From COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu Mon Aug 9 12:43:21 2021 From: COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu (COGSSpeaker) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 16:43:21 +0000 Subject: [COGS] Next COGS Meeting Message-ID: <21BA53B0-077C-4CB1-9AFC-FFCFE464C04E@admin.fsu.edu> Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all are enjoying your Summer semester and excited for the Fall. I have a few announcements in regards to our first meeting of the Fall semester. Our meeting will be on Monday August 23rd at 6:30PM. This will be a hybrid event with the in person portion located at HCB 103. This is a very large lecture hall with plenty of space to spread out. Everyone will be encouraged to socially distance and follow University recommendations. If you are experiencing any COVID related symptoms, please stay at home and use the zoom link that will be attached to our bill packet later next week. I would also discourage any eating during the assembly out of respect for others. I will also be using the speaker fund to purchase a meeting owl as a means of conducting these hybrid events. The Senate will also be purchasing one as well so that we can have two total to set up around the room. We may have technical difficulties or issues so please bring your laptops so we have the backup plan of logging in on zoom for our virtual attendees. Additionally, Sara Collins was filling in as temporary Deputy Speaker of Communications while Tiffani Mendez was on summer leave. I was recently informed that Tiffani will not be returning to COGS in the Fall so we will be holding an election for the position 1st meeting back. Despite Sara expressing interest in maintaining the position, we still need to conduct another election. In order to run for the position, you must be nominated by another member in the assembly and give a 3 minute speech on why you are suited for the position. Let me know if you have any questions about this process. Finally, University COVID guidelines have been changing so I am attaching a link to the Student Affairs page. https://studentaffairs.fsu.edu/student-life/student-guidelines#travel Please read up on these policies so that everyone can be informed and properly advise our RSOs. Best, CHRIS HAGEMEYER, Congress of Graduate Students, Speaker Florida State University College of Medicine, Doctoral Candidate in Biomedical Sciences web sga.fsu.edu/cogs.shtml | fb FSUCOGS | twt COGSFSU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu Tue Aug 17 12:37:33 2021 From: COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu (COGSSpeaker) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:37:33 +0000 Subject: [COGS] FW: Follow Up: Welcome Back BBQ Invitation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5F6BADB8-EEB2-4D69-B26D-9935495FD0EF@admin.fsu.edu> Good Afternoon Representatives, I just received this Invitation to the Welcome Back BBQ. This is not only an invite for attendance, but also a request for us to help with the event as members of Student Government. Unfortunately, I will be out of town, but if you can represent our organization at this event, that would be great. Additionally, the Fall Involvement Fair will be held on Tuesday August 24th 5pm-9pm. I have signed COGS up for a spot to set up a booth and hand out some of our promotion items and promote our organization. If you have some time to spare, come join us. Deputy Speaker Collins and Collins will be there as well as myself. Please let me know if you will be able to help, even if not for the whole time. The beginning and end would be most helpful setting everything up and breaking it back down. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, CHRIS HAGEMEYER, Congress of Graduate Students, Speaker Florida State University College of Medicine, Doctoral Candidate in Biomedical Sciences web sga.fsu.edu/cogs.shtml | fb FSUCOGS | twt COGSFSU From: Marcus Williams Date: Monday, August 16, 2021 at 12:55 PM To: COGSSpeaker , COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication Subject: Follow Up: Welcome Back BBQ Invitation Greetings Florida State University Congress of Graduate Students Speaker and Deputy Speaker for Communication! I hope all is well! My name is Marcus Williams (he/him) with Florida State University Student Government Association as the Secretary of Inclusion. I am reaching out to exclusively invite you to one of the stapled http://welcome.fsu.edu/ events that FSU SGA is hosting and would love for you to attend, The Welcome Back BBQ! The Welcome Back BBQ will serve as a casual and joyful community, co-collegiate event welcoming all of our folks back to the city. It will have a summer BBQ vibe as a means for our students to embrace the start of the new semester with each other. The Welcome Back BBQ will be hosted Sunday, August 29 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. There will be fun, music, games, food, and so much more. Feel free to reply to this email in regards to your attendance and commitment to at least one person helping us out with the event in one of the following positions. Greeters, game monitors, line keepers for food, or hype person. They are limited so please be sure to sign up by access this sheet If you can not help, it is no worry. However, we hope to see you at this event and for you to invite students as well to encourage participation. We anticipate it being one of the best events ever for the students, so with your help, it would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments at your earliest convenience. In the meantime, looking forward to hearing back from you! Please respond back with confirmation that you received this email. P.S attached to the email is a flyer that you can share with students. Feel free to also respond to the Facebook event page as well. [cid:image001.png at 01D79364.A5C25CB0] -- In Florida State Spirit, [Image removed by sender.