[Grogospeak] Be a LEADER at Technique!

[David M. Templeton]

Hey all,

As Kat mentioned, this Saturday at 1pm we are electing next year's  
editors at Technique.  You are heavily encouraged to run for a  
position!  If you want to run for a position and can't make it this  
Saturday, thats not a big deal, just email us at technique at mit.edu and  
ask.  (I'm running for a position and I won't be there!)

A list of all the positions are at the bottom of this email, including  
brief descriptions.

You are welcome to email us (technique at mit.edu) or any managing board  
member and ask them any questions you may have!  Ask us what a  
particular position is like, how much of a time commitment it takes,  
etc.  For a list of all the managing board members, scroll to the  
bottom of: http://web.mit.edu/technique/www/info.html

I'd also ask all current Managing Board members to email anyone that  
they've seen around the office and think would make a good manboard  
member... even if its a current manboard member that you'd like to see  
run again!  This organization is all about PEOPLE, and a personal note  
is worth a lot.

How it works:
1) You show up at the meeting next Saturday
2) You get nominated for a position, or nominate yourself
3) You talk for a minute about why you like the position
4) You answer a couple of our questions
5) You leave the room for a couple minutes, and we talk about you in  
private and vote
6) You come back in the room and learn your fate
7) Either way, you come out to dinner with us after the meeting :)

So, get thinking!

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ALL POSITIONS
Must attend random meetings when scheduled by the EIC and/or Managing  
Editor. Must be a Technique Evangelist and encourage people to join  
and buy books.  Must assist other managing board members in their  
tasks when they ask for help.  Must come to Saturday meetings whenever  
possible to engage in eating and tomfoolery.  Must be a generally  
pleasant person :)

Editor-In-Chief
Responsible for everything.  Yep, thats about it.  Most importantly,  
they are the face of the organization, and are in charge of doing what  
they can to allow the organization to exist another 124 years.   
Selfish people not apply, you are here for Grogo's work.  The Pope of  
Technique, without the big cool hat.  Must realize that PEOPLE  
(primarily) and MONEY (secondarily) are the most important things to  
the organization. Must think long term.  Must have people skills and  
leadership skills. Email us for an elaboration.

Managing Editor
Second in command.  Assists the EIC in holding editors on task.   
Assists the EIC with oddball stuff that doesn't fall within others'  
domains. Does lots of various paperwork.  The Managing Editor is  
usually Technique's treasurer, so work with money (more paperwork).   
Does some politicking with the ASA.  Must have people skills and  
leadership skills.  Traditional stepping stone to being EIC, not  
always :)

Design Editor
Responsible for the look and feel of the book... a big deal.  
Responsible for doing a lot of layout work.  Without the design ed,  
its "just a book of photos".  Creative types apply.  Must know or be  
willing to learn Adobe InDesign and Illustrator.  Spends a lot of time  
in the office over IAP and February.

Photography Editor
Technique's chief photography evangelists.  Responsible for  
photography gear, teaching staph how to use it, encouraging  
photographers to shoot, managing photo-related purchases, sorting  
through a terabyte of photos in January, and photoshopping them for  
the book.  Most importantly, you have to be motivated and willing to  
look past this short list, and try to further Technique as a  
photography powerhouse on campus.  Must know or be willing to learn  
Adobe Photoshop, among many other things.

Living Groups Editor
Responsible for the Living Groups section and everything that goes  
into it.  A lot of organizational work.  Emailing living group people,  
scheduling LG photos, scheduling photogs to shoot them, collecting  
money from LGs, more emails to LG representatives... must have serious  
people skills :)  Has a voice on the design of the LG section

Seniors Editor
Responsible for the Seniors section and everything that goes into it.   
A lot of organizational work.  Emailing the senior class, scheduling  
stuff with our portrait studio, scheduling staph to man the office,  
dealing with lots of random emails from seniors, getting people that  
man the office paid... must have serious people skills :)  Has a voice  
on the design of the LG section.

Activities Editor
Responsible for the Activities Section.  Takes photos of activities  
and encourages others to.  Has a voice on the design of the activities  
section.

Sports Editor
Responsible for the Sports Section.  Takes photos of sports and  
encourages others to.  Has a voice on the design of the activities  
section.

Journal Editor
Responsible for the Journal Section.  Records a list of newsworthy  
events that happen in relation to MIT and the world.  Has a voice on  
the design of the activities section.

Literary Editor
Responsible for assembling witty/sarcastic/funny/etc textual elements  
for the book.  Will consult with the Design Editor in this regard.   
Has a voice on the design of the Hell section, or any other section  
that text is present.

Director of Publicity
More important than you may think.  Responsible for getting Living  
Groups to sign up for the LG section, seniors coming in for senior  
portraits, RECRUITMENT of new staph, and SELLING books. Technique  
would die without people or money, and they are responsible for both.   
(I just pooped myself thinking about this.)  Must make posters, hang  
them up, email people, get ads on various MIT venues, etc.

Technology Director (aka Script Kiddie)
Responsible for maintaining servers and major dealings with the office
computers.  Deals with IST regarding the W20 network, IP addresses,
etc.  Responsible for online systems, such as the orders database, and
the Technique website.  Responsible for keeping the online credit card
and TechCASH systems working and raking in the bucks.  Responsible for
thinking long term regarding technology purchases.  Encouraged to find
innovative ways to solve Technique's time-consuming problems (scripts!
omgwtfbbq we need people to write scripts!).

Operations Manager
Co-responsible for checkout and signin of photographic gear, with the
photography editors.  Responsible for assisting the Technology Director
in maintaining office computers and networking.  Maintains consumable
supplies in the office.  Assists the Managing Editor and EIC in keeping
the office in workable condition.  Responsible for dealing with
Facilities regarding repairs and installations.  May be delegated other
jobs by the Managing Editor or Editor In Chief.

Coke Pusher
They fill the coke machine with soda :)  More recently, since the coke  
machine is under repair and we purchased a water cooler, they keep the  
water flowin!  Pays the bills to CocaCola or Poland Spring, buys cups.

Darkroom Manager
Keeps the darkroom in working order.  Keeps the place tidy, keeps the  
place stocked with consumables, and takes care of managing any  
repairs.  Enjoys the smell of fixer.

Orders Tsar
Responsible for taking orders from various media (online credit card  
or techcash, mail, in person), inputs orders into the orders database,  
coordinates with the Managing Editor on money issues, coordinates with  
the Managing Editor during book distribution in May and book mailings  
in June.

Contributing Editor
Interested in taking a greater role at Technique, but don't have the  
time/interest/skillz for any of the jobs above?  Contributing Editors  
assist the other Managing Board members with tasks, and should be pro- 
active in doing random jobs that need to be done.  They are the  
favorite people of hard-working EICs and Managing Editors.  I became  
Facebook-married with TNQ's 2007 contrib editor.