¶ Welcome to MSA Board 
Congratulations on your election (or appointment) to MSA Board for the upcoming academic year! We ask Allah to make this an experience that is beneficial for you and our community, in this life and the next. Although your term does not officially begin until the first day of the summer, there is much to do now in order to prepare you as a board and as individuals in differing roles.
If you have not yet been made familiar, this page is one of many that comprise the UCBMSA Wiki. Our wiki is an incredible resource that is maintained and updated throughout the year, allowing future leadership to learn from the experience and mistakes of the past as well as offer transparency to community members regarding the internal workings of our association. It will soon become your responsibility to contribute to and update this wiki during your time as a board member.
¶ Upcoming Deadlines
Below, you will find a number of training documents that review various aspects of your role. At the end of each document is a comprehension quiz that is designed to be easy if you carefully read the respective pages. Before the Board Leadership Summit in April, you will be required to read all of the general and role-specific training documents on this page. You will also be required to complete all the comprehension quizzes at the end of each page with all questions answered correctly. You may take the quizzes as many times as you need and view which questions you got wrong until you get a score of 100%.
This may look like a lot of reading which may take you a few hours to complete. We ask that you set aside time to give these training documents the attention they deserve. Keep in mind that previous board members worked to make years of experience available to you through these pages.
You are not expected to memorize all the information that you read. We expect that you know where to find it at the least and be able to reference it throughout the year as needed.
¶ Training Documents
Read and complete quizzes for all links under the General heading and your board position's heading. It will be helpful to go through these links in the order that they appear as some documents build on the material covered in others.
¶ General
Relevant to all board members.
¶ Meetings
Meeting Bylaws How to properly conduct & behave during meetings- Board Meetings An extension of the Meeting Bylaws
- Leadership Meetings An extension of the Meeting Bylaws
¶ Administrative
Google Drive Usage Guidelines Where all files and records are stored
Community Contact Directory How to navigate Hubspot
Google Calendar Managing the MSA Google Calendar
Booking Spaces How to reserve various campus spaces
Using an MSA Credit Card How to request budgets and spend money using Divvy
¶ Leadership
Navigating Community Concerns How to productively respond to community feedback
Addressing Political Events How to address distressing political events
Addressing Emergency Situations How to address distressing emergency situations
¶ President
- Strategic Planning How to come up with a year-long action plan
- Advisory Board Role of advisors and their areas of expertise
Board Leadership Summit Planning guide
¶ Internal Vice President
Managing MSA Committees Committee structure, meetings and training
Overseeing Banquet Officers Following up with officers that plan our end-of-the-year banquet
¶ External Vice President
Understanding University Administration Maintaining relations with administration
Understanding Student Organizations Maintaining relations with other communities
Facilitating MSA Conference Overseeing the conference committee head
¶ Treasurer
Understanding Financial Accounts ASUC, MISC, Divvy, Bank of the West, Venmo, etc
Budgets How much stuff costs and drafting budgets- Managing MSA Credit Cards How to administer the Divvy system
Processing Reimbursements Accessing funds from university-managed accounts
Grants How to apply for grants
Fundraising How to fundraise- Overseeing Alumni Engagement Officers Training & following up with AEO's
¶ Educational Coordinator
Friday Prayer Service How to manage Jummah prayers
Ilm Classes How to manage recurring ilm classes
Other Projects Providing resources to the community
¶ Communications Director
Weekly Newsletter Managing the weekly newsletter
Social Media and the Community Interacting with the community through our social media accounts
Marketing Events Marketing events through social media
Website Managing our website
¶ Sisters Director
Sisters' Socials Planning sisters' socials
Joint Socials Planning joint socials
Winter Retreat Planning winter retreat
¶ Brothers Director
Brothers' Socials Planning brothers' socials- Joint Socials Planning joint socials
- Winter Retreat Planning winter retreat
