Boat Club: Treasurer

Hi, my name is Max and I joined UCLBC as a novice this year. I am running for the committee position of treasurer in the club. Before I ask you to consider casting your vote in my name, I want to tell you about my motivation and reasons for aiming to be the next treasurer. 

At the start of this year, I had joined quite a few societies. However, it is the boat club that has by far and away become the one I am most invested in. The amount of time spent with people in this club has led me to believe I can become a closer and more proactive part of this community by running for a committee position. 

The position of treasurer was my first choice given that it had the most familiar feel to me personally. Of course, nothing I have done will be comparable in scale to overseeing the finances of this club, but as someone who has already led a society at school and having grown quite experienced keeping track of my own expenses over the last few months via, albeit probably rudimentary, Excel spreadsheets, I am keen on bringing my accuracy and control to this position. A challenging role that I feel fit to take on with the aim to help this club reach its financial goals.

I thank you for your consideration and wish all my competitors a successful election.

Hey All,

Having been a member and learnt to row at UCLBC over the last two years, I’m keen to apply my energies and experience to support and improve the club as treasurer.

In this role, I would aim to ensure that financial decisions are taken in a timely manner, with thorough due-diligence and planning, to ensure that club funds are appropriately maintained and sporting performance properly supported. In support of this, I’d look to foster a productive relationship with the Union, being well-aware of such intricacies through experience as treasurer in high school organisations and the Bartlett’s Pavilion construction.

Well-aware that rowing is an expensive sport, I’m eager to ensure that costs to members are minimised, and opportunities for wider participation and support increased, such that monetary concerns are removed, as far as possible, from people’s decision to row at UCL. Similarly, I’d look to work with the Fundraising Sec. to widen fundraising efforts and secure additional revenue streams for the Boat Club.

Further to this, I’d like to increase the club’s financial transparency, so rowers can better trust how their membership is spent, and fully appreciate the cost of our equipment and activities, by reinstating (?) the termly update to members outlined within the constitution.

Cheers.