Fortuna Annual Report 2014

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FORTUNA

STUDENT ASSOCIATION

Annual Report

2014-2015


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ANNUAL REPORT

2014-2015

Writ ten by:

Samuel Hopcroft

Chair of Fortuna

&

Ivanna Yurkiv

Execut ive Assistant to the Fortuna Board

August 14th, 2015


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction.......................................................................................4

Fortuna board overview....................................................................6

Legal affairs......................................................................................7

Advisory councils.............................................................................8

External boards............................................................................9-10

Committee affairs............................................................................12

Survey

overview.....................................................................................25-26

Housing council..............................................................................11

Committee affairs:

Committees................................................................................13-17

Committee affairs:

Teams..............................................................................................18

Other organs....................................................................................22

Committee affairs:

New committees........................................................................19-21

Finance summary................................................................... ........24

Student representation....................................................................23

Closing remarks..............................................................................27


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NTRODUCTION

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Samuel Hopcroft Chair

Tijmen Lamers Secretary

Cox Bogaards Treasurer

Bene Colenbrander Housing Chair

Thomas Giacoletto Committee Affairs Off icer

Stuart Smith Committee Affairs Officer

FORTUNA BOARD

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MISSION STATEMENT

The Fortuna Student Association aims to provide and build student life at Leiden University

College The Hague. It does this through:

- Organising co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, through its committees and teams

- Funding opportunities for students outside of the classroom

- Working with organisations and universities inside and outside of The Hague

- Working closely with Leiden University College

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Stuart Smith

was elected to the Fortuna

a Committee Affairs Officer.

FORTUNA BOARD overview

MISSION:

The Fortuna board facilitates the

running of the association.

NITIATIVES FOR NEXT YEAR

committees and teams is recommended.

WORKLOAD

The workload of the Fortuna board was very high

due to structural and legal challenges, which the

association faced. Due to this, the board established

various commissions and teams to help run the

administrative side of the association, such as the

Legal Team and the Representative Assembly.

The board also hired an executive assistant on a

voluntary basis.

Ivanna Yurkiv

was appointed, who

helped greatly in the background. The interna

teamwork and cohesion within the board throughou

the year was very strong. The board met fo

approximately three hours a week with the entire

board, and approximately 20 hours a week fo

individual meetings between different boar

members.

Due to the workload,

Joe Cotton

stepped down in

December, and

Jan Bogaarts

in March. In the

future, the workload of board members should be

made very clear during elections, when students are

considering running for positions.

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LEGAL AFFAI RS

General Assemblies

GAs)

are the highest decision making organ of Fortuna. Any amendments to the

Articles of Association

and

Rules of Procedure

need to be approved by a GA. This year, the legal

team drafted such amendments, which were approved during the second GA.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY: September 2014

owland, Jacob van de Beeten, Joris Broeders and Thom

documents can only be edited by a General Assembly.

nd give more clarity on the workings of the association.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY: February 2015

GENERAL ASSEMBLY: May 2015

Chair:Cas Bezembinder Secretary:Peter Sprietsma

188 Fortuna members were present or represented at the GA.

The assembly:

- Discussed the LUC student council

- Dissolved the Student Representatives

- Changed the electoral method to alternative vote

- Granted Miika Korja and Anna-Liisa Springham honorary membership

Chair:Miika Korja Secretary:Cas Bezembinder


The assembly:

- Approved the Annual Report and Annual Financial Report

- Discharged the previous Fortuna board

- Approved the Annual Budget

- Approved the Student Representatives

Chair:Samuel Hopcroft Secretary:Tijmen Lamers


The assembly:

- Approved the amended Articles of Association

- Approved the new Rules of Procedure

- Approved the semester review of the Annual Budget

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ADVISORY COUNCILS:

COLLEGE COUNCIL

MISSION:

The College Council advises the

College Board, ensuring transparency and quality

of decision making in LUC.

complaints from

ADVISORY BOARD

MISSION:

The advisory board is an independent

student-staff mixed board which advises the

Fortuna board.

these complaints.

little formal advice from the advisory board, based on the Fortuna board?s minutes, gene

, the advisory board will take a more active role in advising the Fortuna board in 2015/16.

Henry Abbink

Tim Kluwen

and

Lisa Smits

will be joining.