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 642228 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu Wed Aug 18 14:45:40 2021 From: COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu (COGSSpeaker) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:45:40 +0000 Subject: [COGS] COVID Updates and New Bicycle Rental Program Message-ID: Good Afternoon Everyone, I have received an update from Student Affairs regarding COVID policies. While the State of Florida has restricted FSU from issuing any mask mandates, Student Affairs has authorized RSOs to mandate masks for their own events if they chose to do so. RSOs are also encouraged to keep document attendance at events for contact tracing purposes and provide hand sanitizing stations. As a side note, I was also notified of new Bicycle renting service from FSU. See Below: ?reCycle Bike Distribution day has officially been Set. Distribution will occur on Saturday 8/28 from 8am-12pm in the Grainger Lot. The complete rental package ($60+tax/semester or $100+tax fall & spring) includes a bicycle, lock, helmet, front and rear lights, basic repairs, safety classes, maintenance workshops, and social rides. Reserve your bike today: https://apps.its.fsu.edu/BikeRental/app Don?t forget to sign up for a pickup time at the end of the application through the Sign Up genius link. Bikes are only available for pick up on Saturday, 8/28 at the Grainger lot, across from Health & Wellness. Please share this information with your respective communities! ? Best, CHRIS HAGEMEYER, Congress of Graduate Students, Speaker Florida State University College of Medicine, Doctoral Candidate in Biomedical Sciences web sga.fsu.edu/cogs.shtml | fb FSUCOGS | twt COGSFSU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbutts at fsu.edu Wed Aug 18 18:16:04 2021 From: jbutts at fsu.edu (Jacalyn Butts) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:16:04 +0000 Subject: [COGS] COGS Meeting Reminder & Housekeeping Message-ID: Good Evening COGS Representatives and Funding Boards! Welcome back to FSU & to a new academic year! As we prepare for classes to start back and events to pick up, there are a few things we need to take care of in house. PLEASE READ THIS EMAIL IN ITS ENTIRETY. Please, make sure you are completing: 1. FERPA Consent Waiver: HERE. Yes, everyone will need to complete this again as we are now in the 2021-2022 school year. Completing this will ensure that we have the correct information for representatives and funding board members on the COGS website. 2. Review the Financial Manual/Enroll in the Canvas, & Pass the Exam: Please review the new & updated financial manual here, complete the Canvas course, & PASS the financial exam by August 23rd HERE. If you have already done this for the new fiscal year please disregard this step. 3. Funding Boards please remember to complete the re-recognition process through Student Orgs and Involvement. The outline for this process can be found on Nole Central & here. Additionally, it may be helpful to follow-up with your RSOs about completing this process to ensure they can receive funding for this school year. Representatives, this is a reminder that we will be having a Hybrid Meeting this Monday, August 23rd at 6:30 PM in HCB 103 & via Zoom (https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93820549250 ; Meeting ID: 938 2054 9250). Here are some reminders for our upcoming meeting: * If you have not completed and passed the financial certification exam (make sure you do not only complete the course) by August 23rd, 2021 at 5PM, then you cannot vote on any of the bills or resolutions at this upcoming meeting. * If you choose to attend the meeting in person at HCB 103, it is expected that you wear a mask inside of HCB 103. (Effective Aug. 9, 2021, the Florida Board of Governors and Florida State University expect masks to be worn by all individuals in all FSU facilities. This includes all students, faculty, staff, vendors and visitors.) * We will be holding elections for the Deputy Speaker of Communications at Monday's meeting. The bill packet will be sent out Friday once all legislation has been submitted. * As always, if you are unable to attend please email the COGS Speaker (COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu) and COGS Deputy Speaker for Finance (COGSDepSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu). Funding Boards, I am working on updating your information on the COGS website and in our internal documents. Please let us know if you have any questions! We look forward to working with you all this Fall! See you all soon! Jacalyn Jacalyn Butts, M.Ed. Personal Gender Pronouns: she, her, hers Assistant Director, Student Governance & Advocacy Student Engagement Florida State University 449 Thagard P: 850-645-0908 To book an appointment: https://doodle.com/mm/jacalynbutts/jb http://sga.fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbutts at fsu.edu Fri Aug 20 17:35:59 2021 From: jbutts at fsu.edu (Jacalyn Butts) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 21:35:59 +0000 Subject: [COGS] COGS Meeting Reminder & Bill Packet Message-ID: Happy Friday COGS Representatives! * This is a reminder that we will be having a Hybrid Meeting this Monday, August 23rd at 6:30 PM in HCB 103 & via Zoom (https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93820549250 ; Meeting ID: 938 2054 9250). The bill packet for Monday's meeting is attached for your review. REMINDERS FOR OUR UPCOMING MEETING: * If you have not completed and passed the financial certification exam (make sure you do not only complete the Review Quiz) by August 23rd, 2021 at 5PM, then you cannot vote on any of the bills or resolutions at this upcoming meeting. * If you choose to attend the meeting in person at HCB 103, it is expected that you wear a mask inside of HCB 103. (Effective Aug. 9, 2021, the Florida Board of Governors and Florida State University expect masks to be worn by all individuals in all FSU facilities. This includes all students, faculty, staff, vendors and visitors. https://news.fsu.edu/announcements/covid-19/2021/07/28/fall-semester-policies-and-expectations/) * If you are not feeling well or experiencing ANY Covid-19 symptoms please refrain from joining us in-person and instead email the proper channels to be excused or join us via zoom. As always, if you are unable to attend please email the COGS Speaker (COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu) and COGS Deputy Speaker for Finance (COGSDepSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu). If you have not already please complete: 1. FERPA Consent Waiver: HERE. Yes, everyone will need to complete this again as we are now in the 2021-2022 school year. Completing this will ensure that we have the correct information for representatives and funding board members on the COGS website. 2. Review the Financial Manual/Enroll in the Canvas, & Pass the Exam: Please review the new & updated financial manual here, complete the Canvas course, & PASS the financial exam by August 23rd HERE. If you have already done this for the new fiscal year please disregard this step. See you all soon! Jacalyn Jacalyn Butts, M.Ed. Personal Gender Pronouns: she, her, hers Assistant Director, Student Governance & Advocacy Student Engagement Florida State University 449 Thagard P: 850-645-0908 To book an appointment: https://doodle.com/mm/jacalynbutts/jb http://sga.fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: August_23_2021.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 5668282 bytes Desc: August_23_2021.pdf URL: