Afternoon all,<\/p>\n
Tuesday was our last society meeting of the year, and I hope you enjoyed the presentation by Jillian from Aberlour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Guardianship Service. Thank you everyone for your feedback, I am excited to say that \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAmneslunch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 was voted a great idea so we will organise this for during the exam period! See below for more information.<\/p>\n
Although we are having an end of term social, we still have other events and fundraisers planned for May so don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think this is the last you will hear from us!<\/p>\n
Earlier this week I published the committee positions<\/a> with a short description of the roles, written by the current committee. If you are thinking or running at the AGM, have a look at the different roles and feel free to contact us for any more information.<\/p>\n Even if you are not standing for election, please come and vote!<\/b><\/p>\n Meeting format:<\/p>\n I will begin by going over our constitution as we have updated some important bits. The society needs to vote on these before we can make these changes.<\/p>\n Next, I will talk about all the wonderful things we have achieved this year, as part of the end of year review, and then our Treasurer, Duncan, will talk us through the financial report for this academic session.<\/p>\n Then the elections will start! Everyone who is running for a place will be invited to speak \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the way we do it is by asking all candidates to leave the room and enter one at a time and give a short speech (2 mins max) on why they would like to be elected. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s entirely up to you how you want to prepare, but it can be useful to write down a few things to guide yourself.<\/p>\n Join the event<\/a> to let us know that you are coming!<\/p>\n Straight after the elections, we will head out for some food and drinks to celebrate the fantastic year that we have had. Absolutely everyone is welcome<\/b>, including those who aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t coming to the AGM or who never made it to a meeting but want to join next year. The event page<\/a> has a map for those of you joining us later, otherwise we will all head together from the QMU.<\/p>\n During exam period we do not have society meetings, but we felt that it would be extreme to have no Amnesty contact throughout this incredibly stressful time. So, we are going to organise a lunch club, based in the Fraser Building most likely, where you can drop by, have some lunch, let of some steam and there will also be resources for writing letters. This has been quite a neglected campaigning action this year, so it would be great to follow up some of our campaigns with a little pen action.<\/p>\n When we have decided the dates and times, we will make an event and keep you updated.<\/p>\n We still have some fundraisers coming up, including the ceilidh which had to be postponed and Amnestea in the Park (we really can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get enough puns). So for those of you who will be here mid-late May, we hope to see you at these events!<\/p>\n Also, if you would like to sponsor us for climbing Goatfell next weekend, that would be much appreciated. Here is our JustGiving page: http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/Glasgow-University-Amnesty-International<\/a><\/p>\n This clubnight will be raising money for Glasgow Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Aid, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only \u00c2\u00a33 entry. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the event page<\/a> and here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more about the charity<\/a>.<\/p>\n I will keep the newsletters going until the end of term, so if you know of any events that we can promote then please let me know. I will mainly be sending out information about Amnesty\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s campaigns with petition links for some easy online activism and revision procrastination.<\/p>\n Hope to see you all on Tuesday,<\/p>\n Ruth<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Afternoon all, Tuesday was our last society meeting of the year, and I hope you enjoyed the presentation by Jillian from Aberlour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Guardianship Service. Thank you everyone for your feedback, I am excited to say that \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAmneslunch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 was voted a great idea so we will organise this for during the exam period! See below for 7pm, Lansdowne Bar & Kitchen \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Social<\/h2>\n
May: Amneslunch!<\/h1>\n
End of Term Fundraisers<\/h1>\n
Other events:<\/h1>\n
Wednesday 26th<\/sup> March: Unite the Fight Clubnight, The Buff Club<\/h2>\n
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