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Elections

It's election time for your 2013-2014 CSUS! If you haven't voted, make sure to check your inbox for an email from cro@mcgilleus.ca for your link to vote. Elections end Thursday at 6 pm, so make sure to get your votes in!

Confused about what the different positions mean, and what responsibilities they hold? Here's a summary:

President

  • Coordinate and supervise the affairs of the Society
  • Call and chair over the council meetings
  • Chair General Assemblies
  • Serve as an ex-officio member of all Society committees
  • Be the official representative of the Society

VP Academic

  • Be responsible for all educational and curricular concerns of SOCS undergrads
  • May represent a student, upon the demand of the student in writing, in any judicial or academic or social proceedings taken against the student by the university, or a delegate appointed by the university
  • Sit on the faculty of science academic meetings
  • Overseeing academic-related events (semester-end tutorials, events with profs, etc)

VP Administration & Communication

  • Responsible for taking minutes of the CSUS meetings and General Assemblies
  • Maintain the files of the CSUS
  • Promote and coordinate communication within the society through listservs and social media (Facebook, Twitter)

VP External

  • In the absence of the President, be empowered to perform any function of the President
  • Be responsible for maintaining links with student organizations at the university, provincial, federal and international levels with computer student societies of other universities
  • Represent the Society to other student societies, including SUS, and outside organizations
  • Attend biweekly SUS meetings and relay important information back and forth.

VP Finance

  • Prepare the annual budget of the CSUS
  • Manage the funds of the CSUS
  • Keep proper financial accounts and records
  • Prepare a semester and monthly budgets for SUS

VP Internal

  • Be responsible for the organization of social, cultural, and other activities of the members of the CSUS
  • Responsible for coordinating and overseeing events, making sure they run smoothly
  • Have a significant role in the planning and execution of all events, expected to attend them

U1 Representative (elected in September 2013)

  • Act as a liaison between the U1 students and the CSUS, responsible for communicating with them
  • Representing their views at our meetings
  • Serves a vice-chair of the executive council (it is a VP position)

Math & CS, Bio & CS, Physics & CS, Software Engineering, Games Focus, and Minor Reps

  • Responsible for communicating the affairs of the CSUS with the student bodies of their respective program
  • Representing the concern of students of their program to the CSUS at CSUS meetings
  • Proposing and organizing events every semester targeted towards their respective programs in order to foster community amongst students in that program

Women in CS Rep

  • Represent women in the field of computer science by informing the female contingency in CS about opportunities targeted towards women (networking events, hackathons, etc)
  • Reach out to U0 females to promote women's involvement in computer science
  • Facilitation of mentorship relationships between female computer science students and professors

Business Liaison

  • Responsible for fostering connections with businesses
  • Seek out sponsorship opportunities for the CSUS
  • Seek out potential internship opportunities for computer science students, and organize opportunities for business professionals to share their expertise with students
  • Represent McGill computer science students to the corporate world

Student Liaison

  • Organize class announcements to inform students of upcoming events and affairs of the CSUS
  • Collecting feedback on events and council proceedings from students
  • Reach out to members of the CS community and collect their opinions, ideas, criticisms, and suggestions (for example by attending all events and communicating with participants)