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February Registered Student Organization Officer Orientation- Sign Up Now!

Please note that there is a Registered Student Organization Officer Orientation (RSOOO) session on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 from 7-10pm and Thursday, February 5, 2009 from 7-10pm in the Campus Center basement. Sign in begins in the Campus Center basement at 6pm.  RSOOO is required for RSO officers who need signature responsibility and required for all new RSO officers (all presidents, vice presidents, treasurers and secretaries (or equivalent positions) must attend).

This training will provide you with the basic info that you need to successfully manage your RSO. You will take part in special break out sessions where you can learn more about fundraising, running effective and efficient meetings, and planning dynamic events.

Please sign up today at: http://www.umass.edu/csd/rso/offorientation/.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Advising Campus Center Events Policies/Procedures

Scheduling Meeting Rooms

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You don’t need to meet with Melinda to schedule space for a meeting in the Campus Center.  They can be scheduled by the person with signature responsibility in person in the Campus Center Events Office, 819 Campus Center, or on-line.

RSO meetings in the Campus Center are limited to one a week because of the large demand for meeting space.  They can be booked up to one month in advance.

You can also use academic classrooms and auditoriums for meetings.  In this case the officer with signature responsibility should make an appointment to meet with Melinda in the Resource Center to request the space.

BUT REMEMBER:  when planning events you meet with your advisor first, then with Melinda.  Space for events can’t be requested on-line.

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Advising Policies/Procedures Students Training

RSO Activation Reminder

Have you activated your group yet?  Please go to http://www.umass.edu/csd/rso/requirements/.

Remember, every RSO, sorority and fraternity must do all four of these things to be active:

  • Information sheet – online form
  • Anti-hazing compliance form
  • membership list
  • return your SR cards

All these things are due by September 30.

And by the way, 658 of you attended RSOOO!  Congratulations

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Advising Policies/Procedures Staff Uncategorized

New RSO Advisor assignments

We’ve had some staff changes and that means some RSOs are getting a new advisor. Shaun Jamieson has moved on to a new position in another area (we wish him well) and Sara Littlecrow-Russell has joined the advising staff. We’ve shuffled the advisor assignments a bit as well so make sure to check the list to see if your group has a new advisor.

http://umasscsd.pbwiki.com/Advisor-assignments

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Advising Business & Finance Events Funding Grants Office Policies/Procedures Technology Training Uncategorized

NEW Signature Responsibility Wiki NEW

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Everything you need to know about being an RSO at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

www.umasscsd.pbwiki.com

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Advising Events Policies/Procedures Uncategorized

New Event Planning Procedures

We want to make the planning for RSO events smoother so we ‘ve added a new step to the event planning process.

To register your event you will meet with your CSD advisor to discuss the feasibility of your plans. Together you and your advisor will review the goals of the event, create a preliminary budget and discuss timelines. After doing this, the rest of the planning should be a lot easier.

You won’t meet with Melinda, our Scheduling Coordinator, until after this “pre-event advisor meeting.” So make an appointment with your advisor as soon as you start thinking about planning an event and follow it with an appointment with Melinda.

We also want to help your treasurers stay informed, so the treasurer must attend the pre-event advising meeting, as well as the event coordinator.

Sometimes change is good.

Photo by David Reece

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Advising Policies/Procedures Training

RSO Activation

September’s almost here and it’s time for RSOs to activate for the new year. You need to do FOUR things this year.

  1. Fill out an information sheet. If you already did this, great! If the information has changed, please do a new one.
  2. Read the anti-hazing law, do what it says and submit the anti-hazing form to the Resource Center.
  3. Attend RSO Officer orientation. Four Officers should attend. Dates and times are listed on our website with the registration form. Please note there are only three sessions this semester. Don’t miss them!!
  4. NEW REQUIREMENT Submit a list of your current members to the Resource Center.

All of these things must be done by September 30 for your group to be active this fall.

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Advising Events First Week Students

Activities Expo

 

Clear your calendars for the Activities Expo on September 3, 4-7 pm. We’ve been promoting it at the New Students Orientation all summer and they are anxious to meet the students in the RSOs and talk to you about joining. If you registered you should have already heard the details. If you haven’t registered but want to participate, come to the library deck at 4:00 and we’ll try to fit you in.

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Advising Office Policies/Procedures Students Training

RSO Information Form

Many RSOs have recently held elections for next year. The CSD needs to know who the new officers are so we can update our database and send information to the right people. It may not seem urgent now, but when we announce the officer orientation dates for September, we want the current officers to get that. Please go to our website to fill out an updated information sheet. You’ll need to know the names, e-mails and phone numbers of your new officers. You can do this any time and can revise it if things change.

UPDATE: We are only requesting the names of President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. If you have more names you want to submit you can e-mail them to caolead@stuaf.umass.edu but it is not required.

Click here to register>

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Advising Policies/Procedures Technology

Resetting RSO OIT Accounts

In order to maintain accurate records and to (hopefully) increase usage, we are planning on resetting organizational accounts (groupname@stuaf.umass.edu) over the summer sometime. To get the new login information, you simply need to fill out a new information provider contract (which will hopefully be online at that point). This way we can make sure that we know who has access to each account and monitor their overall usage. I was thinking that summer would be best because it is usually after new leadership has taken over, but before (and after) critical communication is being done. What do folks think? Let me know in the comments.

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