Vote Frosty!
Why Should I Vote for you?
I'm running for Publicity and Secretary.
For starters, you should vote for me because I really really want to be on the exec again. I've learnt a hell of a lot this year in my role as president, and I think I can work on that and help the society move forward if I continue on the exec.
We've done some pretty great things this year, even if some of them did take rather a long time - we've got a new logo, a new website, a new server, and a tonne of new members, amongst other things.
What can you bring to the role?
I can bring to the role the experience I've gained from being
President this last year. It's not easy being in charge of a society as big and multi-faceted as SUCS - it's not easy to learn and it's not especially easy to do. In either role, I would hope I can can help the new exec avoid mistakes that were made this year, and do things right.
Read on for my ideas of what needs doing this year.
Where do you think the society is at the moment?
The society's in a somewhat strange place, in my opinion. We got a great membership this year - loads of people joined at this year’s Freshers’ Fayre, yet there aren't a *huge* number of them taking an active part in the society. I'd like to see and hear more from more of our members. After all, we always need fresh blood talent for the exec. The society also faces uncertainty with the possible/imminent relocation of The Room.
Where do you want the society to be in a year? What do you want to achieve?
I want the society to be settled in its new abode - I've been on the exec when the plan to relocate The Room was announced to us, and I want to see them through to the end; hopefully getting the best possible outcome for the society.
I want the society's members to become more involved. I want to organise events - be it guest speakers, outings, or games tournaments (on the games server, at a LAN party or on consoles in a lecture theatre - lots of people signed up to SUCS for this this year, and so far we haven't delivered). The current Publicity Officer has been promising this since Freshers (I have prodded him many-a-time about it), but so far nothing has happened. If I get elected as Publicity Officer next year, I will *make* it happen.
I want to come up with more things that make SUCS something that members need. A lot of the services we offer are these days things that people already have, or can easily obtain elsewhere. We need to work to make ourselves needed.
I want to continue work on making the room nice and accessible to users - the logo and photowall were a good start, but need to be continued - new posters, and a new whiteboard would be good. The society as a whole needs to be very inviting to new members.
How do you think you can make your goals for the society happen?
See above!
I will liase with estates and the SU to organise our room move and to get us what we need.
I will arrange events - talk to the relevant people, and create a lot of publicity and distribute it. We did a great job at Freshers this year, and we need to continue things like the throughout the year. I will organise games events, look into the possibility of guest speakers and days out, and I will continue with this year’s success of ‘being more social’ - Halloween’s Que Pasa party was a fantastic success.
I also want to set up a separate mailing list for SUCS members (for non-vital e-mails), that people automatically get subscribed to when they join (but older members can leave, if they wish). I want to e-mail members weekly or bi-weekly (as a lot of other societies do), to try and help them feel more involved, let them know what we're up to, and encourage them to come to things. Other than the odd
'election' e-mail, or whathaveyou, most of our members currently don't hear from us once they've joined. I want to change this.
So please, vote for me. I'd ideally like to be Publicity Officer, so if you could vote for me for that position, that'd be fantastic. However, I feel I could still be effective in accomplishing my goals if I were Secretary, so that'd do too. If you have any questions you’d like to ask me, or any issues you’d like me to deal with next year, should I be re-elected, please let me know.
You can contact me at frosty [at] sucs [dot] org.
Thanks for your time :-)
