We are excited to announce that Michael Rog will serve as President for next year. He is excited to hear your ideas and suggestions: rsds(at)rice.edu

The full roster of new officers is as follows:

President
Michael Rog

Treasurers
Yang Hu

Ballroom Events Coordinator
Emilia Stepinski and Autumn Allen

Swing Events Coordinator
Tal Einav and Emily Watkins

Tango Events Coordinator
Sriram Eleswarapu

Harvest Moon Ball Event Co-Chairs
Emily Watkins and Tal Einav

Dances With Owls Event Co-Chairs
Emilia Stepinski and Autumn Allen

We also extend gratitude to everyone who served as an officer this year. It has been an amazingly successful year for us — lots of new members and new interest in the program, several awesome workshops, a new demo team, and lots of competition wins. Thank you to…

Emilia Stepinski (2008-2009 President), Robbie Fraleigh, Michael Dirk, Joe Chang, Becky Saunders, and Natalie Webber

The Officer Election Petition is available for download. If you’re going to run for an officer position, you need to fill out a petition and return it to us!

Elections will be held in late March.

We’ll publish the Constitution online before elections. In the meantime, you can read about the officer positions here:

The PRESIDENT shall…

• set a schedule for RSDS events
• have final responsibility for the organization of events
• along with the Vice-Presidents, act as a liaison to the Rice Administration and the US-ABDA
• convene and preside over meetings of RSDS
• have the power to appoint committees and determine their membership

The VICE-PRESIDENT shall…

• along with the President, act as a liaison to the Rice Administration and the US-ABDA
• perform other duties as determined by the President

The TREASURER shall…

• keep up-to-date and accurate records of RSDS finances
• act as a liaison to the Rice Administration on matters concerning RSDS finances
• be responsible for developing a budget
• administer fund-raising activities

The SECRETARY shall…

• be responsible for maintaining membership records
• handle all other recordkeeping necessary for the operation of the RSDS
• be responsible for RSDS publicity

The EVENTS COORDINATOR shall…

• be responsible for organizing all events, such as practice dances, cotillions, competitions, milongas, and socials
• perform other duties as determined by the Presdient
• NOTE: We allow up to three (3) Events Coordinators, to serve the Ballroom, Swing, and Tango programs. However, all the events coordinators will be responsible for contributing cooperatively to support the entire RSDS community.

If you have any questions, talk to Michael or Emilia (rsds@).