ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 10/2013

This is AYY’s association newsletter 10/2013. 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. Operational grants to arrive in association accounts during May
2. Association newsletter will be on a summer break after next week
3. Submit your association events for AYY’s pocket calendar now
4. Join the sailing demonstrations of Teekkari Sailors
5. KYL to publish a groundbreaking poem album in June
6. Participate in the making of Espoo Ciné festival!

1. OPERATIONAL GRANTS TO ARRIVE IN ASSOCIATION ACCOUNTS DURING MAY

AYY’s operational grants and increased grants have been paid in week 19. The grants should arrive in association accounts by the end of May. Any inquiries and additional questions may be presented to the organisational sector at jarjestosektori@ayy.fi.

2. ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER WILL BE ON A SUMMER BREAK AFTER NEXT WEEK

The association newsletter will be published once more on next week’s Friday, 24 May. After that, the newsletter will be on a summer break and will be published again in September. If you want to have your news or information about the summer events of your organisation included in the last newsletter, please submit your brief release to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi.

3.  SUBMIT YOUR ASSOCIATION EVENTS FOR AYY’S POCKET CALENDAR NOW

Associations and actors within AYY have the opportunity to submit important event dates for the student union’s academic year calendar. Events can be submitted through the Google Docs file linked below until Sunday, 26 May 2013. Please add your events under the correct month in chronological order. Please enter the text you want in the calendar ”Event name/Text” field (yellow background). Please note that one line can hold up the maximum of 25 characters of text, including spaces. When writing the text, please consider how many lines from  your own calendar you wish to be ”wasted”. The calendar is trilingual so please take this into account when planning the text.

If there are several events marked on the same date, the event that concerns most of the students will end up in the calendar. The file is editable until the provided deadline 26 May 2013, until which you can make changes to your events. Please fill out the columns carefully, and check and double check that the information is correct. Please also remember to include information on who is the organiser of the event.

Submit your event at: http://tinyurl.com/ayycalendar2013. Questions and comments to AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 5209440).

4. JOIN THE SAILING DEMONSTRATIONS OF TEEKKARI SAILORS

Are you interested in sailing? Would you like to try it out? Join the sailing demonstrations of Teekkari Sailors, more familiarly known as TRIP!

Sailing demonstrations are particularly designed for new students and other students interested in our activities who are not yet members of TRIP. Sailing demonstrations are free and you can participate without any previous sailing experience. Demonstrations are mostly organised in the evenings. Skipper and helmsman participate in the demonstration. 4-5 persons can participate in one demonstration where you raise the sails and sail adjacent waters for a few hours. Usually there is an opportunity to go ashore to an island or Suomenlinna.

Further information and registration link can be found by following the link to TRIP’s website: http://trip.ayy.fi/wordpress/?page_id=200. The entire TRIP Board cordially welcomes you to sail!

5. KYL TO PUBLISH A GROUNDBREAKING POEM ALBUM IN JUNE

In June, Helsinki Academic Male Choir (KYL) will publish a record consisting of male choir compositions based on poems of Larin-Kyösti. The album is groundbreaking in the Finnish choral scene, as its focus is solely on one poet’s lyrics and the expedition to the diverse stories of human life which they present.

The album release concert will be held at Aalto University School of Economics Hall (Runeberginkatu 14-16, Helsinki) on Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 7pm. Tickets (€15/10) can be purchased from Lippupalvelu (http://www.lippupalvelu.fi/artist/kyl-lippuja/873378), directly from the choir members or at the entrance before the event starts. As usual, the choir is conducted by Matti Apajalahti.

6. PARTICIPATE IN THE MAKING OF ESPOO CINÉ FESTIVAL!

Every year, a large group of volunteers participate in the making of Espoo Ciné Film Festival (16-25 Aug 2013), without whom the festival would simply not exist. Voluntary workers get to see the festival films for free, have free meals every day, get a staff t-shirt and the festival catalogue, as well as a letter of reference at request. And when the festival is over, there is a party for the volunteers. Many volunteers have such a good time that they come back year after year to build this warm-hearted festival together.

Join the hustle of the first film festival of the autumn, and go behind the scenes to look how the film festival with 25,000 visitors is organised. Tasks vary from ticket sales to info desk and decorating. You can participate as long as you are over 18-years old, have an active attitude and you are willing to sacrifice your time in good company. Help is needed particularly during the festival, but also a few weeks before it.

