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1st Year Rep
Leo O'Shea
The purpose of this document is to assist the incoming CompSoc First Year Rep for the AY 2023/24.
Duties
Your role as first year rep consists of duties that aim to assist your fellow first year students in regards to the Computer Society, whether they are a part of society or not.
This includes:
- Listen to first years’ questions and answer them to the best of your ability, or refer them to another member better suited to answer the question
- Bring first year’ queries and suggestions to the committee and attempt to solve or implement them, thus ensuring they enjoy their time in the society
- Advertising the society to your fellow first years
- Assisting with society events
Guide
As the First Year Rep, you yourself are a first year, meaning you have more access to communicating with first years than others would.
Use this to discuss the society and its events with first years; advertise, answer questions and take note of suggestions.
Ensure first years are engaging with the societies by noting attendance in events.
When the attendance of first years is low, your role is to find out why and how the committee can fix this issue.
This may not seem to be as important as other committee roles, but remember that this is simply gaining experience so that you can take on another role in the years to come.
Summary
Ultimately, the goal of First Year Rep is to ensure the comfortability and enjoyment of first years in the society, particularly in committee events.
Always have your ears open and let them know you are approachable.
Along with that, having communications with first years outside of the society is paramount as it allows you to advertise the committee itself.