June | 30th Board

And with this June is over and the summer vacation is getting closer, I’m excited already to go back home and enjoy some rest! Probably the most remarkable days for us as board members, and for me in particular, were the changing GA and the extraordinary GA, the former because we finally became official board members and the latter because it was the first GA I had to fully preside on my own. Things could have gone a bit smoother but of course, there is always room for improvement, we are just getting started.

In terms of events, the activities committee kept themselves busy organizing a COP, the arcade night and the end of the year BBQ, all of them fantastic events. Wellbeing had their picnic with some amazing food choices and an even better company. And last but not least, we had the active members day, in which the Education Committee took home the Battle of Committee’s trophy (excursion did not manage to beat us ;P).

 It is precisely to live months like this that I decided to become a board member, and I am really happy to have been finally voted in as the new President of SA Helix. I’ll see you all around, and enjoy your summer vacation!!

– Javi

Hey guys! So… first monthly update as Secretary! Let’s start this little adventure off right with a recap of June. We had the last super fun COP! Then there was the arcade night, where I played skee-ball for the first time in my life. It’s harder than it looks :/. And then the long-awaited Changing GA, where I, for about five minutes, was the only Board Member in SA Helix. I got to use the President’s gavel twice, which doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I was pretty excited about it. Now the next morning we got a little bit of a surprise going into the Helix room as new Board, as we suddenly got a seventh Board Member. A tiny hamster, named Yonis. He was a present from the Old Board, and he’s kind of grown on us, though I don’t believe he functions well on a professional level. Moving on, we had lunch with the Wellbeing Committee, with some amazing food, and even more amazing food on the End-of-Year BBQ at Fun Valley the day after. Finally, some of our lovely Old Board members organized Active members day, where I got shot too many times (with laser guns, don’t worry), and the XXXth Board had our Constitution Drinks! I don’t remember much from that night, but I’m told that’s supposed to happen. We ultimately ended June with what could be the shortest GA Helix has ever had, coming in at 30 minutes. This GA made it possible for us to really start out Board year, as we needed it to have the Budget voted in, which thankfully, we did. Normally, I would start talking about the events for the upcoming month, but seeing as Uni is pretty much done for this year, all I can do is wish everyone the most awesome vacation! Hope to see you next year!

– Laura

Dear Helix Website–yes, I’m starting my monthly updates like this from now on–June has been buuuuuuuuuuuusy. Firstly, we FINALLY got voted in as the XXXth (;D) board of SA Helix, which is a big win :D. So I’m proud to deliver this monthly update as the official treasurer. Other than the big changing GA being a great success, this month has been packed with Helix activities, such as the final COP of this year, the end-of-the-year BBQ, Active Members Day (in which my lovely Education Committee won, HAHA EXCURSION), and an arcade night at the Game Box in Wyck. I’ve also been busy with my treasurer duties, such as planning budgets, paying off invoices, and already starting to train committee treasurers (namely Kirsha for Camp already). Additionally, we also had to do an extraordinary GA since we ran out of time in the changing GA to vote on the budget and the motions 😛 But we may have broken the record for fastest GA of all time with a GA of just under 40 minutes.

That’s it for me this month. I’m looking forward to updating you guys with more! Enjoy your summer holiday!!!

– Amadiez

SO the time has finally come… We are officially the XXXth Board of SA Helix!! Weeks before the changing GA, we had some very fun events, including the last COP, the Arcade event, the MSP Gala, CoBo from our one of our brother assotiations, and the postlockdown festival, busy busy busy. Then we immediately started our first week of being Board with the wellbeing picnic, End of Year BBQ, and Active members day. So again busy busy busy… The events however were a blast and everyone that came had lots of fun at all of them. Then came our CoBo. It was a hassle organising it between all other events, but we managed to do it and it was an amazing experience. We were finally constituted and ready for the upcoming year. Next year is going to be a challenge, but I’m sure that we are going to do our best and have the time of our lifes! That was my update for now, if you want the spicy details feel free to come up to me and ask me about any of these events. Hope you all have an amazing summer and see you all next year!!

– Burak

Hey again everyone, Dion here. The course exams are over and that leaves only the resits. I hope you all make the best out of this. Afterward, you all will have your well-deserved rest and hopefully enjoy some free time! for me the year is now over unless a resit is acquired for period 6 let’s pray that it is not. I am looking forward to seeing you all again in the next academic year and continuing with my responsibilities as head of education. Have a good one yall!!

– Dion

Hello, again, we finally got voted in as the 30th Board of SA Helix!! This month was also very intense for us, filled with lots of events, such as the Arcade event, Post-Lockdown festival, Picnic, End of year BBQ, MSP galas, etc… Combining it with school, especially Systems Biology (hint hint: don’t take this course if you want to have a chill period 6), was very challenging for us but in the end everything went went. Our changing GA was on the 16th, we were very happy to take on this journey and represent the association. Now onto resits for some of us, summer break for others, whatever it may be, we wish everyone an amazing summer ❤️😇.

– Alicia