Further information and registration form are available at: http://www.espoocine.fi/2013/talkoolaiset.

WOULD YOU LIKE 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).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 9/2013. 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. Advance booking of facilities for the period 19 Aug 2013–12 Jan 2014 is ongoing
2. AYY decided on the operational grants for the year 2013
3. Submit your association events for AYY’s pocket calendar now
4. KYL to publish a groundbreaking poem album in June
5. A popular partner salsa course is here again!

1. ADVANCE BOOKING OF FACILITIES FOR THE PERIOD 19 AUG 2013–12 JAN 2014 IS ONGOING

The advance booking of facilities for the next autumn is approaching. This time, the reservation period is 19 Aug 2013‒12 Jan 2014. Everything works as previously. The schedule for the advance booking is as follows:

• 17 Apr‒24 Apr  AYY’s own actors
• 25 Apr‒3 May  Special status associations
• 4 May‒11 May Other associations
• 16 May             Advance booking event

The location of the advance booking event will be announced closer to the event. The advance booking form is available at http://yhdistykset.ayy.fi/tilakahmyt/. At the end of every booking phase, an excel sheet is added to AYY’s website, which shows the made reservations and overlapping bookings can be avoided in advance.

Further information is available at /syksyn-2013-tilakahmyt-jarjestetaan-huhti-toukokuussa/ (information on the site only in Finnish) and AYY’s Producer Tuomas Saloniemi (firstname.surname@ayy.fi, 050 520 9435).

2. AYY DECIDED ON THE OPERATIONAL GRANTS FOR THE YEAR 2013

The application period for AYY’s operational grants and increased grants took place during March and ended on 1 April 2013. AYY’s association sector went through the applications and based on the presentations of the sector, the Board made decisions on the grants at its meeting 19/2013 (Wednesday, 24 April 2013). The entire decisions are now available on AYY.fi at  /toiminta-avustukset-2013/. Associations that have applied for the grant have also been individually informed about the results and payment orders have been forwarded on Wednesday, 8 May. Therefore, the grant should appear on the association accounts soon.

At its meeting on Friday, 3 May, AYY Board decided that a separate application period for the operational grant will not be opened for associations which applied too late. Thus, the associations may apply for AYY’s operational grants next time in March 2014.

Any inquiries and additional questions can be addressed to the association sector at jarjestosektori@ayy.fi.

3. SUBMIT YOUR ASSOCIATION EVENTS FOR AYY’S POCKET CALENDAR NOW

Associations and actors within AYY have the opportunity to submit important event dates for the student union’s academic year calendar. Events can be submitted through the Google Docs file linked below until Sunday, 26 May 2013. Please add your events under the correct month in chronological order. Please enter the text you want in the calendar ”Event name/Text” field (yellow background). Please note that one line can hold up the maximum of 25 characters of text, including spaces. When writing the text, please consider how many lines from  your own calendar you wish to be ”wasted”. The calendar is trilingual so please take this into account when planning the text.

If there are several events marked on the same date, the event that concerns most of the students will end up in the calendar. The file is editable until the provided deadline 26 May 2013, until which you can make changes to your events. Please fill out the columns carefully, and check and double check that the information is correct. Please also remember to include information on who is organising the event.

Submit your event at: http://tinyurl.com/ayycalendar2013. Questions and comments to AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 5209440).

4. KYL TO PUBLISH A GROUNDBREAKING POEM ALBUM IN JUNE

In June, Helsinki Academic Male Choir (KYL) will publish a record consisting of male choir compositions based on poems of Larin-Kyösti. The album is groundbreaking in the Finnish choral scene, as its focus is solely on one poet’s lyrics and the expedition to the diverse stories of human life which they present.

The album release concert will be held at Aalto University School of Economics Hall (Runeberginkatu 14-16, Helsinki) on Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 7pm. Tickets (€15/10) can be purchased from Lippupalvelu (http://www.lippupalvelu.fi/artist/kyl-lippuja/873378), directly from the choir members or at the entrance before the event starts. As usual, the choir is conducted by Matti Apajalahti.

