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

The application period for AYY’s operating grants ended two weeks ago and AYY’s organisational sector has now reviewed all applications. Based on the proposals of the organisational sector, AYY’s Board will make the grant decisions during the next week.

1. AYY’s operating grants 2012
2. Prices of one-time rental premises for the year 2012
3. Student union member: respond to AYY’s visibility survey and win a gift certificate to Tiketti
4. Create ideas for new kind of student housing – EUR 3,000 for the winning team!
5. Join us in arranging autumn’s two biggest student events!

1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012

The application period for AYY’s operating grants and the submitting of association notices has ended. During the past two weeks, the organisational sector reviewed all applications. Based on the proposals of the organisational sector, the Board will make decisions on the grants during the next week. After this, associations will be notified about the results of the grant applications.

If you still have any questions or unclarities concerning the application process, please contact the organisational sector by e-mail at jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi.

2. PRICES OF ONE-TIME RENTAL PREMISES FOR THE YEAR 2012

At its meeting 12/2012, the Board has revised the price list of AYY’s one-time rental premises. The updated prices are available on AYY’s website. The prices remain otherwise unchanged, but Servin Mökki rent for associations rose to 60 euro. At the same time, the different pricing for members and associations was discontinued. Rental price for Servin Mökki kitchen was set at 60 euro. The changes will enter into force on 1 Apr 2012. For further information, please contact the organisational sector at jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi.

3. STUDENT UNION MEMBER: RESPOND TO AYY’S VISIBILITY SURVEY AND WIN A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO TIKETTI

Dear student union member: AYY wants to identify what kind of views and images Aalto University students have about the student union, its activities as well as its role in the academic community. We are looking for a respondent’s personal views, so there are no correct answers. All responses will be treated confidentially and it is not possible to identify an individual respondent’s answers. Based on the responses, we will create a communications strategy for AYY, so your response is very valuable!

The survey is open between 2 Apr–2 May and it takes a few minutes to respond to the survey. Among all respondents, we will raffle one gift certificate of 200 euro and two gift certificates of 50 euro to Tiketti. Participation in the draw requires submitting your contact details at the end of the survey.  For further information on the survey, please contact AYY’s Organisation Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi).

The survey is available at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/viestinta/tunnettuuskysely/

4. CREATE IDEAS FOR NEW KIND OF STUDENT HOUSING – EUR 3,000 FOR THE WINNING TEAM!

Students, please participate in the idea contest New Forms in Student Housing and create new ideas for housing! The contest is looking for user-oriented visions on future student housing that is communal, diverse, environmentally-friendly and comfortable.

In the idea contest, students from various fields form teams and take advantage of their interdisciplinary skills through latest technologies, ecological perspectives, architecture and behavioural sciences, for example. In addition to new concepts,the contest is looking for solutions to convert a building’s function to student housing. The contest entries have two specific locations: a new location in Aalto Village in Espoo and a building used by Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki. Entries are evaluated by the panel consisting of representatives from student organisations and various specialists. The top three teams will be awarded!

Teams can register on World Student Capital project website from the opening day 23 March until 30 Apr. The entries may be submitted from 1 May until 13 Aug. The winners will be announced in  Night at the Campus student event on 10 Sept 2012.

All undergraduate and postgraduate degree students in the higher education institutions in the cities of the design capital year may participate in the contest.

Read more about the competition and sign up: http://worldstudentcapital.fi/kaupunki-koti/

Discuss the competition, pose questions to the jury and find your own team:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/275832619161141/edit/

World Student Capital is the students’ own design capital project made by the student unions of higher education institutions in the metropolitan area, the University of Helsinki and Student City project of the municipalities in the metropolitan area. World Student Capital is a part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 year of the University of Helsinki. http://worldstudentcapital.fi

5. JOIN US IN ARRANGING AUTUMN’S TWO BIGGEST STUDENT EVENTS!

World Student Capital year culminates in autumn’s big events Night at the Campus and Student Party. Night at the Campus gathers students and organisations from the metropolitan area to the Senate Square. Helsinki Region Welcome Weeks’ closing celebration Student Party pampers thousands of students with good live music and great atmosphere at Kaapelitehdas in late September.

Be part of the year’s biggest events! Come and participate in World Student Capital volunteer evening April 23rd 4-6p.m. at Alina Hall (Mannerheimintie 5 A, third floor).

More information

World Student Capital Project Coordinator Aura Kostiainen, aura.kostiainen(at)hyy.fi, 050 595 0329 or Student Party Coordinator Vivian Maar, vivian.maar@gmail.com, 040 414 6594 and webpage http://worldstudentcapital.fi/en.

 

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

The deadline for AYY’s operating grant applications is Sunday, so there is still some time to apply for the grant! During the application period, all associations in the first register can apply for AYY’s grant at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus/. Associations in the second register must fill out their details in the same form with the exception of the application section.

1. AYY’s operating grants 2012
2. Non-Finnish speaking students sent an open letter to Aalto’s student organisations
3. Participate in AYY’s equality survey
4. Submit your events for AYY’s academic year calendar 2012-2013
5. Hullu Jussi is approaching! Work at checkpoints!
6. Polijazz’s breakdance and couple salsa dance courses

1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012

The application period for AYY’s operating grants and the making of association notice is ongoing. The application period is 1 March-1 April, so you can still apply for the grants during the next week. All AYY’s associations accepted in the first register may apply for the operating grant. Associations in the second register only fill out the association notice, which is the same form with the exception of the application for the operating grant.

The application form is available at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus/. Further information on the application is available by the Student Union’s organisational sector by email at jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. You can also find answers at /yhdistyksille/apurahat-yhdistyksille/, which has concise information on the operating grant and the scoring model used for the allocation of the grants.

2. NON-FINNISH SPEAKING STUDENTS SENT AN OPEN LETTER TO AALTO’S STUDENT ORGANISATIONS

Aalto University’s non-Finnish speaking students sent an open letter to Aalto University’s student organisations. The letter can be read at  /blog/2012/03/23/open-letter-from-aalto-students-to-student-organizations/.

3. PARTICIPATE IN AYY’S EQUALITY SURVEY

Woman? Man? Black? White? Old? Young? – Does it matter? During the spring of 2012, AYY will draft a gender equality and equality plan. You can influence the content of the plan by responding to the survey at http://bit.ly/ayy-yhdenvertaisuus-jarjestot! The survey has a separate section where you can tell about your experiences of equality in associations and give suggestions for improvement to AYY. The matter is prepared at AYY’s Central Office by Kati Penttinen, AYY’s Board Member in charge of social affairs, and Janne Peltola, Specialist in Academic Affairs (firstname.surname@ayy.fi).

4. 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. Questions and comments are received by AYY’s Communications Officer

Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 5209440).

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

5. HULLU JUSSI IS APPROACHING! WORK AT CHECKPOINTS!

May Day is approaching as well as the traditional Hullu Jussi event. In the event, teams of 4-10 people tour Otaniemi completing various checkpoints and competing for the title of “the craziest teekkari group”. The question is: would your association like to arrange a checkpoint in the event?

What, where, when?

• Time: 29 Apr 2012, approx. 10pm-1am, after the beginning of the night pranks
• Location: Around Otaniemi
• Concept: Groups of friends tour checkpoints in Otaniemi and compete for the title of “the craziest teekkari group”. The winner will be published in the declaration of May Day celebrations.

If you are interested and would like to organise a checkpoint in Otaniemi and have a great time, please sign up at matias.korkka@ayy.fi no later than 22 Apr. Please include the subject “Hullu Jussi Rastinpitäjä 2012” and mention your association name, details of the contact person, preferred location of the checkpoint and the content of the checkpoint that you have planned. If your association does not have a club room and you would like to organise the checkpoint indoors, we can arrange premises for you. As a bonus, the association which organises the best checkpoint wins one free use of Otaranta rooftop sauna in the summer or next autumn! Further information is available at matias.korkka@ayy.fi. Further information will be provided for participants at a later date.

