Election Week

Hey everyone,

Hope you are enjoying your long weekend. First off, a big thank you to everyone for coming out to our info meetings last week. It was great to see so many people interested in our cause. Remember to keep reaching out to your friends and classmates about Medical Brigades. I can’t stress enough just how important it is in these early months of planning to get the word out and increase our roster size.

Next, our officer election meeting is this week on Wed, from 12pm to 1pm in room 5302. The five positions open to nominations are listed in detail below. If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please come to the meeting this week prepared to give a very brief presentation introducing yourself and telling us why you want to run. If you are interested in running but cannot attend this meeting, I would encourage you to email me and Hana with a statement or something that we can present on your behalf at the meeting. It also might be a good idea to post something in advance on our Facebook group page or post a comment on the blog to campaign for yourself. Also, if you would like to vote for someone but cannot attend, please email your vote to me and Hana and we’ll see that it gets counted.

IMPORTANT: In order to run for officer or be a considered a voting member of the club, you must be registered with our group on empowered. Go to www.empowered.org/Medical-Brigades-at-Foothill-College and click on “Become a Member” to join.

Vice President of Medicine: This office will be run by two people as Co-VPs. The duties for this position include coordinating the acquisition and storage of medications and medical supplies for the brigade. This will include outreach for donations and recruiting a Licensed Health Professional to maintain and provide storage for the medications and medical supplies.

Chair of Education: The duties for this position include coordinating educational workshops for members preceding the medical brigade (vital signs training, and Spanish lessons), and coordinating the educational presentation (the “Charla”) that we will be performing for the children on the brigade.

OBD Representative: This position is a quarterly commitment in which you will serve as our representative to the Foothill College Organization Board of Directors (OBD). You will need to be available to attend the weekly OBD meetings on Tuesdays from 12pm to 1pm.

Secretary: This is a quarterly commitment. The duties for this position include taking and recording meeting minutes, and keeping the member roster up to date.

If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to email and let us know.

Cheers,
Gabe