Does the Student Council understand how students perceive it?

It seems as though students aren't aware of the Student Council's activities and that there isn't enough dialogue between the students and us. When we promote our activities, we usually announce it on our homepage, ara and the KAIST portal, but it seems like that students are accessing these sites less and less. But even when we inform them, students show little interest.

We are sure that we could reach students more effectively if we put wall-posters on the dormitory walls, but actually it is very tough to advertise that way. Also, students are only interested in big events such as the Spring Festival or the KAIST-Postech games. They participate in those well, but don't seem to care about other small activities.

Does the Student Council represent student opinion well?

We try to represent students' opinions, but it is true that communication with students is poor. Recently, we have tried engaging students in various new ways such as outdoor rallies, but none of them worked. We do collect student opinions officially through the Student Delegation Committee. However only presidents of courses (majors) can serve on the Student Delegation Committee, so it's tough to listen objectively to all KAIST students. Presidents of courses don't collect enough student opinions for us to get a clear picture. Apart from this systematic problem, the general disinterest of students in the Council makes it very tough to hear real voices from them.

Is the Student Council being recognized as an event agency?

If the Student Council builds an event-managing part separately, I think it can take care of more things. However, we can't build an event managing part at this rate due to the shortage of student interest and participation. We tried to delegate management responsibility for the Campus Festival and KAIST-Postech games to independent planning teams, but the Student Council had to step in at the last minute because they weren't doing their jobs.

Would you tell me about activities that benefit students?

We leave that matter in the Student Delegation Committees' hands. Although the Student Delegation Committee is affiliated with the student council, the management is totally independent. But when we discover that the Committee isn't solving a benefit problem, we step in to help. I think the best way for improving students' benefit is smooth cooperation between the Committee and Student Council.