Student ASI Tabling- Biweekly tabling will be held in various locations throughout campus in order to promote upcoming events as well as receive feedback from the students regarding questions and concerns. Each entity of ASI will be present to disseminate information and acquaint the students with their role in the University. At each event printed information will be provided to students to ensure that they are familiar with Student Government. Our main objective of tabling is to interact and connect with the students in their leisure time.
Internet Relations- The website will be composed of the four different entities of ASI with individual links to each entity. The Director of Communications of Student Government will be in charge of maintaining the Student Government link as well as the Student Government Myspace. With these different Internet facets Student Government is able to promptly update information, events, and news.
Towns Meetings- The Towns Meetings will be open to all members of the University and embrace important issues that affect the University and its community. The main objectives of the Towns Meetings are to inform and hear the concerns of the University and work to resolve them.
Newsletter- At the end of each semester Student Government will create a report summarizing key accomplishments, events, and news that occurred throughout the semester.
Cabinet Reports- The cabinet is required to report monthly to the senate in order to update them with new information and receive feedback.
Committee Representation Presentation- Each student member appointed to a committee is required to update the Senate meetings at the second of each month. This allows Student Government to keep up and disseminate with new information pertinent to the University and its members.
Campus-Wide Monthly Meetings- The senate of Student Government will be responsible for meeting with various departments throughout campus, to assure that we are communicating efficiently. They will then report this information back to the full senate. This is a great method of working with all areas of campus to best.
Freshman Outreach Program- This program is a form of networking with freshman students to better inform them of the opportunities that students have on our campus to get involved. Student Government will send in two to three representatives into each freshman English class as well as each University 100 class.
Internship Program- This program is a form of networking with freshman students to better inform them of the opportunities that students have on our campus to get involved. The program requires three hours in the Student Government office where the intern will learn the fundamentals and inner-workings of the Student Government. Student Government will send in two to three representatives into each freshman English class to receive applicants of the internship program.
Student Union– CSUCI’s Associated Students Inc. has placed the Student Union as our number one priority for the 2006/2007 academic year. Student Government, as the official voice of the student body, will be working with ASI to move forward with the progress of the Student Union. Brailsford and Dunlavey, a facility planning and program management firm, was hired in January of 2006 to conduct a Feasibility Study for the new Student Union. This was very successful, and our campus received a lot of valuable information from this study. In the study presented by Brailsford and Dunlavey on May 24, 2006, we found that 64% of the student body feels that our campus facilities were either unfavorable or very unfavorable. In addition, 95% of the student body feels that the student union should be a priority for our campus. This survey demonstrated how much a student union is needed on our campus.
The 2006/2007 academic year will be an vital part in the progress of the Student Union. We must move forth in getting consensus of the entire campus. Step one in this effort will be to have the location approved by the campus planning committees, and finally President Richard R. Rush. Once the entire campus is committed, we will move forth with Brailsford and Dunlavey to test the student sensitivity to the specific fee levels and develop a timeline and action plan for implementation. The fee referendum planning process will be in a crucial part in getting a Student Union at CSUCI. Student Government recognizes the necessity of a Student Union to improve the student life at CSUCI. We look forward to working with all entities of ASI to provide this opportunity to the students of CSUCI.
Dolphin Discount Program (DDP) - The Dolphin Discount Program connects the local business community and the University into a partnership in which the University benefits as well as the businesses. The program allows University members to receive a discount at the agreed business locations, in turn the businesses are promoted through different venues on campus such as posters, flyers, and the website.
Initiatives Debate - This event will inform the students of CSUCI of on-going issues outside of the university that will be affecting them in the future. We will be discussing Proposition 83, 84, and 85 – all of which are issues affecting the students of our campus. Proposition 83 will require sex offenders to live at least 2,000 ft away from any schools. Proposition 84 authorizes $5,388,000,000 from general funds to put towards projects relating to safe drinking water. It will be interesting to see how the working and non-working students feel regarding this proposition that will require their tax dollars. Lastly, we will be discussing Proposition 85, which talks about the on-going dilemma with minors having abortions without parental consent. It would be great to see CSUCI students voice the opinions of our university regarding this issue. Students should not only be informed of matters on-campus, but rather they should be aware of state-wide issues that will directly affect them. Hopefully, this event will help open the minds of the students here on campus to different ideas and opinions. This event is just the right way to engage students with debate and discussion of issues on a broader scale. We also hope to encourage students to voice their own opinions on campus and this will be a great outlet to do so.
Political Party - Political party is a debate between representatives from each candidate for the governorship. This will inform students on where each candidate stands on specific issues, and the pros and cons for voting for each candidate. Student Government feels that if students are more informed, they will be more likely to take the time to vote.
Readership Program - Student Government is hoping to work with USA Today, to provide students with USA Today, the Ventura County Star, and the New York Times. This readership program will be free of cost to the students of CSUCI. This will be a great way to increase student awareness and understanding of current events locally, nationally, and internationally. This will empower students to seek knowledge relating to their course work. This will truly be a co-curricular program that will promote students to share ideas related to being a responsible citizen.
American Cancer Society Relay For Life - Student Government representatives will participate in the Camarillo Relay for Life. This is an opportunity to raise awareness and respect for the cancer victims and their families.
Rock The Vote/ Voter Registration - Student Government will be highly visible on campus distributing voter registration forms. We have nine designated voter registration tabling days. Two student Government representatives will be attending training on August 18, 2006, to learn marketing techniques to increase voter turn out on our campus. Political Party and Initiatives De bate are also two strategies that will be used to get students interested in voting. Our hope is to inspire students to become responsible citizens and use their voice to make California a better place .
CSSA (California State Student Association)- “The purpose of CSSA is to foster and coordinate communication among campus student associations to bring about unity in addressing campus and statewide issues affecting the individual campuses and campus student associations as well as the California State University System.” (www.csustudents.org)
The CSUCI Student Government will designate a Senator as a CSSA Representative to attend monthly CSSA meetings with the President of Student Government and report back to the students.
CHESS (California Higher Education Student Summit)- As a part of CSSA we will also attend CHESS, the conference held in the spring semester in Sacramento. At CHESS we will have the opportunity to lobby statewide issues affecting the CSU.
The purpose of CHESS:
Bylaws- The standing document that governs Student Government at this time is known as the bylaws. Student Government is constantly re-evaluating and reviewing their bylaws. Currently, the Senate has created an ad hoc committee to make amendments to the bylaws that will be presented to and voted upon by the senate at the end of the semester. The goal is to have a new document that better specifies the role of Student Government in ASI.
Policies- In order to maintain slight uniformity throughout subsequent years, Student Government will prepare policies and procedures for many of the day to day activities undertaken. This will allow succeeding officers a guideline which will hopefully save time and allow for improvement.
Mission Statement- Student Government will work on making their mission statement less vague while maintaining the original objectives and correcting grammar and sentence structure.
Senate Accountability- Student Government Senators are responsible for chairing an event, serving on committees, attending all meetings, and acting as a voting member; it is important to Student Government that these tasks are done by the up most professionalism and decorum. The Vice President will be responsible for conducting beginning and end of the year evaluations, in which, each senator attends a meeting with the Vice President and shares goals, strengths, weaknesses, and desires of both their role within Student Government and Student Government as a whole.
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