President
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- Mission
- To keep the Association of Taiwanese Students running while ensuring that things don't explode and everyone is happy. Food, Family, Fun!
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General Info
Important Elements of ATS
- Having a confident driver is critical, and so is a zipcar account
- Someone should know someone with a Costco card
- Communication and enthusiasm are key. Make sure that everyone knows that they shouldn't be afraid to speak up! If things aren't going well, changes can always be made.
- Know what responsibilities are whose (read the other wiki pages)
- Always be looking ahead, usually about 1.5 weeks but sometimes a month (large events)
- Be conscious of funding deadlines
- ATS is non-profit and we don't accept sponsorship
Important Times of Year
- Late June/early July: tell Cultural Chairs to initiate conversations about Nightmarket planning
- Mid July: First year summer mailing list due, a "slide" is required so don't wait until the last minute
- Early August: Activities Midway signup due (easy form)
- Fall: reserve Lobdell for Lunar New Year Festival, begin searching for outside talent (if getting)
- Before spring break: do one-on-ones (only if necessary)
- Late Feb: CPW events deadline
- March: start planning Strait to Taiwan
- Mid March: funding deadline for CPW
Moneys
Getting and using funding is kind of like a game of spinning reality into something that sounds good to the people giving us money.
Funding Sources
- Finboard (ASA): primary funding source
- 4 funding cycles (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer): be wary of deadlines!
- 4 funding application categories: operations (almost never use), capital (basically to buy cooking supplies), publicity, and events. Money can be shuffled within each category, so if a certain event needs more money but it doesn't sound feasible, ask for more money for a different event to compensate
- Be sure to read up on what Finboard is looking for in a good application
- ASA Main Account: where we keep our own money
- Receiver of membership fees, pastry sale profits, profits from events that we charge tickets for; source of funds for t-shirts, food runs, non-Finboard funded events (senior dinner, retreats, etc.)
- Parsnip, the cashbox: IMPORTANT! We are technically not supposed to have a cashbox, but we do anyway, so don't run around talking about it to real adults
- Each year's exec board reserves the right to rename the cashbox
- Fed by the main account and needs to be kept moderately full ($500-$1000 is about right)
- Parsnip needs to be kept very safe. Ask someone for the combo.
- LEF/ARCADE: for large/cultural events
- Requires an annoying application and jumping through some hoops, so stay on top of it
