From SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu Tue Oct 1 15:29:15 2024 From: SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu (COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 19:29:15 +0000 Subject: [COGS] Rescheduled: COGS Conference Travel Grant How-to Session In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello! The application portal for the COGS conference presentation and attendance grants are now open for conferences in November through Febuary 2025. If you are planning to attend or present at a conference during these months, you are eligible to appy for COGS funding. More Information is available Here:https://sga.fsu.edu/student-government/congress-graduate-students/funding/individual-conference-presentation-and Reminder that COGS will be hosting a training session on how to apply for conference travel grant funding Thursday, October 3rd at 6:30pm. If you are unsure how to apply for our travel grants or have any questions, please come to this Zoom session! The link is: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/98797559766 If you miss the presentation, we will share it online as well. We hope to see you there. 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 Oct 2 12:41:49 2024 From: SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu (COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 16:41:49 +0000 Subject: [COGS] October 7th/COGS Assembly Meeting Message-ID: Hello Representatives, This is a reminder that our next COGS meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 7th at 6:30pm. The meeting will occur in person in Union room 2213, located on the 2nd floor of the 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). 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We hope to see you there. 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-cogsspeaker at fsu.edu Thu Oct 3 19:51:38 2024 From: sga-cogsspeaker at fsu.edu (COGSSpeaker) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 23:51:38 +0000 Subject: [COGS] Veto of Stronger Future Amendment Message-ID: Good evening everyone, It is with deep sadness and disappointment that I write to you all tonight to inform you that Constitutional Amendment #1, the Stronger Future Amendment, an amendment that would have given graduate students a fair chance to be heard, has been vetoed by the Student Body President. I intend to provide a more detailed statement in the coming days. For now, I simply say that I hope the agreed path forward is kept to by all parties and that this is simply a speed bump, rather than an end. 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There will be breakfast and lunch items provided! 2. While the agenda for Monday's meeting is attached, it is also listed at: https://fsusga.boardportal.civicclerk.com/ Kindly let us know if you will be unable to attend the meeting by emailing the COGS Speaker (sga-COGSspeaker at fsu.edu). Remember that you must let us know ahead of time if you are going to be late or absent! 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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This will help us keep track of when you will need to fill it out again. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEr-bWFY-I7tkHd9j9YutVU2bWZzHOoeS-ewvuHft366LjEA/viewform?usp=sf_link Thank you, 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 Oct 16 08:20:45 2024 From: SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu (COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:20:45 +0000 Subject: [COGS] Election Day and October 21st/COGS Assembly Meeting Message-ID: Hello Representatives, HAPPY ELECTION DAY! Don't forget to vote today! This is a reminder that our next COGS meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 21st at 6:30pm. The meeting will occur in person in the Senate Chambers, located on the 3rd floor of the Student Union. There will be no option to attend this meeting via Zoom. Between October 16th at 10pm and October 18th at noon, you must email SGA Elections (SGAElect at admin.fsu.edu) a signed campaign expense letter (you can use Docusign with your FSU log-in) saying that you have/have not received any campaign donations, and that you did/did not spend any money for your campaign. An example might look like: Dear SGA Elections, I am writing to declare that I have not received any campaign donations nor made any campaign expenditures 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* 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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I will lay out more details at the meeting, but please feel free to reach out offline and I would be happy to get some early feedback. My hope is that we can agree to a path forward and continue our fight to be heard. Because tonight's Senate meeting will likely not include a vote on an override and will, instead, be dominated by the announcement of election results, I don't think it would be wise for us to attend the meeting for public comments. I really appreciate your willingness to speak up for COGS and I know we will have plenty more opportunities to tell FSU why graduate students matter and why our representation matters. Finally, President Boisvert has told me that he will be at our Monday meeting to speak on his veto and take questions from members. With passions as strong and frustrations as deep as they are, please keep questions to issues of policy and avoid personalities on the floor so we don't give any ammo to those who would try to discredit us. 