Associated Student Body
The 2007-20008 ASB Class
ASB stands for ‘Associated Student Body.’ The ASB is an assembly of students that represents the will of the school. The ASB class serves two functions: it first serves as a governing body and a service organization. The governing aspect of ASB involves making decisions about allocating funds as well as deciding which activities the school will participate in. The ASB class operates under the bylaws of its constitution, which can be publicly accessed. One of the most important roles of the ASB is to organize the budget. Near the end of each year, the ASB formulates a plan for the distribution/allocation of financial resources to chartered clubs, sports, etc. The service component of ASB entails several aspects: the class senators each come up with creative ways to aid their own personal classes, the members are expected to help on “school clean-up days” and also are expected to be good role models for the school.
Every member of the ASB class is expected to do certain tasks. This year, the officers have decided to divide the individual members of the class into committees that each has a unique function. The committees are: birthday card committee (handing out birthday cards to every member of the school), art and design (beautification and advertisement for Foss), recognition (of athletes, scholars, etc), Spirit/Assembly committee (planning school wide events, and the Student Store committee (selling items out of the Student Store). In addition to the committee work, each senator is required to work for their own class. For example, the sophomore senators might fundraise to host a Tolo dance while the seniors organize prom, senior-breakfast, talent show, and graduation. The final duty of an ASB member is to uphold the long traditions associated with the class. The Foss ASB has traditions such as hosting a lavish homecoming dance and of hosting the end-of-the-year picnic.
The class is very time consuming; ASB members often choose to sacrifice his or her grades just to fulfill their duties to the school. With the exception of the class officers, to become a member of the class, a student must be elected by his or her class. ASB senate elections are during the end of the year (with the exception of freshmen elections, which are held in the beginning of the year). Candidates are elected only by their class and are required to give a speech. Of those that run for senatorial positions, only the five candidates with the highest number of votes are elected. If a student has lost in the general election, s/he can still run for a "non-elect" senate position. The non-elect process is a separate, more rigorous election that includes a speech and follow-up questions. The non-elects are elected at the end of the year by a mixture of both the present years ASB class and the coming year's ASB class. Unlike senate positions, officer positions are elected by an electorate college composed of second-period representatives and club representatives. Officers lead the senators during formal meetings (usually on Wednesdays) and are required to attend a leadership camp in the summer. Officers include: president (senior only), vice president, secretary, treasurer, and club commissioner.