Hello everybody!
So this past weekend was AMAZING!! I went up with a 15 other people from Inver Hills to Breezy Point Resort in Breezy Point, Minnesota. We went up for a conference called the General Assembly which is put on by the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA). I am a part of the Governing Council which is made up of eleven different members of the association. We are the decision-making board of the association. This past weekend we held elections for everything. There is a Cabinet that runs the association and the positions are President, Vice President, Public Relations Coordinator, and Treasurer. We also held elections for two Student-at-Large positions. The Student-at-Large positions are the voice of students who are the minority. I don’t mean minority by only race, gender, religion, etc. but more by your opinion. If everybody says yes to something but you disagree, you would talk to your Student-at-Large representative and they would be the voting voice for you. We also had elections for regional positions. Inver Hills is apart of the Metro South Region, which I am currently the Governing Council Representative. There is the Governing Council Representative position and Alternate, Platform Committee and Alternate, and the Regional Secretary. The new Governing Council Representative for the Metro South Region is Doug Hollen from Inver Hills Community Colleg and his Alternate is Andrew Gould from South Central College- North Mankato Campus. The new Platform Committee member is Ryan Newbloom from Normandale Community College and his Alternate is Jaycob Martin from Dakota County Technical College. Our new Regional Secretary is Margo Hollen from Inver Hills Community College. Congradulations to all! They will all begin their term on July 1st, 2011 and will end on June 30th, 2012. I won Governing Council Member of the Year award which is exciting as well. Other than that, not much happened over the weekend. I want to say thanks to everyone within the region for a great year! It was an honor to be your Governing Council Representative!
Thanks,
Samantha Potter-Rank
Weekly Joke: How does a pig go to the hospital? In a hambulance! 