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Laura Vaughn (She/Her) Deputy Speaker of Communications Congress of Graduate Students sga-cogs-communication at fsu.edu ________________________________ From: COGSSpeaker Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2024 9:31 AM To: COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication Cc: COGSSpeaker Subject: Expense Statements Laura, Apparently Jacob wants us to stick with the Google Form he created to collect expense statements so he can have it all in one place. Can you send out an email to the Reps letting them know? I?ve also attached a doc template based on what you sent so it can be attached to the form. Thanks! Jack Rowan Speaker of the Congress of Graduate Students Representative, College of Law Seat 1 Florida State University, 2026 SGA-COGSSpeaker at fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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An example might look like: Dear SGA Elections, I am writing to declare that I have not received any campaign donations nor made any campaign expenditures 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* Sincerely, 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 Thu Oct 17 12:26:53 2024 From: SGA-COGS-Communication at fsu.edu (COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:26:53 +0000 Subject: [COGS] Reminder: Campaign Financial Letter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Reps, I forgot that I had this scheduled to auto-send at noon. Please follow the instructions of the email sent at 10am rather than these instructions. Thanks! Laura Vaughn (She/Her) Deputy Speaker of Communications Congress of Graduate Students sga-cogs-communication at fsu.edu ________________________________ From: COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2024 8:05 AM To: cogs at lists.fsu.edu Subject: Reminder: Campaign Financial Letter Dear Representatives, If you took part in the SGA election process, please remember that before October 18th at noon, you must email SGA Elections (SGAElect at admin.fsu.edu) a signed campaign expense letter (you can use Docusign with your FSU log-in) saying that you have/have not received any campaign donations, and that you did/did not spend any money for your campaign. An example might look like: Dear SGA Elections, I am writing to declare that I have not received any campaign donations nor made any campaign expenditures for *your seat name/number* within the Congress of Graduate Students. 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While the agenda for Monday's meeting is attached, it is also listed at: https://fsusga.boardportal.civicclerk.com/ Please note that Bill 50 is currently incomplete and will be updated by Monday. Kindly let us know if you will be unable to attend the meeting by emailing the COGS Speaker (sga-COGSspeaker at fsu.edu). Remember that you must let us know ahead of time if you are going to be late or absent! 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 the meeting by emailing the COGS Speaker (sga-COGSspeaker at fsu.edu). Remember that you must let us know ahead of time if you are going to be late or absent! 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... Name: Agenda_10_21_24_COGS.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 737420 bytes Desc: Agenda_10_21_24_COGS.docx URL: From ma23ch at fsu.edu Mon Oct 21 13:56:03 2024 From: ma23ch at fsu.edu (Shahin Alam) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:56:03 +0000 Subject: [COGS] October 21st/COGS Assembly Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Laura, For an unexpected event, I had to come Atlanta. I am o my way to Tallahassee, however, I will at Tallahassee around 7:30. Please consider my absence in today's meeting. Have a wonderful day and meetings! Thanks! Sincerely, Shahin Alam Representative College of Engineering ________________________________ From: COGS on behalf of COGS Deputy Speaker for Communication via COGS Sent: Monday, October 21, 2024 8:04 AM To: cogs at lists.fsu.edu Subject: [COGS] October 21st/COGS Assembly Meeting Hello Representatives, This is a reminder that the next COGS Assembly Meeting for the 32nd Congress is scheduled for Monday (today), October 21st at 6:30pm. The meeting will occur in-person the Senate Chambers on the 3rd Floor of the Union. There will be no option to attend this meeting via Zoom. While the agenda for Monday's meeting is attached, it is also listed at: https://fsusga.boardportal.civicclerk.com/ As mentioned on Friday, Bill 50 has been updated, so please make sure you are looking at today's version of the agenda during the meeting tonight. Kindly let us know if you will be unable to attend the meeting by emailing the COGS Speaker (sga-COGSspeaker at fsu.edu). Remember that you must let us know ahead of time if you are going to be late or absent! 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: From pn22d at med.fsu.edu Mon Oct 21 17:02:59 2024 From: pn22d at med.fsu.edu (Profilia Nord) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:02:59 +0000 Subject: [COGS] Absence Message-ID: Hello, I will be unable to attend this meeting. 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