5. POPULAR PARTNER SALSA COURSE IS HERE AGAIN!

Try out the energetic dance which is inspired by Afro-Cuban dance and music traditions, as well as jazz and show dance. In the beginner’s course, we practise the most common salsa moves and techniques. The course includes five sessions, starting on Fri, 17 May 2013, 6pm-7.30pm. The next sessions will be organised on Mon 20 May, Fri 24 May, Mon 27 May and Fri 31 May, always at the same time. The course will be held in the multipurpose facilities at Jämeräntaival 3A in Otaniemi. The course price is €30 (member / non-member).

Further information on the course in Finnish is available at /parisalsan-tiiviskurssi/.

Further information on Polijazz dance courses on the website and Facebook group Polijazz ry https://www.facebook.com/groups/6361325263/?fref=ts.

WOULD YOU LIKE 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).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 8/2013. 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 decided on the operational grants for the year 2013
2. Advance booking of facilities to begin right after May Day
3. Still time to submit your events for AYY’s paper calendar
4. May Day events at wappu.fi

1. AYY DECIDED ON THE OPERATIONAL GRANTS FOR THE YEAR 2013

The application period for AYY’s operational grants and increased grants took place during March and ended on 1 April 2013. AYY’s association sector went through the applications and based on the presentations of the sector, the Board made decisions on the grants at its meeting 19/2013 (Wednesday, 24 April 2013). The entire decisions are now available on AYY.fi at  /toiminta-avustukset-2013/. The associations that have applied for the grant will also be individually informed about the results. Payments are made as soon as possible. Next week, AYY’s Board will decide how to act with associations that have forgotten to apply for the operational grant by the deadline.

Any inquiries and additional questions can be addressed to the association sector to the address jarjestosektori@ayy.fi.

2. ADVANCE BOOKING OF FACILITIES TO BEGIN RIGHT AFTER MAY DAY

The advance booking of facilities for the next autumn is approaching. This time, the reservation period is 19 Aug 2013‒12 Jan 2014. Everything works as previously. The schedule for the advance booking is as follows:

• 17 Apr‒24 Apr  AYY’s own actors
• 25 Apr‒3 May  Special status associations
• 4 May‒11 May Other associations
• 16 May             Advance booking event

The location of the advance booking event will be announced closer to the event. The advance booking form is available at http://yhdistykset.ayy.fi/tilakahmyt/. At the end of every booking phase, an excel sheet is added to AYY’s website, which shows the made reservations and overlapping bookings can be avoided in advance.

Further information is available at /syksyn-2013-tilakahmyt-jarjestetaan-huhti-toukokuussa/ (information on the site only in Finnish) and AYY’s Producer Tuomas Saloniemi (firstname.surname@ayy.fi, 050 520 9435).

3. STILL TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS FOR AYY’S PAPER CALENDAR 

Associations and actors within AYY have the opportunity to submit important event dates for the student union’s academic year calendar. Events can be submitted through the Google Docs file linked below until Sunday, 26 May 2013. Please add your events under the correct month in chronological order. Please enter the text you want in the calendar ”Event name/Text” field (yellow background). Please note that one line can hold up the maximum of 25 characters of text, including spaces. When writing the text, please consider how many lines from  your own calendar you wish to be ”wasted”. The calendar is trilingual so please take this into account when planning the text.

If there are several events marked on the same date, the event that concerns most of the students will end up in the calendar. The file is editable until the provided deadline 26 May 2013, until which you can make changes to your events. Please fill out the columns carefully, and check and double check that the information is correct. Please also remember to include information on who is organising the event.

Submit your event at: http://tinyurl.com/ayycalendar2013. Questions and comments to AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 5209440).

4. MAY DAY EVENTS AT WAPPU.FI

Please remember that wappu.fi site is open during the May Day period, where you can see all May Day events in one place. On the site, you can also conveniently publish any May Day events of your association.

WOULD YOU LIKE 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).  

This is AYY’s association newsletter 7/2013. If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your e-mail, please subscribe.

May Day is approaching and therefore this newsletter includes plenty of May Day information about Crazy John, badge sales, sitsi contest and Äpy deals. Wappu.fi site is open again. You can add your association’s May Day events to the calendar on the website.

