2020-2021 Task Forces

Purpose: Task Forces are small teams that are assembled by the current Board and President. Each Task Force is comprised of students from within SGB as well as students outside of SGB. They are created to achieve a specific goal (or a few small but related goals) that are designated high priority and high collaboration tasks by the Board. Membership on a task force is by appointment, though anyone who is interested in joining a task force is encouraged to email the chair of that task force or President Eric Macadangdang at sgbpresident@pitt.edu.

LGBTQIA+ Center Task Force

Mission: This task force seeks to plan and provide resources for Pitt’s LGBTQIA+ community members with an ultimate long term plan of creating a center on campus. Regardless of your affiliation, if you wish to be involved with the LGBTQIA+ community in our effort to push for a LGBTQIA+ center we would love your contribution and to provide resources. If you or someone in you know would like to get involved, join our Microsoft team at https://rb.gy/x6ryoa. If you have any questions about what involvement may look like, email Vice President and Chief of Cabinet, Tyler Viljaste, at tjv24@pitt.edu.

All Meetings for this task force will be conducted via Zoom.

Pitt Votes Student Task Force

Mission: Our primary goal is to empower various student organizations which are currently working on their own voter registration efforts across campus, utilizing the resources and networks affiliated with pittVotes and nextGen voting to supplement the work currently being done across campus. Ultimately, the goal is to implement tangible structures that can remain in place for a long time, as voter registration coordination efforts are something that goes on every year. Centralizing the voter registration efforts under the PittVotes logo and programming is an essential step in creating a university-wide effort.

Our secondary goal is to coordinate efforts among student organizations to allow for new relationships and space for new collaborations with student groups who are doing similar things. This task force will be the touchstone for various groups to be engaged with one another and learn about the efforts of other organizations on campus.

For more information, please email the Vice President and Chief of Cabinet, Tyler Viljaste, at tjv24@pitt.edu.

Remunerations for Student Leaders Task Force

Mission: The charge of the Task Force on Student Leader Remunerations is to:

1. Review and propose revisions to the Student Leader Remunerations Guidelines and Procedures (April 24, 2014).
2. Determine the merits of continuing a remuneration program, which should also be informed by benchmark data from comparable institutions.
3. Recommend a process to increase student leader remuneration amounts over time and ensure equity.

Members: