Here comes the first association newsletter of the autumn! If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

This week’s association newsletter includes information on AYY’s upcoming association training,  Campus Expo and the Night at the Campus event at Senate Square.

1. Respond to AYY’s association training inquiry
2. Join the Night at the Campus event at Senate Square – sign up by Tue, 4 Sept
3. Join the Campus Expo
4. Apply for the position of student representative in administration
5. New membership benefit of Hertz for AYY members
6. Welcome to the scouts – presentation of scouting activities on 25 Sept
   

1. RESPOND TO AYY’S ASSOCIATION TRAINING INQUIRY   

Again this year, AYY’s organisational sector organises training for old and new association operators in the autumn and winter. Now we are interested to hear what kind of training you think you will need. You can respond to the brief inquiry at here. You can also send feedback and requests by email to jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi

2. JOIN THE NIGHT AT THE CAMPUS EVENT AT SENATE SQUARE – SIGN UP BY TUE, 4 SEPT

Is there something you have always wanted to do at Senate Square? Come and do it with your organisation! On Monday, 10 Sept, 5pm-10.30pm, we will organise Night at the Campus event related to World Student Capital project, where students take over Senate Square. The event will include performers, tents, food stalls and all kinds of other activities!

We also want to give organisations and student groups the opportunity to have a memorable evening. At the square, there will be marquees for organisations and a separate platform for various theatre groups and other performers. MIAU, a band which performed at Flow Festival, will perform on the big stage, and there are also discussions on issues related to students. So you can organise pop up theatre, discussions, competitions or tug of war, for example. Anything that describes your organisation well or something where you are good. Almost everything is possible!

Please sign up no later than 10am on 4 Sept through the form which is available at  https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/36357/lomake.html .

For further information, please contact Matti Lehto (matti.lehto@hyy.fi, 050 325 8041). The event is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/401079883271094/

PS. Is your calendar full and you have no time? Write down Night at the Campus event in the event calendar of your organisation and bring your freshmen and other members to this greatest student city festival of the autumn! Make this event your own and come together to have fun!

World Student Capital is the joint design capital project of the University of Helsinki and the student unions and cities in the metropolitan area, made by students for students.

3. JOIN THE CAMPUS EXPO

This year, AYY’s Campus Expo will be organised in Töölö on Monday, 17 Sept and in Otaniemi on Tue, 18 Sept-Wed, 19 Sept. Campus Expo in Arabianranta was already celebrated in connection with the orientation of new students.

In Campus Expo, you can present your association activities to new students, sell overall badges and make new acquaintances. A special feature of this year is that an evening event is organised in Töölö on Monday and on the first Otaniemi Day. The idea is that you can invite new members to get to know your club and sauna facilities. Your association may participate in one or more days.

During the day, display stands will be available between 10am-2pm. Stands include a table and a chair but associations must bring other material by themselves. Registration is open in here, but if you need any additional information, you can get it touch with the organiser of the Campus Expo  Maiju Tompuri maiju.tompuri@ayy.fi.

Campus Expo schedule:

Mon, 17 Sept, the 1^st day of the expo: daytime, Töölö

Tue, 18 Sept, the 2^nd day of the expo: daytime, the former main building in Otaniemi. In the evening, there is an opportunity to book a few club rooms where you can organise fun association activities which you can promote during the day.

Wed, 19 Sept, the 3^rd day of the expo: daytime, the former main building in Otaniemi. The World on Campus event is organised by the internationality section in the evening.

4. APPLY FOR THE POSITION OF STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN ADMINISTRATION

AYY is looking for student representatives for the organs at the School of Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and School of Economics.

Call for applications:

• /blog/2012/08/17/hakukuulutus-insinooritieteiden-korkeakoulun-hallinnon-opiskelijaedustajaksi/
• /blog/2012/08/17/hakukuulutus-sahkotieteiden-korkeakoulun-hallinnon-opiskelijaedustajaksi/
• /blog/2012/08/24/hakukuulutus-kauppakorkeakoulun-hallinnon-opiskelijaedustajaksi/

In addition, AYY is looking for a person in charge of hallopeds from Aalto School of Electrical Engineering.

