GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT “SAMFUNNET” Monday 17. November 2014 kl. 1900 i Aud Max at “Studentsamfunnet”. Bring: Your student-‐card, and a pen to take notes.
AGENDA Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4
4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6
Case 5 Case 6 Case 7 Case 8 Case 9
9.1 9.2 Case10 Case11 Case12 12.1 12.2 Case13
Approval of General assembly’s agenda Approval of the chairpersons Nomination of vote-‐counters and Referees Reports Preliminary report and comments on the work of the board of “Samfunnet” fall 2014 Currently, financial overview for “Samfunnet” in 2014, and the budget for the year 2015 “Kjernestyrets” budget for 2015 Preliminary report from the Business Committee's (NLU) work fall 2014 Preliminary Report of “Tuntreets” work fall 2014 Preliminary report and comments on the UKA 2014 Approval of the report from the board of “Samfunnet” spring 2014 Approval of the economic report for “Samfunnet” 2013, with the accountant´s report Approval of Agenda spring 2015 for “Samfunnet” Cases in accordance with the applicable deadlines Proposed changes of the statutes of “Samfunnet” Proposed changes of the statutes of “Samfunnet” by the board Proposed changes of the statutes of “Samfunnet” by the UKE-‐board Candidates for election to the board of “Samfunnet” Candidates for election to volunteering positions at “Samfunnet” Cases of orientation Revues on “Samfunnet” Membership at “Samfunnet” Extra
Information: The General Assembly starts precisely kl.1900 • Voting media (mentometers) is received by showing valid membership certificate (student card). Before leaving the GF, this must be delivered. • Options: Every candidate for election have a maximum of 3 minutes presentation speech, and can get a sympathetic voice of one minute. • The current deadline is Friday 7.nov. For attachments, the deadline is Friday 14nov. • To speak during the GF: Post a finger (max 3 min) ! Two fingers (max 30 sec) ! Case Information "Timeout" sign (max 1 min) ! * Pea soup is served during the pause by Community Services, refreshments will be available along the way.
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Candidates for election are assigned one of the 12 buttons (showed on the power point presentation), and the General Assembly may vote by pressing the appropriate button in a particular period. Chairpersons informs when voting starts and stops.
INFO
To parcipitate in voting, your response meters are “changed” in your student card, and you are personally liable for loss of this!
Electronic voting, using “response meters”
Example of election process:
1-2-3 FINISHED!
Election for UKEsjef:
We have chosen to use our “response meters”. Using electronic voting, we save a lot of time, and get an effective election process.
1 / A: Bruno Sten 2 / B: Willy
How does this work?
3 / C: Tor Pedo
The response meters is the size of a credit card and has 12 buttons (1 / A, 2 / B, 3 / C ..etc. See photo.)
4 / D: Anne 5 / E: -no vote-
Participant 1; will give Willy his voice, and therefore press button 2 / B. Response meters is green when vote is registred. Participant 1 can change his choice until the chairperson says “STOP Election”. Voting period will last approximately 10 to 20 seconds.
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Fashionable guest from far and close came, and enjoyed the party. Madcon, fest meeting, history book, revised Stentor, photo exhibition that we still can enjoy, and an anniversary revue – all a 150-year old worthy of!
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UKA stands on its own. All the glory to the UKE board for a successful student festival.
Reports
The month we now have entered, shows that the Student Society continuously are working for a wider offer of activities. In November The Student Society so far has arranged a car race tournament, beer and politics, quiz, stentorbodega, blue Monday-concert, The Union Sheecats «do it yourself»-night, The Society’s Grand Prix and Mafiaparty with the Student Big band. Even more events are to come!
Summary spring/fall 2014 To take over The Student Society’s operations after a cheerful trønder has been interesting. My ambitions have been high from the very beginning, and the board has definitely put down an honorable effort to live up to them. During the summer, we got a new web page up and running. This was a facelift for The Student Society that made it more motivating to sell the Ås Spirit to new students. August was intense and full of events. New as well as old students were good at signing in the Society, and we reached 1200 during the first month. A strong focus on including the international students by arranging an own introduction day at the Society for them, in addition to having more information available in English, also made it more interesting for them to sign in.
The Core Board has worked hard to land a new agreement on ownership and our daily business with NMBU and SiÅs. I hope Thorvald og Tora doesn’t feel the challenges this brings. The Core Board has been able to make big investments on the house, thanks to contributions from Sparebankstiftelsen and Musikkutstyrsordningen. Better equipment is good for both the artists playing and the audience listening. It is a great honor to lead this organization. I grant a huge thanks to The Society Board, The UKE Board, skilled committee bosses in both organizations, an engaged Core Board, and last, but not least – happy and curios members of The Student Society in Ås! It always motivates me to see smiling people on “Society Service”. The association life lives stronger than ever, must Thorvald and Tora have The Society live at least 150 years more!
Cheap Stand up and theme parties in August was more popular than more expensive concerts. We note this. Both CLMD and Kaveh were good nights, either way. Having Hoopla as a new ticket supplier has worked out fine. When a student triggered the fire alarm on purpose, we tested our fire routines and the new fire alert system – it did us some good!
Thank you, and good luck voting!
September offered a memorable celebration of our anniversary. In the spirit of volunteering, a huge amount of working hours was put down.
President of The Student Society in Ås 2014/2015 Marit Knutsdatter Strand
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and politics in April with the Norwegian agriculture settlement as a theme, in August with fish farming, and now in November with ecological farming. Current and eccentric!
4.1 Preliminary report and comments on the work of the board of “Samunnet” fall 2014 The Student Society board consists of: Marit Strand, president Erling Bjurbeck, deputy Anne Sofie Fjeldstad, chief of administration Amund Hågenrud, chief of finance Henrik Hveding, chief of marketing Marie Hammer Håversen, chief of arrangement Steffen Aronsen, chief of concerts
3. Make sure to give UKA the best possible starting point to arrange the one and only UKA. There has been good chemistry between the UKE board and the Society Board. This has been a good basis for our cooperation. Leaving the house in UKAs care went well and the committees did a thorrow job in counting equipment and cleaning out the Society of the house. Now UKAs has left the house back in our care, and we are pleased with their clean up.