6. POLIJAZZ’S BREAKDANCE AND COUPLE SALSA DANCE COURSES

Polijazz will offer a unique advanced breakdance course with Simeoni Juoperi on the following days: Thu 29 March, 8.15pm-9.30pm, Thu 5 Apr, 8.15pm-9.30pm, Thu 12 Apr, 8.15pm-9.30pm (you can still register after the first course date). The course will be arranged in the studio of multi-purpose premises at Jämeräntaival 3, Otaniemi. The course fee is 15 euro. Please sign up at Polijazz website: http://polijazz.ayy.fi/courses.php. The event on facebook’s Polijazz group: https://www.facebook.com/events/385235521494435/

In addition, Polijazz will organise a popular couple salsa course on Fridays in April-May (13 Apr-18 May, 7pm-8.30pm). Teachers are Anna and Mikko Pyhäjärvi and the course venue is multi-purpose facilities at Jämeräntaival 3, Otaniemi. The course is a continuation for the last autumn’s course, but you can also participate without any previous salsa experience! You do not need your own partner. The same number of leaders and followers are accepted to the course. The course fee is 30 euro/person and it is paid to Polijazz account 130930-59683 Nordea Otaniemi with the reference 26. Please sign up by email to emma.partanen@aalto.fi and mention if you are a student. The event information is also available on facebook’s Polijazz group: https://www.facebook.com/events/205208459584664/.

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 9/2012.  If you want to receive AYY’s association newsletter to your email, please subscribe at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

Application for AYY’s operating grant will still be ongoing next week. During the application period, all associations in the first register may apply for AYY’s grants at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus/. Associations in the second register must fill out their information to the same form with the exception of the grant application section.

1. AYY’s operating grants 2012
2. Is your association’s ayy.fi profile up to date?
3. Hullu Jussi is approaching! Work at checkpoints!
4. Otaniemi role playing club’s board game night on Sunday, 25 March
5. Polijazz’s extremely popular intensive course of Zouk partner dance
6. Student – now you can participate in the development of Noppa service

1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012

The application period for AYY’s operating grants and the making of association notice is ongoing. The application period is 1 March-1 April, so you can still apply for the grants during the next week. All AYY’s associations accepted in the first register may apply for the operating grant. Associations in the second register only fill out the association notice, which is the same form with the exception of the application for the operating grant.

The application form is available at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus/. Further information on the application is available by the Student Union’s organisational sector by email at jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. You can also find answers at /yhdistyksille/apurahat-yhdistyksille/, which has concise information on the operating grant and the scoring model used for the allocation of the grants.

2. IS YOUR ASSOCIATION’S AYY.FI PROFILE UP TO DATE?

One of the conditions for receiving the operating grant in 2012 is to have an updated association profile at ayy.fi. It is advisable to check the situation of your profile immediately. If the profile does not exist, you should order it before the end of the application period of the operating grant on 1 April 2012. You can order the profile information from Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi). Please include your contact information and the association name with the order. Since the association members often change annually, it is recommended that the ordered usernames are sent directly to the general e-mail address of the association (such as info@yhdistys.fi), so that they remain for new members.

3. HULLU JUSSI IS APPROACHING! WORK AT CHECKPOINTS!

May Day is approaching as well as the traditional Hullu Jussi event. In the event, teams of 4-10 people tour Otaniemi completing various checkpoints and competing for the title of “the craziest teekkari group”. The question is: would your association like to arrange a checkpoint in the event?

What, where, when?

• Time: 29 Apr 2012, approx. 10pm-1am, after the beginning of the night pranks
• Location: Around Otaniemi
• Concept: Groups of friends tour checkpoints in Otaniemi and compete for the title of “the craziest teekkari group”. The winner will be published in the declaration of May Day celebrations.

