It has come to the time of the year again when the Staffordshire Students Union will ask for each club and society that it funds to elect a new committee for the 2008-2009 academic year. As your president, I urge every member of the Stallions to take this seriously as we were close to losing this club for one year as no one put their name forward for the 2007-2008 committee.
Every position is open for re-election, and we need a minimum of three positions to be filled for the club to stay be able to compete in BUAFL next season, as stated in the Students Union's constitution. The positions that are available are: President, Secretary, Treasurer, Gameday, Media, Kit Manager and Social secretary, and it is important that we fulfil the positions of Treasurer and Kit Manager as both Richard Walker and Graham Roberts are completing their courses this year.
Elections will be taking place on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 between 7pm and 9pm, and will dominate that Chalkboard classroom session. If you want to apply to be on the committee, please have a manifesto which includes the position you are running for (can only be one) and a reason why you think that you will be ideal for the position that you are running for by Tuesday, February 5th 2008.
PRESIDENT: Responsible for overseeing the day to day running of the team and its operations. Work with the rest of the committee, coaches, presidents of other teams and BUAFL and BAFA officials. Must be able to attend the BUAFL AGM at the end of March.
SECRETARY: Help enusre the running of the club is as smooth as possible for all members of the committee, helping out during important times such as freshers fair and league registrations. Attend the BUAFL AGM at the end of March.
TREASURER: The treasurer looks after the Sponorship and Fundraising accounts of the team, ensure that monies are managed responsibly and that there are enough funds available for future exspenses.
GAMEDAY: Repsonsible for organising gameday activities including travel, medical, home field, referees and work for the gameday management of opposing teams.
MEDIA: Work with the statistican and write reports for BUAFL and other media publishers such as GK News and The Sentinel. It is also the responsiblity of the media secretary to publish a newsletter a minimum of twice a month to be sent out to players, coaches, alumni and Staffordshire and Keele students.
KIT MANAGER: An important position as the election Kit Manager will have to be sent on a paid BAFCA Level 1 coaching course to be insured to be able to kit players for upcoming seasons. It will also be the job of the kit manager to keep an inventory of all the kit owned by the team and University.
SOCIAL: To organise post game hospitality for opposing team, cheerleaders and the Stallions, organise sponsorships with the President and Treasurer and organise team socials, fundraisers and events.