Work program fall 2014: 1. Have at least two concerts in Aud. Max. CLMD, Madcon and Datarock are the three bands playing in Aud. Max. this fall. NMBU are now in control of booking in Aud. Max. and they charge us 10 000 NOK for washing. In August, the Society Board did an honorable effort to wash on our own after CLMD, without any success. Using this stage is more complicated than before, especially when it comes to the combination of lectures and early get in for artists. We need to work on this.
4. Make sure that this falls activities goes smooth with lectures on the building. The communication between the study department at NMBU and us could have been better. It is always a surprise to us when they plan to have lectures here. On the other hand, the never seem to remember our associations revues or our arrangement plans. The administration boss had a meeting with the study department in October, and this was a good start in making our relationship better.
The Society Board thinks that to two big concerts in Aud. Max. in it self not should be a goal, but that there should be at least to “big fests”, true to tradition.
5. Facilitate a good cooperation between the campus in Ås and the one on Adamstuen, and include the Adamstuen-students in the student Society in Ås.
2. Arrange at least two Society meetings with a current or an eccentric topic. The Society Board have prioritized lowthreshold offer where the people that show up easily engage and take part in the debate. Beer
The Veterinary students were invited to Ås during the buddy week. Unfortunately, they
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start later than our August block, and very few came for visit. UKA had busses many nights between Adamstua and Ås going back and forth to parties. Unfortunately, very few used this opportunity to visit Ås. Adamstua have their own student Society, and we will continue to work for a closer cooperation. Nevertheless, we understand that they have their own arrangements.
Report from the Vice president - Fall 2014 Erling Bjurbeck
Vice president of Samfunnsstyret responsible for the following committees: 6. Help make a memorable celebration of the Student Society’s 150-aniversery.
• Bodegakonsernet, Over Executive Director Linn Breakers • Bar comitée, bar manager Erik Tandberg
The Society Board and the rest of the organization was not prepared for how much effort this weekend would need of us. Many things should have been done different. Still, Ås showed that if there are things that needs to be done, there are always someone who will stand up and give a hand.
• Order of Protection, Chairman Alf H. Næsje • Carpentry Committee, Chief Simen Onion
Staff Competence Bodegakonsernet, the boards of UKA and Samfunnet has held a seminar on how we operate event of the house. We had with us a hired organizer guru from the Norwegian Concert Promoters, put down clear technical procedures and discussed attitudes, staff and crisis management. There has been considerable focus on how we can do samfunnstjeneste/volunteering better.
7. Make it a priority to make important information available in English so that international students can participate more. This has definitely been prioritized this fall. A mantra to me, is that there is nothing stopping international students in taking part in The Society’s daily operations, either on “society service” or in a committee, as long as we let them now they can. Now all information is supposed to be available in both Norwegian and English. If the translation lacks, this is because of a simple mistake; Make sure to tell us! This fall, the case-documents for the General Assembly is also available in English ☺
The building Community building should ila. November get a technical assessment to provide an overview of the building's condition, under the auspices of NMBU. The assessment will be used in the planning of maintenance and renovation. This summer the whole building new brannmelderand emergency lighting system. This has increased fire safety and made our use of the system easier under arrangement. NMBU has done a major renovation in Aud.Max.,
Leader of the Student Society in Ås 2014/2015 Marit Knutsdatter Strand
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Including new toilets, HC-lift and a new corner bar. Improvement Committee, with yours truly at the forefront, working with new internal signage on the house in original architectural style and has begun planning the refurbishment of John's and cafeteria. In addition, work is ongoing maintenance and technical upgrades, including lighting and doors.
Report from the head of administration - Fall 2014 Anne Sofie Bråge Fjeldstad Members of “Samfunnet” Pr. 17 November 2014, we have more than 1600 members. Out of this, 135 are international members. We have 330 committee members on the “free-list”. 45 people are on “free-free list”.
UKA UKA and the board of Samfunnet has had a successful collaboration. There have been good solutions for the joint use of equipment and each other's expertise in many areas. The house has been delivered in good condition after UKA and the cleanup was incredibly fast.
Community Services We have worked on improving the use of Linticket and scanning in the entrance. Three new PCs are installed, and user manuals are made to social services. A new scheme of three personnel managers has replaced the former two. This fall, Carina Hansen, Kristin Abry and Maria Melheim have been personnel managers. New of this year is that these persons are responsible for blocking the membership. The reason for extra-employed personnel was caused by the fact that more work must be done in order to get a higher attendance rate among social services on party nights. New scheme with sms-reminder was introduced which has been very helpful. Society service this fall (September and 2 weeks in November) has been really good. Attendance percentages are between 95 100%, and we believe that the reason for this is information given in august to new students, in addition to the Personal managers´ work. They are largely self-sufficient, a BIG thank you to you girls!
Please contact me for full report. Erling Bjurbeck
Nomination comities (Valgnemnda) and General Assembly The election board consisted of:
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Per-Fredrik Nordhov, Mari Hulleberg, Lars Raaen and Linn Hammernes. Nomination Committee's most important task is recruiting candidates for election at GF, and to help with the implementation of GF. This fall, the nomination committee worked very well, we have had many constructive meetings. Short information presentations have been given in the main lectures. Thank you for the good cooperation and the efforts everyone! Special thanks to Lars Raaen and Linn Hammers who now are done in the nomination committee. Good luck to Per-Fredrik and Mari! We have once again chosen to hold GF Aud. Max., and we continue the success of the “response meters”. Robert Bykvist (infuture) is our Mentometer man. Thanks to him for good cooperation.
