Find Your Role in MESH

By Karen | April 9, 2015 | Comments Off on Find Your Role in MESH

ARTThe student organization MESH (Making Expression and Scholarship Heard) is looking for motivated, kid-loving, eager students who may want to run for an E-Board position with our organization for the 2015-2016 academic year.

As an organization, MESH teaches weekly creative writing and poetry workshops to kids in the Syracuse City School District. We then take our students’ work and publish it in a biannual magazine. We also recently added a mentoring component to our program as well. We are looking to expand our E-Board for the upcoming school year in an effort to get increased help so that we can give back to our students in an even more meaningful way. The positions we are looking for, as well as a brief description of the role of each position, is below. If you have any questions, e-mail Rachel Brown-Weinstock at rmbrownw@syr.edu. Also, if you are interested in running for a position, send Rachel a brief blurb about why you are interested in running and a resume. Elections will be Friday, 4/10, at 3:30 PM. Please note that you do not have to love creative writing or poetry to be on the MESH E-Board.

1.) Events Committee Chair:

  • Planning and executing events
  • PR duties in relation to events (flyers, PR plan, invitations, etc.)
  • Management of Events Committee
  • Collaboration with other organizations, departments to produce successful events
  • Work closely with Director of Outreach and Recruitment

Suggested skills: Planning/organization, Innovation and creativity, time management. Knowledge of SU bureaucratic processes, understanding of event audience, knowledge of design software for promotional materials

2.) Director of Outreach and Recruitment:

** Initial Point of Contact for MESH

  • Plan and execute recruitment through involvement fairs and subsequent events throughout year
  • Plan and execute one recruitment event per semester
  • Correspond with student organizations, departments, community organizations and SCSD
  • Actively seeking expansion/collaboration opportunities for the organization

Suggested skills: Enthusiasm, Interpersonal and communication skills (e-mail), punctuality and responsiveness, knowledge of SU organizations and community

3.) Magazine Editor-in-Chief:

  • Create and execute vision for magazine every semester
  • Plan and design for magazine (Find quotes, execute delivery)
  • Management of magazine committee
  • Distribution of magazine
  • Actively seeking writing/art contributions from SU community and advise as editor

Suggested skills: Creativity and innovation, editing and design skills, timeliness, knowledge of design software

4.) Parliamentarian:

  • Attend all e-board and general body meetings, responsibilities: take attendance, take notes, and maintain decorum
  • Reinforce constitution and make amendments to constitution and bylaws as needed

Suggested skills: Efficient typing skills, people management skills, organization skills, superior knowledge of MESH constitution

5.) Writing & Curriculum Director:

  • Outline plan for workshops in advance of the semester
  • Create and design weekly workshops (send out for review in advance)
  • Management of workshop committee and workshops guests
  • Maintain feedback system about workshops between organization and SCSD (kids and teachers)
  • Supervise training

Suggested skills: Skillfulness and knowledge in writing (poetry), art, and performance, creativity and innovation, understanding of middle-school audience           

6.) Treasurer:

  • Collaborate with Events Committee Chair, Fundraising Chair, and e-board to advise and plan funding needed for the semester
  • Budgets for SA, Co-Curricular, and special programming
  • Attend budget hearings/meet with advisors as needed

Suggested skills: Knowledge of SU bureaucracies, experience with budgets for organizations, computation skills, persuasive writing and speaking

7.) Web Master:

  • Maintain content and design of MESH website
  • Collaborate with Magazine Editor-in-Chief and workshop leaders for weekly website updates
  • Seek expansion through social media: update Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr blog

Suggested skills: Web skills, timeliness and dependability, blogging skills, knowledge of social media

8.) Fundraising Chair:

  • Outline fundraising plan in advance of semester, in collaboration with Events Committee Chair and Treasurer
  • Execute fundraising events and activities as needed to achieve goals for the semester
  • Reach out to other organizations and SU community for fundraising opportunities
  • Actively maintain a GoFundMe or other online campaign
  • Procure and distribute promotional merchandise

Suggested skills: Experience planning fundraising events, knowledge of SU community and organizations, organization skills, creativity

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