Revision as of 04:53, 14 May 2008

The Student Government Association is the governing body of the students at the Missouri Academy. Some say that the Student Government Association does not do anything, but in fact SGA does almost everything because of its subcommittees.

SGA News

Elections for the 2008 school year have ended.

The new officers for next year are as follows:

President - Faith Johnson
Vice President for Internal Affairs - Jessica Brooks
Vice President for External Affairs - Jessica "Jelli" Ellis
Secretary - Brianna Reese
Treasurer - Ehren Ekhause
Parliamentarian - Aman Rakhra

Officers for the 2008-2009 Executive Board

President - Phill Venice
Vice President for Internal Affairs - Cameron Wohlschlaeger
Vice President for External Affairs - Deanna MacMillan
Secretary - Amanda Foster
Treasurer - George Ransom
Parliamentarian - Michelle Vierra

Applying to SGA

To apply to run for a Wing Representative position, use the Wing Representative Application.

To apply to run for an Executive Position, use the Executive Officer Application.

Components of the SGA

The SGA is made up of:

Exective Officers
Wing Representatives
- 6 first year representatives from the 6 wings
- 6 second year representatives from the 6 wings
Advisor (to make sure things do not get out of hand...)
6 Committees

Executive Board

The Executive Board ensures that the performance of the SGA is at an acceptable quality. The Executive Board is voted upon by the student body has many responsibilities. The Executive Board is made up of:

President

The current President of SGA is Faith Johnson.

Duties and Privileges:

Presides over the SGA regular meetings, executive meetings, and open meetings
Prepares an agenda and is responsible for the distribution of the agenda to the SGA members
Maintains order and gives members of the SGA the floor
Suspends members of the SGA's speaking privileges if members of the SGA are out of order
Holds the highest position that is neutral to the policy of the SGA and must have no vote
Appoints a Parliamentarian/Sergeant at Arms.
Represents the Missouri Academy at all meetings of Hall Council Presidents of the Northwest Missouri State University Association.
Attends the annual meeting of the Association of Consortium Student Governments (ACSG).
Appoints a first-year wing representative to serve as the Missouri Academy's ACSG representative, as defined by the ACSG constitution.

Vice President of Internal Affairs

The current Vice President of Internal Affairs of SGA is Jessica Brooks.

Duties and Privileges:

Presides over the SGA meetings in the absence of the President.
Holds the highest position with a vote.
Chairs or appoints a chairperson to each standing sub-committee of the Student Government Association.
Oversees each standing sub-committee of the Student Government Association.
Works with the Student Activities Coordinator.

Vice President of External Affairs

The current Vice President of External Affairs of SGA is Jessica Ellis.

Duties and Privileges:

Acts as the liaison between the Academy students to the Northwest Student Senate
Chairs or appoints a chairperson to head the Resident Hall Association delegation
Appoints one first year and one second year to be on the RHA delegation
Keeps the Academy students informed about pressing campus issues
Attends campus meetings where Academy students will be affected in anyway
Abides by both the Northwest Student Senate and the RHA constitutions

Secretary

The current Secretary of SGA is Brianna Reese.

Duties and Privileges:

Records minutes of all SGA meetings and is responsible for distributing the minutes to the members of SGA
Maintains records of wing game points in the absence of a Student Activities Coordinator

Treasurer

The current Treasurer of SGA is Ehren Ekhause.

Duties and Privileges:

Formulates a budget for the SGA
Organizes the trimesterly philanthropic project

Parliamentarian

The current Parliamentarian of SGA is Amandeep Rakhra.

Duties and Privilieges:

Maintains order in all SGA meetings
Remains competent of parliamentary procedure
Organizes the senior gift
Oversees all elections

Wing Representatives

Wing Representatives are the bulk of MASGA. Wing reps take the information they gather from the SGA meetings and disperse it to separate wings and then brings their wing's opinions to the SGA meetings.

Who They Are

Second Years
- 2nd Floor East - Shaye Bouckaert
- 2nd Floor West - Hiren Patel
- 3rd Floor East - Craig Burkhart
- 3rd Floor West - Tyler Wolfangel
- 4th Floor East - none
- 4th Floor West - Sammy-Jo Stolle
First Years
- 2nd Floor East - Laura Phillips
- 2nd Floor West - Doug McGeehan
- 3rd Floor East - John McKeever
- 3rd Floor West - Phill Venice
- 4th Floor East - Liz Maag
- 4th Floor West - Deanna MacMillan

Duties and Privileges

Acts as the liaison between SGA and the respective wings
Presents the information from SGA meetings in weekly wing meetings
Attends all SGA meetings

Advisor

The SGA Advisor is the person who sits in our meetings and makes sure everything going on is legitimate. Of course, this job falls onto the shoulders of the Director of Student Development who is Dr. Sam Jennings II.

Who He is

Duties and Privileges