Manifesto for Male/Non-binary Social Secretary for SHUSNOW
Hey, my names Hugh Cross, I’m 20 years old and am studying business & enterprise management. I’ve been skiing since the age of 4 and have skied in France, Italy, and Austria. I am applying to be the social secretary for SHUSNOW over the next academic year 2022/23. I have been on the Tignes trip winning jerry 2-3 times and will hopefully naturally beat my record of 2-3 in Andorra.
The reason I want to be social secretary for SHUSNOW is that since I joined the society at the start of the year, I’ve looked forward to every single night-out with the society only missing a couple. I think that society socials are something you can only experience at university, and I’d love to jump in and incorporate new types of socials. Not to mention I have unconditional love for the society and the people that have made it what it is today.
- I’d love to try and host more sober friendly nights
- I’d like to also try to utilise some of our sponsors more such as Bloo 88 using their upstairs room for events such as Mario Kart night where people pay a small fee to compete and win prizes, another bingo night (more charitable events) and maybe a make your own pizza night using bloo’s pizza oven.
- I’d like to try and get better deals from our current sponsorships such as Molly Malones so instead of not only getting money back into the society, I want to try get the drinks discounted and we dominate the spot on Mondays.
- I’d like to be as democratic as possible. What I mean by this is giving people the opportunity to vote for a certain night out a theme etc, receiving feedback and being open with members about what went well and even better if. Essentially wanting to be as inclusive as possible.
- Working more closely with SheffSki building a closer relationship to them for kings and varsity.
- I’d like to bring back the social semester calendar with the media & designer
- I’d like to re-introduce the mum and dad scheme and maintain it through the whole year
- I’d like to try and get small business cards with our drinking games on that we give to members
- Maintain SHUSNOW’s greatness a lot of the organisation & socials are already fantastic
- Include all my character attributes to the role e.g. inclusivity, friendless and more
- Finally, I’d like to eradicate the hierarchy between the freshers and the alumni as it doesn’t tie into my inclusive and democratic approach to the role
I believe that I will be able to carry out all my ambitions due to my organisational skills in which I will work with the female & non-binary social secretary planning the socials in advance, using my people & networking skills to try and build stronger connections with the current sponsorships and be very welcoming and social with all the new & current members of the society. I believe also that my creativity will be a strong attribute as I will be able to think outside the box of ways to include people and think of new & unique socials. I would like to say that I’m outgoing which is important as I want to bring people up on a night out and hype them up and invite them on the dance floor for example. Lastly, I feel that I can be a friendly and welcoming face to any new members and can make them feel at home with SHUSNOW and make them want to come back.