Content of the newsletter

1. Badge sales on Monday 15 Apr and Thursday 25 Apr
2. Sitsi contest on Saturday, 27 Apr
3. Make your own Äpy deal at diili.apy.fi
4. Remember to report your association events for AYY’s pocket calendar 2013-2014

1. BADGE SALES ON MONDAY 15 APR AND THURSDAY 25 APR  

May Day is gradually approaching and it is the best time to earn some extra funds for your association. Teekkari Section will arrange badge sales in front of Hall M on Monday, 15 Apr and in connection with Akateeminen Wartti on Thursday, 25 Apr. In the event, we sell your badges at the prices that you have determined. All income from the event comes directly to you (-5 % to cover cash flow costs and losses) and you will naturally get back all the unsold badges. The maximum number of badges is 50. The maximum number for guild badges and other popular badges is 100.

Your share in all of this is as simple as Äpy sales.

• Fill out the form below: https://lomake.ayy.fi/teekkarijaosto/merkkimyynti-badge-sales/
• Arrive at Lämppäri (Lämpömiehenkuja 2) and head to Valtakunta, where you return the form that you have filled in (http://www.tinyurl.com/merkkimyynti) and deliver badges for sale (separate different ones) in a cardboard box available in the room.

Badges delivered before 13 Apr will be sold on 15 Apr. The official DL is 19 Apr, so badges delivered before that and those left from the previous sales will be sold on 25 Apr. You will get your badges back when the persons in charge of badge sales recovers from May Day celebrations.

Please note that there is also possibilty to bring your badges to the AYY central office (Lämpömiehenkuja 2) on Sunday 14.4. from 3pm to 6pm. The doors are locked so call +358 503011931 (Kim Kavander) or +358 407276021 (Juha Jokela) and we come to open the door.

Income from badge sales are paid by bank transfer to the association’s account. In other words, a private person’s badges cannot be sold. Due to the system used by AYY, the account provided by the association must be an account of the association and not a private person’s account.

2. SITSI CONTEST AT ALVARI SQUARE ON SATURDAY, 27 APR

On May Day week’s Saturday, 27 Apr, the sitsi contest fills the Alvari Square! In this traditional  celebration, you have the freedom to let your imagination run wild and execute your wildest fantasies. Will your team have the best idea, atmosphere and implementation this May Day? Who will raise the concept of sitsit to a new dimension? To harness the unlimited potential of your academic feast, please proceed as follows:

1. Gather a group of enthusiastic participants
2. Create a marvelous feast with a theme, setting and catering
3. Register your team for the competition by Wednesday, 24 Apr, 11.59pm here
4. Implementation at Alvari Square on Satuday, 27 Apr, from 2pm onwards!

A prestigious jury will elect both the winners and teams that receive an honorable mention. The awards ceremony will take place in the declaration of May Day celebrations on 30 Apr.

Please remember – the most important part of this contest is a good atmosphere and that Alvari is left tidy.

3. MAKE YOUR OWN ÄPY DEAL AT DIILI.APY.FI

Have you dreamed of making the Äpy deal, as a member of Athene would dream of a new Apple product or a chemist student of a larger fermentor? Well, of course you have!

The wait is over, as Äpy’s deal machine is now here. Take your first steps towards Äpy millions and navigate to diili.apy.fi to tailor a suitable deal for yourself or your group of friends. Have a nice trip!

Please keep in mind that you can sign or make your deal at Äpy service point already from this date onwards every Tuesday and Thursday in the main building at 10am-12noon and on Wednesdays at Täffä’s spaghetti queue between 11am-1pm.

4. REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR ASSOCIATION’S EVENTS FOR AYY’S POCKET CALENDAR 2013-2014

Associations and actors within AYY have the opportunity to submit important event dates for the student union’s academic year calendar. Events can be submitted through the google docs file linked below until Sunday, 26 May 2013. Please add your events under the correct month in chronological order. Please enter the text you want in the calendar ”Event name/Text” field (yellow background). Please note that one line can hold up the maximum of 25 characters of text, including spaces. When writing the text, please consider how many lines from  your own calendar you wish to be ”wasted”. The calendar is trilingual so please take this into account when planning the text.

If there are several events marked on the same date, the event that concerns most of the students will end up in the calendar. The file is editable until the provided deadline 26 May 2013, until which you can make changes to your events. Please fill out the columns carefully, and check and double check that the information is correct. Please also remember to include information on who is organising the event.

