It's that terribly exciting time
of the year when the beacon gets passed on to a new generation of Offbeaters,
by which, of course, I mean it's elections tomorrow!
There are five roles up for grabs. Here are their titles and duties:
There are five roles up for grabs. Here are their titles and duties:
President (a.k.a. El Presidente)
The President is ultimately
responsible for the society's actions. Their duties are:
- Organising everyone and
making sure everything gets done in time.
- Attending the inevitable SU
meetings.
- Making final decisions
should the exec not reach a consensus.
- Picking up any slack.
Treasurer
Sorts out the money! The Treasurer
is in charge of:
- Keeping the accounts in order – making sure we don’t spend too
much, or even too little!
- Keeping track of financial bits and bobs from the SU. This mainly
involves SU meetings, and the all-important budget.
- Making sure there are prizes for the CD Swaps, quizzes, etc.
Secretary
The Secretary should be the first
point of contact for any Offbeat member. They are in charge of:
- Creating facebook events for socials.
- Responding to emails and facebook messages.
- Taking minutes at exec meetings.
The Secretary
will likely spend a lot of time in particular working with Publicity.
Publicity (a.k.a. The Hype
Machine)
The publicity role
involves:
- Managing Offbeat's online presence (the descriptions of Offbeat on our website, the SU website, lastfm, the blog, facebook etc).
- Designing posters, flyers, stickers, etc.
- Ordering printed publicity stuff.
DJ-coordinator
The DJ-coordinator is in charge
of the DJ kit and everything that is related to it. Their role includes:
- Organising the Idioteque DJ rota
- Keeping DJs to the SU music policy
- Setting up the laptop and decks for Idioteque
- Training new DJs
- Looking after the DJ kit and doing any repairs that need doing
If you don’t get elected, don’t
worry! There are still plenty of ways to get involved in Offbeat from getting
involved in DJing to volunteering to help out during Freshers’ Fairs to writing
for our blog. Indeed, in previous years, the exec group has been supplemented
by a non-official role: The Bez. However,
this is very much up to next year’s exec whether they wish to continue the
role!
Rules for elections:
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You must be a member to vote or run in the election (although you’re also
welcome to attend if you’re not!)
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Nominations will happen on the night
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You may run for as many positions as you wish
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Nominations must take place before elections start
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Voting will be by single transferable vote
If
you want to run just come along to the Willoughby at 18:30 and nominate
yourself and then stand up to say a few words concerning what you're about and
what you'll do and such like.
Afterwards, we'll head on to Millenium Balti for what everyone really came for: a lovely curry with lots of incredibly cheap drinks. Hopefully a wonderful time will be had by all.
Afterwards, we'll head on to Millenium Balti for what everyone really came for: a lovely curry with lots of incredibly cheap drinks. Hopefully a wonderful time will be had by all.
Any other questions,
ask one of the exec, email us at su256@warwicksu.com, or message us on fb
through OffbeatWarwick.
Lots of love,
Offbeat x
