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[NickC]

Hey everyone,

Welcome back to Tech for another academic year!

The Student Government Organization at Brooklyn Tech is opening its doors to all students! Any student who would like to join Student Council please find the attached application, download it, fill it out and return it to your class COSA (7C1) during your lunch period!



Class of 2009- Mr Williams (Walk straight into 7C1 and go into the room on the left)
Class of 2010 - Mrs. Manduley (Walk straight into 7C1 and go into the room on the right)
Class of 2011 - Ms. Schiff (Turn right as soon as you enter)
Class of 2012 - Ms. O'neal
**Freshmen, stay tuned for announcements regarding student leadership and class council!**



If you may have questions please feel free to post them here or go to 7C1 to find your respective class COSA!

[NickC]

Here it is.

[Chiyeung DjChi Lau]

Nick quick question. What do you really do in student council?

[NickC]

Student Government acts as a voice for students. The folks sitting on the 2010 Class Council act as Class Representatives with power to vote. In the past we discussed issues such as the dress code, school lunch, school safety, bathrooms, elevators (still actively working on those), etc. In September of our Freshman year, it was the vote of the Class of 2010 Government that implemented the new 32 point system and 50 hours of community service.

Aside from that, we plan events for the class and some for school such as the upcoming Sophomore/Junior Winter Trip (flyers should be up soon - the trip is from December 12 - 14th), the Talent show that will be in February, our annual Flowers for Favorites fundraiser during Valentines Day, Junior Semiformal and of course, the Six Flags trip I hope to have in the Spring and much more...If you like getting involved in school related functions such as Open House, Freshmen Orientation, helping out at school dances, then this is the organization you should join!

The magic happens during our meetings and events. From the things that you guys say to the votes that are conducted to make a decision that is what shapes class council.

If you are looking to help out the school and make Tech a better place then join the 2010 class council (if you're in the class of 2010).

This year we are meeting Tuesdays - once a week in 6E6.

Please understand that joining class council requires a lot of dedicated. You can't give up in the middle of the year because each and every member plays an important role because you will be asked to join committees to put all this together!


I look forward to working with each and every single class council member this year.

Our first meeting is Tuesday September 23rd so get those applications in ASAP! Space is limited - 30 seats.

[Chiyeung DjChi Lau]

wow what a mouthful. I'll come if the BTHSNEWS meetings arent on tuesdays :X

[Robert T]

I have a question..do we have to fill out the Freshmen Leadership Application as well as the SGO Application if we want to run for a position? Or can we just fill out the SGO Application?

[NickC]

Please understand that both Leadership and Student Council (Govt) are different.

If you would like to run for a position such as President, VP, Parliamentarian, Treasurer, or Secretary, you must fill out the application along with an essay for candidacy. If you want to be in Student Council (Class Govt) you still have it to fill it out - but circle Class Rep.

If you plan on joining student government and not leadership, you only have to fill out a student government application.

[Robert T]

NickC, on Sep 21 2008, 03:06 PM, said:

Please understand that both Leadership and Student Council (Govt) are different.

If you would like to run for a position such as President, VP, Parliamentarian, Treasurer, or Secretary, you must fill out the application along with an essay for candidacy. If you want to be in Student Council (Class Govt) you still have it to fill it out - but circle Class Rep.

If you plan on joining student government and not leadership, you only have to fill out a student government application.

Ok so leadership is completely different. I want to run for freshman president so I just fill out the SGO Application that you linked to on this thread and I write the essay and that's it right?

So I'm not going to have to join or fill out the Leadership form if I don't want to join Leadership (since it's completely separate). Thanks for clearing it up.

[NickC]

Its recommended that you join leadership if want to be an ideal candidate since class leadership is run by the Executive Board of the class

[Noldi]

Nice speech today Robert! you got my vote =p
I don't think the other candidates were really all that serious though.. like that girl in the striped shirt lol

[Noldi]

Sorry for the double post, but I had a question.
The Class Council, made up of 30 people, when are their meetings and how long do they last? Aside from that, what else do they do? Do they have to volunteer at a hospital or something similar like that during a school day? I'm interested in joining this.

[Ilya R.]

Noldi, on Oct 15 2008, 05:36 PM, said:

Nice speech today Robert! you got my vote =p
I don't think the other candidates were really all that serious though.. like that girl in the striped shirt lol

Yours was the only one I actually heard =P
That girl that went after you made all my friends laugh uncontrollably and what happened after, I'm not comfortable talking about.

[SoLR]

Noldi, on Oct 15 2008, 05:11 PM, said:

Sorry for the double post, but I had a question.
The Class Council, made up of 30 people, when are their meetings and how long do they last? Aside from that, what else do they do? Do they have to volunteer at a hospital or something similar like that during a school day? I'm interested in joining this.

Yep, it's made up of 30 people. You can only be in it if the spots aren't all taken up already. Meetings last as long as it takes to go through the agenda, they start at 3 pm and usually end around 4-4:15ish. SGO makes decisions regarding their class such as naming events, planning fund raisers, etc etc. Uhh volunteering at hospitals I'm not sure of, but I know that sophomore council has volunteering during school events, after school events such as fairs, etc.

[Noldi]

Warchief, on Oct 15 2008, 06:47 PM, said:

Yours was the only one I actually heard =P
That girl that went after you made all my friends laugh uncontrollably and what happened after, I'm not comfortable talking about.

what o.o, i didn't run lol

What I meant SolR, was if it was mandatory to go to those extra things like that?

[Ilya R.]

Oh sorry I meant to quote Robert's post =P

[NickC]

A word of advice to all voters. Please vote for the person you think will do the job right. Your vote should not be based on whether or not that person is your friend. The class of 2012's decision will not only affect the class but also the entire school because your Vice President and President will be sitting in the Executive Council making decisions as well. We need the person that is willing to work and stands for what student government is.

Choose wisely.

[Noldi]

So who won?

[NickC]

President: Emily Chiang

Vice President: Daisy Lu

Treasurer: Samantha Eng

Secretary: Michelle Gorbonosov

Parliamentarian: Micheal Gulka - Giaquinto