Why a blog?

A message from the President of SCGSA:

One of the biggest things I've learned (and probably all of you as well) about being a good school counselor is that flexibility is imperative.  Things will come up; priorities will shift; plans will have to change.

I have held several positions in many different student organizations and came into my position with SCGSA with that experience at the forefront of my brain.  A graduate student association is a whole different beast, though, and that has been a learning process for me, as well as the other officers.  We spent last semester racking our brains to figure out how best to engage all of you in our organization so that it did not continue to be "an elite few governing the many".

One of my best experiences so far with SCGSA was at the end of last semester when my email flooded with opinions and ideas.  Some people were excited, others not so much, but regardless of what people were saying, the fact that so many of you took the time to send in your feedback meant that you care!  That felt good.

We (the officers) met last week and had a creative brainstorming session.  We considered the following points:

1. You all care about what SCGSA does.  You have opinions and want to be involved.
2. As graduate students, we do not like to be on campus if we don't have to be.  On a similar note, nobody likes meetings.
3. All of us have lives - families, husbands, quasi's, other programs and responsibilities and projects and jobs.
4. SCGSA, regardless of your desire to be involved, falls to the bottom of your priority list.

So then what do we do?  We considered a number of options and a blog was the one that won out.  Here is why and what we hope this will accomplish.

1. You're (hopefully) more likely to read it than some boring black and white meeting minutes.
2. There's no need to sit through any meetings; similarly, there are no meetings to try to schedule around everyone's busy lives.
3. You can read this whenever you have the time.
4. You can comment on the blog on your own time and the comments can create a sort of forum for discussion. (This is the big one.  Discussion is HUGE.)
5. If there is a topic that multiple people seem to want information about then we can post a blog and send it out (i.e. Where does our money go?).  You can ask those questions either in the threads or email SDSUSchoolCounselingGSA@gmail.com.

So what do you think?  If we post a blog after our officer meetings with any pertinent items that we would want to bring to a meeting, would you all read and comment and share your opinions?  Is this a good compromise?