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EXTERNAL BOARDS:

Studievereniging Over leg Platform

studieverenigingen in

, one of the most important topics discussed by

greater extent.

our city.

Verenigings Over leg

The VerO is the board of the different study association

the Hague. It ensures better communication a

inter-study events.

In 2014/15, the VerO met approximately once a month a

exchanged information on the activity of the differ

studies in The Hague. They also organised two camp

parties, and promoted other inter-study activity. Examp

of these were joint sport and art events, as well as eve

by Amnesty International and the Gospel Choir. Furth

the VerO proposed to create a student hub, with

municipality, in The Hague, where all students could co

together. Hopefully, this could happen by 2016.

Next year, the VerO will hopefully continue to prom

inter-study events, also on a larger scale. The plans

build a student hub should also be developed with

municipality, and the role of the study associations in

new Wijnhaven building will be established.

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EXTERNAL BOARDS

UCSRN

songwriters, sketch-comedians,

Fortuna's Choir for their brilliant Gospel medley.

U?s four-year-long winning streak.

eCottonrepresented Fortuna in the UCSRN social committee.

cademic committee

student in the 21st century. Different speakers took the

Victor van der Poll from LUC also shared his

summer breaks.

was elected to represent Fortuna in the academic committee.

MISSION:

The University College Student Representatives of

the Netherlands stimulates inter-UC events and collaboration.

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HOUSING COUNCIL

MISSION

: The Housing Council aims to assist

students in residential issues and to represent student

interest in their communication with DUWO and SEA

Housing.

out their involvement with the De Klok and the Stamkart student residences. Si

need to continue searching for venues to hold future LUC parties. They will also need to maintain g

housing chair do not fit into this.

De

initiatives:

- Collaborated with the New Babylon on the petition regarding tram noise

- Submitted legal complaints to JuridischLoketabout the number of keys that residents should be given

- Investigated student housing opportunities for next year's third year students

- Searched for potential party venues (for Fortuna parties)

- Distributed the second set of keys to the Anna van Buerenplein residents

- Organised an information session for second and third years about the housing options for their last year

- Sent petitions regarding the tram noise

INITIATIVES FOR NEXT YEAR

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COMMITTEE AFFAIRS

MISSION:

The aim of the committee affairs officers is to

help students set up and manage committees, stimulating

committees to reach their own goals and provide for LUC

students.

Committee Affairs Officers:

Thomas Giacoletto

Stuart Smith

and the committees, and to help different committees work together.

. They organised two fortunity weeks, which took place in week 3 of block 1 and 3. The purpose of

INITIATIVES FOR NEXT YEAR

communication more effective.

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COMMITTEE AFFAIRS

COMMITTEES

Beyond Arts Committee

Giulia Giacometti

Anna-Liisa Springham

Koen Rutten

Camille Steens

Dilara Barthel

Jessie Foest

Kristian Kristensen

Carla Vlaun

Sabina Menotti

Beyond Arts had an exceptional year, winning Fortuna's

'Committee of the Year' award. Each of their five sub-committees

individually excelled, hosting both exciting events for the whole

community, and weekly sessions for the very involved.

Sports Committee

Chair: Liza Lemaine

Board: Jente Althuis

Matthias Schotanus

Ella Verver

Katharina Bauer

Sportsco, Fortuna's biggest committee, had a great year, with more sports than ever befo

They offered male & female football, hockey, volleyball, rugby, basketball, climbing, tennis a

running, and represented Fortuna against other UCs and at the UCSRN Tournament.

In the past two years Sportsco has laid the foundations for the committee. In 2014/15, regu

trainings and training venues were established for all the above sports and the organisation

teams ran very smoothly, with seperate team leaders for each sport.

Hopefully next year the board can organise even more additional events alongside the regu

training and matches.

Events ranged from the renowned Beyond Arts Housewarming, now hosted in AvB, to Chekh

plays & music performances; each of their events was successful in a different way.

The committee was very organised throughout the entire year, allowing them to work closely w

other committees, and to represent Fortuna at the UCSRN tournament.

They have given the 2015/16 board a very strong transition, and we hope the new board are j

as engaged, committed and hard-working as this board was.

