From SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu Wed Sep 6 09:00:00 2023 From: SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu (COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000 Subject: [COGS] September 11th / Re: COGS Assembly Meeting Message-ID: Hello Representatives, This is a reminder that the first COGS Assembly Meeting of the Fall Semester is scheduled for Monday, September 11th at 6:30pm. The meeting will occur in person in the Senate Chambers, located on the third floor of the new Student Union. There will be no option to attend this meeting via Zoom. Kindly let us know if you will be unable to attend Monday's meeting by emailing the COGS Speaker (COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu). Remember that you must let us know ahead of time if you are going to be late or absent! We look forward to seeing you next week! 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The meeting will occur in person in the Senate Chambers, located on the third floor of the new Student Union. There will be no option to attend this meeting via Zoom. Please look over the attached agenda before the meeting. Kindly let us know if you will be unable to attend Monday's meeting by emailing the COGS Speaker (COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu). Remember that you must let us know ahead of time if you are going to be late or absent! See you tonight! Laura Vaughn (She/Her) Deputy Speaker of Communications Congress of Graduate Students sga-cogs-communication at fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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FLI?s mission is to provide members with the opportunity to embrace their personal values, explore and develop their personal leadership style, and foster a deeper sense of self-identity. One of the most special parts of this program is the Mentoring portion. Each participant in the Freshman cohort is paired with a Peer Mentor who will provide guidance and assistance as the student adjusts to campus life and prepares them to expand their involvement at Florida State. The applications to apply to be a mentor are open and close Tuesday, September 12th. I am reaching out to you to extend the invitation to your members to apply. The Congress of Graduate Students is a coveted and respected organization on campus, and we believe your members would be an incredible asset to this program. Attached is the link to apply, which can also be found on our instagram: @fsufli Please let us know if you have any questions. In Seminole Pride, Jaden Hamid, Director Urielle Laurent, Assistant Director Parker Barker & Snailey Dol, Facilitator of Administration Lorena Bernaver, Facilitator of Activities Grace Dennig, Facilitator of Mentors Kailen Chrisitian, Facilitator of Operations [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zBABkWhQGHdHCA1Gwfc3y_qYwAMD1bUj7SX8lB8CN2q0wF21a2IKHgRQd9U1zIB-Mc518p6Xw] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu Wed Sep 13 08:13:25 2023 From: SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu (COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:13:25 +0000 Subject: [COGS] September 18th / Re: COGS Assembly Meeting Message-ID: Hello Representatives, This is a reminder that the first COGS Assembly Meeting of the Fall Semester is scheduled for Monday, September 18th at 6:30pm. The meeting will occur in person in the Senate Chambers, located on the third floor of the new Student Union. There will be no option to attend this meeting via Zoom. Kindly let us know if you will be unable to attend Monday's meeting by emailing the COGS Speaker (COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu). Remember that you must let us know ahead of time if you are going to be late or absent! We look forward to seeing you next week! Laura Vaughn (She/Her) Deputy Speaker of Communications Congress of Graduate Students sga-cogs-communication at fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu Wed Sep 13 18:58:10 2023 From: SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu (COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 22:58:10 +0000 Subject: [COGS] Contact Information Form Message-ID: Dear Representatives, Please check the following contact form and make sure that your information is either correct or has been added. This will help our new committee heads with contacting you once those assignments have been made. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qBeAO_A6q9K8sbIwxsdPNft_FqBuw5Q9Um5P0vUxTxA/edit?usp=sharing [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/docs/AOD9vFqECUiFbS25oM_rQQE2E59dSlY_9qGCbDGiwi_PC9Zm039udnVcpt4GjJEY_Z-ZzLmkW_hPPtBo-3-pzs8GjQwDHrWUWierYtGPve6TJLpP=w1200-h630-p] Representative Information Sheet1 Preferred Communication Slack, Groupme, etc. ,Phone Number,FSU Email Address Balogun, Ridwan Beavon, Emily,Groupme,615-943-8407,eab20 at fsu.edu Burns, Joshua,Groupme,336-898-0100,jrb22 at fsu.edu Delva, Nella,Call, Message, Groupme,9548652386,nella.delva at med.fsu.edu Ebuara, Francis Elmi,Zeina... docs.google.com Best, Laura Vaughn (She/Her) Deputy Speaker of Communications Congress of Graduate Students sga-cogs-communication at fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kindly let us know if you will be unable to attend Monday's meeting by emailing the COGS Speaker (COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu). Remember that you must let us know ahead of time if you are going to be late or absent! Have a great weekend! Laura Vaughn (She/Her) Deputy Speaker of Communications Congress of Graduate Students sga-cogs-communication at fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Agenda_09_18_23_COGS.