Submit your events in here.

Questions and comments to AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 5209440).

WOULD YOU LIKE 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).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 6/2013. If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your e-mail, please subscribe.

May Day is approaching and therefore this newsletter includes plenty of May Day information about Crazy John, badge sales, sitsi contest and Äpy deals. Wappu.fi site is open again. You can add your association’s May Day events to the calendar on the website.

Content of the newsletter

1. Badge sales on Monday 15 Apr and Thursday 25 Apr
2. Crazy John checkpoints
3. AYY Shop to open – associations have the opportunity to have their own items for sale
4. Sitsi contest on Saturday, 27 Apr
5. Make your own Äpy deal at diili.apy.fi
6. Remember to report your association events for AYY’s pocket calendar 2013-2014
7. Intensive yoga courses at Polijazz

1. BADGE SALES ON MONDAY 15 APR AND THURSDAY 25 APR  

May Day is gradually approaching and it is the best time to earn some extra funds for your association. Teekkari Section will arrange badge sales in front of Hall M on Monday, 15 Apr and in connection with Akateeminen Wartti on Thursday, 25 Apr. In the event, we sell your badges at the prices that you have determined. All income from the event comes directly to you (-5 % to cover cash flow costs and losses) and you will naturally get back all the unsold badges. The maximum number of badges is 50. The maximum number for guild badges and other popular badges is 100.

Your share in all of this is as simple as Äpy sales.

• Fill out the form below: https://lomake.ayy.fi/teekkarijaosto/merkkimyynti-badge-sales/
• Arrive at Lämppäri (Lämpömiehenkuja 2) and head to Valtakunta, where you return the form that you have filled in (http://www.tinyurl.com/merkkimyynti) and deliver badges for sale (separate different ones) in a cardboard box available in the room.

Badges delivered before 13 Apr will be sold on 15 Apr. The official DL is 19 Apr, so badges delivered before that and those left from the previous sales will be sold on 25 Apr. You will get your badges back when the persons in charge of badge sales recovers from May Day celebrations.

Please note that there is also possibilty to bring your badges to the AYY central office (Lämpömiehenkuja 2) on Sunday 14.4. from 3pm to 6pm. The doors are locked so call +358 503011931 (Kim Kavander) or +358 407276021 (Juha Jokela) and we come to open the door.

Income from badge sales are paid by bank transfer to the association’s account. In other words, a private person’s badges cannot be sold. Due to the system used by AYY, the account provided by the association must be an account of the association and not a private person’s account.

2. CRAZY JOHN CHECKPOINTS

May Day will be here surprisingly soon and the traditional long-awaited Crazy John event is also approaching! At the event, teams of 4-10 people go around Otaniemi, performing a series of checkpoints and competing for the title of ”the craziest bunch of engineering students”. The question is: would your association like to arrange a checkpoint for the event?

If you are interested and would like to organise a checkpoint in Otaniemi and have a great time at the same time, please register in here by Friday, 19 Apr. If your association does not have a club room and you would like to arrange a checkpoint indoors, please contact us as soon as possible, and we will try to provide the necessary facilities.

Revision: What, where, when?

• Time: 29 Apr 2013, 10pm-1am, after the opening shot of the night prank
• Location: Around Otaniemi
• Concept: Groups of friends tour checkpoints in Otaniemi battling for the title of ”the craziest bunch of engineering students”. The winner will be published in the declaration of May Day celebrations.

As a bonus, we offer one free rental of Otaranta rooftop sauna in the next summer or autumn for the association which arranges the best checkpoint! For further information, please contact Teekkari Culture Directors (juha.jokela@ayy.fi and kim.kavander@ayy.fi). Registered associations will receive further information later.

3. AYY SHOP TO OPEN SOON – ASSOCIATIONS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR OWN ITEMS FOR SALE

AYY’s new online store AYY Shop will open in the second half of April. Associations operating within AYY have the opportunity to have their own products for sale in the new online store.