Further information: /blog/2012/08/17/ayy-hakee-halloped-vastaavaa-sahkotekniikan-korkeakoulusta/

Please apply and have influence!

5. NEW MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT OF HERTZ FOR AYY MEMBERS

Hertz offers AYY members a 10 % discount on all rentals and a free Hertz #1 Club Gold membership! See more information at http://www.ayy.fi/edut.

6. WELCOME TO THE SCOUTS – PRESENTATION OF SCOUNTING ACTIVITIES ON 25 SEPT

You can join the scouts at any age, and you should, as scouting is rewarding volunteer work. It includes adventures and experiences, which increase your confidence in your own skills. In scouting, you learn organisational skills, cooperation skills and management, and you can try out new ideas in a safe environment. There are 38 million scouts in the world, in almost all countries of the world. Scouting includes nonpolitical activities open to everyone, which take place in local groups.

Scouting in the metropolitan area is getting more popular and adult volunteers are needed. Come and learn about scouting! We present scouting activities and provide refreshments at Partioasema (Töölönkatu 55) on 25 Sept, 6pm-8pm. Invite your friend to come with you! You can find more information at www.pääkaupunkiseudunpartiolaiset.fi. You can also call Anna at the office: 09 88651216 or send e-mail to anna.kolehmainen@partio.fi.

The event is available on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/337475083011564/

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).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 16/2012. If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

In the summer, AYY’s organisation sector officers will be on a vacation partly at the same time, but we can be reached during the summer at jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. Have a fun and relaxing summer!

1. AYY’s one-time rental facilities and van can be booked in advance soon
2. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2012-2013
3. AFYE provides funding for event organising
4. Order overall badges from Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry

1. AYY’S ONE-TIME RENTAL FACILITIES AND VAN CAN BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE SOON

AYY”s one-time rental facilities and van can be booked in advance soon for the period 20 Aug 2012-13 Jan 2013. Further information on rental facilities is available at   /jasenille/tilojen-vuokraaminen/.

AYY’s own reservations will be published on 14 May, after which the booking round of special status associations will begin. The advance booking event for special status associations will be organised on 21 May, after which the booking round for all associations will be open until 27 May. The final booking event will be organised on 28 May.

More information and additional instructions will be published later, but please write down the dates now. If you have not yet planned the autumn schedule for your association, please do it as soon as possible.

2. SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS FOR AYY’S ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2012-2013

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, 27 May 2012. 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 27 May 2012, 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.

Please submit your event here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArnDlXGvbkaXdDhCZm9Wdkw1N3hwNDg3YUhjTUM2aHc#gid=0. Questions and comments are received by AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti  (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 5209440).

3. AFYE PROVIDES FUNDING FOR EVENT ORGANISING

Aalto First Year Experience (AFYE) is a project offered by Aalto University, which aim is to welcome new students to the university and open a window to various opportunities offered by Aalto without clinging to the borders of scientific fields. AFYE means everything that is related to welcoming new students to the Aalto community during their first year of studies. Orientation and tutor activities of the schools are part of AFYE’s concept. In addition, we organise various events and advertise opportunities concerning the new students on our website.

AFYE invites student organisations, guilds and associations to create an incredible first year for new students and show everything that Aalto has to offer. AFYE provides funding for event organising, which are targeted to new students during the next academic year. Further information on AFYE’s Into website: https://into.aalto.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6316093.

4. ORDER OVERALL  BADGES FROM FEDERATION OF THE BREWING AND SOFT DRINKS INDUSTRY

Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry offers basic studies suitable for everyone, where presence is not required – not to mention essays. If you accept these ”studies” for your ”curriculum”, we will send you free of charge stylish overall badges for distribution.