If you are interested and would like to organise a checkpoint in Otaniemi and have a great time, please sign up at matias.korkka@ayy.fi no later than 22 Apr. Please include the subject “Hullu Jussi Rastinpitäjä 2012” and mention your association name, details of the contact person, preferred location of the checkpoint and the content of the checkpoint that you have planned. If your association does not have a club room and you would like to organise the checkpoint indoors, we can arrange premises for you. As a bonus, the association which organises the best checkpoint wins one free use of Otaranta rooftop sauna in the summer or next autumn! Further information is available at matias.korkka@ayy.fi. Further information will be provided for participants at a later date.

4. OTANIEMI ROLE PLAYING CLUB’S BOARD GAME NIGHT ON SUNDAY, 25 MARCH

Otaniemi Role Playing Club (ORC) will organise a board game day at Smökki on Sunday, 25 March 2012, 12noon-9pm. You can play old classics of ORC game library and many new, popular board games. There will be guidance for playing, players and snacks at a cost price. The event is free and open to everyone.

5. POLIJAZZ’S EXTREMELY POPULAR INTENSIVE COURSE OF ZOUK PARTNER DANCE

Polijazz will organise an extremely popular intensive course of ZOUK partner dance. The course will be arranged on Sat 24 March, Sat 31 March, Mon 2 Apr and Mon 9 Apr. The last session is a free rehearsal where you can get to know many other zouk enthusiasts. You do not need your own partner. The event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/171384902979346/

Zouk’s origins are in Brazil in the 1980s and the dance is rapidly spreading around the world. Now you have a great opportunity to learn zouk under the guidance of a professional teacher Soile Vedenpää.

The course is mainly intended for students. The course fee is 20 euro/person, you do not need your own partner. Please sign up by email with Polijazz secretary at niina.raisanen@hotmail.com.

Further information at: /blog/events/huippusuos%e2%80%8bitun-zouk-parit%e2%80%8banssin-tiiviskurs%e2%80%8bsi-intensive-course-on-couple-dance-zouk/

6. STUDENT – YOU CAN NOW PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOPPA SERVICE

We are developing Noppa service and with the student survey we aim to chart students’ opinions on Noppa’s most important student services. The survey also presents questions to support the development work for the mobilisation of Noppa services. The survey results will be used in the design of development directions as well as individual development targets. Results are also received from interviews. At the end of the survey, you can express your willingness to participate in interviews and tests.

We hope that you have fifteen minutes to respond to the survey. The answers are handled anonymous and confidentially. The survey is open between 12 March-25 March 2012. We will raffle 15 movie tickets among the respondents.

Link to the survey: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/607A022FB0F61C19.par. A separate survey for teachers and personnel will be conducted at a later date, which charts Noppa services from the perspective of the personnel.

Further information on the survey: Piia Leppänen, Application Designer, Academic and Student Services, piia.leppanen@aalto.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 8/2012. You can subscribe to the e-mail association newsletter at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

The application for AYY’s operating grant is ongoing! During the application period, all associations in the first register may apply for AYY’s grant at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus/

1. AYY’s operating grants 2012
2. Is your association’s ayy.fi profile up to date?
3. Polijazz’s popular intensive course of partner dance Zouk
4. Participate in the development of the Noppa service
5. Bring your event to World Design Capital year!

1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012

The application for AYY’s operating grant and the submitting of the association notice is ongoing. The application period is 1 March–1 April. Operating grants are open to all associations approved in AYY’s first register. Associations in the second register only fill out the association notice.

The application form is available at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus/ (form in English coming soon). Further information on the application is available from the Student Union’s organisational sector by email at

jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. You can also find answers at /en/associations/grants-for-associations/, which has concise information on the operating grant and the scoring model used in the allocation of the grants.

2.  IS YOUR ASSOCIATION’S AYY.FI PROFILE UP TO DATE?

One of the conditions to receive the operating grant in 2012 is to have an updated association profile at ayy.fi. It is advisable to check the situation of your profile immediately. If your association does not have the profile, you should order it before the end of the application period of the operating grant on 1 April 2012. The ayy.fi username needed for the profile can be ordered at webmaster@ayy.fi. Please include your contact information and the association name with the order. Since the association members often change annually, it is recommended that usernames are sent directly to the general e-mail address of the association (such as info@yhdistys.fi) so that they are forwarded to new members.

