Thank you Katie Taylor for a great year
The 2009 president of SGA shares her thoughts on the past year.
Paul Holley
Issue date: 5/1/09 Section: Features
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Compass: How will you initiate the new president?
Taylor: There's something called the Student Advisory Council. Every SGA President in the University System of Georgia is in this Student Advisory Council and we have a meeting April 17-18. This meeting is a transition meeting where the next SGA presidents are formally transitioned into power.
Compass: How have you improved SGA?
Taylor: When I was elected SGA President I didn't have to run against anybody. I loved my SGA President but honestly our organization was not run well. I saw the need and saw the potential of what could happen and completely transformed student government. I haven't met all of my goals, but what I have done is I have developed relationships that can be sustained for the future.
Compass: What has been your biggest success as SGA President?
Taylor: Developing positive relationships with staff and administration on campus. I'm a communicator and I've built a good reputation for SGA. Our SGA members are trained properly. Our association isn't feared by the administration of this school. And I've also organized things.
Compass: What was your biggest failure as SGA President?
Taylor: Spending so much time building up the organization that didn't really exist before, I didn't really get to the students as much as I wanted to. Right now we don't really represent the students like we should. My biggest failure personally was getting the organization going and on its feet, but not reaching out to the students like I could have. But, the future successor, hopefully I have left them with a good structure that they will have more time and know what to do. My vision was to develop these relationships and teach the next SGA President to sustain them and develop them. They will have these good relationships, they will just have to put them to use.
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