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Graduate & Professional Student Association

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
GPSA CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE MEETING 44-05

Monday, November 18, 2024
9:00 AM

ONLINE MEETING:

VIRTUAL:
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Phone Code: 14888624

 

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE AGENDA AND PUBLIC MEETING NOTE:

 

PERTAINING TO VIRTUAL MEETINGS:

In accordance with the Board of Regents’ Bylaws, Title 1, Article V, Section 12, a quorum may be gained by telephonic, video, or electronic transmission provided that notice to that effect has been given.

Public Comment may be submitted via email to gpsapresident@unlv.edu. Messages received by 9:00 AM on the business day prior to the meeting may be entered into the record during the meeting. Any other public comment form submissions and/or voicemails received prior to the adjournment of the meeting will be transcribed and included in the permanent record.

Members of the public wishing to listen to the meeting may do so via:

 

CONTINUED:

Below is an agenda of all items scheduled to be presented and considered at the meeting. Notification is hereby provided that items on the agenda may be taken out of the order and 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.

Some agenda items are noted as having accompanying reference material. Copies of the reference materials that are distributed at the meeting may be requested by emailing the Executive Board at gpsa@unlv.edu.  

This meeting’s agenda has been posted in accordance with NRS 241.020. Copies of the agenda and reference material will be made available as follows: 1. Digitally at the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.edu/GPSA/Agendas and the Nevada Public Notice Website, 2. Physically located on the First Floor of the Lied Library at 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 3. Physically located in the Carol C. Harter Classroom Building Complex (CHB) at 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV.

Reasonable efforts will be made to assist and accommodate persons with a disability attending the meeting. Please email the GPSA Manager at gpsa@unlv.edu in advance so that arrangements may be made.

PUBLIC COMMENT:

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 Board Chair may elect to allow additional public comment on a specific agenda item when that agenda item is being considered. In accordance with Attorney General Opinion No. 00-047, as restated in the Attorney General’s Open Meeting Law Manual, the Chair may prohibit comment if the content of that comment is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of, the Body, 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.

 

 

 

2024-2025 Constitution and Bylaws Committee Member

¨ Teresa Marie, Chair, College of Urban Affairs

¨ Devin Lopes, Committee Member, College of Liberal Arts

¨ Kevin Navarrete-Parra, College of Liberal Arts

 

 

 

Members-at-Large:

Members of the Public Present: Virginia Smercina – Business Manager Bill Robinson – Faculty Advisor John Colombo – Faculty Advisor

 

 

 

AGENDA

1)    CALL TO ORDER

2)    ROLL CALL

3)    PUBLIC COMMENT                                                                            INFORMATION ONLY

(See foregoing notation regarding public comment)

 

4)    APPROVAL OF MINUTES                                                                 FOR POSSIBLE ACTION

4a) Minutes from the 44-03 & 44-04 meetings should be available and ready to be voted on.

5)    REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS                                              INFORMATION ONLY

5a) Chair Report

5b) GPSA Manager & Advisor

6)    UNFINISHED BUSINESS                                                                               FOR POSSIBLE ACTION

Unfinished Business is any motion or action item that was under discussion and was postponed or moved to this meeting at the discretion of the public body as approved by the chair.

6a) GPSA Constitutional Updates Articles I-VII                                           FOR POSSIBLE ACTION

Chair Marie request time for discussion and possible action of the review and updates for the constitution of GPSA.  2.75 hours

7)    NEW BUSINESS                                                                                               FOR POSSIBLE ACTION

New business is any motion that is new to this meeting. All items will be for possible action unless otherwise stated.

7a) Discussion of Next Meeting                                                                        FOR POSSIBLE ACTION

Chair Marie requests time to discuss and possible action for the next Constitution and Bylaws meeting

 

7b) Call for New Business Items                                                                     INFORMATION ONLY

Items for consideration at future meetings may be suggested. Discussion is limited to description and clarification of the subject matter of the item, including the reasons for the request; emergency items  added at the discretion of the President (GPSA Bylaws Article IV, Sec.3).

8)    ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                        INFORMATION ONLY

9)    PUBLIC COMMENT                                                                                        INFORMATION ONLY

(See foregoing notation regarding public comment)

10) ADJOURNMENT                                                                                              FOR POSSIBLE ACTION