Report from Chief of economy - Fall 2014 Amund Hågenrud In autumn 2014 the Society section has been short and intensive due UKA its entry into the house. In the period before the vacuum we had some events with some financial risk in the form of concerts , including two pieces in AudMax and Anniversary celebration. Anniversary celebration should be as cheap as possible to give the most back to the students and was selected among 150 NOK entry , with security from core board . This made the " kickoff " was not as remunerative as it tends to be . There were also these events with the greatest risk, which unfortunately turned out and not get the greatest support among its membership . On the other hand, it has been better support and visits to other, smaller events . In general , this has been the trend throughout the year , where the smaller events revues and theme parties that have been sources of income and well- visited theme parties . Forecasts per 1.11 does not yet seem to be able to come within budget target set by the Executive Board , but with much of the year again it's a little hard to say for sure. On the personnel side , there have been some new into the economy block and others have returned and been present . Tord Steel Storbækken returned as IT manager, something he has been in the past with success , Remi Aasum has emerged as an accountant , and Marius Askeland Hertaas has entered a General Manager . I would also like to thank Anne Marte responsible accounting officer and eye on our guide both for society , Core Board , Tuntreet and NLU . She fit in and have
The use of rooms at Samfunnet: Use of space at “Samfunnet” is a constant challenge as more people want to use the room several times a week. I have tried my best to keep the plan updated, fulfil desires and notify changes. There will be “romfordelingsmøte” Wednesday, November 19, together with the event manager. Requests of using rooms are sent to: administrasjon@samfunnetiaas.no. To use rooms for free we required that 75% of the group or association are members of “Samfunnet”. Finally I would like to thank my board-friends for a great time. It has been informative, challenging, but not least, fun to sit in this board for one year. I hope that my contribution and improvements are to be carried in the future, and good luck to the candidates of election☺ Anne Sofie Bråge Fjeldstad, Head of Administration
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control on deadlines and submissions by including VAT duties for the organization. Finally, I thank for an educational and fun time!
Report from the Marketing Manager - Fall 2014 Henrik Hveding
Amund Hågenrud, Chief of economy
Marketing Committee as of November 17 2014 consists of: - Marketing Assistant Gina Marie Qvale - Design and layout: Kristine Hauge Reid, Andrea Bugge , Kristine Gisholt and Marianne Lindahl - Webmaster Tallak Dieset - Online Writer Magnhild Skattebu - Translator Lars Haugsrud - Posterhangers ( 8 people ) First I want to thank the committee for the work they have accomplished and that they show up when they have to and do an excellent job! Autumn is well underway , and we do not have many events left before it 's Christmas and New Year . Marketing this semester has largely focused on posters, facebook and the website . We currently have 4300 likes on facebook . We have good contacts with both Aasavis and Østlandets blad and the advertising agreement with Østlandets blade is under renewal . This season, the Student Society in Ås have got a new website, this has made it easier to create articles on current events, and more attractive for people to read . The website has opened for many more possibilities than the old , and we are working with ideas about new ways to use the website. For this reason, the website is under continuous development, and therefore still in some places appear to be under construction.
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The website appears much more professional than the previous one, which was a goal when the work to get a new one began. Efforts to select the provider took time , but we ended up choosing a cheap and good solution that has given us very good service. The community has also gone over to the new ticket service provider, Hoopla , which we got to try the first time in the buddy week. This system worked smoothly , and the visitors can buy a ticket from a mobile phone, which is a big advantage. Scanning in the entrance is also now virtually hassle free . The solution that you can scan with any smart phone also helps.
Report from the Event Manager - Fall 2014 Marie H. Håversen Event organisation group: Today the organizing committee consists of nine people, where 4 is in the quiz group, 4 in “bodegagruppa” and Student Board is represented by the International Officer. The Football Committee consists of 7 persons and costume group consists of 5 people. The work in “bodegagruppa” is doing fine, without major problems. The committee are participating in the planning and implementation of events at the Student Society that are not concerts. In addition, the committee members work on ticket control before large concerts.
Henrik Hveding, Marketing Director
Quiz: This group is for planning and implementation of all quiz evenings in “Cafeklubben”. We continue with theme quiz. The Quiz Masters are satisfied with this, and it seems like participants are satisfied too.The Football Committee works good. They organize themselves and show some games in the football room every week. The Costume committee work as much as they can to keep order in costume store. This is not an easy job when UKA has spent much of the costumes. Cleanup in costume store has been done after UKA with Prop KS Anne N. Semb’s help. Thank you so much. Semesterprogram August: The Buddy week began with a full Aud.Max during the stand up show with Zahid Ali. Under Graskurs Part 1, we changed the layout of the scene from the previous year, the new this year was that no more than 30
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organizations got time on stage. This meant that the event lasted approximately 90 minutes compared to nearly four hours earlier. Theme party 8-bit later that night, the same night as CLMD stood on stage was just ok. Graskurs Part 2 had 20 participants, who all showed their union in a good way. The theme party “Armyparty” was cool with a lot of good disguises, and a military tanks over the entrance to Halvors Hybel as bodegagruppa had madr. Clever people! The quiz started after the summer August 21 and was soon well attended. Stand Up with Henrik Thodesen had moved from Halvors to Festsalen due to good ticket sales! Fallsemester: September came quickly with a well visited Cafe Tuesday with the lecture "Ås student thru 150 years" in connection with the Student society's 150th anniversary celebration. Anniversary commemoration was successful seen from the guest perspective, but for us behind the scenes it was a busy weekend with a lot to do at the last minute. Such an anniversary must be planned more than 1 year in advance. Contact the Board for a report from the anniversary weekend. Cafe Tuesday with knitting was not a "hit". Unfortunately, even though it was competent persons present. Cafe Tuesday will disappear more and more, as reported by previous General assembly. We will also arrange debates and presentations on Tuesdays. The principle of "Bodega + Beer and politics" has been a success, and with good cooperation with Ås Senterstud we find current topics. It is Ås Senterstud who are responsible for the implementation of these evenings. Thank you guys! After UKE-Kickoff the event manager has worked to organize the archives and to prepare this General Assembly. Right now, the house has opened after UKA. In the coming weeks there will be organized events like Bilbaneturnering, Stentorbodega
and Society Grand Prix before GF. After today we will host a Stand Up with Ørjan Burøe, cafetuesday with gingerbread and gløgg, before Christmastreebodega and Hittegodsbodega comes along. The spring semester is under planning, where the program for January is complete planned. This means that the newly-elected after tonight will have time to learn the routines mm. without being thrown into something completely new with time constraints. This is a practice we want to proceed further so that the overlap between the outgoing and the newly elected will be better and easier for both parts in the future. Finally, I take this opportunity to thank my committee members for a great partnership, great fun and new acquaintances. I am grateful for the confidence I received from the General Assembly on 28 October 2013! This year the Board, I would never be without it. Marie Hammer Håversen, Event Manager
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Report from Concert Manager - Fall 2014 Steffen Aron Aronsen Autumn is a busy period with mentor week and parties on studentsociety. UKA released his program that contained lots of exciting and great artists. Saturday 13.sep UKA took over the house and these things then naturally led to fewer events for me and the board. At the moment there are still two concerts left from my side to be taken care of before the examination hassle really sets in. Concerts: August: (CLMD and Kaveh) Under mentor week the Norwegian DJ duo's played it’s last concert together in Aud Max 13Aug. Lots of new students were dressed as game characters and it was a nice start for the fall semester and the introduction week for many. 22. Aug. we were visited by rap-artist Kaveh who played in Festsalen. Slightly lower attendance than we had hoped for when we have to compete with an event in Oslo that evening. September: (Iselin Andresen and Madcon) After finals, we had a visit from Iselin Andresen in Rosehagen were she was playing, she was actually the first artist we had here with the concept “Blåmandag” four years ago. Therefore, it was fun and get to visit again. She played up for a full house and there was a good atmosphere. Semester Kickoff came with two famous people that we finally got to the society in Ås.