Association profiles should be trilingual. Translations may be ordered through AYY from Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi).

3. POLIJAZZ’S POPULAR INTENSIVE COURSE OF PARTNER DANCE ZOUK

Polijazz will arrange the popular intensive course of ZOUK partner dance. The four-session course

will be arranged on 24 March, Sat 31 March and Mon 9 Apr. The last session is a free rehearsal of zouk where you can get to know many other enthusiasts. You do not need your own partner for the course. The event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/171384902979346/

Zouk is a partner dance created in Brazil in the 1980s, which is rapidly spreading around the world. Now you have a great opportunity to learn zouk under the guidance of professional teacher Soile Vedenpää.
The course is primarily intended for students. The course fee is 20 euro / person and you do not need your own partner. Please sign up by email with Polijazz secretary niina.raisanen@hotmail.com while there are still available places in the course!

Further information at: /blog/events/huippusuos%e2%80%8bitun-zouk-parit%e2%80%8banssin-tiiviskurs%e2%80%8bsi-intensive-course-on-couple-dance-zouk/

4. PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NOPPA SERVICE

We are developing the Noppa service and this survey will provide us information about the students’ opinions on the most important services in Noppa supporting students’ studies. The survey also includes questions to support the development of mobile services for information in Noppa. The information from the survey will be used for development of Noppa development guidelines and detailed development. We will also arrange interviews for the participants. If you wish to participate in the interviews and testings you can give us your contact information at the end of the survey.

We hope you will use about fifteen minutes of your time to answer the survey. The answers will be processed confidentially. The survey is open for answers 12.3.-25.3.2012. We will raffle fifteen movie tickets among the participants.

Link to the survey: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/EB9CD421C97D0341.par.

Another survey is arranged later for teachers and staff. The survey will give us information from the staff point of view.

More information about the survey: Piia Leppänen, Student Services, Student Information Systems, piia.leppanen@aalto.fi

5. BRING YOUR EVENT TO WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL YEAR!

Dear university student! Are you involved in an organisation whose activities you would like to present to the whole city? Would you like to be involved in organising a new event?

We, in World Student Capital, hope that organisations or student groups bring their own events to World Student Capital. The events can be in various forms, e.g. freshmen parties or really large street events.

We offer help in communications and advertise events. In addition, we also support events financially if they take into account the themes of WSC or are otherwise special.

What should I do?

1. Register your event to WSC event calendar.
2. If you need financial support, please fill out the online application form.

In addition to basic information, the application should include a more detailed plan for implementing the project, responsible persons as well as the budget and the plan on where the money will be used. Further information and the needed application forms are found on the website worldstudentcapital.fi/en/lively-campuses

Round, Last day to apply, Time, Possible event days
1, 26.3., 15:00, 1.4.-31.12.
2, 16.4., 15:00, 20.4.-31.12.
4, 6.8., 15:00, 13.8.-31.12.
5, 17.9., 15:00, 24.9.-31.12.

World Student Capital 2012 is the students’ own World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 project. It is made by the student unions of higher education institutions in the metropolitan area, the University of Helsinki and Student City project of the municipalities in the metropolitan area.

Further information about World Student Capital 2012: worldstudentcapital.fi

DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Please send your brief text by Wednesday, 10 am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated, so you can submit your text in one language. 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 7/2012. You can subscribe to the e-mail association newsletter at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

The application for AYY’s operating grant is ongoing! During the application period, all associations in the first register may apply for AYY’s grant at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus/ (form in English coming soon)

1. AYY’s operating grants 2012
2. Is your association’s ayy.fi profile up to date?
3. AYY and design company Costo are planning cooperation

1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012

The application for AYY’s operating grant and the submitting of the association notice is ongoing. The application period is 1 March–1 April. Operating grants are open to all associations approved in AYY’s first register. Associations in the second register only fill out the association notice.

