Election Procedures
GAMES students elect SoCo executive board members during the fall semester. To qualify for a position, you must not be on academic probation or have ever been on disciplinary probation, and you must have at least a 3.0 GPA. As leaders, SoCo members should promote respect, responsibility, diversity, and maturity by displaying elite character and integrity. If a member exhibits characteristics or actions not exemplary of a leader, thus promoting negative attitudes or behaviors, he/she may be deemed unfit to serve in SoCo and may be removed from the position.
To run for a SoCo position, you must nominate yourself by signing up when advertised. Prior to election week, you may actively campaign and you may hang posters in the designated areas of Anderson and Welch Halls. Candidates are expected to demonstrate respect and an attitude of good sportsmanship during the campaign. Any candidate (or campaign helper) caught destroying or in any way tampering with another candidate’s campaign material may result in the disqualification of the offending candidate. Campaign material cannot be derogatory of other candidates! Candidates are responsible for removing campaign material from all areas as soon as the election is over.
Executive Board members and the Coordinator of GAMES Student Life will appoint students to serve as SoCo Committee Chairs and members. Applications for Committee membership will be available in early September.
In order to allow more students to hold positions, you may not hold an executive position in both GYSP and SoCo. Club officer positions can be time-consuming and involve significant responsibility. Please keep this in mind when holding leadership positions on campus.
Responsibilities
SoCo Executive Board and Committees assist the Coordinator of Student Life with the implementation of student activity events, including Geek Week, Prom, the End of Year Party, and Pinning Ceremony. SoCo members are expected to work in conjunction with one another to plan, promote, organize, and execute the aforementioned events. Individual responsibilities can include, but are not limited to:
President
1. Preside over all business meetings.
2. Meet with GYSP and Dorm Council representatives to coordinate
activities and report back to SoCo.
3. Appoint and establish any necessary committees.
4. Vote only in case of a tie.
5. Serve as an ex-officio member on all committees.
6. Present business to the organization.
7. Meet with the Coordinator of Student Life to give club updates and
to coordinate event activities.
8. Complete all duties assigned by the Coordinator of Student Life.
9. Represent the organization at all times.
Vice President/Treasurer
1. Perform all duties of the president in the event of his/her absence.
2. Keep up with all money and receipts.
3. Turn in all receipts and monies to the Coordinator of Student Life.
4. Get expenditures pre-approved from the Coordinator of Student
Life.
5. Keep a set of books which shall be audited by the Coordinator of
Student Life before the office is relinquished.
6. Make a report of finances at each business meeting.
7. Complete all duties assigned by the President and Coordinator of
Student Life.
8. Represent the organization at all times.
Secretary
1. Take roll at meetings.
2. Take and read minutes of meetings.
3. Maintain records of the meetings.
4. Maintain a file of Council correspondence.
5. Complete all duties assigned by the President and Coordinator of
Student Life.
6. Represent the organization at all times.
Geek Week Chair
1. Assist with the annual GAMES Geek Week.
a. Plan activities
b. Marketing and promotion
c. T-shirt design
d. Set-up/Take-down of activities
2. Evaluate Geek Week.
a. Survey students
b. Compile a list of do’s and don’ts
3. Work in conjunction with the President to form a team of
volunteers.
Prom Chair
1. Plan and implement the GAMES Prom.
2. Fundraising for Prom.
3. Work in conjunction with the President to form a Prom Committee.
Pinning Ceremony Chair
1. Plan and implement GAMES Pinning.
2. Work in conjunction with the End of Year Party Chair to create the
End of Year Video.
3. Fundraising for Pinning.
4. Work in conjunction with the President to choose Pinning
Ceremony Ushers.
End of Year Party Chair
1. Assist with the annual GAMES End of Year Party.
a. Plan activities
b. Marketing and promotion
c. Set-up/Take-down of activities.
2. Work in conjunction with the Pinning Chair to form the End of Year
Video.
3. Work in conjunction with the President to form a team of
volunteers.
President
Patty Leighton
Vice President/Treasurer
Destiny Crimes
Secretary
TBD
Geek Week Chair
Yusuf Uddin
Prom Chair
Andy Celedon
End of Year Party Chair
Johnathan Ross
Pinning Ceremony Chair
Saba Saleh
Advisor
Rachel Tapper
Georgia National Fair Trip
Geek Week 2008
Chilhowee, TN Camping and Rafting
LAN in Dillard 2008
