Kayley Schoonmaker, MSCSA Vice President and Jessica Medearis Do you know where MSCSA stands on the issues? Get familiar with MSCSA’s roadmap – our platform document – in this workshop. Review MSCSA’s positions on state, federal, campus, and system level issues that impact higher education and guide the association’s advocacy work. Then, lead your team to victory as we test your knowledge in “Platform Jeopardy!”

1. The Platform Document:
An Advocacy Roadmap

2.  Broad, philosophical guiding
principles
 Directs advocacy work, provides
guidance
 “Living document” that is
updated annually
What is it?

3.  The birth of MSCSA in 1998 merged two
organizations
 Stances are always in flux
 The document reflects legislative and
MnSCU policy changes
History:

4.  Roadmap for:
◦ Agenda-building
◦ Responding to proposals
◦ Addressing issues when the Platform
Committee isn’t meeting
How is it used?

5.  Adopt changes to the Platform
Document at General Assembly (GA)
 Recommendations from the Platform
Committee
 There can also be changes adopted
off the floor at the GA
How does it change?

6. MSCSA either supports
or opposes issues in our
Platform Document
Scope of Positions

7.  Article I: Mission Statement
 Article II: Federal Legislative Issues
 Article III: State Legislative Issues
 Article IV: Local and Campus Issues
 Article V: International
 Article VI: Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities (MnSCU)
Format (sections)

8.  Separate, timely, short-term, and specific
agenda. Issues we are actively pursuing.
 Should never conflict with the Platform
Document.
What about our legislative
agendas?

9. Questions?