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Article VIII

Article VIII. Public Relations Committee (PR Committee)
Section 1. Members
  1. The chair;
    1. The Secretary of SGA shall be the chair.
    2. The student shall be a rising sophomore, junior, or senior, elected in the spring all-college election for a term of one year.
    3. The student shall be enrolled and on campus for the full year. A student either studying abroad or graduating early is not eligible to run for this position.
    4. The term shall begin at the cabinet meeting following the regular spring election. It shall end on the last cabinet meeting in the following academic year. The student shall be available for counsel to the successor for the remainder of the academic year.
    5. The student shall record minutes of Senate meetings and make them available on the SGA Social Network Page.
    6. The student shall handle cabinet communications, including but not limited to the SGA email account and social media.
    7. The student shall be responsible for SGA publicity.
    8. The student may choose to publish SGA news and publicize events through a newsletter, established relationship with the Smith Sophian, and other forms of social networks, i.e. Facebook, the SGA website on the Smith College SGA page and Smith Social Network, Twitter, and Instagram.
    9. The student will form and run a Public Relations Committee of senators to aid with maintaining SGA's visibility both on and off campus.
    10. The student shall be responsible for coordinating and maintaining 7 Sisters Coalition relationships and is a member of the 7 Sisters Coalition Coordinating Board.
    11. The student shall sit on the Five College Student Coordinating Board.
    12. If the student is unable to attend, they are responsible for appointing an alternate member of the Cabinet or the Vice Secretary to accompany the SGA president.
    13. In the event that the office of Chair of PR is vacated, it shall be filled, for the remainder of the term, by the Vice-chair of PR.
  2. The Vice Chair;
    1. The student shall sit on the Public Relations Committee.
    2. The student shall be enrolled and on campus for the full year. A student either studying abroad or graduating early is not eligible to run for this position.
    3. The student shall be elected in the fall from the committee's membership for a term of one year.
    4. The student shall maintain public SGA bulletin boards. This can be in accordance with the help of the SGA Office Manager.
    5. The student will assist in running Public Relations Committee meetings and ensuring PR initiatives are divided amongst committee members.
    6. If the secretary is unable to attend a Cabinet or Senate meeting, the student shall stand-in for the secretary and is responsible for communicating with the secretary.
    7. If the SGA secretary is unable to attend a Five-College Student Coordinating Board, the vice secretary is to accompany the SGA president.
  3. At least three members-at-large.

Updated August 2023