Shortcuts

President – the leader amongst the ‘leaders should:

• Organise, lead, and come up with an agenda for each SC meeting.
• Facilitate the discussions during the meetings. Make sure that everyone gets to share their ideas whilst not getting interrupted.
• Be extremely, even ridiculously organised and flexible, in order to encourage good brainstorming. 
• Seek co-operation; however, the President will have the ‘casting vote’ where there is a 50-50 voting situation; hence, the President has, in theory, two votes, on such occasions. If you see someone’s positive contribution on the SC, make sure they know that the hard work they are putting into it is highly valued.
• Be the role model for the entire Council. Maintaining good grades is one part of it.
• Be easily accessible, so that when someone needs to be heard out, you are there for them.
• Positive attitude is the key to successfully managing the SC. 

Vice-President – ‘the creative mind of the council’ should:

• You need to represent the SC at the university, or other meetings when requested by the President.
• You need to be the person to co-ordinate the work of the members, alongside the President.
• You have the right to fully preside over SC meetings when the President can’t attend them. 
• Be a person encouraging and complimenting the members for their work.
• Maintain a good academic reputation in order to be a role model for others.
• Attend all of the meetings.
• Try to be caring, responsible, trustworthy, and fair, under all circumstances.

Secretary-General – ‘making sure everything is recorded’ should: 

• During every single meeting, you need to be the one taking notes on all discussions and voting. 
• Take and distribute minutes of meetings. Prepare exact agendas for meetings. Discuss them beforehand with the President.
• You need to keep an organised folder of all past agendas in the binder of your SC year, in room 31. 
• You need to be very well organised and maintain a good academic reputation at all times.
• Even if you are not taking part in activities planned by the SC, you need to be present during the meetings, in order to provide the Council with records of the discussions, afterwards.
• Take charge of correspondence. Such as writing “thank you” notes to professors or students, on behalf of the SC.

Programming & Events Chair – a ‘highly creative and organised member of the board’ should

• Be the person brainstorming for some fresh, new ideas for SC events. 
• Come up with an agenda for each event, and present it to the Presidents, to see what they approve and what not.
• Be present at meetings, especially when discussing the organisational matters of events.
• Make posters for events, two weeks in advance, and send them to the Presidents.
• Be very punctual and active on Social Media (daily posts).
• Promote events in every way possible. 
• Maintain good grades and be easily approachable all the time.

Communications & Outreach Chair – ‘making sure everyone knows about the SC, inside and outside of the University’ should:  

• Present on mostly all of the SC meetings throughout the year. 
• Be the person responsible for promoting events, inside and outside of the University.
• Be in charge of attracting as many sponsors for big events as possible.
• Be aware that the Student Council will not be able to function without you, as you are the one to make sure that everything is taken care of, in relation to matters between the different departments and the SC.
• Note that if you have the relevant experience, social media promotions can also fall under the guise of the person holding this position. 
• Be as active and organised as possible.

Not forget to maintain good grades throughout the year.