Read the entire newsletter for associations at ayy.fi. (in Finnish)

4. SITSI CONTEST AT ALVARI SQUARE ON SATURDAY, 27 APR

On May Day week’s Saturday, 27 Apr, the sitsi contest fills the Alvari Square! In this traditional  celebration, you have the freedom to let your imagination run wild and execute your wildest fantasies. Will your team have the best idea, atmosphere and implementation this May Day? Who will raise the concept of sitsit to a new dimension? To harness the unlimited potential of your academic feast, please proceed as follows:

1. Gather a group of enthusiastic participants
2. Create a marvelous feast with a theme, setting and catering
3. Register your team for the competition by Wednesday, 24 Apr, 11.59pm here
4. Implementation at Alvari Square on Satuday, 27 Apr, from 2pm onwards!

A prestigious jury will elect both the winners and teams that receive an honorable mention. The awards ceremony will take place in the declaration of May Day celebrations on 30 Apr.

Please remember – the most important part of this contest is a good atmosphere and that Alvari is left tidy.

5. MAKE YOUR OWN ÄPY DEAL AT DIILI.APY.FI

Have you dreamed of making the Äpy deal, as a member of Athene would dream of a new Apple product or a chemist student of a larger fermentor? Well, of course you have!

The wait is over, as Äpy’s deal machine is now here. Take your first steps towards Äpy millions and navigate to diili.apy.fi to tailor a suitable deal for yourself or your group of friends. Have a nice trip!

Please keep in mind that you can sign or make your deal at Äpy service point already from this date onwards every Tuesday and Thursday in the main building at 10am-12noon and on Wednesdays at Täffä’s spaghetti queue between 11am-1pm.

6. REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR ASSOCIATION’S EVENTS FOR AYY’S POCKET CALENDAR 2013-2014

Associations and actors within AYY have the opportunity to submit important event dates for the student union’s academic year calendar. Events can be submitted through the google docs file linked below until Sunday, 26 May 2013. Please add your events under the correct month in chronological order. Please enter the text you want in the calendar ”Event name/Text” field (yellow background). Please note that one line can hold up the maximum of 25 characters of text, including spaces. When writing the text, please consider how many lines from  your own calendar you wish to be ”wasted”. The calendar is trilingual so please take this into account when planning the text.

If there are several events marked on the same date, the event that concerns most of the students will end up in the calendar. The file is editable until the provided deadline 26 May 2013, until which you can make changes to your events. Please fill out the columns carefully, and check and double check that the information is correct. Please also remember to include information on who is organising the event.

Submit your events in here.

Questions and comments to AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 5209440).

7. INTENSIVE YOGA COURSES AT POLIJAZZ

Try out Vinyasa Flow yoga in the intensive courses of Polijazz in May! Classes are suitable for both beginners and those who have practiced yoga before.

Course description: Vinyasa refers to Hatha yoga technique, where breathing is used to rhythm the yoga practice. Asanas are bound together in a continuous series along with the breathing rhythm. In Vinyasa Flow classes, we get familiar with flowing, energetic and dynamic form of yoga, including sun salutations. We go through a few pranayama breathing exercises and meditation techniques. However, the basis of the class is a meaningful and challenging asana series.

You will need flexible, comfortable clothing and a yoga mat.

Course in May (total of 2 x 2h):

• Fri, 10 May, 4.30pm-6.30pm Multi-purpose facilities (Jämeräntaival 3A).
• Sat, 11 May, 12noon-2pm Otahalli mirror hall (Otaranta 6).

Price €15 per course (member/non-member).

The course instructor Mathilda Kurki is a trained dancer who got into the world of yoga for the first time at the age of 12, encouraged by her dance teacher at that time. She graduated as yoga instructor in 2010, when completing the instructor training of Yoga Nordic. Since 2010, Mathilda has been teaching yoga in Finland, Spain and India, and currently works as an instructor at Yoga Nordic Helsinki studio. Mathilda searches inspiration for her classes from various forms of yoga, such as Ashtanga, Yin yoga and Iyengar yoga.

Sign up for the yoga courses on Polijazz website.

Further information on Polijazz dance courses is available on the website and Facebook group Polijazz ry.

WOULD YOU LIKE 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).    

