THIS YEAR’S CHARITY

Every year the Kick-In supports a charity. This year the association ‘KWF Kanker Bestrijding’, also known as KWF has been chosen!

KWF, short for “Koningin Wilhelmina Fonds”, was founded by our late queen Wilhelmina 71 years ago. Since then, KWF has been committed to fighting cancer. KWF does this by funding scientific research. KWF finances hundreds of studies into various forms of cancer. KWF is committed to initiatives that help people further. That means not only fighting cancer, but we are also committed to a better life with the disease. Whether you want to prevent cancer, have just been diagnosed, are in the middle of treatment, or are wondering how to proceed. We provide initiatives that support people, such as centres for life with and after cancer and the cancer.nl platform. Besides that, we are working on life-changing research that will quickly benefit patients.

Almost every person will have to deal with cancer at some point. The consequences are often overwhelming. If you have it yourself. But also if you know someone with the disease. We have been making a difference for all those millions of people for over 71 years.

We would like to thank the Kick-In committee for selecting us as the charity for this year. We are counting on a successful edition!

The iDB is a committee taking care of almost all digital infrastructure behind the Kick-In. We work together one evening a week to design and maintain the iDB. Our systems handle everything from communication with participants, to rostering of the crew. Everything that is digital during the Kick-In, such as the registration of all participants, the app or the ticket system, is part of the iDB.

WHO ARE YOU AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PART OF THE IDB?

I am Joost, a sixth year data science masters student. I joined the IDB at the start of 2022, so I have only been with them for one full Kick-In so far.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE IDB?

I choose to become a member of the iDB because I wanted to do something useful, and a housemate who was already a member brought me along to one of the work evenings. The IDB was just starting work on the current app, and they can always use more hands to help with maintaining the existing systems, so I could immediately make an effective contribution to the Kick-In. Within the iDB I am mostly focused on building the app.

WHAT IS YOU BEST MEMORY AS AN IDB MEMBER?

My best memory as iDB is seeing half a year’s worth of hard work pay off during the Kick-In of 2022. It was really cool to immediately see the results of what I am creating during the year. Especially because everything you build will be used by thousands of students, which is very impressive.

WHAT MAKES THE IDB SUCH AN EXCITING COMMITTEE?

The work that I do in the committee is quite varied, and we get to play a big role in this event which is the starting point of student life for thousands of people, without nearly as much commitment as a full year in the KIC. Since we play a role in so many parts of the Kick-In the IDB also offers a nice peek behind the scenes of how the Kick-In is organised. Additionally, you gain a lot of insight into many of the other Student Union processes and committees.

History Of The Idb

The iDB exists since 2005 and was originally built to ease several procedures at and around the first day of the Kick-In. In 2004, lots of unnecessary time was spent and the organising committee of 2005 decided that this was to be fixed once and for all. The result of this effort is the iDB. Since the introduction in 2005, lots of things have changed and the functionality of the iDB was extended every year since. End 2012 the development of the new iDB version was started, designed to completely replace the old version. Today, the iDB consists of a combination of webapplications and regular desktop applications. Many modules provide functionality like the applications for participants, payment, application of crew members, rostering of all crew, etc.