Madcon became part of the anniversary weekend and we got support from the school, which meant that we could take 150kr for our members. The concert was held to a packed Aud Max and the mood was awesome! Good show! After this came UKAvakuum that led to sound and light cleaned up at the house before UKA to begin. November: (Line Kåsa and Data Rock) November starts with a new blåmandagskonsert where 16-year-old pianist Line Kåsa who released her first album last year is going to visit us. A quiet and pleasant concert that is worth to see. To end the concert and autumn we have booked Datarock! Guys with red tracksuits who have made it big in recent years with the US tour and his own musical! Datarock is a band one should experience at least once in their life; they get help from Pikekoret-IVAR. This is an evening you should have with you! Thank you I want to thank my KS’s: Nikita Fonarev - Audio Axel Benjamin Skistad - Light Jonas Neraal Jakobsen - Disco Sigrun Gjølberg - Artist Petter meeger - Film As well as all of you who work in the concert block. The student society had not been the same without you! Regards Steffen Aaron Aronsen, Concert Manager 2014/2015
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4.2 Currently, financial overview for “Samfunnet” in 2014, and the budget for the year 2015
Noter: • Numbers are valid pr. 31.10 • Datarock is already paid • Madcon concert we had a economic warranty, not included in this table
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RESULT SPRING 2014 Kontonavn Billettinntekter Garderobe Barinntekter Nattmatinntekter Medlemskap Støtte Annen driftsrelatert inntekt Salgs- og driftsinntekter Barkostnader Artisthonorar Matkostnader Arrangementskostnader Markedsføringskostnader Leiekostnader lys og lyd Effekt- og vareinnkjøp Kontor- og adm.kostnader Støtte til lag og foreninger Tonoavgift Leie Lokaler Annen driftskostnad Driftskostnader Driftsresultat
Budsjett vår Resultat vår 2014 2014 kr 800 000,00 888704,5 kr 45 000,00 68160 kr 1 000 000,00 1087091 kr 200 000,00 31965 kr kr 100 000,00 257250 kr 75 000,00 2030 kr 2 220 000,00 2335200,5 kr 1 000 000,00 kr 450 000,00 kr 70 000,00 kr 50 000,00 kr 120 000,00 kr 70 000,00 kr 100 000,00 kr 50 000,00 kr 20 000,00 kr 70 000,00 kr 2 000 000,00 kr 220 000,00
1133716,74 319776,4 137218,26 41786,43 17974,2 124329,65 59551,71 87527,09 36228,53
66939,11 2025048,12 310152,38
BALANSE 2014
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CURRENT RESULT FROM TUNTREET 2014
CURRENT RESULT FROM NLU 2014
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BUDGET FOR “SAMFUNNET” 2015
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BUDGET FOR NLU 2015
BUDGET FOR TUNTREET 2015
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4.3 “Kjernestyrets” budget 2015
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-Fall 2014
exclusive dinner. Each company could invite three students that they met on the Career Day. We received very positive feedback in terms of the actual day and the exclusive dinner. NLU want to continue exclusive dinner next Career Day, and to make further efforts to increase professionalism and to get a more diverse variety of companies.
The board consists of:
Lise Rimala, Leader of NLU
4.4 Preliminary report from the Buisness Committee´s (NLU) work
Ida Mjøs, Career day manager Lise Rimala, Leader Elisabeth Krampl, Economy manager Mari Hulleberg, Event manager Sindre Kristoffersen, Web manager
Coordination group NLUs work to assemble associations and organisations with connections to the business community, and to increase the level of professionalism amongst these, have now paid of. The results is a new Coordination Group, determined to follow self written guidelines and reporting to Samfunnet through NLU and to NMBU through the student council and the director of the university.
Career Day October 8th this year the Career Day at NMBU was held. 77 different companies attended the event, and it was a good attendance of students. This year we added something new to the event, exclusive dinner. 12 of the 77 companies attended the
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4.5 Preliminary report Tuntreets work
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4.6 Preliminary report for UKA in Ås 2014
The focus for the fall of 2014 has been to enhance the editorial processes and to effectively organize Tuntreet. This work will be relevant for an online edition of the magazine.
Report will be available in appendix on the General Assembly.
-Fall 2014
The break even-goal will not be achieved. This highlights the need to establish longterm advertisement deals. The cooperation with UKA and NLU must continue and be further developed. Funds from advertisements is a real challenge in nonUKE-years. The funding from NMBU was negotiated in the spring of 2014. The agreement is still not in place. The plan is for this to be in effect from 2014 and on. A new website is planned for January 2015. The digital archive will be organized during the same period. The production run is constant per issue, 1500 copies. Campus Adamstuen has not received Tuntreet for the fall of 2014.
