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## President
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#### Brendan Golden
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The purpose of this document is to assist the incoming CompSoc President for the upcoming year 2025/26.
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### Past Handovers
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* [2021](../../2020-2021/Handovers/President.md)
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* [2022](../../2021-2022/Handovers/President.md)
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* [2023](../../2022-2023/Handovers/President.md)
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* [2024](../../2023-2024/Handovers/President.md)
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### What teh role entails
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The role of President of CompSoc is much like the role of the President of Ireland.
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Uachtarán na hÉireann does not carry much "power", the main ones being able to Veto legislation as well as signing legislation into law.
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Rather the main "power" of the President is diplomacy, with each president to date expanding out this to be what they want to guide the International image of Ireland into being.
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The president of CompSoc fulfils much the same function.
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* You will be on the bank mandate and can approve payees.
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* You have a (strong) say in what events teh society does during teh year.
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* You can sign in as a core committee member to Council.
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* You have access to teh Captains/Presidents whatsapp grouping.
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Thats on paper at least.
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You are Duct Tape and WD40 that keeps the society ticking.
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Under you are four other core committee members plus a sysadmin for the Skynet cluster.
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It is your job to nudge them along in a good direction as well as helping to clear roadblocks that they may encounter.
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This can be "kidnapping" them so they can be introduced to a key person (see office or other persons of interest), this is outsourcing the solution.
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Another approach would be to use yer own life, the successes and especially the failures to chose a path forward (sometimes just the act of moving is enough)
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The final approach is to call upon the wisdom of teh Ancients, namely the advisors in the Discord server.
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You should always be on the lookout for folks who ye suspect might be a good fit for committee next year.
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Talk to them, include them, give folks freedom, encourage them to become committee.
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The society is student driven, without new voices and viewpoints we would turn into just another echo chamber, and no-body wants that (if ye do then ye may not be the ebst person for teh job).
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By now you most likely have contacts in UL, introduce them to yer current committee, share the knowledge.
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This is everyone from ITD, CSIS staff and of course the C&S office.
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As outlined above "kidnapping" is a valid approach.
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Networking (and other soft skills) are immensely important for all who pass through this society ( and I am not just talking about Cat7e and SPF+)
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Finally ye are a bridge between different clubs/societies, diversity makes everything better, giving more viewpoints.
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As a society we have been and can be a glue, providing services to other Clubs/Socs, try to promote this.
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So talk to them, make friends and allies, who knows what intersting mix of collab that might lead to.
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Other Clubs/Socs tend to be good folks.
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All in all try to leave teh Soc in a better position than when ye started.
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If ye dont succedd its not teh end of the world though, uni is a good palce to be and provices many safetynets.
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Have fun and feel free to contact me on discord/email.
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Brendan Golden.
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