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 360863 bytes Desc: Agenda_09_18_23_COGS.docx URL: From COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu Fri Sep 15 15:38:31 2023 From: COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu (COGSSpeaker) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 19:38:31 +0000 Subject: [COGS] Committee Assignments and Financial Certification Message-ID: Hello Representatives, Happy Friday! I apologize for not getting you this information sooner, it has been a hectic week. Below you will find the updated Committee Assignments. I know many of you wanted to serve on Student Advocacy, but in order to make sure there is a more even distribution between committees I did need to move some people around. Current Chairs: Please work on sending out a poll of some sort to organize your next meeting which should occur in the next two weeks (before our October 2nd meeting). Remember to send Ben Young (byoung at admin.fsu.edu) the details of your meeting about 48 hours in advance so he can make sure it gets posted to our website to notify the public in a timely manner. Student Advocacy Committee: Ridwan Balogun Francis Ebuara Jorge Galeano Cabral Shezin Hussain Savoya Joyner Kevin Salimi Gizem Somaz Student Affairs Committee Emily Beavon Zeinab Elmi Joseph Risler Laura Vaughn Eric Wesner Internal Affairs Committee Joshua Burns Nella Delva Katherine Gui Erick Rivers Susan Rogowski Jack Rowan Lastly, before our meeting on Monday, please make sure you get your Financial Certification! To become Financially Certified, please enroll in the Canvas course linked below and take the SGA Financial Exam 2023 on the Quizzes tab. You need to score at least 80% or get 40 out of the 50 questions correct. You have unlimited attempts to try the quiz. https://canvas.fsu.edu/enroll/TE6RCG Please feel free to email me about any of this and I'm looking forward to seeing you all for our meeting on Monday! 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Please look over the attached final agenda before the meeting. The information shared at the last meeting concerning the election process has been updated. The candidacy declaration form will go live on September 20th and the deadline to submit it will be October 4th at 4pm. I will send out full instructions once everything goes live on how to re-apply for your seat. Kindly let us know if you will be unable to attend tonight's meeting by emailing the COGS Speaker (COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu). Remember that you must let us know ahead of time if you are going to be late or absent! Have a great weekend! Laura Vaughn (She/Her) Deputy Speaker of Communications Congress of Graduate Students sga-cogs-communication at fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please remember that if you are currently a COGS member and you want to stay in your current seat after November, you MUST follow this process! The Candidacy Declaration Form is live at: https://apps.its.fsu.edu/SGAVoting/app/declare/ Make sure that you fill out this form by October 4th at 4pm. On October 18th, you must email SGA Elections (SGAElect at admin.fsu.edu) a signed letter saying that you have/have not received any campaign donations. You will also need to send SGA Elections a signed letter on October 27th (after the election day) saying that you did/did not spend any money for your campaign. Best, Laura Vaughn (She/Her) Deputy Speaker of Communications Congress of Graduate Students sga-cogs-communication at fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Kindly let us know if you will be unable to attend Monday's meeting by emailing the COGS Speaker (COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu). Remember that you must let us know ahead of time if you are going to be late or absent! We look forward to seeing you next week! Laura Vaughn (She/Her) Deputy Speaker of Communications Congress of Graduate Students sga-cogs-communication at fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu Fri Sep 29 08:50:45 2023 From: SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu (COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:50:45 +0000 Subject: [COGS] Declaration of Candidacy Reminder Message-ID: Good morning, Representatives! With the deadline approaching next week, I'm sending this reminder that each member of COGS wishing to be re-elected to their seat (including new petitioners) is required to submit a Declaration of Candidacy form by October 4th at 4:00pm. Here is the link to complete the Declaration of Candidacy form: http://fla.st/vote This can be completed on a mobile device or laptop/computer. It will take approximately 2-5 minutes to complete. You will need to have your EMPLID when filling out the form. You will need to type in the seat (number) you are running for (your current seat OR a different open position) followed by the organization (Congress of Graduate Students). Current seat numbers are updated on the COGS website. Please ensure you are running for your current seat (if you are not running for another open position) so that more than one person does not run for the same seat. You should not required to report your party affiliation, but if you are forced to, then it might be best to pick independent. Attached please find and note the calendar dates for upcoming election deadlines. COGS candidates are not required to attend the candidate seminars. However, COGS students must still submit campaign contributions forms and Final Expense Statements. An example of a campaign contribution statement (Due October 18th) might be: Dear SGA Elections, ??????I am writing to declare that I have not received any campaign donations for *your seat name/number* within the Congress of Graduate Students. Kindly advise if I should provide further documentation to support this matter. *Your signature* Best, Laura Vaughn (She/Her) Deputy Speaker of Communications Congress of Graduate Students sga-cogs-communication at fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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