Tord Enger, Chief Editor of Tuntreet
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CASE 5
Approval of the report from the board of “Samfunnet” spring 2014 The Society Board then consisted of following members: Jørgen Skeide, head Erling Bjurbeck on lead, Deputy Anne Sofie Fjeldstad, chief of administration Amund Haagenrud, chief of finance Nina Therese Lilleeng, Marketing Manager Marie H. Haaversen, Event Manager Kristoffer Rummelhoff and Steffen Aronsen, concert managers
2. Hold at least one Aud.Max. concert, offset by approximately three concerts in Festsalen There were two Aud. Max. concerts in the spring. Thomas Dybdahl went worse than expected, but Lissie sold very well. Skambankt, X-Rusefest, Highasakite and Rumble In Rhodos were in Festsalen. We are very pleased with the fast-paced revue semester and one well completed miniUKA.
1. Provide UKA the best possible starting point to conduct miniUKA and UKA The Lissie concert came too close to MiniUKA, as did GF. Apart from that, there was good communication between the booking managers for UKA and The Student Society. The Student Society Board has been available for UKA, but there are a competent bunch who do well on their own.
3. Hold two Society Meetings The first Society meeting was with Thorstein Lerhol. It was very poor attendance, which was also the case for the Society meetings in autumn 2013. Here we saw a huge potential for improvement. In cooperation with political organizations, we launched the "Beer and politics" as a low-threshold services in Bodegaen. Here, various speakers educate the audience about a topic, and then
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open for questions and debate. Agricultural politics was the theme for startup evening and had 25 attending with eagerness to discuss.
4. Arrange a day where volunteers clean the house thoroughly cleaned Sunday 27th April was voluntary where they really cleaned the house. With many attending and good labor among them, it went smoothly. The house was unrecognizable tidy afterwards. All glory to the accurately deputy.
5. Ensure that our activities go smoothly, ref. undergraduate built Our members hopefully have not noticed that there has been lectures in Aud.Max. Festsalen was not used much, so this did not create problems. Lectures in Aud.Max. creates some additional work. In cooperation with the Technical Department and the Directorate, we will ensure that the use of the areas improves.
6. Hold x-russe party There was no preparty at Pentagon because it is difficult to control. As before, the xrusse party went over the top. A toilet and benches at Pentagon became battered. Too drunk guests at the Society building and to few attending volunteers made it barely safe to open the house, and the house closed early. The concert with Kobojsarna went smoothly.
Marit Knutsdatter Strand ,President of the Student Society in Ås 2014/2015
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CASE 6 Approval of the economic report for “Samfunnet” 2013, with the accountant´s report
Accountant’s report in appendix nr. 1.
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CASE 7
CASE 8 Cases in accordance with the applicable deadlines
Approval of agenda spring 2015 for “Samfunnet” Our agenda for spring 2015
CASE 9 Proposed changes of statutes of “Samfunnet”
o Arrange a minimum of two big concerts in Aud.Max. o Arrange at least two “Samfunnsmøter” with varied themes o Ensure that our arrangements are carried out with regard to teaching activities o Ensure well cooperation between the two campuses at Ås and Adamstuen, and involve students at Adamstuen to Samfunnet o Make it a priority two make important information available in English so that international students can participate more o Organize and make sure that all the student cabarets is well performed during the spring semester o Introduce a broader spectre of events throughout the spring semester o Arrange a successful “Sprell Festival” with a broad spectre of activities
9.1 Proposed changes of the statutes of “Samfunnet” by the board
Change § 1.6, Memberships Change § 2.8.2, NLUs sponsorresponsible Change § committee
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Change § 3.4, Driftsstyret, and a new ownership agreement Change § 3.6, Arbeidsutvalget replace Studenstyret
9.2 Proposed changes of the statutes of “Samfunnet” by UKE-styret
Change § 2.5, number of members in UKEstyret
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For me it was naturally to do this through taking up different positions and responsibilities within Samfunnet and many of the social clubs connected to the university. I have been in charge of putting up a revue show for both the quire S. Lærken and Trøndernes Fagforening. This gave me much experience with administration and the ability to get individual people to form groups and work towards a common goal.
CASE 10 Candidates for election to the board of “Samfunnet” -‐ -‐ -‐ -‐ -‐
Vice president, Samfunnsstyret Candidates Alf Halvar Næsje Kjetil Gjønnes Ole Anders Fjeldberg Inga H. Thorsen
My biggest focus has been working in the comity Ordensvern since I started here, I am currently on my fourth year doing so. This last year I has also been in charge of this committee and this has given me a good insight into the work of the vice president.
Presentation of Alf Halvar Næsje
I wish to give back as much as possible, and for me the position as vice president will give me the ability to use of my own experience and dedication to give back to Samfunnet. Being a vice president is a two-sided task. You have to be a good leader for you committee chiefs and you are also supposed to be a part of an board. My previous leader experiences, in addition to being the committee chief of Ordensvern, has been the course AOS234 “Leadership - Course for Student Representatives” last semester. And I am also the president of the social committee on NORAGRIC, Globalis. My board experiences are based much on my task as a student representative in in the Academic Affairs Committee at NMBU.
Honorable General Assembly My name is Alf Halvar Næsje, I am 23 years old, from Trondheim in Norway and I am now studying on my fourth year here at Ås. Ever since I started here, Samfunnet and the “Ås-spirit” has been an important part of my everyday. For me it is only natural to give back as much as possible if you enjoy the services provided outside the studies.
As a candidate for the seat as vice president, it is hard to promise big things. It is not the job for the vice president to show of big and fancy numbers. The vice president is in charge of making sure the house is run without problems, and with a good vice
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president maintaining the house, bars, ordensvern and general daily operations of the house should be run in such a way that you don’t have to think about it. If you give me your vote, I promise that I will use all within my powers to make sure that the house is run smoothly and all you need to think about as a guest is what you would like to drink. By giving me your vote, you have given it to a candidate that will put in all his available time and effort to work for his committee chiefs and my co-representatives in the Student Society board. And last but not least, you, the members of Samfunnet.
Presentation of Kjetil Gjønnes
I have a passionate commitment and an incredible desire for the position as vice president. And I really hope that you find it in yourself to give me a chance to show what I am made of!
Fellow students My name is Kjetil Gjønnes, a student of mechanical engineering. With the end of my time here in Ås rapidly approaching I have decided to put it to good use.
-Thank you for reading and good election!
