[snowriders] Welcome Back! Officer Elections Time

[MIT Snowriders Members]

Hi Snowriders,

I hope everyone had a good Summer and is looking forward to the new 
semester. The first item of business for the club is to secure all of 
our leadership positions. If any of you are interested in being an 
officer this year, please send an email to sr-officers at mit.edu with a 
brief description of your qualifications, what you think you can bring 
to the club, and what positions you are interested in filling.

We welcome interest in taking on a role as president or vice president, 
but the incumbant officers in both positions have expressed a 
willingness to continue for one more year. Given the state of the club, 
what we learned last year, and what we would like to improve, we have 
the most need in filling these other positions first.

Please be aware that we are, foremost, a graduate student organization. 
We welcome interest from those of you that are not graduate students, 
but it will be a requirement for some of the positions: President, Vice 
president, GSC Coordinator. Also, if you have interest in being a bus 
monitor, which is not an officer position, but is something that we 
could use some help on, please let us know as well. If you think you 
might be interested in an officer position, but don't want to make the 
commitment this year, being a bus monitor is a great way to get more 
involved in the club.

A brief description of the responsibilities of the different officers is 
given below, so you can have an idea of what the club needs. We will 
compile information on the candidates and send out another email about 
our club elections soon. If you do wish to fill in any of these 
positions, or if you would like to nominate someone else, please respond 
to sr-officers at mit.edu by Friday, Sept 10 at 5:00pm.

Thanks!

Your (current) snowriders officers.





President (incumbant: Josh Bialkowski)
Preferably: officer from previous year or someone intimately familiar 
with the club
Oversees all the activies of the other officers
Coordinates and plans the weekly bus trips with the mountains
Coordinates with the bus company to schedule the trips
Helps manage the GSC Ski Trip
Represents the club at ASA meetings



Vice President (incumbant: Azriel Ghadooshahy)
Preferably: two-year commitment to maintain institutional knowledge
     (not necessarily VP the next year)
Manages season pass sales at the beginning of the semester
Coordinates and plans weekly bus trips with the mountains
Serves as a signatory for club expenses
Represents the club at ASA meetings



Treasurer:
Tracks club finances and expenses on spreadsheet
Manages accounting on SAP
Signs for club reimbursements



Webmaster:
Manages the club website
Adds new features when we see the need
Reports online sales information to the treasurer
Must have experience programming (sic) with PHP



Social Chair:
Organizes club socials (2-3 per year)
Organizes local outings (Warren Miller show, discount night, others)
Work with GSC Ski trip coordinators to setup social events at the GSC 
Ski Trip
Create/Update the Snowriders facebook,myspace,twitter



Tuning Chair:
Runs approximately weekly tuning sessions
     (members can use our equipment at the student center to 
tune/maintain their gear)
Maintains the equipment and purchases expendables
*must have a familiarity with basic ski and/or snowboard maintaince: 
sharpening, patching, etc



GSC Ski Trip Coordinator:
Two-year position:
    First year:
       Assist primary coordinator

    Second year (Kirki Kofiani):
       Be the primary coordinator:
          Research potential venues for the anuual GSC Ski Trip
          Work with the mountain to coordinate the details of the trip
          Represents the GSC in negotiating contract terms and details
          Manages the travel details, room assignments
          Works with the GSC Webmaster to do online sales



Bus Monitors:
    Not an officer position, but something we still need volunteers for
    Monitors weather conditions and announcements for 2-3 of the bus trips
    Answers bus-trip related email questions for your trips
    Coordinate boarding/role-call the day of the trip
    Picks up and distributes passes on arrival at the mountain
    Coordinates role-call and departure for return


-- 
Josh Bialkowski
Snowriders President