The application form is available at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus/ (form in English coming soon). Further information on the application is available from the Student Union’s organisational sector by email at

jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. You can also find answers at /en/associations/grants-for-associations/, which has concise information on the operating grant and the scoring model used in the allocation of the grants.

2.  IS YOUR ASSOCIATION’S AYY.FI PROFILE UP TO DATE?

One of the conditions to receive the operating grant in 2012 is to have an updated association profile at ayy.fi. It is advisable to check the situation of your profile immediately. If your association does not have the profile, you should order it before the end of the application period of the operating grant on 1 April 2012. The ayy.fi username needed for the profile can be ordered at webmaster@ayy.fi. Please include your contact information and the association name with the order. Since the association members often change annually, it is recommended that usernames are sent directly to the general e-mail address of the association (such as info@yhdistys.fi) so that they are forwarded to new members.

Association profiles should be trilingual. Translations may be ordered through AYY from Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi).

3. AYY AND DESIGN COMPANY COSTO ARE PLANNING COOPERATION

AYY and the design company Costo are planning cooperation which aims to strengthen students’ interdisciplinary communality through the University and/or Student Union-wide coherent product/collection. For this purpose, we want to survey our members to get feedback on whether such cooperation is interesting – and, above all, what kind of products Aalto students are interested in!

It takes approximately 2-3 minutes to complete the survey which is available at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yrityssuhteet/ayy-costo-partnership/

Please fill out the survey and tell your friends about it!

DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Please send your brief text by Wednesday, 10 am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated, so you can submit your text in one language. 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 6/2012. You can subscribe to the e-mail association newsletter at http://list.ayy.fi/mailman/listinfo/yhdistykset

The application for AYY’s operating grant is ongoing! During the application period, all associations in the first register may apply for AYY’s grant at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus/ (form in English coming soon)

1. AYY’s operating grants 2012
2. Is your association’s ayy.fi profile up to date?
3. Submit your event for AYY’s academic year calendar 2012-2013

1. AYY’S OPERATING GRANTS 2012

The application for AYY’s operating grant and the submitting of the association notice is ongoing. The application period is 1 March–1 April. Operating grants are open to all associations approved in AYY’s first register. Associations in the second register only fill out the association notice.

The application form is available at https://lomake.ayy.fi/yhdistykset/ayyn-toiminta-avustushakemus/ (form in English coming soon). Further information on the application is available from the Student Union’s organisational sector by email at

jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. You can also find answers at /en/associations/grants-for-associations/, which has concise information on the operating grant and the scoring model used in the allocation of the grants.

2.  IS YOUR ASSOCIATION’S AYY.FI PROFILE UP TO DATE?

One of the conditions to receive the operating grant in 2012 is to have an updated association profile at ayy.fi. It is advisable to check the situation of your profile immediately. If your association does not have the profile, you should order it before the end of the application period of the operating grant on 1 April 2012. The ayy.fi username needed for the profile can be ordered at webmaster@ayy.fi. Please include your contact information and the association name with the order. Since the association members often change annually, it is recommended that usernames are sent directly to the general e-mail address of the association (such as info@yhdistys.fi) so that they are forwarded to new members.

Association profiles should be trilingual. Translations may be ordered through AYY from Joonas Jylhä (joonas.jylha@ayy.fi).

3. SUBMIT YOUR EVENT 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 your text in the calendar field ”Event name/Text”(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 would like to be ”wasted”. When planning the text, please take into account that the calendar is trilingual.

If there are several events marked on the same date, the event that is available for most students will be added in the calendar. Files are editable until the 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. Questions and comments are received by AYY’s Communications Officer Henna Lahti (henna.lahti@ayy.fi or 050 5209440).

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

DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?

Please send your brief text by Wednesday, 10 am, to the address jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. The news will be translated, so you can submit your text in one language. 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).