President Assistant

The President Assistant is a member chosen by the President to provide supplemental support in fulfilling their duties. Being a President Assistant fulfills one's house labor requirement. For more on their responsibilities, see the description below.

Description:

Hello! I, Carrie, the (primary) voice of the wiki, am the President Assistant! One of my duties is to improve this wiki. In fact, it is how I got the job since I pitched my ideas for continuing my work on the wiki in this year's Work Survey. I was also President over the Summer of 2022, so my relevant knowledge has enabled me to assist the Co-Presidents with various duties. To give you an idea of the type of work I do, I'll copy and paste a segment of my House Council report. By the way, these are voluntary for assistants. The House Council is only required to collect them from officers - I simply opted to send one in one month (and have forgotten to ever since, haha). Anyway, here it is in small font to not take up too much space:

"Hi Escherites! Carrie here, our President Assistant. The past month and a half I have been doing less of a consistent 3 hours a week-thing and more of a 2 hours one week, 7 hours Work Holiday week-thing: Updating and improving the wiki, which I plan to pick up again now that its loading issues have seemingly resolved (fingers crossed). Making posts for our Instagram (just 2, but still thought I’d mention it). Responding to routine emails in the President inbox. Taking minutes at an officer meeting (one time that the Secretary couldn’t make it). Sending emails to the house about our fire code, parking, and probably something else I can’t remember. Drafting the house pet roster form. Aiding in a peculiar contract release process. Helping finish a referral hearing process. Giving advice and problem solving with the Co-Presidents. Drafting new Discord rules (which will be updated soon). Working on instructions for the trunk room clean out and labeling to happen before November 20 There’s a few more small things, but I don’t want to overwhelm you diligent readers with too much unnecessary info. Please let me know if you have any feedback, questions, or just want my help with anything! I’m not as knowledgeable as some of our housemates, but I was President over the summer and learned a lot about how the house operates. Thanks for reading!"

Anyway, you don't have to be a former President to get this position. I would venture to say that most President Assistants are not former Presidents. However, there are some helpful skills to have: - Google Docs/Drive Know-How, for creating agendas, voting forms, and more. - Creativity/ingenuity, for problem-solving - Flexibility, to be able to work longer hours some weeks than others (balancing out your contributions to at least a net average of 3 hours a week) - Detail-oriented, with an eagerness to be thorough in checking others' and your own work - Writing skills, which are helpful when drafting house-wide or other emails with lots of information - Social Media skills, because ideally the President Assistant could be responsible for keeping up the Instagram (which I haven't been doing consistently, to be fair) So yeah, if it sounds up your alley, I suggest using the open-ended area of the Work Survey to make your case for being selected for the position.

In coop,

Carrie

Note:

The amount and type of officer assistants will vary based on operational needs. In Winter 2023, we have 5 AKMs, 1 Assistant Work Manager, 2 Sustainability Assistants, 2 Health Coordinator Assistants, and 1 President Assistant. The respective officers are given the freedom to choose the members they see as the most fit for these positions within the limits of the operational restraints that the Work Manager communicates to them.