Debating Society: Treasurer

As simple as it sounds, being treasurer of a successful Debating Society is one of the more technical roles. You need to be in constant communication with the rest of the committee, particularly the President and the Training Officers, to ensure we can register and pay for all the events we want to attend on time, Allocating funds effectively between registration fees, competition budgets, and general running costs is a delicate balance, and should be ideally approached with a certain level of experience and responsibility. 

I’m currently one of the Training Officers for the society. If you’ve been to Thursday Trainings, you’ve probably seen me in the background, doing background things. In my opinion, the society runs as smoothly as it can mostly because of the work done in the background. Over the past year, I’ve tried my best to ensure trainings run smoothly, allocations are done efficiently, and the society is represented as best as possible externally. I’ve learned a lot, and I have a lot more left to give. 

My top priority given the opportunity would be to ensure every member at the end of the year has had the best time they possibly could have (of course while running the society as efficiently as I can financially).

I want to help make debating society the best it can be, stretching every contribution to the full, without waste, so our members can feel the full benefits of their membership. From pizzas to socials to back in-person competitions, money makes the world go round, so lets see how far we can take it! 

3 key goals:

• More transparency over what your money does
• Making sure money is not a barrier to debating
• Using your money FOR YOU! 
  • Socials, pizza, subsidised competition-associated costs

All whilst keeping a sustainable fund to keep debating going for years to come!