PsiStar's committee is voted in by the members at the end of every accademic year in the Annual General Meeting (AGM). 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 accademic year 2007/2008.
President
Name: Nathan Allcock
Alias:
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: Nicola Rolfe
Alias: Nic
Role Requirements
Monitor Psi Star 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
Practical Physics Co-ordinator
Name: William Wood
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 Officers
Name: Steve Hudziak
Alias: Doc of the Toobs
Name: Sabriye Raif
Alias:
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: Andy, Poley
Well I'm out at CERN now working on the ATLAS experiment that will measure pp collisions on the LHC beam. My research interest is measuring the mass of the Top quark through the lepton plus jets channel with soft muon tagging. I'm still keeping an eye on the website when and where I can and updating security patches and what not, most of which you won't even notice (which is the idea). Not much has changed in the past few years but when things are working well, don't fix what ain't broke.
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 isn't ready to leave Psistar alone yet so I 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
