Here is a list of executive positions for next year and their descriptions:
- Co-Directors: Set vision for the group, delegate tasks to the executive team, closely monitor activities and events, keep a close connection with other departments on campus, look for resources, represent VSA on campus, resolve internal and external issues if needed, provide support to other executive members if needed.
- Internal Affairs Coordinator: Oversees the budget for the current year and proposes a budget for the following year. In charge of getting the necessary funds for events throughout the year and allocating those funds to necessary components for successful events.
- External Affairs Coordinator: Manage VSA’s outreach and public relations, including weekly emails, website postings, and maintain an online presence for the group. During bigger events or fundraiser events, ensure posters are printed and distributed, send out emails to different listservs on campus (and off if relevant), write press releases, promoting events via social networks, and spread word of mouth in general.
- Programs Coordinator: Schedule dates and times and book rooms for VSA for Kids (usually biweekly meetings); maintain connections with families and send out reminders ahead of time, invite families to events; write POs for and purchase food for VSA for Kids events, send out invitations to all other ASUO programs, plan out the day’s lesson and activities.
- Media Coordinator: As a media coordinator, you are responsible for updating and maintaining all the visual components of VSA’s social networking sites and the website itself. There’s minimal CIS knowledge required in operating the VSA website. You will also need to be present in VSA’s events to document them visually via camera and/or video. This also means you are in charge of designing posters, banners, flyers, and any required graphics/advertisement pertaining to the events. Therefore, being fairly knowledgeable or familiar with one or more programs in the Adobe Creative Suite will come in handy. We all work as a team, so be ready to oversee, critique, give possible suggestions for improvement, and be dedicated. All in all, have fun & be creative!
All positions require executives to attend weekly meetings and any other events that VSA is organizing, including but not limited to, fundraisers, Fall Reception, Culture Night, Spring Speaker Event, and Pho Night. While we understand that each and every one of us are busy with school, work, and (hopefully) social lives, these positions are demanding and we recommend that candidates consider their time commitments before running. Nevertheless, we aim to support one another in the process of organizing events and help each other grow along the way. Each year’s VSA is different from the last, and we do offer that flexibility for the team to start new events or bring more people, and, after all, VSA is what you make of it.
We’ll be taking nominations this Thursday (May 16th) and over email up until 10PM on Tuesday next week (May 21nd). One person can be nominated for two positions, however, you need to decide on the ONE position you’re running for up until 10PM on Tuesday (May 21nd).
Folks who are running for co-directors, you will need to meet with DC and Thao to talk about some VSA details so that you’re more aware of VSA’s history and details on Wednesday evening.
If you have questions regarding any of the positions, here are the execs’ positions and contact information:
Thao Bui (Co-Director) – thaominhb@gmail.com
DC Nguyen (Co-Director) – duychi@uoregon.edu
David Nguyen (Internal Affairs Coordinator) – dnguyen7@uoregon.edu
Tran Dinh (External Affairs Coordinator) – trand@uoregon.edu
Vicky Zhu (Programs Coordinator) – vzhu@uoregon.edu
Jiana Zhan (Media Coordinator) – jzhan@uoregon.edu
Cheerios!