 5 - 4 6 0 6 D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Senate President Pro-Tempore Stipend: a monthly stipend of $420.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (For the first two months the stipend will be taken out of the FY 97-98 budget and the remainder will be taken out of the FY 98-99 budget), as submitted by SENATOR KIMBROUGH; E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Director Stipends: Entertainment & Programming: a monthly stipend of $420.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; Organizations: a monthly stipend of $400.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; Office of Student Information: a monthly stipend of $400.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; Nevada Student Affairs: a monthly stipend of $400.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; Student Services: a monthly stipend of $400.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; Elections: a monthly stipend of $150.00 per month for the months of July, August, November, and January, and a monthly stipend of $400.00 per month for the months of September, October, February, March, and April, plus a 24 credit fee waiver; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (For the first two months the stipend will be taken out of the FY 97-98 budget and the remainder will be taken out of the FY 98-99 budget), as submitted by SENATOR KIMBROUGH; VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT[in accordance with N.R.S. 241.020 (2)(c)(3)] IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS X. GOOD OF THE SENATE XI ADJOURNMENT Posted in accordance with Nevada Open Meeting Law(N.R.S. 241.000) at the following locations: Moyer Student Union, Frank & Estella Beam Hall, Flora Dungan Humanities, Classroom Building Complex and Thomas Beam Engineering Complex. University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Government Office of the Senate President TERRY A. MOORE CONSOLIDATES STUDENTS STUDENT GOVERNMENT 0FC£, UMtVERSiTi OF NEVADA LA'a tGAS APR 27 4 1 2 FH 'S8 Joaquin F. Trujillo Senate PnssickntPro-Tenpaz Business Nicole Lehman Education David Shapiro Sciences Randy Milmeister Liberal Arts Marty Weinberg Business Scott Ceci Business Richard Kimbrough Urban Affairs David Fisk Education Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Hotel Administration Heather A. Hamilton Urban Affairs ny K. Canepa .otel Administration Leia M. Cartwright Student Development Jamie T. Hemington Education Jerry K. Jory Student Development Aaron M. Clemens Student Development RylandG. Whitaker Engineering Tony Zaranti Hotel Administration Melissa Colen Business Anne-Marie Lazaroff Fine Arts Christian Augustin Liberal Arts John P. A. Garcia Health Sciences Josephine Binetti Liberal Arts MINUTES SENA TE MEETING 28-18 Monday, April 20,1998 Room 201, Moyer Student Union CALL TO ORDER: SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE called Senate Meeting 28-18 to order at 7:00 p.m. II. ROLL CALL: PRESENT ABSENT Christian Augustin Josephine Binetti Amy K. Canepa Leia Cartwright Scott Ceci Aaron Clemens Melissa Colen David Fisk John P. A. Garcia Heather Hamilton Jamie T. Hemington Jerry K. Jory Michael "Zo" Kawazoe Richard Kimbrough Anne-Marie Lazaroff Nicole Lehman Randy Milmeister Joaquin Trujillo Marty Weinberg Ryland Whitaker Tony Zaranti David Shapiro (unexcused) * denotes tardiness III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: CONSOLIDATED STUDENTS • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 4 5 0 5 SOUTH MARYLAND PARKWAY • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 8 9 1 5 4 - 2 0 0 9 • (702) 8 9 5 - 3 4 7 7 • FAX (702) 8 9 5 - 4 6 0 6 SENATE MINUTES 28-18/ April 20, 1998 Motion to approve Senate meeting minutes 28-15 and 28-16 made by SENATOR CECI, seconded by SENATOR COLEN. Move into a vote. Motion passes 21-0-0. IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS: SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE TRUJILLO stated that they will be re-ordering name tags per request. He asked that the Senators tell him by next Monday. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that Earth Day is on Wednesday and there will be about 2,000 elementary school students here on campus. It is from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and they need volunteers to do a variety of things. He stated that he will be there all day on Wednesday. V. BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Senate Committee Reports: 1. SENATOR ZARANTI stated that the Rebel Yell Advisory Board met on Wednesday and they had the election of the new Editor-in-Chief. They will be discussing the operating budget at the next meeting on May 6th at 2:30 in FDH 312. B. Faculty Senate/University Committee Reports: 1. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that the Parking Committee is meeting on Friday at 2:30. C. Director Reports: 1. NSA - VICE PRESIDENT VALERA stated that DIRECTOR CONTINE apologized for not being there. He stated that the Paycheck Protection Act forum was successful and the early voting dates have been set for August 20th for the primary and October 28th for the general. 