The Perks of Being a Department Committee Chair

As of about a month ago I have been the Civil and Building Engineering Department Committee Chair. Or CBE Chair to keep it brief. It’s a pretty funky role since the Union have been moving their election dates so I only need to worry about being Chair till November. So basically all I have to do is try and actually set some stuff up to work! No probs…

Day to day I don’t have a lot to do. I need to make some time to hold a meeting every now and again. I’ve got various ideas I want to get going such as actually running socials. I’d like to try get some sponsorship aswell so we can get some fresher t-shirts.

I also have to attend fortnightly meetings of the Department Chairs. Not so bad really since for each i attend I receive two Shark Packs – each with two free entries and two half price drinks to FND. This gives me some pretty handy links. Through these I have met the Union VP: Education. A handy girl to know since she has the ear of the Senate and when there’s issues with lecturers she is the one to see. Particularly useful after one of my lectures with a particularly horrendous lecturer. Let me put it this way: Today he was assessing our presentation techniques. Giving the feedback you must imagine a man leaning forward against a table, muttering into his notes thinking we will take his advice when he comments about people leaning on objects while presenting and reading their notes too much. Wonderful words! We were almost in stitches.

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