Hey friends!! To all first years – and some fourth years – I say welcome to B-soc, and welcome back to everybody else! My name is Melissa Ferguson and I am the Vice President of Finance (VPF) of the Engineering Society B. I am in charge of overseeing how your EngSoc student fees are spent this term. I allocate money to event directors, oversee capital improvement spending, and manage the sponsorship committee that gives money to student teams on campus.
Let’s start with a bit of an update from last term!! The A-soc VPF, Kevin, did a lot of great work over the Fall term. He reallocated backlogged ECIF funds so EngSoc can buy more useful capital items. We also merged some of our bank accounts to reduce the amount of bank fees spent per term. Good job, Kevin!!
One of my top goals for this term is to keep expanding and improving RidgidWare. I plan on developing a transition manual to easily train volunteers so students who want to volunteer and get involved can learn the necessary technical background easily. I am also working on getting more hardware that students need on the shelves. Finally, I am working with a team towards implementing a better inventory management system.
As far as Novelties goes, I plan on getting 2 new department patches. I have been working on a Biomedical Engineering patch design, so if you have a design for your department send it my way and we might just make it into an official patch!! I also plan on doing another order of the Tool Bearer bobble heads. In order to know what the demand is like we will be doing a pre-order at some point later this term. If you have any new design ideas for Novelties swag send me an email at vpfinance.b@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca!!
Finally I plan on expanding the student deals program run through EngSoc. I want to approach more stores in the plaza as well as off campus locations that are frequently visited by students. Send me an email with the places you would like to see added to the growing list of stores with EngSoc student deals!!
Coverall day will be on February 2nd and 3rd in CPH foyer. The coveralls will be sold for $90 each and for an extra $10 you can receive 3 patches from Novelties ($15 value).
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