President's Column

Kia Ora everyone

In 1966 AuSM was formally established as an Incorporated Society and since this time has had strong leadership that has driven the organisation forward to become what it is today. This is your very last week to nominate yourself or one of your friends for one of the 13 Exec Council positions available on the AuSM governance board for 2009.

Being a part of AuSM as student president over the last 18 months has taught me a huge amount about leadership and management. Running an organisation with a turnover of over $2 million and managing and motivating a reasonable sized team of paid employees and volunteers hasn’t been easy, however it has taught me an awful lot and I can say it has definitely been the best thing I have ever done.

 

Hi everyone
Welcome back to the beginning of semester 2. To help take away the winter blues AuSM has been working hard over the break to bring you a decent line-up of acts and entertainers for re-orientation. While smaller than Orientation at the beginning of the year and a lot chillier, it is nonetheless a good time to party, have fun and socialise before you start to get bombarded with assignments and exams.
    To give you a highlight of who we are hosting this coming two week period, we have Pluto, Concord Dawn, Open Souls and House of Shem to name a few of our artists. There is also a comedy night, foam party and Static FM will be throwing a launch party for their radio station. To see a full breakdown of the 2 week programme visit us on the web at www.ausm.org.nz. or pick up a gig guide from one of the AuSM promotional stands. As per usual AuSM will be giving out free stuff so make sure you pop along to the quad at lunchtime and check it out.

Kia Ora everyone, this week officially marks the last issue of debate for semester one, 2008. You are all probably flat out studying for or taking part in final assignments and exams so I will try and enlighten you with my final column to help you get through the stresses you might be experiencing right now.

Kia Ora everyone
There are only two more issues of debate left for the semester so I will try and use my words wisely in communicating to you some useful information. Currently the 2009 AuSM executive council election nominations are open. There are 13 positions up for grabs and there is something for everyone. You don’t need to have previously been a head boy/or girl or be an A+ student; you basically just need to be passionate about improving the quality of student life at AUT. Being an Exec member means you are on the governance board of the association helping to run and give direction as to what AuSM should be doing. It is a perfect opportunity to develop your leadership skills and find out what goes on at the university.