Listed below is the agenda for this week’s monthly advisory board meeting for the Scarlet & Gray Free Press.
Students, members of the UNLV community, and others are welcome to attend the virtual meeting, as topics related to the Scarlet & Gray Free Press are discussed. Those attending as members of the public can also make public comments regarding the Scarlet & Gray Free Press.
One of the topics that will be discussed during the meeting is setting the date for the April meeting, where the next Editor-in-Chief will be selected.
Any UNLV student who is interested in running the student newspaper is encouraged to apply. You must be a student, taking at least six credits, have at least a 2.5 GPA, and will have to send in three writing samples, a cover letter, and a resume to the Scarlet & Gray Free Press business manager, Julie Konkol. All of the dates for the deadlines will be made available to those interested after the meeting, when those times are determined.
Here is the agenda, verbatim, that is sent to every board member and will be posted on our website:
UNLV Student Newspaper Advisory Board
AGENDA
Friday, March 11th, 2022 at 8:30am
Location: https://meet.google.com/onm-phjw-gqp?authuser=1
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the UNLV Student Newspaper Advisory Board (“the
Board”) intends to hold a public meeting at the hour of 8:30 a.m. on Friday, January 28th, 2021.
The Board, at the discretion of its chairman, may take items out of order, combine related items to be heard in a single discussion, trail items until a later time during this meeting, postpone items to be heard at a future meeting or strike items from the agenda. A recess may be called at any time during the meeting.
Meetings of the UNLV Student Newspaper Advisory Board are audio recorded, and any member of the public may request and receive a copy of that audio recording file, along with the Board’s agenda, supporting documents and other materials used by the Board to deliberate and act.
If the number of people wishing to attend the Board’s meeting exceeds the capacity of the meeting room, the location of the meeting may be changed. In that event, notices will be conspicuously posted at the original location of the meeting to give the public notice of the new location of the meeting, and the starting time of the meeting will be delayed allowing sufficient time for members of the public to attend the meeting at its alternative location.
Members of the public will be afforded the opportunity to address the Board on matters within its jurisdiction at specified times during the meeting. Reasonable efforts will be made to assist and accommodate members of the public with physical disabilities. Please call the Board’s Chairwoman— Mary Miller, at 661-488-6880 — in advance of the meeting to make necessary arrangements.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
I. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS
Mary Miller, student member, Chairwoman
Hadiya Mehdi, student member, Vice Chairwoman
Syeda Jamshed, student member
VACANT, student member
Allister Dias, student member
Jesse Fager, student member
Vanessa Booth, UNLV Scarlet & Gray Free Press staff representative
Natalie Bruzda, UNLV Office of Communications
Charles Zobell, Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies
April Corbin Girnus, outside news media professional
Carri Geer Thevenot, outside news media professional
- Alex Wright, editor-in-chief, ex officio member
Rick Velotta, faculty adviser, ex officio member
Julie Konkol, business manager, ex officio member
II. READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
- A. February 11th, 2021
- III. PUBLIC COMMENT A period devoted to receiving comments from the public on matters within the jurisdiction of the Board. At the discretion of the chairman or chairwoman, public comment may be limited to three (3) minutes per person. No action may be taken on matters discussed in public comment unless they appear elsewhere on this agenda for action. Before addressing your comments to the Board, please state your full name and spell your last name for the record.
IV. REPORTS TO THE BOARD
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Alex Wright
FACULTY ADVISER Rick Velott
BUSINESS MANAGER Julie Konkol
MANAGING EDITOR Vanessa Booth
V. OLD BUSINESS
- Student Fee
VI. NEW BUSINESS
- EIC Application Materials and Deadlines
VII. ANNOUNCEMENTS/SETTING OF THE DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING
- EIC Meeting
VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT A period devoted to receiving comments from the public on matters within the jurisdiction of the Board. At the discretion of the chairman or chairwoman, public comment may be limited to three (3) minutes per person. No action may be taken on matters discussed in public comment unless they appear on this agenda for action. Before
addressing your comments to the Board, please state your full name and spell your last name for the record.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
Any student interested in attending the meeting as a member of the public is encouraged to reach out to our chairwoman, Mary Miller (millem30@unlv.nevada.edu) and she can provide you with the meeting link and other information regarding this Friday’s meeting. Contact Scarlet & Gray Free Press Editor-in-Chief Alex Wright (chief.freepress@unlv.edu ) for more information regarding the UNLV student newspaper and Editor-in-Chief process.
