ASCCSN Senate Meeting #1

ASCSN Student Government Senate Meeting Approved Minutes College of Southern Nevada Cheyenne Campus Building N 103 3200 E. Cheyenne Avenue, North Las Vegas, 89030 Friday, February 12th, 2016 12:30 p.m.

Executive Board Officers: West Charleston Senators: Brenda Romero, President (Present) Ocean Garner, WCH Senator (Present) Sara Weston, Vice President (Present) Biruk Gebremeskel, WCH Senator (Excused) Zachary Stanczak, Secretary (Present) Michele Johnson, WCH Senator (Present) Priscilla Munoz, Treasurer (Present) Elisa Miguez, WCH Senator (Unexcused)

Cheyenne Senators: Extension Senators: Katelynn Costa, CHY Senator (Present) VictorLee Boardley, EXT Senator (Excused) Jorge Lopez, CHY Senator (Excused) Rachel Clark, EXT Senator (Present) Jill Robinson, CHY Senator (Present) Justin Cardenas, (CHY Senator Elect) (Excused) Advisors: Christopher Brown, Interim Advisor (Present) Millie Vuksanovic, Financial Advisor (Present) Henderson Senators: Jonathan Bowdle, HEN Senator (Excused) Isaiah Moreno- Sandoval, (HEN Senator Elect) (Present) Nathaniel Phillips, (HEN Senator Elect) (Present) Weldon Jones, (HEN Senator Elect) (Present)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE AGENDA AND PUBLIC MEETING

NOTE: Below is an agenda of all items scheduled to be considered. Notification is hereby provided that items on the agenda may be taken out of the order presented, two or more agenda items may be combined for consideration, and an agenda item may be removed from the agenda or discussion relating to an item on the agenda may be delayed at any time.

In accordance with NRS 241.020(6), supporting materials that are submitted to the Associated Students of the College of Southern Nevada (ASCSN) Office of Student Life and Leadership Development will be made available in advance of the meeting as follows: 1) from the (ASCSN) Office of Student Life and Leadership Development by calling Shakira Taylor at (702) 651-4051 or emailing her at [email protected]; or, 2) by accessing the electronic version of the agenda posted on the ASCSN page of the CSN website:

http://www.csn.edu/ascsn/

In addition, a limited number of copies of any such supporting materials will be available at the meeting site.

Reasonable efforts will be made to assist and accommodate physically disabled persons attending the meeting. Please call Shakira Taylor at (702) 651-4051 in advance so that arrangements may be made.

Call to Order By President Romero at 12:30PM

Roll Call is done by Secretary Stanczak as seen on the Roster Above 8 Voting Members 1. Public Comment (3 minute limit each speaker) Information Only a. Public comment will be taken during this agenda item. No action may be taken on a matter raised under this item until the matter is included on an agenda as an item on which action may be taken. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person. Persons making comment will be asked to begin by stating their name for the record and to spell their last name. The President may elect to allow additional public comment on a specific agenda item when that agenda item is being considered.

b. In accordance with Attorney General Opinion No. 00-047, as restated in the Attorney General’s Open Meeting Law Manual, the President may prohibit comment if the content of that comment is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of, ASCSN Student Government, or if the content is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers. a. One person observes the meeting, per his professor. No comments otherwise.

2. Consent Agenda Items (5 minutes) For Possible Action a. Approval of the Meeting Minutes for: a.i. Senate Meeting: February 5th, 2016 a.ii. Planning and Awards: February 5th, 2016 a.iii. Outreach: February 5th, 2016 a.iv. Executive Board: February 5th, 2016 a.v. By- Laws: January 8th, 2016 a. President Romero states that the By-Law meeting minutes for January 8th, 2016 have already been approved, Secretary Stanczak confirms this. Therefore voting will only be to approve items i-iv. Senator Clarks motions to approve (i-iv) Senator Garner Seconds Motion passes 8-0-0

3. Oath of Office (10 minutes) For Possible Action a. President Romero shall administer the Oath of Office to newly elected ASCSN Senator(s): Justin Cardenas representing the Cheyenne Campus, Isaiah Sandoval- Moreno, Nathaniel Phillips, and Weldon Jones representing the Henderson campus. a. President Romero swears in the new Senator-elects for Henderson Campus. b. There are now 11 voting members.

