Communication Strategies:
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 Facebook. With these different Internet facets Student Government is able to promptly update information, events, and news.
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.
Leadership & Involvement Strategies:
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.
Civic Engagement Strategies:
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:
- EDUCATION: To foster a greater understanding of statewide higher education issues, policies, personalities, and institutions amongst CSU students;
- ADVOCACY: To provide students with the opportunity to actively participate in statewide student legislative advocacy by lobbying for the CSSA’s higher education policy agenda; and
- SKILL BUILDING : To develop leadership and organizing skills necessary to successfully create student – positive change both statewide and on each campus;
- HONORS: To acknowledge distinguished alumni, outstanding legislators, and outstanding student advocates.
- PRIDE: To promote a sense of pride and team ethic within and amongst CSU student organizations.
Internal Structure Strategies:
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.