PsiStar's committee is voted in by the members at the end of every accademic year in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held April 4th 2008. It is
required that there
are 50% plus 1 members to non-members and contracts are signed by the President and Treasurer as these are the only committee members that are held legally responsible for their actions. The remainder of the committee are bound only by their word to do what is expected of them although if their roles are not performed satisfactorily then they may be fired during a committee meeting. A new committee member must be voted in by a general meeting of the society.
The committee is thus set as follows for the academic year 2008/2009, as of August 1st.
President
Name: Oliver Hughes
Alias:
Hello everybody, my name is Oliver James Hughes and I am
your president for PsiStar this year. I'm in my 2nd year of my Astro
Degree, I love my job in blockbuster (free rentals can burn a lot of time while I'm
meant to be studying). I'm from a small little town in Ireland but have
been over here for most of my life. I could talk about myself all day but I
will stop here and just say "Long live Physics Geeks!"
Role Requirements
Co-ordinate committee and their meetings
Work with the SU and deal with the subsequent bureaucracy
Contact other societies including the IoP and the Royal Society
Increase recruitment
Organise elections
Ensure the committee members are fulfilling their duties
Aid the secretary in organising trips to external talks
Aid the social secretary in organising trips during reading weeks and end of term events
Treasurer
Name: Durria Anwar
Alias:
Role Requirements
Monitor PsiStar account, and provide monthly summary of finances
Apply for grants to subsidise events and trips
To organise financial aspects of events
Provide support to the President as required
To keep the President and Secretary in check
Events Coordinator
Name: Silvia Nagy
Alias:
Role Requirements
Organise fortnightly social events and e-mail details to communication officer
Work with President to coordinate intercollegiate events
Provide a review of events attended for website and successor
Organise trips during term breaks
Practical Physics Co-ordinator
Name: Adam Jasirwicz
Alias:
Role Requirements
Organise wakey pratical physics challenges to stretch our physics knowledge and skills
Supply simple solutions to the challenges as a guide
Keep a record for the web and sucessors
Supply the communication officer with details for e-mail and posters
Communication Officer
Name: Maureen Willis
Alias: Mo
Role Requirements
Alert the membership list of events via e-mail
Produce posters of current, next and future events for the notice boards
Post news items on the website advertising event
Update Calendar
To liase with President and members so that communication to students is as effective and efficient as possible.
Web Master
Name: James Poll
Alias: That one in Geneva
As the lovely nickname says, I'm still out in Geneve working on the ATLAS detector which
is one of the multi-purpose experiments on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider). My physics research is in
measuring the Top quark mass through the lepton plus jets channel with soft-lepton tagging.
Role Requirements
Maintain the interactive areas of the site
Improve on design and content
With the Web Slave keep the website up to date
Web Slave
Name: Joanna Goodger
Alias: Southamptonish Astronomyer
I'm an ex-president who never going to leave Psistar at this rate although all I do is update the
website and bend the society to my will :o) I'm a PhD student in Astrophysics at the University of
Hertfordshire. Specifically, I do extragalactic radio and X-ray astronomy.
Role Requirements
General website maintenance
Work with Secretaries to update archive with event reviews and photographs
Creation of new pages of use to our members
Constant review and development of website to ensure that site meets students and membership's needs