4. Spring Club Seed Money (10 minutes) For Possible Action a. The Senate shall deliberate and vote upon funding of $300 each for each of the clubs that are in good standing with the ASCSN Constitution and By-Laws Statues for the Spring 2016 semester. The clubs are as follows: a.i. Culinary Club a.ii. International Student Organization a.iii. Sonography Club a.iv. Surgical Conscience Club a. President Romero notes that these four were missing from last week. Therefore, the same voting style done the previous week will be done this time as well (voting for approval for each one with one vote). Also, the new senators will be voting as will. Senator Garner Motions for Approval Senator Costa Seconds Motion Passes 11-0-0

5. ASCSN Senate Report (15 minutes) Information Only ASCSN Senate Meeting Approved Minutes Page 3 February 12th, 2016 a. Executive Board Officers Reports a.i. President’s Report a. There is an event for the Latino Voter Summit meeting, in which they have different representatives for the candidates that are showing up. Next week will be a longer meeting since there will be guest speakers. One of the subjects will be the raise in tuition fees for the next four years by a total of 16% (4% each year). In March there will be a President’s chat that will need to be promoted. The main topic of discussion will be diversity.

a.ii. Vice President ’ s Report a. Reports that she went to the meeting in regards to the Tech Expo happening on April 29th. This is a partnership between all science industries to showcase for CCSD. There is an expected 2500 people to this event. Roughly around 70 events at least. What they would like from Student Government/Life is participation from Clubs and other groups to sell food. There are certain clubs that the Vice President will reach out to. This is something that can be part of awarding clubs, since this is a big event for the college. b. Advisor Brown notes that this is one of the things that needs to happen. This is a prime opportunity for clubs to get their names out and help students. Instead of selling stuff, Advisor Brown notes that the clubs should just give away the food. Just do it to do it, so to speak. c. Vice President Weston notes she will come up with an AIR form. Also, there is now a task list of things that need to get done on both West Charleston and Cheyenne campuses, so accountability can be had for the ASCSN Student Government. a.iii. Secretary ’ s Report a. An official Report will be done for the February 19th meeting. a.iv. Treasurer’s Report a. The Treasurer’s report is available in the J Drive. b. Committee Chair Reports No Reports c. Campus Reports a. Senator Johnson says West Charleston’s Project Love went great. They took a lot of pictures, but not all came out great. They are all available on the J Drive. Either way, the students seemed to really enjoy themselves. b. President Romero wanted to extend thanks to Stephanie, Maria and Womine For all of their help.

6. New Business Information Only a. Items for consideration at future meetings may be suggested. Any discussion of an item under “New Business” is limited to description and clarification of the subject matter of the item, which may include the reasons for the request. b. No new business.

7. Public Comment (3 minute limit each speaker) Information Only a. Public comment will be taken during this agenda item. No action may be taken on a matter raised under this item until the matter is included on an agenda as an item on which action may be taken. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person. Persons making comment will be asked to begin by stating their name for the record and to spell their last name. The President may elect to allow additional public comment on a specific agenda item when that agenda item is being considered. b. Emily Griffin wants CSN to start using TerraCycle, a recycling company that has a lot of free options to help with CSN’s garbage. They offer free boxes and pick-ups, along with many other different types of deals. President Romero states she will look into it and wants to stay in touch with Griffin to see what they can work out. President Romero also mentions she will have Rolando (Who does the recycling initiatives on campus) get involved as well for this possible project.

c. In accordance with Attorney General Opinion No. 00-047, as restated in the Attorney General’s Open Meeting Law Manual, the President may prohibit comment if the content of that comment is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of, ASCSN Student Government, or if the content is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers.

8. Adjournment Action Meeting adjourned at 12:55PM. Posted by President Romero on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 by 9:00 a.m.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEVADA OPEN MEETING LAW (NRS 241) THIS AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED AT SIX CSN LOCATION SITES AND E-MAILED FOR POSTING OF SAID LOCATION SITES:

CSN Cheyenne Campus, Main Building 1st Floor across from Stu. Gov. Dept. Ste. #E102, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., N. Las Vegas, NV 89030 CSN Cheyenne Campus, Main Building 1st Floor Room #S101, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., N. Las Vegas, NV 89030 CSN Henderson Campus, “B” Building 1st Floor Stu. Service Hall, 700 College Dr., Henderson, NV 89002 CSN Summerlin High Tech Center, Main Building 1st floor student lounge room 106, 333 S. Pavilion Center Dr., Las Vegas NV 89144 CSN West Charleston Campus, “B” Building 1st Floor Room #107, 6375 W. Charleston Blvd.., Las Vegas, NV 89146 CSN West Charleston Campus, “D” Building 1st Floor near Advising/Success Coaches, 6375 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89146