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<p>Hey everyone - long time no see.</p>
<p>First of all existing members (not you, freshers), <b>make sure
you renew your membership to SUCS as we get rid of old accounts
in December!</b> You don't want to lose all your data, websites
and virtual machines so head over to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://sucs.org/join">https://sucs.org/join</a> and get
your membership renewed. Once you've done that, you're sorted. You
don't need to worry!</p>
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<p><b><u>Where have we been?</u></b></p>
<p>That's actually a really good question. SUCS has been really
quiet this year. We've been going through a lot of changes
internally with how we manage things. This inherently slows us
down and means we haven't been very active recently. But that's
all about to change!</p>
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<p><b><u>Elections and stuff</u></b><br>
</p>
<p>We run our elections for the Executive Committee based on the
calendar year (due to some quirks of us predating the SU). And
it's getting near that time. We have a few positions that are open
this year.</p>
<ul>
<li>President - oversees the operation of the society and it's
executives.</li>
<li>Treasurer - money, money, money! You deal with where our money
goes.</li>
<li>Secretary - deals with the day to day things. Sorts out
memberships and things like that.</li>
<li>Publicity - you're the social media guru! You will spend all
day on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and everything else in
between.</li>
<li>Events - our new position! Your job is to organise the
hackathons, meet ups and most importantly; Fresher's Fayre!</li>
</ul>
<p><b>First years are more than welcome in any of these roles!</b>
(I was first year when I became President)</p>
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<p><b><u>Like tech? Of course you do!</u></b><br>
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<p>We also have a load of non-executive positions, known as our
admins. You run the technology that keeps the society alive.
Anyone with experience in programming, Linux and other open-source
software is the ideal candidate. It's really easy to become an
admin. Just email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:admin@sucs.org">admin@sucs.org</a> then we'll make a decision with
what to do.<br>
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<p><b><u>Next steps...</u></b><br>
</p>
<p>You will get an email in the next week or so explaining in a lot
more detail what all of this is about and how to be put forward
for elections. <b>If you think that someone who isn't currently a
member may be suitable - get them to sign up now as they MUST be
a member for at least 14 days.</b></p>
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<p>Anyway, you'll have more information about this in the next few
days. If you've got any questions in the meantime - feel free to
email <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:exec@sucs.org">exec@sucs.org</a>
with any issues you may have.</p>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
<br>
Alex Moras (aka Vectre)<br>
President<br>
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