GASC Gazette
October Edition
PILLAR 1: LEADERSHIP
DISTRICT CONFERENCE RECAPS
DISTRICT 1
District One Representative Report: Adam & Jenna
DISTRICT 2
District Two Representative Report: Qytarah & Anaiah
DISTRICT 3
District Three Representative Report: Presley & Tracy
GASC LEADERSHIP SUMMIT: OCTOBER 28 @ THE CAPITOL
PILLAR 2: SERVICE
SPOOKY SERVICE: TRUNK OR TREAT
Organize a Trunk or Treat at your school with the following steps.
1. Gauge club interest. Individual clubs are responsible for creating a trunk with a theme and supplying their own candy.
2. Advertise, advertise, advertise! Send flyers to your local middle & elementary schools and post them around the community. Trunk or Treat is a community event, so make sure your COMMUNITY knows about it!
3. On the day of the event, tell everyone to get there and set up about an hour before the event starts. Clubs should wear costumes & decorate their trunk for a theme.
4. Have fun!
PILLAR 3: MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
PILLAR 4: NETWORKING
JUSTIN FIELDS
Position: Vice President
School: Dacula High School
Grade 2019-2020: 11th
Favorite Quote: "You only live once!"
Justin is from New York and his favorite student council memory is planning his school's powderpuff game. His role model is his dad. "He has taught me everything he has been through in life," Justin says.
SYDNEY BENSON
Position: Vice President
School: Dacula High School
Grade 2019-2020: 12th
Favorite Quote: “The secret to success is to do the common things uncommonly well.”
"My favorite student council memory is this past 2019 Convention, when Dacula brought the most delegates is has ever brought and everybody had a great time learning about leadership and bonding," Sydney says. Sydney has a dog named Emma and her favorite fruit is kumquats!
Sydney's role model is her grandmother, because "she’s had so many different life experiences and is a wealth of knowledge."
ALEX CRABB
Position: Vice President
School: Dacula High School
Grade 2019-2020: 11th
Favorite Quote: "Don’t find fault, find a remedy." - Henry Ford
Alex's role models are his teachers. "They teach me academically as well as how to live my life." His favorite student council memory is GASC 2019. Alex swims and plays lacrosse at Dacula.
PILLAR 5: DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES
PLANNING ON RUNNING FOR GASC OFFICE?
POSITIONS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Attend all Executive Board meetings & GASC events, including their own district rally.
2. Select the annual Convention theme.
3. Select, train, and organize school guides for Convention.
4. Select two students to fulfill the following duties of President.
a. Serve as chair of the Executive Board and establish the agenda in conjunction with the executive director for all meetings and Convention.
b. Give the opening address at all GASC events.
c. Develop and arrange for the printing and distribution of the printed Convention program and podium book.
d. Propose state service project and promote it at all GASC events.
e. Represent or find a school to represent GASC at regional (SASC) & national (NASC) meetings at the expense of the association. (One delegate registration paid per event.)
f. Preside at the Leadership Summit. g. Serve as a liaison for GASSP & other affiliations
5. Pick two Convention Chairs
Vice President School:
1. Attend all Executive Board meetings & GASC events, including a district rally.
2. Promote the annual membership drive.
3. Secure the proclamation by the Governor of “Georgia Student Council Week.”
4. Plan and execute the Leadership Summit including dates, facilities, speakers, workshops and promotional materials.
5. Manage check-in and registration (paperwork, workshop assignments, name tags) at the Leadership Summit.
6. Provide promotional materials for membership drive, district representatives, and the Leadership Summit to Journal School.
7. Work with Parliamentarian to organize the election of district representatives.
8. Host (a) meeting(s) for district representatives and oversee district representatives by providing outlines and expectations for district rallies.
9. Organize district meetings at Convention.
Secretary School:
1. Attend all Executive Board meetings & GASC events, including their own district rally.
2. Record and distribute minutes of the Executive Board meetings.
3. Coordinate decorations and refreshments for the Advisor Hospitality Room at annual Convention.
4. Record minutes at state Convention and all Advisor Business Meetings.
5. Develop and distribute Emergency Action Plan (EAP) for all GASC events.
6. Publish and distribute monthly newsletters (with upcoming GASC events and council ideas) to member schools.
Communications School:
1. Attend all Executive Board meetings & GASC events, including their own district rally.
2. Maintain and update the GASC website and social media outlets.
3. Provide an evaluation for all GASC events, compile the results, and submit to the Executive Board to be used in planning future events and all schools in attendance.
4. Serve as official GASC photographer at all GASC meetings and events at which they are in attendance. When not in attendance, collect pictures from attendees.
5. Produce videos for arrivals, NASC/SASC attendance, Summit, District Rallies, and Convention.
6. Publish the Convention report on the website.
7. Publish an article recapping major GASC events on the website.
Parliamentarian School:
1. Attend all Executive Board meetings & GASC events, including their own district rally.
2. Keep a current version of the GASC Constitution and serve as protector of the constitution. 3. Speak on behalf of the Executive Board in questions concerning parliamentary procedure. 4. Notify all member schools about qualifications and procedures related to running for a state office per the election policy document.
5. Act as sergeant-at-arms during elections and select tally clerks per the guidelines in the constitution.
6. Host a president’s meal at annual Convention if facilities are available.
7. Work with Vice President to organize the election of district representatives.
Middle School Member-At-Large:
1. Attend all Executive Board meetings & GASC events, including their own district rally.
2. Assist president with recruitment for middle school membership and middle school participation at all GASC events.
3. Represent middle school interests on the Executive Board.
4. Compile resources for middle school members.
5. Work with Middle School Advisor Liaison provide support and resources for middle schools at District Rallies.
6. Coordinate middle school workshops and roundtables for Convention & Summit.
7. Coordinate a middle school event for Saturday night of Convention.
PILLAR 6: ADVISOR DEVELOPMENT
ADVISOR OF THE MONTH: MARIA THURMOND
We thank Dr.Thurmond for all that she does!
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