This is AYY’s association newsletter 4/2013. 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. Submitting of association notices and the application period of the operating grant 2013
2. May Day events in AYY
3. Submit your event for AYY’s academic year calendar 2013-2014
4. Briefing for tenants and leaseholders: Jämeräntaival 1

The submitting of AYY’s association notices and the application period for the operating grant is ongoing and will end on Monday, 1 April. All associations approved in the first list of AYY’s association register may apply for the operating grant. Associations in the second list of the association register and those associations which do not apply for financial assistance this year only have to fill out the association notice section at the beginning of the application form. Please note that each association in AYY’s association register must submit at least one association notice. If the association notice is not submitted in two consecutive years, the association will be removed from AYY’s association register.

The application form is available at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus-2013/. Further information on the application is available at /apurahat-yhdistyksille/, which includes the scoring model used for the allocation of the operating grants and the grant amounts of the previous year. You should also bear in mind that the prerequisite for the operating grant is the association profile at AYY.fi, and the associations are responsible for updating their profiles. If you have lost your user name or otherwise need help with updating your profile, you can send e-mail to jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. At the same address, you can receive additional information and help with the association notice and the operating grant application. You can also contact us by phone at 050 520 9442. The best time to reach the organisation specialist by phone is on weekdays from 10am to 2pm.

2. MAY DAY EVENTS IN AYY

May Day is approaching fast and associations have asked many questions about May Day events. Wappu.fi site, administered by AYY, is being updated and will open in early April. The site includes

the traditional May Day calendar which includes information about all updated AYY’s events. This year, all associations have the opportunity to update their own public May Day events to the calendar. More information will follow when the site is opened.

Below are  AYY’s May Day events:

• Tue, 9 Apr Café Lingua
• Mon, 15 Apr Badge sales
• Fri, 19 Apr Directorate football
• Fri, 19 Apr–Mon 22 Apr Hitchball 4000
• Mon, 22 Apr Teekkari cap 120 years
• Wed, 24 Apr MP3 experiment
• Thu, 25 Apr Akateeminen Wartti, Badge sales
• Sat, 27 Apr Sitsi contest
• Mon, 29 Apr Freshmen spex, YJ starting event, Hullu-Jussi
• Tue, 30 Apr Distribution of caps, declaration of May Day celebrations, May Day party
• Wed, 1 May Everyone is cheerful at Ullanlinnanmäki

3. SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS FOR AYY’S ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2013–2014

Associations and actors within AYY have the opportunity to submit important event dates for the student union’s academic year calendar. Events can be submitted through the Google Docs file linked below until Sunday, 26 May 2013. Please add your events under the correct month in chronological order. Please enter the text you want in the calendar ”Event name/Text” field (yellow background). Please note that one line can hold up the maximum of 25 characters of text, including spaces. When writing the text, please consider how many lines from  your own calendar you wish to be ”wasted”. The calendar is trilingual so please take this into account when planning the text.

If there are several events marked on the same date, the event that concerns most of the students will end up in the calendar. The file is editable until the provided deadline 26 May 2013, until which you can make changes to your events. Please fill out the columns carefully, and check and double check that the information is correct. Please also remember to include information on who is organising the event.

Submit your event at: http://tinyurl.com/ayycalendar2013

Questions and comments to AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 5209440).

 4. BRIEFING FOR TENANTS AND LEASEHOLDERS: JÄMERÄNTAIVAL 1

The building Jämeräntaival 1 will be renovated. The renovation will mainly consist of updating the HVAC systems of the building and improving the equipment in the bathrooms and the shared apartment common kitchens.

The renovation will be done in three partitions. The partition being renovated won’t be in normal accommodation use while the work is in progress. The contractor will determine the order in which the partitions will be renovated. The total duration of the renovation will be approximately 12 months and the work will begin in October 2013.

Because of the renovation, the leases of the tenants have to be terminated in stages. The leases will be terminated using 6 months notice period.

The tenants who will have to move out because of the renovation will be offered an option to move into another AYY shared apartment in Teekkari Village. More info about applying for the replacement apartment and information about the renovation in general can be read here: http://tinyurl.com/JMT1-peruskorjaus.

A briefing will be organized for all the tenants and leaseholders of the Jämeräntaival 1 about the renovation. The briefing will be held on Tuesday 26.3.2013 at 17:00-18:00 in the big side of Otakaari 20. There will be representatives of AYY and the contractor present to tell more about the renovation and answer questions.

WOULD YOU LIKE 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).