This year’s Annual General Meeting will be Sunday, April 6th, at 5:00 PM in the Sub Council Chambers. The AGM is a chance to reflect on the year, and make recommendations for next year. It is also when we hold elections for executive positions.

If you’d like to be involved with Pride next year, now is your chance. Remember, Pride is only as good as our members make it, so please get involved and bring your own vision and creativity to our organization. A brief description of the available positions is below, and you can also contact current exec members if you have any questions (contact information is available on our website at www.prideubc.com/content/executive). If you would like to run for a position, please come to the AGM. If you would like to run for a position but are unable to attend, please let me (Nicole) know so that we can vote anyway.

Everyone is welcome to attend the AGM. In order to be able to vote in the elections, you must have attended at least one admin meeting this school year, or volunteered at one of our events. If you are unsure if you qualify for voting, please contact me prior to the meeting.

Hope to see everyone there!

Nicole Maunsell
Secretary, Pride UBC

Positions:

Co-Chairs: Intended to be one self identified male or transgendered person and one self-identified female or transgendered person. The Co-chairs coordinate and oversee the general operation of Pride UBC, chair and set the agenda for meetings, act as spokespersons for Pride, act as Liasons between Pride and the AMS, and submit proposals and ideas to the Collective. It should be a person who has had at least one year’s worth of experience as a member of the Pride UBC Admin.

Secretary: Take and maintain record of all minutes from all Admin meetings and post these minutes on the list serves, maintain an active members list, prepare correspondence as directed, and be responsible for the office, mail and phone systems, and basically do anything that no one else wants to do and asks you to do. It should be a person who has had at least one terms Active Membership immediately preceding the position.

Treasurer: Maintain the financial records and be responsible for the monitoring and disbursement of Pride’s finances, make monthly reports and try to find creative ways to get more funding. It should be a person with at least one terms Active Membership immediately preceding the position.

Social Coordinator: initiate plan and co-ordinate social functions and activities (such as beer gardens, games nights, etc.) for Pride, as well as the Outweek Bash. No prior experience with Pride necessary. Can be more than one person.

Outweek Coordinator: initiate, plan and coordinate the events and functions during Outweek, as well as chairing the Outweek Committee. No prior experience with Pride necessary and can be more than one person.

Outreach Coordinator: Conduct and arrange in services for organizations and groups primarily on campus, with the aim of combating heterosexism and homophobia and which reflect the needs of the queer populations of campus. Run the info fair tables at specified times. No prior experience with Pride necessary and can be more than one person.

On the QT Coordinator: coordinate and facilitate Monday Night Discussion Group. No prior experience with Pride necessary and can be more than one person.

Women’s Services Coordinator: Plan and coordinate functions and activities for female self-id’d or trans people. The bulk of this position involves coordinating the FLOW discussion group on Wednesday at noon. This person must self Id as female or trans. No prior experience with Pride necessary and can be more than one person.

Men’s Services Coordinator: Plan and coordinate functions and activities for male self-id’d or trans people. The bulk of this position involves coordinating the GLOW discussion group on Wednesday at noon. This person must self Id as male or trans. No prior experience with Pride necessary and can be more than one person.

Sexual Diversity Coordinator: Represents the needs of bisexual students and other students whose sexualities fall outside of gay/straight. The bulk of this position involves coordinating the Friday noon discussion group (this year called Label Free Fridays).

Gender Diversity Coordinator: Represents the needs of trans, intersex and genderqueer students. The bulk of this position involves coordinating the Trans Tea time discussion group on Thursday at noon.

Web and Email Coordinator: maintain and administer all facets of mailing lists, forum and website for Pride UBC and be responsible for prompt communication between the Admin and the membership via the Internet. No prior experience with Pride necessary but please have some knowledge of computers.

Peer Councilling Coordinator: Peer Councillors for Pride UBC and must have knowledge of other safe places for councilling that persons may need. This person usually runs the smaller discussion group at On the QT. Holds office hours and/or is available by phone or email for people who need someone to talk to. Must complete training through AMS Speakeasy. Can be more than one person.

Publicity Coordinator: Publicize events by making posters, writing PSAs, and using social networking tools online as directed by the admin council. Finds other creative ways of publicizing events. No prior experience with Pride required and can be more than one person.

Political Coordinator: responsible for overseeing the organization of programs aimed to promote awareness of issues that pertain to the objectives of Pride UBC. (Examples include World AIDS Day activities, raising awareness around barriers to organ/blood donation, etc.) No prior experience with Pride required and can be more than one person.

First Year Pride Committee: responsible for overseeing and planning events directed for first year and underage students at UBC. Work with the Social Coordinators. Should be more than one person, does not need to be a first year student.

Ubyssey Editors: Plan and Coordinate the Pride issue of the Ubyssey, which comes out in February. Some knowledge of writing and/or journalism preferred. This position has traditionally been a partnership and requires no prior experience with Pride.

Graduate Rep: Represent the needs of the queer graduate student population of UBC. Plan and organize grad events with the social coordinators. No prior experience with Pride required, can be more than one person, and grad student preferred.