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COMMITTEE AFFAIRS

COMMITTEES

Act Aware Committee

Chair: Robin Vroom

Board: Naomi Bruijnooge

Evi Hella Zaborszky

Silas Gairdner

Nynke Blomer

Bente Fonkert

Anne Mai Baan

Lily Zeitler

Adriene Hill Strathy

Dieneke de Weerd

Siri Ockerman

Christina Hassenhuttl

Act Aware had an exciting year, putting on

events ranging from a World Food Day, to movie

nights, to clothes and book swaps. They also

maintained the rooftop garden and began to

grow our very first LUC fruit and vegetables at

the allotment in the Zuiderpark.

Next year, with LUC?s support, the rooftop

garden should be completely revamped. We

also encourage Act Aware to plan even more

events in semester one, and have more regular

events for those who are very interested in

environmental and social sustainability.

Amnesty International Committee

Chair: Anne Flake

Board: Thomas Schmitt

Aiken Besley

Klaudija Cremers

Jamie Holton

Kelsey Bischot

Amesty International had a strong year. They put on th

staple events: letter writing, Jamnesty and the sil

auction, involving students from all over The Hag

They also introduced new events with mixed succe

such as lectures and pub quizzes.

Next year, the committee can hopefully organ

themselves better at the beginning of the academic ye

which will allow the Fortuna board to give them m

financial and inter-committee support.

Careers Committee

Chairs: Ari Fishman

Sarah Wildeboer

Board: Maxime Hue

Mathijs Hageraats

Ioano Dumitrescu

Lieke Mulder

Lilly Wig

Sara Bolghiran

This year, Careersco put on various workshops and forums, which

each helped students identify and plan their future careers. They also

managed a very helpful online platform - LUC careers, sharing

opportunities for students.

In the next year, we hope to see more collaboration between the

networking and events sides of the committee. This will allow for

more career-oriented events and a broader careers fair, with more

professionals invited to LUC than ever before.

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COMMITTEE AFFAIRS

COMMITTEES

Dutch Language and Culture Committee

Chair: Naomi Bruijnooge

Board: Marleen Bornat

Dennis Meyer

Olivia Kelnreiter

DLCC, one of Fortuna's more academic committe

had another very strong year. The classes, led by Li

Schreel, were a great success. Alongside these, DL

conducted a trip to the Mauritshuis.

We are excited about the continued developmen

such an important committee, and we hope

committee can help inspire other language committ

to develop over the next year.

Film Committee

Chair: Anisa Gasper

Board: Josh Treacher

Mariska van der Zee

Lorraine Besnier

Esma Yavuz

Nadine Kops

LUC Diversity Committee

Chair: Cris van Eijk

Board: Katharina Ebner

Madelaine Alber

Silke Zwijsen

Filmco is one of Fortuna's oldest committees,

and this year it experienced a revival of its

successful past. Movie screenings in AvB

had generally good results, and events such

as the Cannes Film Festival were extremely

successful.

Filmco is a committee that could really take

advantage of students' wishes to 'get out of

the bubble.' Hopefully in the coming year,

they can get involved with even more cinema

excursions and film opportunities in The

Hague and further afield.

LUC Diversity had a very strong year, taking the commit

from a small online platform to a committee which puts

films, lectures, exhibitions and more. The Exposure pro

in May was one of the most fascinating exhibitions LUC h

ever hosted. The committee also worked well with ot

committees and teams to plan events, including Beyo

Arts, LUC.ID and South America Day, and was one of

committees to venture beyond the bubble, organising a jo

borrel with BASIS - the association for International Studi

Next year, a more experienced board will allow

committee to better hit the ground running in terms

events, planning and budgeting. We are really excited

see what LUC Diversity comes up with

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COMMITTEE AFFAIRS

COMMITTEES

PAX Committee (student magazine)

Chair: Bob Pierik

Board: Jarre Middeljans

Rob Boemen

Maxime Boumans

Nadine Froughi

Rosie Underwood

PAX developed hugely this year, building a

professional and exciting student magazine. They

released four editions, one per block, and each

edition sold out. The board developed a magazine

which struck a balance between informing and

entertaining, and it was a treat that students would

always look forward to during the reading week.

