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Hi everyone! I’m Gemma and I’m looking to get involved into committee next year. I am currently on my year abroad and was events officer for Live music society last year. During my time as events officer, while trying to come up with new events, I found that I also wanted to organise more socials and fun activities for all Live music members, which are an opportunity for people to get involved in the society without necessarily having to perform, and they also allow for more creativity and flexibility from the organisational perspective.
A few ideas that I had were fried chicken movie night (music related movie) or a Shazam board games night, where people play together with music in the background, and everyone gets to add a few of their favourite songs in the queue. Of course I would also bring back the traditional quiz nights and LM Families activities. Socials are a great chance for LM members to get in touch with more musicians or become part of a band, and it’s important to organise frequent ones to have a community within the society. I would also promote more non-drinking socials outside of the events in the UCL bars, which I think are necessary.
My experience as an events officer is certainly valuable as I am already familiar with all the aspects of event organising related to budget, booking, scheduling or working with the Student Union.
I loved my time as a Committee member and hope that I can be part of that again next year, organising new and fun social events!