SWAN 218 6:00 PM

We will be addressing any concerns you might have as well as sharing our experiences. Please arrive with some ideas in hand of how you will advance your position to make this THE BEST E-BOARD EVER!!!

Jerry White from Gilson Printing will be our guest speaker and we will be announcing next years e-board

Thursday November 18th 2009

Bill Jones will be hosting a mock interview seminar in the

IRC (Starbucks Building) Room 120 from

7:00 to 9:00 pm

Bring your listening ears and the questions that you fear the most!

On Tuesday, November 17th, many of the seniors are expected to attend a field trip to Chromaticity and Foremoest Graphics in Grand Rapids. This will make for a small group during our regularly scheduled meeting time. However, ALL NOMINEES MUST ATTEND THE MEETING AND GIVE THEIR SPEECH. Kameron will be setting up the camera and recording them so that those of us that could not attend will have an opportunity to hear what you have to say. Remember, no longer than 3 minutes on what makes you a good candidate for the position.

I’d like to say I’m sorry to all of those people that hate public speaking, but I’m not. If your going to be on the E-board, public speaking is not only expected, but required,weekly. Nominees need to prepare a 3 minute speech  to give during Tuesdays meeting. Be respectful, and try not to run over another persons allotted time. Following the meeting Brandon will make voting available to all GAA members electronically, because he is cool like that. Voting will stay open til Wednesday at midnight just in case you are having a difficult time deciding who the best candidate for Commissioner at Large is.

Speeches shall go in the following order:

1. Commissoner at Larges
2. Treasurers
3. Secretaries
4. Vice Presidents
5. Presidents

During this weeks General Assembly meeting we will be nominating those that we would like to see lead our organization towards greatness. Who will you choose?

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