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Andrea Prado Professor Guenzel ENC 1101-0011 November 24th 2013

Student Government Assoc at on!s Const tut on" Andrea Prado!s Ed t on #ear ne$l% n t ated member of u&com n' Student Government Assoc at on( Preamble As a ne$ member of the Student Government Assoc at on %ou m 'ht be feel n' nervous" e)c ted and an) ous to f nall% start n %our ne$l% ac*u red &os t on+ As a former member of th s commun t% , -no$ $here %ou are com n' from+ .ou are read% to $or- and to ma-e %our school a better &lace but f rst there are some th n's %ou m 'ht need to -no$ before %ou start on %our ass 'ned dut es+ Pur&ose /e all l ve n commun t es+ ,t s a fact that $e see- each others com&an%+ 0hat essent all% s $hat ma-es us human+ 1uman be n's have l ved n commun t es s nce the be' nn n' of t me" so t!s no sur&r se that as the &o&ulat on ncreased and l fe became more and more com&l cated" our commun t es have become lar'er and more ntr cate+ 2ecentl% thou'h lar'e commun t es started to subd v de themselves n smaller commun t es+ 0he r &ur&ose e)clus vel% of that commun t% s the m&rovement of the lar'er commun t%+ / th th s n m nd t s &oss ble to understand the &ur&ose of the Student Government Assoc at on a l ttle better+ ,t s a small commun t% that e) sts for the betterment of a lar'er commun t%" the lar'er commun t% be n' the school the or'an zat on s a &art of+

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2e*u rements /h le there are some re*u rements that need to be addressed" t s m&ortant to remember that the re*u rements are not even at the same level $ th the e)&er ences %ou rece ve n return of be n' nvolved $ th such an accred ted or'an zat on as th s+ Even thou'h a standard m n mum GPA s re*u red t s ver% &oss ble that teachers ' ve %ou a lee$a% 3ust for be n' a &art of the Student Government Assoc at on+ #o not ta-e advanta'e of th s thou'h" t s not fa r to them to abuse the &r v le'es %ou are ' ven+ 4eet n's ma% be mandator% but the fr endsh &s that bu ld from that t me s&ent to'ether ever% $ee- are rre&laceable+ 0he serv ce hour re*u rement m 'ht be a dra' to schedule but $h le $or- n' to$ards the common 'ood %ou are also 'ro$ n' as a &erson and becom n' a better human be n'+ 4embers /h le some &eo&le m 'ht hold off cer &os t ons t s essent al to ' ve the same level of ran- n' and &o$er to all the members+ Even thou'h the off cers are techn call% n char'e" ever%one has the r o$n funct on $ th n the or'an zat on and the% have to feel comfortable $ th the r comm ttee so the% can $or- to$ards the common 'ood+ 0he a&&l cat on &rocess s r 'orous and onl% the 'reat leaders 'et acce&ted nto the or'an zat on+ 0h s means that re'ardless f someone th n-s the% are 5better6 than an% other member" the% all have the *ual f cat ons to be there and no one should be e)cluded+ Student Government Assoc at on has members from all classes+ All un ted on the same &ass on for leadersh & and for m&rovement of the school+ ,t s conse*uent al to be cord al and fr endl% to all the members" even f these are %oun'er and less e)&er enced+ ,t s a $ell -no$n fact that a ma n funct on of the Student Government Assoc at on s to connect the student bod% and &rov de feedbac- on the students!s o& n ons+ S nce the Student Government has to focus on

