OrgSync helps manage RSOs

All student organizations now have an easier way to register with Campus Life through a new program called OrgSync.

OrgSync is an online program that provides supporting tools and applications to help arrange and manage communities, organizations and their members. This new program was put in place to help student organizations run more effectively. There are over 170 Registered Student Organizations at GCSU.

Tom Miles, director of Campus Life, believes that student organizations will begin to see the long-term benefits once it is utilized for a couple of years.

“OrgSync is a student organization management system unlike any other in the busy industry. They have developed the program with students at the forefront. Their customer service is outstanding,” Miles said. “Student organizations at GCSU who are using the system are raving about how the program helps them manage so many facets of their organization.”

The GCSU Orchestra is the newest addition to the OrgSync program, and it’s pleased to finally be recognized as a Registered Student Organization. Rosie Riquelme, senior music education major, has been a member of the GCSU Orchestra for four years.

“This new way of registering with OrgSync definitely has its rewards,” Riquelme said. “It even has a way to communicate to members of our orchestra, which I find quite refreshing since all we use is Facebook these days.”

Riquelme recognizes how important communication is between members. The current generation is so dependent on instant communication and this new program shows how diverse our means of Internet communication have become.

OrgSync allows many more features than Campus Life previously offered: texting members, electronic form creating, treasury capability with invoicing, credit card payment features, recording roll call of meetings and posting news items to all members.

Megan Hill, a sophomore psychology and music major, is the president of the GCSU Orchestra.

“Registering for the RSO you’re involved in is so important,” Hill said. “As president of my RSO, I stressed to our members how pertinent it was for everyone to register at our last meeting.”

Hill explained to the orchestra last week how to go about registering on OrgSync and how simple it is. All that registering really takes is logging into your myCATS account and clicking on the “Student” tab. Go to the “My Student Links” box and click on the “Campus Life” link. A new window will pop up on your screen and you will then see, in the first column, “Registered Student Organizations.” From that point on it is self-explanatory.

“OrgSync is an excellent investment,” Miles said. “My colleagues using other companies are paying well over $10,000 and I’m paying around $4,500.”

To be funded by GCSU every RSO member has to register. Only organizations registered with the Department of Campus Life will be considered for fundraising on campus. All fundraising requests must be submitted at least 10 business days prior to the day of the fundraiser.

Miles and Campus Life hope to see the new program benefit the school’s communication and interconnectedness, they said.

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