Association Newsletter for the week 46/2014

This is AYY’s association newsletter for the week 46/2014. If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your e-mail, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

CONTENT OF THE NEWSLETTER
1. AYY’s association training at 5pm on 3 December
2. Participate in the organising of students’ Finnish Championships 2015!
3. Earn risk-free and effortless money for your association by selling PK’s Christmas concert tickets

1. AYY’S ASSOCIATION TRAINING AT 5PM ON 3 DECEMBER
AYY’s association training will be organised at Espoo Design Factory (Betonimiehentie 5) at 5pm on 3 Dec. The training is intended for old and new operators in the member associations of AYY’s association register. There is also information for those who are interested in organisational activities or consider the establishment of a new association. Training is suitable both for beginners in association activities and more experienced actors. The training session will be organised in Finnish.

The training session addresses, among other things, general association activities, AYY’s services, meeting technique and communications. In order to keep our minds working, we also provide snacks and refreshments.

Initial programme:
Common programme for everyone, 5pm-6.30pm

Introduction to association activities: the Board’s responsibility, the annucal calendar of the association, interpretation of rules
AYY’s services and communications in Aalto community
Operating grants for associations
TTE-Fund grants
Internationality and trilingualism in associations
Equality in associations

Specialised group-specific programme, 6.45pm-8pm
Group 1: Rules and responsibilities, meeting technique and documents, duties and responsibilities of the Board
Particularly useful for chairpersons, vice chairpersons, secretaries and new association actors
Group 2: Event marketing and association communications
Particularly useful for communications officers, persons in charge of communications and event organisers
Group 3: Financial management in associations
Particularly for treasurers, both former and current, as well as chairpersons

You can sign up for the training session at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/yhdistyskoulutus-2014/. Please register in advance in order to confirm the amount of refreshments and evaluate the need for space. In addition, advance information on participants will help the speakers’ preparation. You can also include special requests for the training content: the earlier, the better.

Please note that the training will be held in Finnish.

2. PARTICIPATE IN THE ORGANISING OF THE STUDENTS FINNISH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015!
Gather a team in your association and organise the students Finnish Championships 2015 in your sport! In recent years, the championships have been organised in floorball, football, volleyball, baseball, ultimate, marathon, ice hockey, American football and many other sports. Sports try-outs and other easily approachable exercises have also been organised during the championships.

The Board of the Finnish Student Sports Federation grants the status of the students’ Finnish championships based on applications. We kindly ask those who wish to organise the students’ Finnish championships to get to know the new OSM rules (will enter into force on 1 Jan 2015) and fill out the application form. The application form and a brief project plan must be delivered to OLL no later than 11pm on 15 Dec 2014. You can send the forms to: jenny.soderman(at)oll.fi

Further information on the contests, new OSM rules and the application form are available at: http://www.oll.fi/tapahtumat/opiskelijoiden-sm-kisat/

3. EARN RISK-FREE AND EFFORTLESS MONEY FOR YOUR ASSOCIATION BY SELLING PK’S CHRISTMAS CONCERT TICKETS
114-year-old Polytech Choir will organise two Christmas concerts on Thursday, 18 Dec. This year, PK offers the associations the opportunity to sell concert tickets and platinum Christmas records on commission. This is an easy and well-proven way to collect money: concerts organised for more than twenty years are known as high quality events.

Commission for concert ticket sales is €6, regardless of the ticket type, and you get an additional commission of €1 for the selling of the Christmas record. Selling is very risk-free and effortless from the viewpoint of associations. Selling takes place on the online shop of the Christmas concert and there is no minimum number for the tickets or records to be sold. The association does not even have to record the number of the sold tickets and records, as this is also handled through the online shop.

Please register your association by sending a message to joulukonsertti@polyteknikkojenkuoro.fi, which includes your association name and bank account number. In the response message, you get additional instructions and an individual seller code for your association. You do not commit to anything by sending a message!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Please send a brief text by Wednesday, 10am, to the address tiedotteet@ayy.fi. The news will be translated so you can submit your text in one language. The content of the newsletter is ultimately edited by AYY’s Organisation and Communications Specialist Kati Penttinen (kati.penttinen@ayy.fi, tel: 050 520 9442).