Ashraf Chowdhury

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Status
Elected

My name is Akib, I’m in my second year of chemical engineering, and I am running for the position of events officer for the following academic year.

As someone who struggled socially in my first year, I have come to greatly appreciate the regular events hosted by UCLG this year that have helped me come out of my shell. They have allowed me to meet so many different people and helped me become a better version of myself. By attending most of the events this year, I understand what goes into making these events that we all know and love, and understand what works for our society and what doesn’t.

My previous experiences of organising an end of year event trip for my cohort during sixth form taught me valuable skills needed for an ideal events officer. The skills I learnt from running these events involve clear communication with other students, organisation through detailed spreadsheets, and learning to plan for the unideal outcomes.

As for my plans for the next academic year, I hope to run as many in person events of the same quality if not better than ones hosted this year, from the massive meltdowns to the smaller gingerbread house social. However in addition to this, I would also like to see more accessible online events. I would do this by working strongly with all the game admins to create more community based online events helping knit aspects of the community together.

But at the end of the day, the true videogame society are the friends we made along the way!

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