Here are the initial recommendations from 2015-16 Steering Committee members for the MSCSA Working Documents.

1. MSCSA Working Documents
Initial Recommendations
January 2016
Steering Committee Members:
Kerrie, Clinton, Andrea, Cass, and Lora

2.  Lots of grammatical formatting
 Including changing “Platform Committee” to “PC”
 Defining acronyms consistently throughout
 Consistent punctuation throughout
 Clarification of definitions and positions
Recommendations

3.  Membership of the association shall include all
persons enrolled in at least one credit at a public
Minnesota Technical, Community, Community,
Technical, or Consolidated College.
Article 2: Membership
Section A: Student Members

4.  All students shall pay a (per credit) fee to the MSCSA
in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities (herein referred to as
MnSCU) Policies and Procedures, and the MSCSA
Financial Policies.
Article 2: Membership
Section B: State Fees

5.  CSGs are the official representatives to the MSCSA on
behalf of students at their campus whose job shall be
to:
Article 3: Campus Student Government
Section A: Campus Student Governments

6.  The General Assembly (herein referred to as GA)
shall be the official representative body of the
membership and shall have final authority over all the
MSCSA matters.
Article 4: General Assembly
Section A: Powers and Responsibilities

7.  1. A term is defined as anything over six (6) months
to a year of active service.
Article 5: Governing Bodies (Boards)
Section F: Term and Term Limits

8.  Adding in a line 11 for President & 10 for Vice
President
 Stating they have the power to veto any issue that is
potentially harmful to the association for the meetings
in which they are the chair
 This forces the potential motion back to the committee(s)
for a vote at the next meeting
Article 6: Cabinet Member Duties
Section A: Duties of the President &
Section B: Duties of the Vice President

9.  The Public Relations Coordinator (herein after
referred to as PRC) shall:
 2. Serve as chair of the MSCSA Scholarship Board;
 6. Coordinate and organize the Star Campus
Program; and
 7. Chair the Editorial Board of all the MSCSA
publications; and
 *Further discussion surrounding other duties
Article 6: Cabinet Member Duties
Section C: Duties of the Public Relations
Coordinator

10.  Discussion around if Vice-President should succeed
the President, when elections would be held for every
other Cabinet position.
Article 7: Removal or Resignation of GC
and PC Members
Section C: Succession

11.  Discussion surrounding creating a possible standing
GOTV committee
Article 12: Committees

12.  Discussion around having a 12-hour window to submit
motions for changes to the document, in order to
streamline the process and provide time to review
and discuss in regional meetings.
Article 13: Platform Document