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I hope you've had a nice week. In addition to our scheduled assembly meeting on January 24th at 6:30pm, we have several items and events to be aware of this week. </div>
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<li><b>Budget Hearings kick off tomorrow</b>, January 21st at 11am beginning with the Indian Association of Tallahassee. All hearings will take place via Zoom. Even if you are not on the Budget Committee, we encourage you to attend these hearings to a) remain
up to date with the mission of the organizations we fund throughout the year; b) ask questions; and c) familiarize yourself with the Budget Hearing process in case you are interested in serving on the committee next year. Hearings are 15 minutes long. We hope
to see you whenever you can attend! Even if it is just for one hearing. Please see the schedule for Budget Hearings attached. Zoom link to the hearings: <a href="https://fsu.zoom.us/j/96621452836" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">https://fsu.zoom.us/j/96621452836</a> </li><li><b>Before Monday January 24th</b>, please join our <b>Slack page</b>. You do not need to download the app to do this - you can also join right from your Desktop or laptop to remain up to date on COGS announcements. Link to the Slack page: <a href="https://join.slack.com/t/30thcogs/shared_invite/zt-11as3t3g5-Jnb_2QrzlEii_igyRaxWJA" id="LPlnk645322">https://join.slack.com/t/30thcogs/shared_invite/zt-11as3t3g5-Jnb_2QrzlEii_igyRaxWJA</a></li><li><b>Before Monday January 24th</b>, please complete your <b>financial certification quiz</b>. This is required of every member and must be updated annually. So, if you've completed this in the past for another organization, you may need to renew your certification.
I've emailed everyone who we did not receive a score from as of this week, so if you did not receive an email from me, you should be good to go! Only those who are financially certified can vote on funding requests and transfers. Link to financial certification
information here: <a href="https://sga.fsu.edu/accounting.shtml" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview">https://sga.fsu.edu/accounting.shtml</a></li><li><b>Before Monday January 24th</b>, please fill out your <b>profile information</b> so we have updated contact information, and general information that allows members to get to know each other. Link to the representative profile page: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z4Inpwc2kh9C8p-2yr7n-jn9zlYcsQ1RYTElhCRbUQk/edit?usp=sharing" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview_1">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z4Inpwc2kh9C8p-2yr7n-jn9zlYcsQ1RYTElhCRbUQk/edit?usp=sharing</a></li><li>At your earliest convenience, please <b>submit a headshot and short bio</b> (70-100 words) to my email at sga-cogs-communication@fsu.edu. This will allow us to put faces to the 30th COGS for our social media platforms and newsletter. </li><li><b>Before Monday January 24th, download iClicker.********</b>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Below, you will find a link instructing you on how to sign up for iClicker accounts. Please download the iClicker Student app on your phones and sign up with your student email at FSU.
After signing up for an account, log in through the app and add the course by searching 'SGA – Congress of Graduate Students'. It should say that Jacalyn Butts is the owner of the course. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Once you have downloaded the app (on phone or desktop) and joined the course, you will need to log into iClicker on a web browser (NOT THE APP) and redeem this access code:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>FBAB024AD46C</i></span><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is how we will be voting, so please make sure you download the app before you come to COGS Assembly on 1/24. Please note that this app will be needed for both those joining online
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<div>Okay folks, that should be it for now. I know this is a long list of things to do but once these items are out of the way, we will be able to move forward with our business-as-usual routine for COGS Assembly Meetings. Thank you in advance for your time. </div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Sara</div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Sara Collins</b></span></div>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Deputy Speaker of Communications </span></div>
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