Sep. 23, 2024

 

The UNLV Graduate & Professional Student Association

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

GPSA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING 44-08

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27nd, 2024

9:00 AM

HYBRID PUBLIC MEETING:

IN PERSON: GRADUATE COMMONS CONFERENCE ROOM

LIED LIBRARY 2ND FLOOR

VIRTUAL: https://unlv.zoom.us/my/gpsa.meeting.room

PASSCODE: GPSAUNLV

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE AGENDA AND PUBLIC MEETING NOTE:

PERTAINING TO VIRTUAL MEETINGS:

This meeting will be held via teleconference only pursuant to Section 1 of the Declaration of Emergency Directive 006 (“Directive 006”) issued by the State of Nevada Executive Department. If a physical location is required for the meeting, participants may be able to access the livestream by visiting the Graduate Commons at the Lied Library 2nd floor.

Public Comment may be submitted via email to gpsapresident@unlv.edu.

Messages received by 9:00 AM on the Monday 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: https://unlv.zoom.us/my/gpsa.meeting.room

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 UNLV.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.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

TREASURER

SECRETARY

◻ Teresa Marie

◻Aliciah Carr

◻ Devin Lopez

◻ David King

PRESIDENT’S CABINET (EX-OFFICIO, NON-VOTING)

Engagement & Outreach Director

Director of Operations

Director of Communications & Marketing

◻ Ariadna Gutierrez

◻ VACANT

◻ Delight Ejiaka

Members of the Public Present

Virginia Smercina – GPSA Business Manager

Bill Robinson – GPSA Faculty Advisor

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

  1. PUBLIC COMMENT                                                                                                 INFORMATION ONLY

(See foregoing notation regarding public comment)

  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES                                                                                   FOR POSSIBLE ACTION
    1. The GPSA Executive Board will consider approval of the minutes from the 44-07 minutes as posted to the GPSA Drive.
  2. REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS                                                                   INFORMATION ONLY

3a) GPSA Executive Board & Committees

    1. President

President Marie will report to the GPSA Executive Board concerning UNLV related issues or events important to the UNLV graduate student body. Update on Shadow Lane Campus CAPS, CAREs support, Rebel Rebound, & Preschool Expansion.

    1. Vice President

Vice President Carr will report to the GPSA Executive Board concerning UNLV related issues or events important to the UNLV graduate student body.

    1. Treasurer

Treasurer Lopez will report to the GPSA Executive Board concerning UNLV related issues or events important to the UNLV graduate Student body.

    1. Secretary

Secretary King will report to the GPSA Executive Board concerning UNLV related issues or events important to the UNLV graduate Student body.

3b) GPSA Business Manager & Advisor


Business Manager Smercina will report to the GPSA Executive Board concerning UNLV related issues or events important to the UNLV graduate student body.

3c) GPSA Faculty Advisor

      

       Faculty Advisor Bill Robinson will report to the Executive Board concerning UNLV related issues or events important to the UNLV graduate student body.

3d) GPSA President’s Cabinet

  1. Engagement & Outreach Director
  2. Director of Operations
  3. Director of Communications & Marketing
  4. Chief of Staff

  1. 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.

  1. NEW BUSINESS                                                                                                     FOR POSSIBLE ACTION

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

5a) Formal Budget Process                                                                                        INFORMATION ONLY

Treasurer Lopez requests time to discuss the Ways and Means committee putting together a concrete policy and process for the formal budget process for GPSA. 5 mins

5b) Training on ADA Compliant PDF & Google Docs                                           INFORMATION ONLY

Business Manager Smercina requests time to discuss the process for creating an ADA compliant PDF for GPSA documents. 15 mins

5c) Community Service Event – Sole Hope                                                           FOR POSSIBLE ACTION

President Marie Requests time to discuss and possible action on a proposal for a community service event for Sole Hope Shoe Party. 10 mins

5d) Addition of Dr. John Colombo as Second Faculty Advisor                              INFORMATION ONLY

President Marie requests time to discuss the appointment of Dr. John Colombo from School of Dental Medicine as the second faculty advisor to the GPSA. Historically GPSA has 2 faculty advisors in addition to the graduate college and our business manager. 5 mins

5e) Rebel Homecoming                                                                                               INFORMATION ONLY
Business Manager Smercina requests time to discuss rebel homecoming, signing up volunteers, and participation requirements of the entire Executive Board. 15 mins

5f) Grad Rebel Appreciation Day Football Tailgate                                               INFORMATION ONLY

President Marie requests time to discuss the planning of the event that will be held the following morning prior to the game. 15 mins

  1. PUBLIC COMMENT                                                                                                   INFORMATION ONLY

(See foregoing notation regarding public comment)

  1. ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                  INFORMATION ONLY

  1. ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                     FOR POSSIBLE ACTION