Harry Potter Society Returning Social!

Welcome to a magical new year with the Order of the Ruskin! 

We hope you’re returning refreshed after a Christmas break filled with Molly’s mince pies and Celestina Warbeck on the Wizarding Wireless. After an intense first semester as we set up, we hope this term will run a bit more smoothly as we plan on bringing you everything we promised and more. (Yes, this should include a Ball *better* than the Triwizard Yule Ball…)

We would like to invite you along to our first social of 2013! It will be held at our favourite, the Tram Depot on Thursday 31st January, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. We’d love to see as many of you there as possible so we can update you on all our fantastic news!

We’re very excited at all the new things we have in store for you this semester, and we hope to see out our first year as a Society with a bang bigger than Dr Filibusters Fabulous No-Heat Wet-Start Fireworks.

So hop back on the Hogwarts Express with your trunk packed and ready for a new term with the Order of the Ruskin!

New for 2013!

We are pleased to announce a new part of our online presence here at the Harry Potter Society!

 

The Order of the Ruskin Members Forum (http://www.facebook.com/groups/224382677697395/) is a new space for all our Society members to communicate and share their love for all things Potter.

 

Please remember that joining the group enters you into an open environment of discussion and conversation with others. Although this will be monitored by members of the Committee this is an accessible page affiliated with both the Society and Anglia Ruskin, so please be mindful and respectful of others and their views.

 

So head on over and get chatting with Potterheads of all Houses and affiliations!

GET READY FOR MUGGLE QUIDDITCH…

Happy New Year to all our Quidditch-interested Potterheads!

We apologise for the vast delay in getting our Muggle Quidditch team set up. We have hit various difficulties along the way, and if we could use a time-turner and go back to the beginning we would! But things are looking good at the moment and we are in a development process, so keep an eye out on your emails over the next couple of weeks for more news, information and (hopefully) try outs!

In order to establish as an official Sports Club we need a full committee, and as such we are looking for two Quidditch-enthusiasts to fulfil the roles of ‘Administrator’ and ‘Treasurer’. These positions are fairly straightforward, and more information can be found through the SU website (in Resources) or by dropping us a message. If you’re interested, please contact us via our email account (aruquidditch@gmail.com) as we won’t be able to set up as an official team without a full committee!

We will have to ask a small membership fee from you, as this team will be separate from the Harry Potter Society, but this will be as minimal as we can make it and will only go towards getting important equipment like hoops, balls and spare brooms.

We don’t have a facebook or SU page as of yet, but we hope to soon. So for now, please look out for any emails from ‘aruquidditch@gmail.com’ and we will keep you updated!

We look forward to seeing this really take off with you guys,

ARU Muggle Quidditch: Ruskin Reductos

Happy New Year!

Thank you to everyone who applied for the open committee positions! We will be in touch soon.

If you missed the deadline but would still like to be considered, then drop us a message at orderoftheruskin@gmail.com asap and we will see if we can fit you in!

Hope you're all having a magical break!

Our owls are struggling!

We hope you've all had an enchanting Christmas is, and are looking forward to a truly magical New Year!

Our owls are having trouble getting our messages to all Order of the Ruskin members, especially with this weather, so please feel free to pass the word along and share our facebook and twitter posts. Especially our open applications for Vices and Online Media Rep - the Society can only continue on with a potential committee for next year!

Applications close at MIDNIGHT TOMORROW (Monday 31st December/Tuesday 1st January) so please try and get your completed forms back by then.

Message us at orderoftheruskin@gmail.com for an application form if you're interested in the roles Vice President, Vice Treasurer, Vice Administrator and Vice Social Events Coordinator, as well as our brand new official Committee position: Online Media Representative!

We hope to see you all in the New Year!

Anglia Ruskin Harry Potter Society: Order of the Ruskin

A very merry and magical Christmas to all our Society members!

Thank you to everyone for making this such an amazing year for us and for making this Society possible! We expect you'll all be sat around the Wizarding Wireless listening to Celestina Warbeck along with Molly Weasley over the next few days, so have a fabulous festive season, and keep an eye out for our exciting adventures after the new year!

Monday 31st December is the deadline for all our Vice roles and Online Media Representative applications, so don't delay! Email us at orderoftheruskin@gmail.com for an application form and info pack! More information can be found in our previous post, or at the Anglia Ruskin SU page: https://www.angliastudent.com/news/article/7017/Special-Announcement-for-the-Harry-Potter-Society/

Thank you again, and we hope to see you all in the New Year!

Anglia Ruskin Harry Potter Society: Order of the Ruskin

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

For those Potterheads not already aware, in the New Year we will be opening up new positions on the Harry Potter Society Committee!

Online Media Representative

• As the Online Media Representative for the Society your main role will involve the upkeep and promotion of the Society and its events via all online sources, including the Society’s Facebook page, Twitter account and the SU web page. These must all be maintained and kept up to date with the goings on of the Society, together with online ‘events’ to invite members to and reviews of past events to keep the pages active and interesting.
  
• You will mainly be working with the Social Events Coordinator and the Administrator to make sure any events, socials and news are published promptly on all three sites keeping them current and informative, as well as through members’ emails.
  
• You are also advised to use your initiative in ways to keep members up to date and publicise the Society, as well as helping out in other areas such as the devising and running of events and socials.
  
• You will be given admin rights for all Society online outlets and will attend all Committee meetings as an official member of the Society Committee.
  
• This position is open to all members of the Society, particularly those with an interest in Social Media. The role will be voted in by the Society members in a mini-election that will take place through the online Society outlets.

Vices

• We will be opening up unofficial ‘Vice’ roles for each official position on the Committee. This includes President, Administrator, Treasurer and Social Events Coordinator.
  
• This is a good way of being able to train up those of you who are interested in taking on Committee positions next year, giving you a chance to experience what the job entails and get to know if the role would be right for you.
  
• You will be shadowing the Committee member in the role you apply for, and will have the opportunity to sit in on Committee meetings. You will also help out with the organisation of our Semester 2 events, as well as the possibility of being given your own responsibilities.
  
• The vice positions are open to everyone who is interested in the Society Committee positions, in particular those who will be looking to continue on with the Society over the next academic year. (Next year’s Committee will be elected in May 2013.)
  
• You are welcome to try out for as many roles as you like, particularly for those interested in the President position it is advised that you familiarise yourself with all Committee roles.
  
• Everyone who applies will have a chance to experience the role they apply for, so if we should have several applications for one role, we will rotate all applicants to give everyone a well-rounded experience.
  
• These positions will not be voted in and will be unofficial insofar as you will not be a formally recognised member of the Committee.

To apply for any and all of these roles, please send an email to orderoftheruskin@gmail.com to receive a Responsibility Pack outlining all the roles in further detail and a formal application form. 

Please return your completed application form to the same email address.

The closing deadline is Monday 31^st December. 

The roles will then be organised during January and will be in place from the beginning of February.