ACSA BOARD ELECTIONS
ELECTION TIME IS HERE
THIS FRIDAY...
We welcome all to join ACSA as we elect our board for the 2015 - 2016 academic year. Africa, the Caribbean, America or Asia, no matter where you're from, we invite all people to consider bidding for a position. Please nominate yourself BY FILLING THIS OUT.
We will first have elections where each candidate will give a short speech on why they are THE candidate for the position. Speeches should be a maximum of 3 minutes. We are looking for passionate individuals who are willing to take on the tasks listed below in the board descriptions!
If you cannot make the election this Friday, please email benlusamba@uchicago.edu with your photo and a short speech. RSVP! Deadline to apply is Friday at 3pm!
ACSA BOARD ELECTIONS
Friday, May 8, 2015, 07:30 PM
5706 S. University Ave. Chicago, IL 60637
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
AVAILABLE BOARD POSITIONS & QUALIFICATIONS
CO PRESIDENT (2 POSITIONS AVAILABLE)
- Oversees and ensures fulfillment of board member responsibilities
- Serves as primary liaison to faculty, and student organizations
- Runs and organizes board meetings and activities
- Emails agenda before meetings
- Creates ties to African communities in Chicago
- Supports chosen ACSA charity
- Assists treasurer in fundraising efforts
- Creates and Maintain Membership base for ACSA
- Time commitment is from 2-4 hours weekly.
TREASURER
- Upkeep detailed record of all financial transactions on Blueprint
- Updates board regularly on ACSA’s financial state
- Writes and presents budget proposals for the school year in coordination with the Board
- Develops and executes fundraising ideas
- Assists in applying for university grants and funding
- Organizes events/projects to raise funds
- Time commitment is from 1-3 hours weekly
SECRETARY
- Acts as a historian by recording meeting minutes
- Handles forms and documents and sends out doodle polls
- Manages contracts and organizes Google Drive
- Sends out Smore newsletters and other emails
- Checks ACSA emails and forwards board relevant emails
- Maintains social media presence by documenting events and finding photographers & videographers and uploading social media on Facebook and YouTube (working with Publicity Chair)
- Communicates with social media on campus (The Maroon) and in Chicago in order to maintain a social media presence
- Updates Facebook page by posting weekly
- Time commitment is from 2-4 hours weekly.
PUBLICITY CHAIR
- Creates publicity for events by creating flyers
- Works with the entire board to allocate publicity tasks
- Makes Facebook events and tweets to advertise events
- Updates the official website with events or announcements
- Updates Facebook page with events or announcements, working with Secretary
- Updates African & Caribbean associations in other Chicagoland universities with ACSA events
- Sends out emails to listhost to inform members of events.
- Informs members of non-ACSA events relevant to ACSA members
- Time commitment 2-4 hours depending on the week.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIASON
- Maintains Relationships with other student African associations in Chicagoland and other Caribbean associations as well
- Creates and maintains Alumni connections throughout the year
- Maintains a database of ACSA alumni.
- Time commitment is 1-2 hours weekly
EVENT COORDINATOR
- Organizes logistics for event in terms of the following: Food, Location, Timing, Audience sizing, Setup, Takedown
- Finds and arranges for special guest speakers for various events
- Manages events and ACSA activities in a proactive manner
- Serves as head of culture show committee and planning. This involves developing possible concepts for show, recruiting committee members, and laying infrastructure of the culture show.
- Time commitment is 2-3 hours weekly
FIRST-YEAR REPRESENTATIVE
- Incorporates more first-year involvement in ACSA .
- Increases freshman membership in the college.
- Heads of first year-recruitment efforts i.e. first-Years are the future of the organization.
- Leads outreach with board members with prospective students.
- Positions will be filled by 5th week of Fall Quarter 2015
- Time commitment is 1-2 hours weekly
ADVISER (3 POSITIONS AVAILABLE)
*Must have served on previous ACSA board.
- Engages in goal setting for ACSA
- Organizes election process
- Organizes board mixers
- Supports, advises and directs board members by serving as an information source
- Must be willing to help out in any and every way
- Time commitment is 1-3 hours weekly
Contact us if you have any questions!
Email: acsa.uofc@gmail.com
Website: acsa.uchicago.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UChicagoACSA