MSCSA Working DocumentsInitial Recommendations

January 2016Steering Committee Members:

Kerrie, Clinton, Andrea, Cass, and Lora

Lots of grammatical formatting Including changing “Platform Committee” to

“PC” Defining acronyms consistently throughout Consistent punctuation throughout

Clarification of definitions and positions

Recommendations

Membership of the association shall include all persons enrolled in at least one credit at a public Minnesota Technical, Community, Community, Technical, or Consolidated College.

Article 2: MembershipSection A: Student Members

All students shall pay a (per credit) fee to the MSCSA in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (herein referred to as MnSCU) Policies and Procedures, and the MSCSA Financial Policies.

Article 2: MembershipSection B: State Fees

CSGs are the official representatives to the MSCSA on behalf of students at their campus whose job shall be to:

Article 3: Campus Student GovernmentSection A: Campus Student Governments

The General Assembly (herein referred to as GA) shall be the official representative body of the membership and shall have final authority over all the MSCSA matters.

Article 4: General AssemblySection A: Powers and Responsibilities

1. A term is defined as anything over six (6) months to a year of active service.

Article 5: Governing Bodies (Boards)Section F: Term and Term Limits

Adding in a line 11 for President & 10 for Vice President Stating they have the power to veto any

issue that is potentially harmful to the association for the meetings in which they are the chair This forces the potential motion back to the

committee(s) for a vote at the next meeting

Article 6: Cabinet Member DutiesSection A: Duties of the President

& Section B: Duties of the Vice President

The Public Relations Coordinator (herein after referred to as PRC) shall:

2. Serve as chair of the MSCSA Scholarship Board;

6. Coordinate and organize the Star Campus Program; and

7. Chair the Editorial Board of all the MSCSA publications; and

*Further discussion surrounding other duties

Article 6: Cabinet Member DutiesSection C: Duties of the Public

Relations Coordinator

Discussion around if Vice-President should succeed the President, when elections would be held for every other Cabinet position.

Article 7: Removal or Resignation of GC and PC MembersSection C: Succession

Discussion surrounding creating a possible standing GOTV committee

Article 12: Committees

Discussion around having a 12-hour window to submit motions for changes to the document, in order to streamline the process and provide time to review and discuss in regional meetings.

Article 13: Platform Document