2. Elections Board DIRECTOR FLEISCHMAN stated that she is getting things ready for the next Director. She also stated that PRESIDENT MILLS gave her plaque and she did not accept it and is turning it over to the Vice President. 3. O-BOARD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DORSEY stated that next Tuesday is the last O-Board meeting. He also hopes that the funding requests can be approved by Ways and Means. There was some discussion. ( ) 2 SENATE MINUTES 28-18/ April 20, 1998 4. E & P ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HIRSCHTRITT stated that the last REBELPALOOZA meeting was today and everything is going very well. The Spring Fling shirts should be out no later than Thursday. There were several questions and discussion. 5. OSI DIRECTOR A YON stated that he found a much lower bid for the T-shirts - $2,000.00 less and it will take approximately two weeks. They are using the whole OSI page for REBELPALOOZA but he would rather use it for the organizations because that is what it is there for. On his plaque it says that he is the Information Officer instead of Director and he is giving it back to VICE PRESIDENT VALERA. There were several questions and discussion. D. Residence Hall Liaison Report: JENNIFER PECK introduced their new President, Loretta Linder, to the Senate. She also stated that they are co-sponsoring the Holocaust program with Hillel. RHA is working on advertising and helping out with Spring Fling. They are having a Southpark party and other fun events for the rest of the semester. E. Student Athlete Advisory Board Liaison Report: DARON DORSEY stated that they had their last on Tuesday. They have 2 outreach activities planned. They will have their elections of officers by the end of the year. He also stated that of the 16 teams in the WAC, this is the only school with a representative that speaks to the Senate. He stated that there has been a lot of criticism about the woman's basketball coach and that we need to support the decision and the Athletic Department. F. Ethnic Student Council Liaison Report: ANN YU stated that the C'amore fashion show went very well. On April 22nd at 1 p.m. there will be a one hour video presentation that they are sponsoring and also their awards ceremony is on April 29th at 5 p.m. There were several questions and discussion. G. Business Manager Report: BUSINESS MANAGER JIM MOORE read the expenditures for the week: $30.00 for chairs that were lost during the primary elections, $155.06 for the March long distance phone bill, $57.56 for the fliers for the art show, $32.75 for the fliers for the leadership scholarships, $57.95 for the leadership scholarship application forms, $54.89 for office SENATE MINUTES 28-18/ April 20, 1998 letterhead stationary, $124.28 for advertisements for UNLVino, and $110.30 for the post-elections dinner for the Elections Board. VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS SENATOR KIMBROUGH made a motion to move out of the order of the day to Item B, seconded by SENATOR KAWAZOE. Move into a vote. Motion passes 21-0-0. SENATOR KIMBROUGH made a motion to table Items B,C,D, and E, seconded by SENATOR GARCIA. Move into a vote. Motion passes 21-0-0. B. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of authorization as permissible by the CSUN Constitution Article VI, Item C, Section 4, Subsection f, for the 1998-99 Executive Board to administer expenditures not to exceed the amount of $500.00 beginning May 1, 1998 and continuing through April 30, 1999, as submitted by SENATOR KIMBROUGH; C. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Executive Board Stipends: Student Body President: a monthly stipend of $920.00 per month plus a 42 credit fee waiver; Student Body Vice President: a monthly stipend of $870.00 per month plus a 42 credit fee waiver; Student Senate President: a monthly stipend of $870.00 per month plus a 42 credit fee waiver; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (For the first two months the stipend will be taken out of the FY 97-98 budget and the remainder will be taken out of the FY 98-99 budget), as submitted by SENATOR KIMBROUGH; D. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Senate President Pro-Tempore Stipend: a monthly stipend of $420.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (For the first two months the stipend will be taken out of the FY 97-98 budget and the remainder will be taken out of the FY 98-99 budget), as submitted by SENATOR KIMBROUGH; E. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of Director Stipends: Entertainment & Programming: a monthly stipend of $420.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; Organizations: a monthly stipend of $400.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; Office of Student Information: a monthly stipend of $400.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; Nevada Student Affairs: a monthly stipend of $400.