During my years here I have spent quite a bit of time at Samfunnet, especially during my stint as Chief Light Technician. The experience from that time, which includes recruiting and training of technicians, working closely with the other staff groups and in this case also maintaining our inhouse concert equipment is probably one of my best qualifications. Not just for the position as vice Chairman, but also later in life. As vice chairman I intend to continue the reforms and excellent work started by our current vice chair, Erling Bjurbeck, with regards to staff training. I will also put considerable effort into the maintenance of Samfunnet. I intend to be a very available vice chair, with office hours close to 24/7, ready with a helping hand whenever it is needed. Kjetil
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Presentation of Ole Anders Fjeldberg
Presentation of Inga H. Thorsen
My name is Ole Anders Fjeldberg, i’m 22 years old and I come from a small place in Norway called Gaupen,and I’m running for det student community board. This is my second year here at NMBU and I’m having the best time of my life. After studying here for one year, the student community has made me realize that this is what i really want to do! Doing volunteer work for the student community is a special and rewarding thing. I’m a member of the security community at the Student Society. I’m also on the board of jordbrukerlaget, and I was one of the 1000 volunteers under UKA in Ås 2014. I’m always training a working, I come from a farm and there has always been things to do. I was one year in the army at Tromse.
Esteemed General meeting! My name is Inga Horntvedt Thorsen, I am 21 years old, and come from Andebu. This is my 3rd year at NMBU, studying food science. During my time here I have been an active student and I have joined Koneklubben Freidig. My whole life I have been involved in different boards, like BU and the local politics. Beside school I work at Tine, a dairy company. I am an involved girl which does things properly, and have the time to contribute at Samfunnet. This is why I want to become the secondary leader of Samfunnet. The reason why I would like to become secondary leader is that it seems incredibly exciting, and this is something I can learn a lot from. I can contribute with skills, positivity and commitment.
Kind regards Ole Anders Fjeldberg
Good choice! Best regards Inga Horntvedt Thorsen
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Head of Samfunnsstyret Candidates Jenni Vereide Erik Tylleskar Marte Hemma
have a lot of experience working in teams with other people.
administration,
With this I think I’m ready to be head of administration at Samfunnet. So if you let me, I promise I will do my best!
Presentation of Jenni Vereide
Good choice! Best regards Jenni Vereide
Esteemed General meeting! My name is Jenni Vereide, and I want to set the selection for head of administration! I am 22 years old, and come from Trøgstad. I am at my 3rd year here at NMBU, and it´s really great. During my time here I`ve joined an association, worked as a bar-functionary UKA 2012 and UKA 2014, and now I really want to give even more to Samfunnet than I´ve done before. That´s why I want to become the head of administration. I am an active girl, and have lots of projects going on. As I said before I´ve joined an association, I’m active in BU and work with charity. Besides that I work at Møller Bil Follo as a part of the administration there. With all these things to do, I really need to be structured, which I am. I like to work hard, and I get things done in time. I also
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Presentation of Erik Tylleskar
Presentation of Marte Hemma
Fellow students My name is Erik Tylleskär and I’m a student of chemical and biotechnological engineering. Ever since I came to Ås I wanted to contribute to what makes this university awesome. I believe that I have all the qualities that would make me a good administration boss. I’ve worked as a secretary, web-technician and as a sound guy. All these things will make me better prepared for the tasks than anybody else. I am good at creative problem-solving and work well both alone and with others.
Honorable General Assembly! My name is Marte Hemma, and I hereby stand for election as Chief Operating Officer of Samfunnsstyret. During my 3.5 years here at Ås, an position in Samfunnsstyret always seemed appealing to me. When I want to engage myself in something, I must control that I have enough time to do the best possible job. Now it fits perfectly for me to engage myself in Samfunnsstyret. I have enough time, lots of dedication and good experience I can contribute positively to the Board.
I have worked during UKA I worked a lot more than I had too to make sure everything went as smoothly as possible. I have all the qualifications necessary, all the time necessary and all the motivation. Just give this me this opportunity and I will give 100 % to make this next year at samfunnet as great as possible for the students here in Ås.
I am 23 years old and is in the middle of my fourth year of studying Industrial Economics with specialization in construction. I come from a pig farm in Ringsaker, where I learned that the only way to get things done is to roll up our sleeves. From when I started at Ås, Samfunnet has played a central role in my academic life. I was immediately engaged in the bartending committee, and Samfunnet quickly became
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my most important social arena, where I met some of my best friends. Through union life and the bar committee I've got some knowledge of how Samfunnet works, but I'd like to dive deeper into the organization.
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When working in a board it is crucial that you do a good job in your position. I have good experience form the Norwegian Rural Youth (a Norwegian youth organization), local and in the county, where I both attended and hosted organization courses. I have been project leader, political deputy in the county, leader locally and with several election committees. This experience will be invaluable if I am to be elected to Samfunnsstyret.
Concert manager, Samfunnsstyret Candidates Ola B. Jonassen Axel Benjamin Skistad Anne MArte Minge Engh
Presentation of Ola B. Jonassen
As a person I am committed, conscientious and structured. I love lists and procedures. I enjoy myself if I'm allowed to create improved systems and procedures, which I have been given the opportunity through employment. I do not need to be assigned a task to take it. Give me the opportunity to contribute to a better organized student society, then I promise to write an inspiring report in a year time.
Hello! My name is Ola Bognøy Jonassen, I am 24 years old from Bergen. I am studying 4th year in a master's degree in real estate. If you have not seen me before is probably most likely because I took my bachelor's degree at Bergen university college. But you will probably see more of me in the future, hopefully as your concert manager at student community in Ås.
Good election! Marte Hemma
I stand under the slogan "Yoguttene" to the student community in Ås, if you have not heard of those before, or dislike them strongly is not something you should pay any atention. I stand as a concert manager to satisfy you ... By this I obviously mean
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arranging good concert events for you and your friends, with a versatile range to suit everyone within the framework budget allows.
Presentation of Axel Benjamin Skistad
I also planning to lead the good helpers in the various associated committees on a nice and inclusive manner. I'm probably not the candidate with the best technical insight, but with great help from you, I doubt that there will be any problem. As experience I can show that I have served on the board of the student association for the construction and surveying at HiB. And individual periods as student representative through school and study time. As a 4th year student, this is my last opportunity to sit as a concert manager at the student society, but it is also your last chance to get me as a concert manager for their amazing student community.