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all as&ects of student l ves the% have to be a$are of all the students &references and to be able to do so the% have to ma nta n connect ons at each level of a'e+ ,n 'eneral the best adv ce that could be ' ven n relat on to other members s that no one s su&er or to each other and even thou'h some &eo&le hold off c al &os t ons n SGA no one s better than an% of the students n the school not nvolved n SGA+ 2elat onsh & $ th Adv sor /h le some &eo&le ma% su''est to steer clear of the adults re&resent n' an or'an zat on" t s actuall% the o&&os te+ 0he adv sor" as head of the nst tut on" has to ma nta n order and restr ct ons+ 7or th s reason hav n' a 'ood relat onsh & $ th the adv sor s cruc al for a &leasant e)&er ence n the or'an zat on+ Al$a%s be on the adv sor!s 'ood s de because th s can &rove to be eternall% benef c al f %ou are able to use t to %our advanta'e+ 0hese reco'n zed &eo&le can ' ve %ou( letters of recommendat on" adv se on certa n s tuat ons" and the% $ ll 'ro$ fond and tr% to hel& %ou n an% $a% that the% can+ ,n some s tuat ons t m 'ht even be 'ood to 'o v s t them n the r off ce to s&end t me $ th them 3ust to 'et ns 'ht from a smarter and more e)&er enced nd v dual+ Adv sors can even serve as mentors so ta-e advanta'e of th s o&&ortun t% ' ven to those nvolved $ th SGA+ S&ec f c 2oles n SGA As $ th an% t%&e of commun t%" each &erson &la%s a certa n role and even thou'h n SGA ever%one $or-s to$ards the same common 'oal( the m&rovement of the school+ An off c al def n t on of leadersh & sa%s that leadersh & s the art of mot vat n' a 'rou& of &eo&le to act to$ards ach ev n' a common 'oal+ 0echn call% n SGA all the members are leaders and even thou'h there are al$a%s some &eo&le more act ve than others the ma n concern s to tr% to d v de tas-s evenl% so no one s over$or-ed or overstressed+

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Pres dents usuall% 'et the t%& cal 5su&erhero com&le)6 and the% tr% to do ever%th n'+ 0he best adv ce that could ever be ' ven to &res dents or an% or'an zat on has to be( learn ho$ to dele'ate+ 8se the &eo&le and resources ava lable because f the other members are loo- n' to %ou for adv ce and %our 3ob s m&a red because of %our levels of stress and t s m&oss ble for %ou to f nd a solut on" %ou are not do n' %our 3ob effect vel%+ As the &res dent %ou the ult mate role model n the or'an zat on so %ou cannot subm t to the &ressures and stressors around %ou so %ou can calml% lead %our &eo&le to$ards success+ 9h and of course start &re&ar n' bas c s&eeches because %ou $ ll def n tel% have to ' ve some throu'hout the %ear+ : ce-&res dents should su&&ort the r &res dent n an% $a% that the% can and tr% to ease the r $or-load b% oversee n' some of the $or- be n' done b% other members+ :P!s have to be &re&ared because f the &res dent s unava lable ever%one $ ll loo- on %ou to ' ve orders+ ,t!s l -e be n' the man beh nd the scenes so be read% $hen %ou are &ut on the s&otl 'ht+ Secretar%!s have to be sure to $r te do$n ever%th n' that s sa d n meet n's+ Not because ts necessar% for %ou to 'et arthr t s but because &eo&le need rem nders on $hat s a'reed on n the meet n's+ 0reasurers need to ma-e sure not to lose an% mone% because f n an% unfavorable c rcumstance some mone% s re&orted lost" ever%one $ ll loo- badl% on %ou+ ,t could even be ar'ued that %ou are uneth cal cheater and n some occas ons %ou can even be - c-ed off %our &os t on+ Clos n' ,ns& rat on As the name m&l es" the Student Government s an or'an zat on made of students $ho are there to lead the $a% for the rest of the students+ 0he Student Government s therefore a force to be rec-oned $ th+ ,t s a &rest ' ous nst tut on to be &art of" s nce all dec s ons" d scuss ons" amendments on student l fe on cam&us $ ll be started b% the 'rou& of leaders belon' n' to the Student Government+ 0he r t$o ma n tas-s" to advocate for and &rov de serv ces to students"

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ma-es them the most m&ortant serv ce or'an zat on for students $ th n the lar'er commun t%+ S nce the r 3ob s to m&rove the l ves of students and the commun t% at lar'e" the r nfluence s adm re and reco'n ze all over ever% colle'e cam&us+ 0he% sol c t feedbac- from the student bod% about th n's that need to be chan'e+ /h le %ou m 'ht be elated at the thou'ht of becom n' a &art of such a &rest ' ous or'an zat on t s essent al to remember %our dut es and accom&l sh them n an eth cal and n a determ ned matter+ .ou m 'ht feel a l ttle over$helmed and th s nformal const tut on $ ll ' ve serve as a 'u de for all the uns&o-en rules n SGA+ 1o&efull% th s has been benef c al to %ou and no$" nstead of feel n' over$helmed $ th an) et%" %ou can be read% and &re&ared for $hat s to come+ ;est 2e'ards and best of luc-"

Andrea Prado SGA Pres dent 2012-2013