This is AYY’s association newsletter 18/2011. If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset. Instructions on using the association newsletter can be found at the end of this newsletter.
Only 13 days to AYY’s association training! Now is the time to sign up at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/yhdistyskoulutus-8-12-2011/
IN THIS WEEK’S ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
- Next Stop AYY – application for volunteer positions is ongoing!
- Sign up for AYY’s association training
- Torchlight procession of Independence Day
- Sport Smökki on 7 December
- Advance booking of one-time rental premises is approaching
1. NEXT STOP AYY – APPLICATION FOR VOLUNTEER POSITIONS IS ONGOING!
Operate in the Student Union’s delegation, committee or body? AYY provides versatile duties for those who are interested in the community, culture, internationality, student advocacy, sports, culture of engineering students, communications or corporate relations.
The sections form the core of the volunteer work in the Student Union, acting directly as part of the various sectors. With their hard work, delegation members do the most visible activities in AYY, which is rewarded with memorable experiences, new skills and friends. The sections include
Aava, Aura, Aalto-Liike, Kopojory, Group X, International Section and TJ. Find out what is behind the mystery names and find your own group!
Committees are an easy and fun way to participate in the student union activities and gain experience from more specific fields. Activities include various events, events arranged for new students and development cooperation.
The application for the position of the chairperson in the sections will end on 2 Dec and for the majority of other positions on 7 Dec.
Hint: If you are interested in developing AYY’s association field into a more interactive direction, you can do it as a volunteer organisation agent in Aalto Community Section Aava 😉
More information: www.ayy.fi/stop
2. SIGN UP FOR AYY’S ASSOCIATION TRAINING
Already 60 associations have signed up for AYY’s association training arranged on 8 December. The training day is approaching fast and now is the high time to sign up. It is particularly important that the old association members recommend the association training for the new members elected in the autumn meetings. The association training offers them a natural start to the association activities.
Please sign up at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/yhdistyskoulutus-8-12-2011/. Unfortunately, the form is only available in Finnish, but those who use other languages can sign up by email at jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. If several people whose language is other than Finnish sign up, we will also arrange training in English.
3. TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY
The torchlight procession of university students in the metropolitan area was arranged for the first time in 1951, in the year of death of Marshal C. G.E. Mannerheim. The procession still follows the
route of Marshal’s funeral procession to the opposite direction, starting from Hietaniemi Cemetery and ending at Senate Square.
Today, the torchlight procession is organised by four student unions: the Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY), Student Union of Sibelius Academy (SAY), Svenska handelhögskolans studentkår (SHS) and Aalto University Student Union (AYY). The student unions also work in close cooperation with the Cadet Union of National Defence University. The representatives of the Cadet Union carry the main flag of the procession.
In 2011, flags will consist of Luolamiehet, Otaniemi community of engineering studnets. In 2010, the flags consisted of forestry students of the University of Helsinki, in 2009 of the students of Economics, in 2008 of female engineering students from Otaniemi and in 2007 of the members of the Cadet Union.
University students are welcome to participate in the event at Heroes’ Cross and the torchlight procession itself. The meeting places of the largest organisations are marked along the birch alley leading to the cemetery. Other students may join the procession in the instructed location after the flags.
Further information is available at http://itsenaisyyspaiva.ayy.fi/fi/
4. SPORT SMÖKKI ON 7 DECEMBER
Would you like to try out your skills in table ice hockey or sumo wrestling? Or relax in a sauna after a game or a match? Who is Aleksi Airinen? SporttiSmökki answers all those questions and even the meaning of life.
Sport Smökki is a sport-minded event arranged by AYY’s sports section Aalto-Liike at Smökki on Wednesday following the Independence Day. In the event, several Aalto championships are competed, ranging from Kinect to NHL 2012 games.
In addition, there will be performances and workshops on footbag, beatboxing and massage, among other things.
See the more detailed schedule: http://users.tkk.fi/~lorkonev/sporttismokki/aikataulu.html.
The event is free and open to all Aalto members and their friends. We also offer sport drinks for the first participants and the first 100 to arrive will also get a free overall badge! Free food will be provided at 6pm!
You can play with your friends between competitions and performances. All games can be freely used outside the competitions, so you can just show up and have a good time. You can also play board and card games as well as old playstation hits.
More information at: http://users.tkk.fi/~lorkonev/sporttismokki/index.html.
5. ADVANCE BOOKING OF ONE-TIME RENTAL PREMISES IS APPROACHING
In November-December, the associations can book AYY’s one-time rental facilities and the van in advance for the next spring and the summer. AYY provides one-time rental sauna and meeting facilities which the associations can book in advance. More information on the facilities is available at /jasenille/tilojen-vuokraaminen/.
The deadline for the reservations is 11 Dec and the final booking event will be arranged on 14 Dec. More information will be provided in the association newsletter next week.
DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?
Please send a brief text by Wednesday, 10am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated so you can submit your text in Finnish. The contents of the newsletter are ultimately edited by AYY’s Specialist in Organisational Affairs and Communications Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi, tel. 050 520 9442).