Order the badges for free by sending an email to info@panimoliitto.fi. You can order up to 50 pcs/organisation. Please mention your student organisation, name and telephone number and the address where you want the badges to be delivered. Please remember that the badges are not intended for commercial use.

Reasonable regards, Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry & kohtuullisesti.fi

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).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 10/2012.  If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

This week’s newsletter includes information on AYY’s next pocket calendar and overall badges.

1. AYY’s one-time rental premises and the van can be booked in advance soon
2. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2012-2013
3. Order overall badges from Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry
   

1. AYY’S ONE-TIME RENTAL PREMISES AND VAN CAN BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE SOON

AYY’s one-time rental premises and the van can be booked in advance for the period 20 Aug 2012-13 Jan 2013. Further information on the available premises can be found at /en/students/space-rental/.

AYY’s own reservations will be published on 14 May, after which the booking round of special status associations will begin. The advance booking event for special status associations will be organised on 21 May, after which the booking round for all associations will be open until 27 May. The final booking event will be organised on 28 May.

More information and additional instructions will be published later, but please write down the dates already. If you have not yet planned the autumn schedule for your association, please do it as soon as possible.

2. SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS FOR AYY’S ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2012-2013

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, 27 May 2012. 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 27 May 2012, 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.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArnDlXGvbkaXdDhCZm9Wdkw1N3hwNDg3YUhjTUM2aHc. Questions and comments are received by AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 5209440).

3. ORDER OVERALL  BADGES FROM FEDERATION OF THE BREWING AND SOFT DRINKS INDUSTRY

Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry offers basic studies suitable for everyone, where presence is not required – not to mention essays. If you accept these ”studies” for your ”curriculum”, we will send you free of charge stylish overall badges for distribution.

Order the badges for free by sending an email to info@panimoliitto.fi. You can order up to 50 pcs/organisation. Please mention your student organisation, name and telephone number and the address where you want the badges to be delivered. Please remember that the badges are not intended for commercial use.

Reasonable regards, Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry & kohtuullisesti.fi

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).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 14/2012.  If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

1. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2012-2013
2. AFYE provides funding for event organising
3. Women’s floorball teams are looking for new players!
4. New online service Osuma is looking for assistants

1. SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS FOR AYY’S ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2012-2013

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, 27 May 2012. 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 27 May 2012, 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.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArnDlXGvbkaXdDhCZm9Wdkw1N3hwNDg3YUhjTUM2aHc

Questions and comments are received by AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 520 9440).

4.  AFYE PROVIDES FUNDING FOR EVENT ORGANISING

Aalto First Year Experience (AFYE) is a project offered by Aalto University, which aim is to welcome new students to the university and open a window to various opportunities offered by Aalto without clinging to the borders of the scientific fields. AFYE means everything that is related to the reception of new students as part of Aalto community during the first year of studies. Orientations and tutor activities of the schools are part of AFYE’s concept. In addition, we organise various events and advertise opportunities concerning the new students on our website.

AFYE invites student organisations, guilds and associations to create an incredible first year for new students and show everything that Aalto has to offer. AFYE provides funding for event organising, which are targeted to new students during the next academic year. Further information on AFYE’s Into website: https://into.aalto.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=6316093

2. WOMEN’S FLOORBALL TEAMS ARE LOOKING FOR NEW PLAYERS!

Women’s floorball teams of Otaonnela Floorball Registered Association are looking for new players. Lady1 team plays in the 2^nd division and FLOB Lady2 and Lady3 (new team) in the 4^th division.

Lady1 includes players who have already played floorball for several years. The team’s goal is to maintain high-quality floorball and stay in the top of the league. Applicants should have a brisk and cheerful attitude and a sense of humour. Previous experience is necessary. The team is looking for a few field players and possibly another goalkeeper.

The goal of Lady2 and the new Lady3 teams is to rise to the 3^rd division during the period 2012-2013. Both teams have a coach. Teams are looking for field players who already have floorball experience, who are motivated and willing to develop and have a right attitude. Lady3 is also looking for a goalkeeper.

