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I have declared my candidacy for College Council Vice President with the intent to run for the job, not the title. To
that end, I offer a summary of my accomplishments on behalf of the Student Government Association and detail
other experience relevant to the position. Requests for clarification or documentation regarding each statement
can be provided upon request to kbielli@emory.edu.

 








 

 





ROLE OF THE SGA ATTORNEY GENERAL: The SGA Attorney General serves on the Executive Board of
the SGA, functions as the parliamentarian of the Legislature and serves on a Legislative Committee, and
is charged with being fully informed as the activities of the Constitutional Council. The Attorney General
performs a second level of review of all applications for new student organizations and corresponds
directly with groups that need access to SGA files on their organization. Finally, the Attorney General
acts as a general counsel for SGA and all organizations chartered thereunder (including the College
Council). The following are accomplishments in addition to those listed responsibilities, which I have
fulfilled comprehensively and expediently.

Work With the College Council:

-Within two weeks of confirmation, presented College Council officers with a list of
inconsistencies between College Council regulations on chartering and College Council charter
applications that had not been previously detected.

-Crafted the compromise that allowed the College Council to bring the Volunteer Council into
existence while maintaining the integrity of Student Government Association mandates on
distribution of the Student Activity Fee.

-Assisted 55th College Council Vice President for Administration Stephanie Spangler and College
Council Chief of Staff Arjun Seth in drafting the Constitution that governs the Volunteer Council,
helped to proof-read bills presented to the College Council Legislature in conjunction with
Stephanie and Arjun.

-Volunteered and filled gaps in Voter Assistance Station hours for the College Council Elections
Board in the Fall 2010 Semester.

-Coordinated rules and agenda for and co-moderated ͞Dialogue on Student Government at
Emory͟ with 55th College Council Chief of Staff Brett Henson and Alec Fox.
-Spoke at Council of Presidents and addressed questions from student organization presidents
regarding registrations.

-Discovered discontinuities with College Council membership requirements and presented

these to the College Council Executive Board to advise on charter policy that limited liability.

-Currently working with College Council Secretary Kyle Piccone and College Council Chief of
Staff Arjun Seth on a university-wide student government archiving initiative.

Other Work For the Student Government Association:

-Coordinated with former Student Government Association Elections Chair Kwan-Lamar Blount
Hill (͛11, Law) to ensure records collection and documentation for sanction completion.

-Established rules that allowed division governments to request accounts housed in SGA that
could streamline divisional funding efforts used by College Council, Graduate Business Council,
and Emory Student Nursing Association.

-Drafted new text for the Student Government Association website to provide information on
chartering student groups and answer questions frequently received in the Student
Government Association Office.

-Manually reviewed all student organization registrations and compiled a list of registrations
that required corrections to division officers in the fall and spring semesters.

-Reached out individually to student organizations with requests for additional information for
organization registration. (Currently in progress for the spring semester)

-Created training presentations for Student Government Association legislators and the SGA
Elections Board on rules of procedure appropriate to their respective positions.

-Drafted position descriptions for the Constitutional Council and Student Government
Association Elections Board used for recruiting and holding the current appointees.

-Reached out to different divisions of student government regarding ballot sharing and
provided a framework on the electoral process for the Grad SGA Elections to the Grad SGA
Elections Chair.

-Moved to add the hardship fund bill to the Executive Board agenda to be funded out of the
Allocated Account in the face of a veto, understanding the controversy revolved more around
whether SGA was using funds correctly, not whether the program merited funding.
-Led a collaborative discussion of the Student Government Association governing documents,
and drafted a total of fifteen bills totaling twenty pages of text. The bills introduced new SGA
policies to resolve issues in this and previous sessions or addressed defunct language present
within the documents.

-Drafted language that allows Grad SGA to assume administrative functions as a division and
maintain the status quo for undergraduate officers in order to fulfill the wants of both and
without creating dissonance in the bylaws of the SGA.

-Requested the SGA Elections Board include a statement of purpose regarding the March 18
referendum to clarify its intentions, and drafted that statement of purpose.

-Coordinated ballot testing for the March 18 referendum on behalf of the SGA Elections Board.

-Manned the voter assistance station with various members of the Elections Board for five and
a half hours to answer questions regarding the referendum at the request and approval of the
SGA Elections Board.

 

 
 











ROLE OF THE ELECTIONS BOARD: Members of the Elections Board publicize the election process,
coordinate logistics and support for voters, uphold the rules of elections, and challenge candidates who
violate the Election Code. The 2010 Elections Board also drafted proposed extensive amendments to the
SGA Elections Code.

-Maintained office hours for approving candidate materials and served in the voter assistance station.

-Selected by the Elections Board Chairman to represent the Board for all challenges pursued by the
Board due to through investigations of the matters.

-Presented and won over fifteen challenges presented to the Board of Elections by relying on the text of
the Elections Code.

-Served as treasurer and corresponded regularly with the Vice President for Finance regarding the
necessary expenditures of the 2010 Elections Board.

-Recommended to serve as the Elections Board Chair by the Chairman after both the 2009 and 2010
elections due to diligent service o the Elections Board.
  




Applied to teach an Experimental College course on Parliamentary Procedure.

National Association of Parliamentarians, Member-at-Large: The national association of

parliamentarians is an organization devoted to the study of parliamentary procedure. Members must
pass a certification exam in order to gain entrance, and are given access to resources that allow
members to pursue higher levels of certification and teaching resources.

Residence Life and Housing, two years of experience: Staff members of residence life and housing are
charged with fulfilling administrative needs and policy enforcement, programming to meet the needs of
their residents, advocating the needs of their residents to other staff members, and working effectively
within a team. Completed weekly reports, fulfilled and exceeded all programming requirements, one-
on-ones with fifty-six residents, attended and participated in weekly staff meetings, assisted residents in
navigating housing procedures such as submitting a work order, and relayed student issues to
administrative staff members as appropriate.

Model United Nations, six years of experience: Members of Model United Nations engage
collaboratively and in the character of individual countries within a framework of parliamentary
procedure to address international challenges. Executive positions require chairing of mock sessions and
training members to acclimate them to the rules of this system. Attended thirty conferences and
received various levels of recognition, chaired for mock sessions and meets hosted by the school.