SGA Legislative Issues Director

• Reports to the Executive Director
• Chair the Legislative Affairs Committee
• Serve as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point delegation leader to
• all state- wide and national-wide student association conventions and
• conferences
• Actively promote student involvement in, and understanding of, campus,
• local, state, and federal legislation
• Advocate on behalf of students at the local, state, and federal level
• Form working relationships with local and state representatives (e.g. alder
• people, state assemblyperson, etc.) and stay in constant contact with them
• regarding issues that affect University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
• Form a working relationship with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
• Point Legislative Liaison
• Manage and promote the Student Government Association Lawyer
• services
• Organize and promote elections of any kind to the student body: Student
• Government Association, local, state, and federal
• Monitor the news daily about legislative issues and brief the President
• Collaborate with fellow directors to plan events regarding campuswide observation
• days.
• Attend the Student Government Association Senate and the Executive
• Staff meetings.
• Serve a minimum of 10 hours per week in the SGA Office or related
• work meeting on campus, with the exception of Student Senate.
• Meet at a minimum of once near the end of each semester with the
• Executive Director to specifically discuss and document transitional
• material including semester accomplishments and helpful tips.
• Documentation must be typed, emailed, and stored in the Student
• Government Association email account, as well as handed over for the
• next person in the role. Transitional materials must also include an
• updated list of contacts at the last meeting of the executive's term.
• Other duties as assigned

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