Do…

Don’t…

• Ask questions and get clarification from the org members.
• Attend the orgs events (for at least part of the time) to show your support.
• Have a clear line of contact with the executive board via email, phone, office hours, or scheduled meeting times.
• Let the org know what kind of time commitment you can make and share your schedule with them at the beginning of each semester.
• Work closely with the executive board to give insight and feedback.
• Let students take the more active role in your relationship.  The org is primarily their responsibility.
• Use the contacts you already have on and off campus to the benefit of the org.
• Hold members accountable for their own goals.
• Stand up for the ideas of the organization even if you don’t agree with them.
• Do know, understand, and inform on college policies.

• Make goals, decisions, or agreements for the org without their prior consent.
• Forget students are students!  They have class, homework, and maybe even a social life.
• Tell the org how they should run their meetings or events.  Instead, you can occasionally offer suggestions.
• Be the first person org members go to for questions/decisions.
• Keep the group from making mistakes. (That’s part of working as a group.)
• Fail to hold members accountable if they don’t keep promises or fail to show up for meetings.
• Plan events and run them.
• Expect a meeting every week at the same time.
• Be a stickler for rules (find loopholes when appropriate).
• Make assumptions about the org or its members
• Be a gatekeeper when it comes to financial decisions.