Elections on Monday April 21, 7:15 p.m. at CRC

We will hold officer elections on Monday, April 21, at 7:15 pm at the CRC (room 249.), and I hope that many of you will come either to run for an office or to just cast your vote and see what's going on behind the scenes of GTTTA. (!!!Click "read more" to see full content!!!)

If you would like to run for an office, you can send me an email and I will put the candidates here for everybody to see. Please find a list of position below. You can also decide to run (or to not run) for an office during the elections meeting, but it would be good for everybody to know ahead of time who is interested in which position. Officers are elected for one year.

CANDIDATES:
- President: Kyle Post, Jash Mehta, ...
- Vice President: Hanqing (William) Zhu, ...
- Treasurer: Stella Huang, ...
- Secretary: ...
- Equipment Manager: Arjun Tikku, ...
- Director of Player Development: Vedant Ajmera, ...
- Director(s) of Special Events: Yuhan Xiao, ...

AGENDA:
1) Opening words [Martin]
2) Quick review of past year and current situation [Martin]
3) Quick review of National Tournament [Kyle]
4) Election of new President [Martin]
5) New President may propose change in officer structure. Current GTTTA officers need to agree for propositions to be effective. [New President]
6) Election of new officers (see below for positions) [Martin]
7) Member's forum: Members may provide comments, wishes, suggestions to the new president [New President/ open discussion]
8) Final words [Martin]
9) Final words [New President]

OFFICER POSITIONS (may change under item 5 of the meeting agenda):

o President
§ Responsible for all facets of the club, identify short term goals and long term vision
§ Primary focus points: Overall financials, NCTTA tournaments, general welfare of members, website updates

o Vice President
§ Primary focus points: Assist president in high level functions, help manage the other officers, website updates

o Treasurer
§ Maintain a budget/ expense reports, communicate with president about financials, collect and deposit checks,

o Secretary (could be combined with another office)
§ Write officer meeting minutes

o Equipment Manager
§ Proactively taking care of any equipment issues (nets, balls, repair of tables if necessary) and also maintain the organization and cleanliness of storage closet

o Director of Player Development
§ Ideally this should be a high-level player who had some coaching in the past. They will work with our coach to develop an atmosphere of training and improvement within the club.
§ This could possibly also be the men’s team captain

o Director(s) of Special Events
§ In charge of managing the GCFT (possibly in fall and spring), also will assist the president in planning arrangements for all external tournaments (NCTTA, ACUI, and USATT). Plan a social event each semester (meet for dinner, bowling, club swap etc).