Try-outs will be organised as follows:

• Lady1: Mon, 7 May  + Thu, 24 May
• Lady3: Thu, 10 May + Mon, 14 May
• Lady2: Thu, 17 May + Mon, 21 May

Monday training in Hakaniemi Arena Center (Sörnäisten rantatie 6, Helsinki) 7pm-8.30pm, Thursday training in Otahalli (Otaranta 6, Espoo) 8pm-9pm. If possible, please register your attendance in advance.

Further information and contact details: http://flob.ayy.fi/uudet_pelaajat/

3. NEW ONLINE SERVICE OSUMA IS LOOKING FOR ASSISTANTS

Fonecta is introducing a new online service called ”Osuma” (available at osuma.fi). Now we need smart writers who are interested in the development of business services in order to get the service to grow and make it as reliable as possible before a major launch. Osuma.fi is a service that provides consumers with reliable and objective information on various business services – whether they are restaurants, car repair shops, renovation companies or clothing stores, for example. The service lists the services needed by customers, such as restaurants in Helsinki, to a rank order based on the received consumer assessments. The service is free for consumers and companies.

In order to make the service as reliable as possible, we naturally need as many assessments as possible on different companies. Now we need a little help from talented writers, as we want the service to function as well as possible at the introduction stage and have so many assessments that

reviews are reliable. The service already has quite a large number of assessments, but it has been quite challenging to receive long assessments (500 characters or more), and now we need help for that. The idea is to find a few groups who use services in the metropolitan area in their everyday lives and who could commit to write these longer assessments for us in May-June  – and naturally receive compensation for one’s community/association. In the service, reviewers use their own name (first name + the first letter of the surname) and a photo so you should be prepared for that. You can see an example of the profile and assessments in my profile:   http://www.osuma.fi/profile/1334815.

If you think that this kind of a job would be interesting for you and your reference group, please get in touch quickly! We want to begin this project in early May, so please act fast. Further information: Hanna Isohanni-Nikula, 040 777 4241, hanna.isohanni-nikula@fonecta.com.

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).

This is AYY’s association newsletter 10/2012.  If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

1. AYY’s operating grants for the year 2012
2. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2012-2013
3. Vuorimieskilta Guild’s legendary beer relay race
4. OtaKoppi’s opening of the baseball season, 3 May 2012

1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS FOR THE YEAR 2012

At its meeting 17/2012, AYY’s Board has decided on the operating grants and increased operating grants for the year 2012. The grant decision in its entirety can be found at /yhdistyksille/apurahat-yhdistyksille/jaetut-toiminta-avustukset-201/

All the associations which applied for the grant will be informed about the decision. Further information and additional questions to the organisational sector (jarjestosektori@ayy.fi)

2. SUBMIT YOUR EVENTS FOR AYY’S ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR 2012-2013

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, 27 May 2012. 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). Pleaase 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 27 May 2012, 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.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArnDlXGvbkaXdDhCZm9Wdkw1N3hwNDg3YUhjTUM2aHc

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

3.     VUORIMIESKILTA GUILD’S LEGENDARY BEER RELAY RACE

Vuorimieskilta Guild’s legendary beer relay race is here again!

It is again the time to gather a student team to run around the Department of Materials Science and Engineering on May Day Eve, as the traditional beer relay race of Vuorimieskilta Guild is approaching! The beer relay will start in the courtyard of the department on Monday morning, 9am, on 30 Apr 2011!

The teams will consist of three (3) runners and one (1)  anchorman = a total of four (4) people. The participation fee is 10 euro and payment information is submitted to contact persons by email.

The registration for the beer relay will begin at 12noon on Thursday, 19 Apr 2011 at  http://vk.ayy.fi/ilmomasiina/. You can sign up for the general series or women’s series. There is room for the first 35 teams! You can also sign up for the waiting list when you can join the competition if any team decides to cancel their participation.