Revered General assembly My name is Axel Benjamin Skistad, I'm 22 years old, from Nesodden and am now on my 3rd year landscape engineer here at NMBU. I soon became involved in the diverse societies and associations, through the choir Lærken and Rockeklubben, and has from my first semester at Ås felt Samfunnets callings. I then started working with Revue lighting for UKA 2012, and in the lighting comitee at Samfunnet. In 2014 I sit both as head of the lighting comitee, and is the chief of concertlighting for UKA 2014.
Vote for me so that together we may experience some magical concert moments here on "agrarmetropolen". Good election!
I now feel that it is time to give even more for Samfunnet and its members before I graduate, and the logical choice is to stand for election as a Konsertsjef of Samfunnsstyret. I've walked the hallways of Samfunnet more than I have walked the hallways of the lecture halls, and feel that the hours laid down in Samfunnet is just as important as the education I take. The work I've done and want to continue; I see as a
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great opportunity to give back to the members what I have received; with interest.
Presentation of Anne Marte Minge Engh
Already I have knowledge of parts of the artist industry, but then mainly the applicable riders and the technical side, and I now want to expand my horizons and enter booking. I have worked closely with the booking manager for UKA in 2014, and the Konsertsjef of Samfunnet and gained an insight into how they work. It seems very interesting, and I think that I can do a good job. During UKA 2014 I came in contact with some booking agents and managers. I sat in the role of Concert lighting chief, next time I want it to be as Konsertsjef. My name is Anne Marte Minge Engh and I’m running for election as head of the concerts and booking this year.
When it comes to what I want to achieve as a concert manager, I have no plans for large and extravagant artists. I would rather like more, but small concerts in Halvors, which can meet the needs of those looking for niche genres, and instead focus on artists who reach out to a wider audience range from Ås students in the larger concert halls. Previously there has been booked artists to Halvors which today has become relatively large, and it is a good trend. Unfortunately, outside UKA, there has not been booked any artists for Halvors this semester. That I want to change.
I’m 23 years, from Sarpsborg and I’m at my third year in Environmental Physics and Renewable Energy. I run for election because I'm interested in music, I like to keep up with what's happening in the music industry and I now want to engage at Samfunnet. I love live music, both to discover new artists and to see your favorite band play live is amazing! During the past year, I have been a member of the board of Engineers Without Borders student's department here at the University. I have been the head of the group responsible for the events, both the internal events and the ones open for everyone. In this role I have gained good experience in being part of a board and being the leader of a group.I am a person who likes to have a lot of responsibility, I learn quickly and are easy to cooperate with. I want quality music with great variety of bands/artists at Samfunnet, and I'm prepared to spend a lot of my time and energy so that we can have a wonderful year with good concerts.
If you vote for me, and I am elected as a concert manager, I will give everything I have to give the members of Samfunnet the concerts they deserve! Good election!
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Event manager, Samfunnsstyret Candidates: -Astri Sommer Øyre
Samfunnet is that it sounds like an exciting and interesting job, where I can contribute with much creativity as well as several new ideas. I am easy to work with, I quickly bring up new suggestions, I do my tasks and often more. I think I would fit well for this position.
-Elin B. Vårtun
Presentation of Astri Sommer Øyre
Best Regards Astri Sommer Øyre
Revered General Assembly I hereby stand for election as Event Manager. My name is Astri Sommer Øyre, I study Industrial Economy, 2nd grade. Ever since I started at UMB / NMBU I have been very active in the student life. Already the first month I joined the Artist Committee at Samfunnet, which I thoroughly enjoy working with. In February I became a student contact for Tekna, where I help organize various courses, ranging from crash courses in different subject to how to brew beer. As a student contact you also have a lot of stands, where it is important to be attentive and take initiative. I also have some experience with events by being the event manager at the Rugby team at NMBUi. I am a friendly, outgoing and social person. I love new challenges and make the best effort to complete it best. The reason I want to become the new Event Manager for
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Presentation of Elin B. Vårtun
positive way, and I have a great desire to be involved in shaping the Student Society further. Event manager sounds like an exciting job where you get the opportunity to do just that! So far in my time at Ås, I engaged myself in the student association for teacher study, headed the handball girls, sitting in the NMBUI-board and my main duties; activity manager under UKA i Ås 2014. It was then I really got a taste for greater involvement. The activity manager has responsibility for all events that are not concerts or revue under UKA. These are many types of events for many types of audiences. Examples of events I was responsible for was the Amazing Race under miniUKA, lectures, extremesportsday, theme parties and much more. Here I learned a lot and got many experiences of planning and conducting events. This was a lot of fun, and gave me so much amusement that I stand for election as event manager!
Dear General Assembly! My name is Elin Brandsnes Vårtun and I am standing for election as event manager! I am 23 years old, studying my 3rd year at teacher education in natural sciences, and I come from a small mountain village, Folldal north in Hedmark. Here I grew up on a farm where you like on most farms, learn to lend a hand. In a village with few inhabitants, you early learn to engage the local community. Ever since then I have been active and dedicated.
As a person I am organized, good at planning and I like to get things done. I begin on tasks with enthusiasm and see challenges as something that must be solved. I am a positive and happy girl who cooperate well with other people, which I think is an important quality in a board. I want to contribute to a healthy environment in the society board and I am not afraid to express my own opinions to arrive at the best possible solutions for our beloved community.
After high school I started at Hedmark University College and graduated with bachelor degree; teacher in physical education. There was no doubt that I wanted to study more, and therefore I chose to study here at NMBU. It wasn’t long before I realized how big the role Student Society had here on Ås, something I was not used to from the previous studies. This has done much for my experience at Ås in a
If I am elected to the event manager I will work for a varied program for all students. It is important to continue the arrangements which are working well and which draw Thorvald and Tora to the house. Nevertheless, one should also look for new ideas and have the courage to try. As an
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example, I want to implement a SprellFestival with a wide range beyond the concerts. I believe that the work and time you put into planning will be reflected in the implementation. I am ready to put in a lot of time and effort in doing a good job as event manager. I have a great desire to give YOU a offer that makes YOU seem Student Society in Ås has a good arrangement program.
