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oops!!! we need to be carefull about hitting reply to messages from the mailing list... as it gets sent back to the list and not the original sender (as I just discovered). sorry about that everyone! all the best, Cristina --- [log in to unmask] wrote: > hello girl ! > merci beaucoup pour tes cartes c'est super ! alors > ça va, c'est pas trop dur de > revenir à liège ? > ici, ça va, je flippe un peu pour certains trucs, > mais bon, on verra... > bisous, > Emilie > > > > > > > Selon Cristina Beans <[log in to unmask]>: > > > Dear All, > > > > Glad to be in touch with you all again! I hope > your > > holidays went well and you're ready for the > > conference! > > > > I sent a message to the mailing list over the > > Christmas holidays concerning the elections for a > new > > student volunteer (yup, my 2 years are over!). > > Much to my dismay I was told right before I left > on a > > 2 month trip that for some reason it hadn't gotten > > out! > > Thankfully the Council members mentioned it in one > of > > theire messages to the membership and it's been > posted > > on the main web page. So if you've been paying > > attention to what's going on in the Society you > know > > someone new gets to come in this year and continue > my > > post. > > > > If you’re interested in the position, you might > want > > further details on what the duties of the student > > representative are… > > > > According to ECS Constitution: > > “A student member will be chosen by the students > from > > the student membership, to serve for a two-year > > period, with the possibility of re-election for > > another two years.” > > > > And on the ECS student web pages: > > “The Student member on the Council has the status > of a > > full member, not confined to commenting on student > > issues. The role of the student representative was > > agreed to be, as a minimum, to attend the ECS > Council > > and represent the interests of students. To this > can > > be added any activities that further the interests > of > > student members of ECS or increase student > > membership.” > > > > In other words, the duty of the Student > Representative > > is to serve as an intermediary between the student > > members of the society and the Council where > he/she is > > a full member and is the students’ voice. Am I > making > > any sense here? Must be the end of the year… I > need to > > recharge my batteries and start afresh! > > > > Basically, the student representative must attend > the > > Council meetings, one of which takes place during > or > > at the beginning of the yearly Conference, and the > > other approximately 6 months before the next > > Conference (in the city where that Conference will > > take place). On top of this we have the following: > > Organising the student workshop for the > conference > > and recruiting and coordinating volunteers > > Keeping the web pages up to date > > Informing the student members of any > news/data that > > could interest them through the mailing list > > (ECS-students) > > And anything else you can think of that > would help > > your fellow students! > > > > How do you become a candidate? > > > > Just send me an e-mail and tell me! > > Get some material together and send me a file > (short > > paragraph) on yourself with what you do, your > > interests, what you’d like to do as student > > representative, a photo… and we’ll put them up on > the > > student web-pages (if you want you can also give > me a > > link to a personal page of yours). > > You’ll also have to prepare an A4 page with this > info > > that we’ll put up on the bulletin board at the > > conference. > > > > During the Annual Student Meeting the candidates > will > > present themselves to the student body. Elections > will > > take place at the end of the Society’s AGM, > Wednesday > > afternoon at the end of the conference. > > > > If you have any specific questions about this feel > > free to ask me. PLus we can get together and > discuss > > it more at the conference. > > > > All the best, > > Cristina Beans > > ECS-student representative > > > > > > ===== > > Cristina Beans > > PhD student > > Laboratoire d'Oceanologie > > Université de Liège, B-6 Sart Tilman > > B-4000 Liège, BELGIUM > > (32)4.366.3740 > > (32)486.730158 > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for > faster > > http://search.yahoo.com > > ===== Cristina Beans PhD student Laboratoire d'Oceanologie Université de Liège, B-6 Sart Tilman B-4000 Liège, BELGIUM (32)4.366.3740 (32)486.730158 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com