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Duties, Powers Well Defined

The new student will find that the powers and duties of individual executive members are well defined.

President—He is in charge of Association activities, chairman of the Executive and Finance Committee, ex-offlcio member of all sub-committees and ex-officio member Student Union Management Committee.

Men's Vice-President/Women's Vice-President—No specific duties are laid down for these positions, except that in the absence of the President, they act Jointly after consultation. One is usually NZUSA Corresponding Member, and Vice-Presidents are often called on to chair any ad hoc sub-committees. Association officers are members (without voting rights—unless otherwise stipulated) of all sub-committees and the Vice-Presidents usually divide these between them so that at least one attends all meetings. This is especially helpful if the Vice-Presidents have previous Executive experience.

Secretary—Overall supervision of correspondence, minutes filing, etc. The mechanical duties are in the hands of the Office Secretary, who is responsible to this officer in the first instance.

Treasurer—Responsible for all Association finance. On election, the Treasurer must have been credited with Accounting II. The Treasurer has power to delegate at sub-committee level.

The above five members constitute the officers of the Association.

Capping Controller—Chairman of the Capping Committee (q.v.).

Social Controller—Chairman of the Social Committee (q.v.). and provides general help and advice to affiliated clubs on social functions.

Sports Representative—Usually chairman of Sports Committee and Sports Council. (Sports Council elect their own chairman and committee just prior to the Executive elections), chairman of Blues Committee, Senior Delegate to NZUSU. and responsible for liaison between Sports Clubs and Executive.

Publications Officer—Chairman of Publications Committee (q.v.).

Cultural Affairs Representative—Chairman of Cultural Affairs Committee and Arts Council, responsible for Cultural Club liaison with Executive. For these purposes, all non-sports clubs and societies are termed 'Cultural.'

Public Relations Officer—Chairman of Public Relations Committee and responsible for Press statements in conjunction with the President.

Chairman of Men's House Committee/Chairman of Women's House Committee—These work together at present with one house committee.

Accountant—Has speaking rights at meetings to advise the Executive on financial matters. In practice over the years his services and mature advice have extended well beyond the sphere of finance.