Chief of economy, Candidates: -‐ -‐
Samfunnsstyret
Hans Gunnar Gravningen Peter Hovda
Presentation of Hans Gunnar Gravningen
Good election!
My name is Hans Gunnar Gravningen , i am 21 years old and I apply for the advertised position as finance manager at Samfunnet. I am on my third year studying business administration. During my first two years here at NMBU, I have served on several boards, as UnitedAid and NMBUI cross country skiing group. The reason why I apply is that it is relevant to my education and I am very motivated to do a great job for Samfunnet. I am sure that I am qualified for this job. I have also got the experience needed for working in a team from the boards i have participated in here at NMBU. I would characterize myself as down to earth , determined and dedicated. I hope you are
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willing to give me the chance, as I can guarantee you that will not be dissappointed.
Presentation of Peter Hovda
Hans
My name is Peter Hovda, I’m 23 years old and I’m born in Oslo. This is my first year her at NMBU. I’m running for head of economics. I started in the Security committee in my first weeks here at NMBU, this is a choice that I don’t regret at all. The student society is very important for me, and I want to make a difference. I’ve been one year in the army, and I was stationed in the coast guard. I have also worked with children with autism, as well as a sport store and car rental company. Kind regards, Peter Hovda
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CASE 11 Candidates for election volunteering positions “Samfunnet”
paper, I want to have a wide variety of types of cases so there should be something for everyone. In addition, why is sudoku, crosswords and other fun only reserved holidays?
to at
I want Tuntreet to have an active website, and see great potential in posting slideshows of concerts and events, and the possibility to start up video reportage of what’s happening on campus. It can be anything from soccer tournaments to cover “olabilløp” and “hupcup” etc. I have been doing photography, filming and editing since elementary school and have the experience to stack up a film crew and a good website and to provide Tuntreet a completely new platform. The main focus should remain on the paper edition. The tangible with a paper edition cannot be replaced.
Chief editor, Tuntreet Candidates: - Kristian Haraldsen
Presentation of Kristian Haraldsen
As an editor, I will work to have a good environment among the workers, and create a closer cooperation between the various working groups of Tuntreet. It should be social to work with a student newspaper and I want to be helpful for Tuntreet’s employees to create good texts.
Dear General Assembly My name is Kristian Haraldsen. I come from Herøy in Nordland and study my second year of mechanical engineer.
I can make a difference in Tuntreet, not just for Tuntreet as a student newspaper, but also for the social aspect of working in the paper. I am really motivated for the task and after almost three semesters as a photographer and journalist, I feel qualified to take the position as editor. Vote for me!
I would like to become the new editor of TuntreetMy wish is to continue the tradition that Tuntreet should be a student newspaper for all Ås students. I would like to focus on cases that hit a larger audience, cases that is fun and gets time to fly when the teacher has turned into speaking Greek. I want it to be cases that are easy to read, entertaining and gets you to want read more. Like today's
Vote well!
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Leader, NLU Candidates: - Fredrik Vangsal
part time at a print shop. Over the last few years I have learned a lot about how to set goals, planning and collaborate with different people through similar positions. NLU is a relatively newly established organization, which has become an important part of NMBU and I think it would be exciting to be a part of future development.
-Vilde Jørdre Øybekk Presentation of Fredrik Vangsal
If The General Assembly gives me the opportunity to take on the position as leader of NLU I will expect a steep learning curve, a lot of hard work but also great deal of fun.
Sincerely Fredrik Vangsal
My name is Fredrik Vangsal. I am 22 years old and comes from Spydeberg. This is my 2nd year at NMBU studying Business Administration. One of the things that struck me when I first started here it was wonderful student community. Over the past year I have through my responsibility as distribution manager under UKA 2014 though that this is not something that comes by itself. It was put down an insane amount of work during UKA, and as part of the «circus» I had the honor of seeing a big effort being put down. I think we can thank all those who have committed them self to voluntary work and other duties, for the wonderful social environment here in Ås. Besides the studies I sit on the board of a charitable organization, i am a part of organizing NBU Autumn event and work
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CASE 12
Presentation of Vilde Jørdre Øybekk
Cases of orientation
My name is Vilde and I am 22 years old. I am currently in my 2nd year. I chose to run for the leader post of NLU because I understand the importance of interactions between student and the industry. Having good communication in between students is vital, and I want to convey our interest the industry.
CASE 12.1 Revues on “Samfunnet”
Because of little feedback from the student unions, the Board want to invite for a meeting in February where all are invited to cheer their wishes about revues. This meeting will also be open for associations that today do not have revues.
Carriere-responsible, NLU Cansdidates: -
Kjernestyret, 2 representatives Candidates:
Nomination committee, Candidates: -
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CASE 12.2
The prices is set by the “Kjernestyret”, in cooperation with the Community Board before summer 2015.
Membership at “Samfunnet”
In addition to the 1-, 3- and 5-year membership, we will maintain Lifetime Membership, renamed "Lifetime support membership". Naturally, these members are not called into Community service, but will be entitled to vote at the GF. The Community Board argues the latter with the following: If lifelong members want to use their time and commitment to participation in general assembly’s this should be possible. We are exclusively positive for involvement of "retired souls". However, future Community Boards should consider whether this is little feasible and inappropriate as a member group increases in number.
Based on the discussion about membership held on GF spring 2014 we have made a conclusion. With more students at NMBU and a larger membership database at “Samfunnet”, we want to introduce new types of memberships, beyond the one-year we currently have. We therefore wish to introduce a 3-year and 5-year membership, in addition to retaining one-year. For members, a slightly reduced price occur compared to sign up for one-year membership year after year. For the “Samfunnet” this may ensure a steady and predictable member-database over time and help us to solve the challenge of Social Services in August. In addition, it may contribute to increased attendance of Community Services as the threshold for not meeting up will be higher with the consequence that the membership is blocked.
The new memberships will be a fact from autumn semester 2015. This orientation matter is included in propositions of changing statutes in Case 9.1. Anne Sofie Administration
Fjeldstad,
Preliminary draft for membership prices is: 1-year 250, 3-year: 650 5 year 1000, -
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