Beer relay rules for the first-timers:

At the starting shot, the anchorman begins to drink. When the anchorman has finished one’s bottle, the first runner will start to run. Halfway through the journey there is a drinks station where a runner must drink one bottle of beer – under the supervision of an official inspector. After this, the runner will continue to the finish line where the anchorman starts over.

Rounds are repeated until the anchorman has destroyed the last drink (and challenged one’s liver). A team, however, can be disqualified due to an incorrect performance determined by the judge. In this case, the performance must be finished when the error is detected.

Let the thirstiest team win!

4. OTAKOPPI’S OPENING OF THE BASEBALL SEASON, 3 MAY 2012

OtaKoppi will open its season at Tuuliniitty Field in Tapiola on Thursday, 3 May, 5pm-7pm  (otakoppi.fi/pelaamaan). All interested in baseball are welcome! You can also arrive late!

The event will include laid-back playing and no previous experience is required. We provide the game equipment for those who need them and a strike/throw radar. Bring a friend with you and come to play!

P.S. Don’t worry if you can’t make it to the opening of the season! Baseball games will continue after the opening throughout the summer on Wednesdays, 6.30pm-8.30pm.

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).

Association Newsletter 12/2012

This is AYY’s association newsletter 12/2012.  If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

1. AYY’s operating grants for the year 2012
2. Julkku’s Hyvä Veli scholarships are open for application!
3. Vuorimieskilta Guild’s legendary beer relay race

1. AYY’s operating grants for the year 2012

At its meeting 17/2012, AYY’s Board has decided on the operating grants and increased operating grants for the year 2012. The grant decision in its entirety can be found at /yhdistyksille/apurahat-yhdistyksille/.

All the associations which applied for the grant will be informed about the decision. Further information and additional questions to the organisational sector (jarjestosektori@ayy.fi)

 2. Julkku’s Hyvä Veli scholarships are open for application!

Do you know a good fellow? Have you seen one or heard about one?

May Day Magazine Julkku will again distribute valuable Hyvä Veli (‘good fellow’) scholarships for the hard-working members of our community and we need observations from you in order to find them. Please include the reasons why you nominate a person as a good fellow.

Distinctive features: Good Fellow is a hard-working person who does not brag about oneself and helps when help is needed. Good Fellow is a fair and brave maintainer of the community.

Please report your justified observations by 21 Apr 2012 to julkku@julkku.fi.

Kindly asking for your nominations,

Julkku Magazine

 3. Vuorimieskilta Guild’s legendary beer relay race 

Vuorimieskilta Guild’s legendary beer relay race is here again!

It is again the time to gather a student team to run around the Department of Materials Science and Engineering on May Day Eve, as the traditional beer relay race of Vuorimieskilta Guild is approaching! The beer relay will start in the courtyard of the department on Monday morning, 9am, on 30 Apr 2011!

The teams will consist of three (3) runners and one (1)  anchorman = a total of four (4) people. The participation fee is 10 euro and payment information is submitted to contact persons by email.

The registration for the beer relay will begin at 12noon on Thursday, 19 Apr 2011 at  http://vk.ayy.fi/ilmomasiina/. You can sign up for the general series or women’s series. There is room for the first 35 teams! You can also sign up for the waiting list when you can join the competition if any team decides to cancel their participation.

Beer relay rules for the first-timers:

At the starting shot, the anchorman begins to drink. When the anchorman has finished one’s bottle, the first runner will start to run. Halfway through the journey there is a drinks station where a runner must drink one bottle of beer – under the supervision of an official inspector. After this, the runner will continue to the finish line where the anchorman starts over.

Rounds are repeated until the anchorman has destroyed the last drink (and challenged one’s liver). A team, however, can be disqualified due to an incorrect performance determined by the judge. In this case, the performance must be finished when the error is detected.

Let the thirstiest team win!

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).