Board of anglica

the board of anglica

These are the people behind Anglica’s events and parties, and who otherwise look out for your interests. You’ll definitely get the idea better if you visit Anglica’s weekly board meetings. It also earns you points on your Pilttipassi. If any of these jobs seem appealing to you, do not hesitate to participate and take a role on the board yourself next year. Chair: AAPO RAUHA

Given Coffee isn’t an option, would you rather have Tea or Hot Chocolate?

Hot chocolate, though spilling tea is very enjoyable. The Chair’s most visible The chair is the person assignment is running the with the duty of filling meetings, and planning in the official papers to the agendas for them TYY and some other oronce a week and trying to ganisations. They also pull together the board’s participate in the staff hopefully unanimous demeetings once a month cisions. The Chairperson with another board memalso has the ungratifying ber. All in all, the chair task of distributing tasks has to keep track of thinto the other members, gs being done, and those preferably so that that ought to be done. nobody becomes too loaded with work.

vice Chair: PIHLA ESKOLA

What tool would you use to mash potatoes when making mashed potatoes?

Instant mashed potatoes from the box. As the title reveals, a month, especially if this member is the one the Chair is unable to to stand in if the Chair attend. The Vice Chair falls sick or is otherwise might easily end up unable to attend, but they taking care of things that are often an invaluable aren’t designed for any source of ideas – and the other board member, board’s common memory they also take care of – as the specific tasks for tasks concerning study them are fewer than for materials. they also the rest. The Vice Chair arrange Coffee Hour may also participate every week. in staff meetings once

TREASURER: sALLI sALOLAHTI

How do you feel about communal living?

I’ve never tried it but I think it’s cool and I don’t really enjoy living alone so it’d probably suit me! If you are one of those membership fees and quirky humanists with bakesale profits, for a suspicious fascinatiexample. They also see on towards math and to that all cruise, theatre accounting, this is the and such tickets are being dream spot for you. The paid to the account, cortreasurer keeps watch on rectly and on time. The our funds and advises the treasurer also plans the rest of us on what we can early budget together afford and what we cerwith the chair and pretainly cannot. They also pares the financial statekeep record of all our ment of the year. expenses, and the money we receive,

SECRETARY: tOMMI vIRTANEN

What is something new you yourselfwould like to do or experience?

Lately, I’ve been sort of wanting to try acting of some kind. It’s just intimidating to think about remembering all of your lines or needing to be creative enough to improvise when needed. The main job for the secOn the other hand, once retary is to listen and listhe matter at hand has ten (talking isn’t banned, been settled and decided, though!) at the meetings the secretary can simply and draw out the minutes close their ears until soafter each meeting and mething relevant comes hang them up in Signum up again. for any Anglica member to see. Admittedly, this can be a tough one, as the meetings may sidetrack from each point in the agenda just about everytime.

info: Lea-Lotta Huurtela

What is in your opinion the best form of culture?

BOOKS! And music. But books are number 1.

The Info’s most imporand forwarding any of tant job is to keep our them that might have members up to date on all significance for our things concerning Anglimembers. They update ca: its work and events. and take care of our maiThey accomplish this ling list, our website, and mostly through our maiFacebook. All in all, the ling list, our website (and info-person should have calendar) and Facebook. a good sense of things They are also responsibhappening with Anglica le for going through a lot and the university in geof e-mails from TYY and neral as well, or at least other student organisahe should know when tions the next event is going to happen.

Educational and Social Affairs: mIKKO rYTÖ

What is in your opinion the best form of sport?

Passing the Pigs obviously. It combines the cerebral interplay of chess with the intense physical toll of

They are the third board educational issues related member who can take to our university only. part in the staff meetings Their job, then, is to (and frequents them inform the board and all most often). They also Anglica members on any participate in TYY’s burning developments, ‘kopo’ (kouluspoliittinen or backlashes... If you sektori) and ‘sopo’ have any problems with ( s o s i a a l i p o l i i t t i n e n educational or social sektori) meetings that matters, don’t hesitate to deal with more general contact them. and all-embracing decisions, and conflicting aims at university level nationwide, but also

Projects: oTAVA KORKKA

What is your favourite board game?

If you want to see me be very stressed and very focused at the same time, play Jenga with me. Projects may sound like (Turku Survival, possiba vague thing to handle, le excursions, our misince almost anything NiMES-cruise etc.) that can be called a project. need more time to manaAnd that’s exactly what ge (aka a project) fall unthis post involves: almost der their jurisdiction, as anything. Their most imwell as ordering our own portant tasks are organisongbooks and overall sing the bakesales four patches when needed.. times a year and ordering Our annual publications, overalls for the first-year Baccanalia and Rookie students every autumn. Guide, are also their resIn addition, handling any ponsibility. bigger events party & culture: Veera Purhonen & Aliisa Rantanen This sector is considered so important that The “PCs” also often end up managing each year we elect two people to handle it. any competitions & announcements etc. Their job is usually to call and make reserin the parties (well being the darn party vations for party premises and to contact organiser). A good knowledge, or pure other student organisations for possible enthusiasm, for Turku nightlife and cultural shared parties. possibilities is a huge asset here, for fresh ideas are always welcome.

Aliisa Rantanen Veera Purhonen

If you weren’t human, what would you If you weren’t human, what would you be? be?

I’d be a cat: their motto seems to be ’sleep, A Greyhound. eat, play and sleep again’. What a peaceful way of life, don’t you think? 22

members AND vICE-MEMBER: eMMA LEHTINEN, mARIIA MÄÄTTÄ & Noora Kyckling The members join the board meetings reguHowever, when the need arises, or there is larly and help out in projects where man pothe will, the members have been known to wer is scarse, substitute for other members also reserve event premises and aid the work if the need be, or use their special skills to load of the PCs. The members are the persohelp the board. For instance, there is always nal henchmen of the Chair. a need for a good graphic designer (posters, Baccanalia, Rookie guide etc.). Usually, the members end up carrying stuff to, decorating and cleaning the party/event premises.

eMMA LEHTINEN

What is your favourite board game?

Betrayal at House on The Hill.

mARIIA MÄÄTTÄ

What is in your opinion the best form of sport?

Lifting dogs. Big and small.

Noora Kyckling

If you weren’t human, what would you be?

As a non-human I would love to be a feline of some sort.

While being on the board is fun, it’s also a nice addition to the end of your CV. And of course it’s something to tell your grandkids about. If you don’t feel like joining the board (but why wouldn’t you?) you can always come to our meetings to give any All questions and answers from Emilia Tähkävuori’s article in the 2020 issue of Baccanalia, Anglica’s anideas or suggestions. You can also email us nual May Day publication. You can find it at Issuu. at anglica-board@utu.fi. com/Anglica 23