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; Student Services: a monthly stipend of $400.00 per month plus a 24 credit fee waiver; Elections: a monthly stipend of $150.00 per month for the months of July, August, November, and January, and a monthly stipend of $400.00 4 SENATE MINUTES 28-18/ April 20, 1998 per month for the months of September, October, February, March, and April, plus a 24 credit fee waiver; to be encumbered out of the CSUN 2702 (Gen) Account. (For the first two months the stipend will be taken out of the FY 97-98 budget and the remainder will be taken out of the FY 98-99 budget), as submitted by SENATOR KIMBROUGH; SENATOR KIMBROUGH made a motion to move back into the order of the day to Item A, seconded by SENATOR TRUJILLO. Move into a vote. Motion passes 21-0-0. A. Action Item: Discussion/Approval of one (1) student to fill the vacant Health Sciences Senate seat, as submitted by SENATOR BINETTI; SENATOR KIMBROUGH made a motion to waive bylaw 4, seconded by SENATOR CECI. Move into a vote. Motion passes 18-2-1. (SENATORS KAWAZOE and CANEPA opposed, SENATOR AUGUSTIN abstained.) SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that the two candidates for the positions are Kathryn Auer and Keith Ceci. SENATOR CECI made a motion to nominate both candidates, followed by allowing both candidates to speak for two minutes followed by limited question and answer, followed by a division of the house roll call vote, seconded by SENATOR ZARANTI. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that they will proceed as such. Katie Auer introduced herself and stated that she is a full time student, married, has a part-time career, is 35 years old and has returned to school after a 15 year absence. She stated that she is an accurate representation of the Health Science students that she knows and also that she can make the connection between the non-traditional students and the Student Government stronger than it has ever been. There were several questions from the Senators. Keith Ceci introduced himself and stated that he is originally from Arizona. He came to UNLV for their athlete training program. He is very involved with athletics and is the President of the Student Athletic Trainers Association and is also a rojo. He is also a member of the Student Physical Therapy Association. He stated that he is very involved on campus and would be a good representative of his college. There were several questions from the Senators. SENATE MINUTES 28-18/ April 20, 1998 Move into a roll call vote. Katie Auer received the seat by an 11 to 9 majority. VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT IX. EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUMMATIONS VICE PRESIDENT VALERA stated that the banquet is on April 25th at 6 p.m. in the Boyd Dining Room. The event is going to cost $2,000.00 and the re-making of the plaques is $374.40. For the Faculty Excellence Award, he has not received all of the packets back. There were several questions and discussion. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE welcomed SENATOR AUER. He stated that Earth Day is going to be a fantastic opportunity to get involved with a large number of students. It is a great time and lasts all day and he asked the Senators to please get involved. He is going to be working on his thesis for most of the week and will be in the library. The plaques for the Executive Board banquet are only $374.00 and that is $120.00 less than the ones that PRESIDENT MILLS had ordered. He is glad there is a full Senate and they need to start advertising for the upcoming positions. He stated that REBELPALOOZA is going to be $21,289.65 and he asked that the Senators go out and tell people about it. He stated that he has done his best in seeing that the Senate seats are filled. This was the only one that they have had a problem with and it was only a week late. He asked that the Senators make SENATE PRESIDENT ELECT KIMBROUGH'S job easier and go talk to him with their concerns and thoughts and give him the support that he is going to need. He stated that this is a great body of Senators and out of three years, this is probably one of the most pro-active groups that he has ever been involved with. SENATOR KIMBROUGH asked who is going to discuss issues pertaining to the Senate with SENATOR AUER. SENATE PRESIDENT PRO-TEMPORE TRUJILLO stated that he will. X. GOOD OF THE SENATE SENATOR AUGUSTIN congratulated SENATOR AUER. SENATOR ZARANTI congratulated SENATOR AUER and stated that the Hotel College has a new Dean. They are having a reception for him the 2nd week of fall semester. Today they had a farewell reception for the founding dean of the Hotel College. The reason for the new call letters is because they were running out of numbers with so many classes. He also stated that he is impressed that their advising has improved. SENATOR CARTWRIGHT welcomed SENATOR AUER. ( 6 SENATE MINUTES 28-18/ April 20, 1998 SENATOR KAWAZOE welcomed SENATOR AUER. He also stated that Beta Theta Pi received their charter. SENATOR KAWAZOE left at 7:48. SENATOR WEINBERG stated that the Holocaust