Nominations for Officers and Chairpersons are now being accepted.
Self-nomination by qualified individuals is allowed. Nominations
will close and voting will be held at the May 7th DI General Meeting.
In exchange for running the club, DI officers and chairpersons get FREE
admission to DI classes and events, plus other perks like no deposits
required for borrowing videos and an end-of-semester dinner on the club.
Additionally, it looks great on a resume that you helped run a 200+ member
club with a $15,000 yearly budget! Former officers have gotten jobs based
on their management experience as club officers!
The following elected positions are open for the 1997-1998 academic year:
(don't worry if there is already someone running for the position that
you want - most any position can be filled by 2 or more people.)
Position Nominee
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President *duties are few as long as everyone
Vice President does their jobs; otherwise it's up
to you to get it done. A good nominee
is a very organized, responsible,
"detail" person who is willing to
do long-range planning, scheduling,
and be a human Gant Chart, reminding
officers of deadlines, and making sure
they are prepared for their respective
tasks.
Treasurer Matthew Johnson
Secretary Ravi Vijayendran
Competition Chair Jay Tsai
Social Chair Amy Dorris
Public Relations Chair Regina Pareigis
Workshop Chair *arranges semesterly workshops
Education Chair *arranges class schedules
appointed positions which are available to interested volunteers:
Web Master Jim Phillips
Video Librarian *operates video library
Members who have not paid their semesterly dues prior to the opening of
nominations are not eligible to vote or to run for office. Only student
members may serve as President, Vice President or Treasurer.
Please refer to the DI Constitution Article II for descriptions of duties
for each position. Also, refer to the DI Constitution and Bylaws for
information on the governance of the Dancing Illini. If you are
interested in becoming an officer, please feel free to approach current
officers with questions.
The Dancing Illini Constitution and Bylaws are online:
http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/dancing/
Additionally, check out the online Officer's Administrative page for
further information.
Every year the club officers put together a notebook to pass on to the new
officers, and every year it is lost or forgotten, causing needless
duplication of effort for the new officers. To end this wasteful cycle
forever, we have created an "Officer's administrative page" on the DI web
site. This indexed repository of knowledge is chock full of helpful hints
and advice on how to do your job as an officer, chairperson, instructor or
dance team leader. It even contains, in downloadable form, all the flyers
we've handed out over the past year, for ease in creating new ones. Those
of you considering becoming club officers but worried about the time
commitment should look over the officer's administrative page. While
browsing the DI page at
http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/dancing
just click on the "officer's administrative page" link and scan it over.
Utilizing these resources will make life a breeze for future officers.
Here is a listing of what the new "Officer's administrative page" contains:
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Information for Officers, Chairpersons, Instructors and Dance Team Leaders
* Posting Policy for the Official List
* President Guidelines
* Secretary Guidelines
* Treasurer Guidelines
+ Class/Dues Registration Form (HTML)
+ Class/Dues Registration Form (PostScript)
+ Summer 96 SORF Application attachments
+ Fall 96 SORF Application attachments
* Education Chair Guidelines
* Social Chair Guidelines
* Public Relations Chair Guidelines
+ Quad Day and Activity Day Guidelines
+ Quad Day flyer (MS Word for Mac)
* Workshop Chair Guidelines
+ Sum - Enio Cordoba workshop flyer (MS Word for Mac)
+ Sum - Enio Cordoba Salsa workshop flyer (MS Word for Mac)
+ Fall - Beth Emerson workshop flyer (MS Word for Mac)
+ Spring - Intercollegiate Social flyer (MS Word for Mac)
+ Cashbox accounting form (MS Word for Mac)
* Competition Chair Guidelines
+ The Bible of how to run the DI Comp, 1995 Version (MS Word
for Mac)
+ Every comp flyer, letter and form you need (MS Word for Mac)
+ Old Bible, 1994 Version (MS Word for Mac)
+ Old letters and forms (MS Word for Mac)
* Video Librarian Guidelines
* Webmaster Guidelines
* Dance Instructor Guidelines
* Stereo, Equalizer and Wireless Mic Usage Guidelines
* Beginner 1A Step List
* Beginner 1B Step List
* Intermediate 1D Step List
* West Coast Swing Step List
* Dance Team Guidelines
* Buttonmaker Guidelines
* T-shirt Guidelines
* Effectiveness of our advertising
* Welcoming new members
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Flyers - just download and edit to create new flyers
Microsoft Word 5.1A files, for Macintosh.
* Beginner Class flyer (for general posting)
* Beginner Class flyer for posting in dorms
* Quad Day flyer
* Late Spring 96 4-page flyer
* Summer 96 4-page flyer
* Fall 96 4-page flyer
* Late Fall 96 4-page flyer
* Spring 97 4-page flyer
* Late Spring 97 4-page flyer
* "Get your money's worth" flyer
* Free tutor lesson and pro lesson rebate coupons
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