June | 31st Board

Hey Peeps, it’s the President here. It’s finally happened, I am now officially President. In the time since the last update, my current fellow board members and now old board went away on a very exciting and fun weekend away to the land of Belgium. We really got to know each other more with fun activities, and also preparing our policy plan for the GA. This weekend really helped me understand who I really am, and what my purpose is in this world. The end result is that I should definitely go kayaking again. We got complimented for being able to complete a 2 hour route in the span of 5 hours. With that we ended up at the changing GA, frankly it was quite a new and nerve-racking experience for me. I started off very nervous, but then ended up feeling more and more confident towards the end. It was also quite an emotional moment for most of the old board. We ended up exchanging a couple little gifts to appreciate their efforts throughout the year. The month didn’t just end there, we had an epic BBQ at StayOkay, followed by a couple more fun adventurous nights that week :). The summer break is nearly approaching, and we are getting ready to get a nice break after allllll this Board work, jk. We all look forward to seeing you back again in September and join us all for the exciting events. 

Toodles,

Rutvik

Well hello there, it’s the (non-candidate) secretary speaking (or actually, writing). YAY!! It’s crazy to think that half a year ago, I was not even an active Helix member yet (big mistake, I should have been here since the beginning, it’s actually a lot of fun). I became secretary at the changing GA, which was such a cool experience since I was the only non-president who got to slam the gavel (it’s a flex, and did I say I got to slam it twice?). It was kinda cool being the only board member in all of helix for those few minutes (it was 8 minutes).

The past month has been very exciting, with for example all the work we needed to do to prepare for the GA to the GA itself, after which we gave old board gifts. We also had our CB weekend, the last COP and the cinema event, all of which I went over shortly in the last monthly update (oops). Next to these events, Activities and Sports put their heads together to organise the End of Year BBQ at StayOkay, which was amazing. Lustrum served some great pie in the Helix room to close this year off. 

While I’m busy making the newsletter look pretty, I wish all of you the best of luck with your last exam(s), and I hope you all have fun and relax during the summer break!

Lots of love,

Lisanne

Hello lovely people, it is me, Maïté, the now official treasurer of the XXXIst board. It still feels weird to say this, but slowly I am growing fonder and fonder of my new title. As you can read from my fellow board members’ updates, we have been very busy bonding with each other and preparing for the changing GA during our awesome weekend in Belgium.  We also had some fun events such as the cinema event, our last COP of the year, and the end of year BBQ. 

Behind the scenes, my treasurer duties are keeping me occupied as I am busily working on the preparations for our financial GA that will take place during the summer.

With that I wish all of you good luck on your final projects/exams/resits of the year, and I hope you have a great summer break!

Maïté

Hello again it’s me, however not as a Candidate Vice-President this time. No no, I can enthusiastically say that I am writing this as the official Vice-President of the XXXIth board of Helix. Before the changing GA I had the opportunity to bond with the rest of the board during the CB weekend. There were some fun activities as well, such as the last COP and the cinema event. Then straight after the changing GA, we started with our first official board duties and hosted two committee drinks, which were successful. Thereafter, the event we were all waiting for occurred. The end-of-the-year BBQ. It was such a blast playing sports, enjoying a fine meal, and just having good conversations with my fellow Helix members. Now it is time to tackle all the challenges that next year will bring us. However, I am very confident that it will be nothing we cannot handle. This was my update for the month. I am wishing you all the best of luck for your exams, have a nice summer, and I cannot wait to see you all next year.

Oguz

Hiiiiiiiiiiiii (*excited Barbora voice*),

Now, I can finally scrap the candidate and introduce myself as Head of Education of the XXXXIst Helix board. The last month has been very busy. With end of the year dinners here and there, vlaai in every other meeting (gotta love Limburg and the vlaai), such an awesome way to get ready for summer! The month started off awesome with the CB weekend, the end-of-the-year BBQ at StayOkay with some awesome food and lovely people, and not to forget the brother associations gettogether a few days ago.

Looking forward to everything!

xoxo,

Barbs

Hello hello hello!! We are back at it again, but this time not as candidate board member anymore, but as the Head of Internal Affairs of the XXXIst board of Helix. Sounds good, doesn’t it? So let’s talk about what happened last month. After the exam week we went on CB weekend in Belgium, which was a lot of fun. And the week after that we had our last COP of the academic year, the cinema event, and we ended the week with the changing GA. I am super happy and proud to say that all of us got voted in, and I am very excited to see where the coming year will take us. In our first week of our board year, the End of Year BBQ took place. It was a very nice way to celebrate the end of the academic year. We played sports in the park and after that had the BBQ at the StayOkay hostel. Overall, a pretty busy but also very exciting month. For now, I wish everyone a good summer and see you all in September!!

Loes

Hey, it’s me, Valentijn back at it again with another monthly update. It finally happened; the changing GA where the members of helix came together to vote us in, and fortunately they did for all of us. It was a pretty exciting event for our (then still) Candidate Board but I am proud to call myself your new Head of Internal Affairs. After a lovely weekend with my board and old board for some fun bonding as well as training I have the utmost confidence in all of us and am happy to have commenced my board year! It wasn’t long until we had our first event as Board as not long after the GA we held our lovely End of Year BBQ. As much as the weather tried to pull one over on us, the BBQ was a great success with a lot of wonderful people and wonderful food (especially the pineapple).

That’s all I got for you this month, have a nice summer everyone and see you in September!

Hey hey heyyyyyyyyy, guess who got voted in as Head of External?? ME ! Hahah ! It has been an exciting June, especially now that I have new responsibilities under my belt. As for the events that happened this month; we had the CB weekend in Belgium, it was a lot of fun! It was closely followed by the changing GA where we all got voted in, and then went for drinks to celebrate ;P. Another exciting (and delicious) event that occurred was the End of the Year Barbeque, which ended with a bang, literally ! Wow, I seriously cannot believe it; it’s already the end of the year, with the last exam, and the last assignment left to do, and so much has happened ! I am seriously eternally grateful to have been a part of Helix since this September. I have never felt more welcome, never thought I’d meet such crazy and fun people in this small city. I am truly excited to do the same next year for all of you ! Have a great summer! <3 

Lots of love and mischief, 

Mylena