Remembrance Day is on Wednesday from 10:00-2:00 and there should be an outstanding event. He also congratulated SENATOR AUER. SENATOR CECI congratulated SENATOR AUER. He stated that a former Rebel athletes, Todd Floyd, signed with the Jaguars. He thanked SENATOR JORY for being there. He stated that some of the Directors might want to think about professionalism a little bit when they address the Senate. He thinks that the lost chairs should come out of the Elections Board Director's stipend. He also stated that the plaques are $120.00 less because PRESIDENT MILLS' plaque was $120.00. SENATOR KIMBROUGH congratulated SENATOR AUER and stated that it is nice to have an advocate for the non-traditional students. He stated that some Urban Affairs constituents of his told him to congratulate Beta Theta Pi and SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE on his new hat. SENATOR LAZAROFF thanked the Senators for helping her put up the posters. She stated that everything was taken out of her box. The art show was successful and she would like a name badge. She discussed the computers in the office and stated that a decision needs to be made about who they are available to. She also congratulated SENATOR AUER and hopes that Keith Ceci stays active within the campus and Student Government. SENATOR HAMILTON congratulated SENATOR AUER. She stated that there is an inauguration party on May 1 st at Chucksters. She also asked the new Executive Board to replace the A-track player in the Senate chambers. SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE stated that the new TV in the Senate chambers is the one that was hanging up in the Union. SENATOR LEHMAN stated that her parents might have some A-tracks. She congratulated SENATOR AUER. She thanked ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DORSEY for helping her out and having some of the athletes come out for their career day. She congratulated Beta Theta Pi. She stated that she couldn't go to the caucus and had a previous commitment. She also encouraged everyone to get involved with Earth Day. SENATOR HEMINGTON congratulated SENATOR AUER. SENATOR MILMEISTER congratulated SENATOR AUER. He also stated that his psychology conference last week was awesome. SENATE MINUTES 28-18/ April 20, 1998 SENATOR AUER thanked the Senate for their support and stated that she will make an effort to live up to everyone's expectations. She also congratulated all of the Senators that are graduating this May. SENATOR WHITAKER stated that he is a Seattle fan and that he went to Brianhead yesterday and he was sunburned. SENATOR JORY thanked SENATOR CECI for helping him rebuild his engine over the weekend. He also congratulated SENATOR AUER and thanked DIRECTOR A YON for his willingness to sacrifice his body to put the students first. SENATOR CLEMENS congratulated SENATOR AUER and Beta Theta Pi. He was also pleased to see SENATOR AUGUSTIN come to the defense of fraternities after an article that was written in the Review Journal. He enjoyed the fashion show and they probably raised a lot of money. He also quoted Martin Luther King Jr. SENATOR BINETTI stated that she missed the caucus today and also congratulated SENATOR AUER. SENATOR FISK stated that he makes it a point to talk to his officials before he says things on the floor. He congratulated SENATOR AUER and stated there is no J.C. He also stated that SENATOR CECI couldn't help him fix a flat tire. He is looking forward to the Faculty Talent Show on Wednesday and REBELPALOOZA. He also saw a good play on Friday. SENATOR COLEN stated that she went to the art show and there were lots of people there. SENATOR GARCIA congratulated SENATOR AUER. He stated that he will be attending the Holocaust remembrance. He also agrees with SENATOR LAZAROFF about people in the office and he has filed a complaint about one person that was very rude to him in the office. SENATOR CANEPA congratulated SENATOR AUER and SENATOR MILMEISTER on his psychology project. She went to the Beta Theta Pi dinner and stated that they are a group of gentlemen. This Sunday from 9 to 3 there is a car wash for Panhellenic in 2 locations. She also stated that the Cigar Club on campus is one of the largest in the world. SENATOR TRUJILLO congratulated SENATOR AUER and stated that if they can meet sometime this week he will give her any information she needs. He made an offer at the caucus to have a refresher on bill writing or anything else. He stated that he didn't know if VICE PRESIDENT VALERA needs his plaque back. He also thanked his father who was in the audience and stated that he has helped him out his entire life and gave him his first dose of politics. SENATE MINUTES 28-18/ April 20, 1998 XI. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn the meeting made by SENATOR TRUJILLO, seconded by SENATOR JORY. Move into a vote. Vote to adjourn passes 21-1-0. (SENATOR KIMBROUGH opposed.) SENATE PRESIDENT MOORE adjourned the meeting at 8:08 p.m. Submitted by: Prepared by: SENATE PRESIDENT SENATE SECRETARY Note: All minutes are subject to summation.