Next year, we would love if PAX would be even

more financially ambitious, striving to create more

regular magazines available for students, and

striving to create a stronger online presence at LUC.

LUCMUN (Model United Nations Committee)

Chair: Daniel Witte

Board: Alexandra van Walraven

Thomas Borghols

Liselotte van Balen

LUCMUN had a great year, sending LUC students

more conferences and winning more awards tha

ever before. The committee trained and interviewe

prospective delegates, before sending them acro

Europe for various conferences. They also organise

LU-Crises, which got lots of students involved

simulation and debate, and sent delegations to

simulation of The Hague Peace Conference.

We hope that LUCMUN continues their good wor

and finds ways to get even more students involved

MUN.

LUCV (Volunteering Committee)

Chair: Elisabeth Schellekens

Board: Simon van der Staaij

Henry Abbink

LUCV hosted four volunteering weeks this year,

in which they had small-scale projects students

could sign up for. They also were heavily involved

with Ann Wilson's projects at LUC - students

seemed to really appreciate the hassle-free

opportunity to volunteer.

Next year, despite not needing much financial

support, closer bonds with the Fortuna board can

help LUCV involve more students and access

more volunteering opportunities in The Hague.

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COMMITTEE AFFAIRS

COMMITTEES

LUC.ID (Photography and Media Committee)

Chairs: Maxime Boumans

Thomas Cytrynowicz

Martin Grahovski

Board: Kimberley Schoenmaker

As Fortuna?s multimedia committee, LUC

were present at many of the events, w

photos and videos that ensured you wo

never forget the events (which in the case

some parties may be unfortunate). LUC

cooperated with other committees to br

Fortuna two art exhibitions, and worked w

and supported LUC during events as well.

If LUC.ID can really work next year

recruiting an even bigger team, there is muc

store for this creative side of Fortuna.

LUC Debating Committee

Chair: Joris Broeders

Board: Inga Steinberg

Simon Touissant

Stela Gineva

Esperanto Committee

Iris van der Lugt

Steven van der Have

The debating committee had a decent start to the y

with a successful event in the first Fortunity We

However, due to workload problems for board memb

the committee was not active during the seco

semester.

As LUC is a community which loves debating, hopef

the committee can reinvent itself in the coming year. T

commiittee can also do joint events with associations

Leiden who already regularly organise succes

debates.

La Espero, our Esperanto Committee, had a

good second year as a Fortuna committee.

Whilst it is one of our smaller committees, it

has a very 'LUC' ethos in terms of what it

teaches.

We therefore hope that more students

become involved in Esperanto, as it is such an

exciting and interesting language to learn. The

committee could potentially introduce trips (as

DLCC did) to incentivise attendance, and do

joint events with our other language and

culture committees.

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COMMITTEE AFFAIRS

TEAMS

Dies Fatalis Team

Chair: Rik Rutten

Board: Clara Haberberger

Ruba Nawaz

Lotte van der Kamp

Theresa Lieb

Suffice to say this year?s Dies Fatalis show was an

evening never to forget. Living up to the high

expectations of all members, the Dies Team and

their many volunteers showed incredible

dedication to show LUC students and staff alike

that it?s not very hard to make fun of a Liberal Arts

degree. Lots of committees and students ensured

that the event maintained its reputation as the

highlight of the LUC year The addition of a huge

Pries Fatalis helped add to the excitement and

funding of the event.

Next year, it would be good if the team could try to

get in their budget as early as possible, to ensure

the funds the event needs are available.

Hitchhiking Team

Chair: Rik Rutten

Board: Bob van der Mortel

Thomas Giacoletto

Silke Zwijsen

Lisette Alberti

The Fortuna hitchhiking team organised two t

this year, to Budapest in the autumn break, and

Vilnius in the spring break. Both events w

attended by a large number of members with o

100 people going to Budapest, and Fortuna is ke

to see this continue, as the hitchhiking competiti

are becoming one of the highlights of t

respective blocks.

We?e curious to see what exotic destinations

team can come up with and hope they can

even more ways to make it as safe as possible.

LUC Pool Club

Chair: Davinio Dwarkasing

Board: Arvid Plugge

Thomas Borghols

The Pool Club organised two events this year: a

singles and doubles tournament. Both attracted a

large and inclusive audience, appealing to those

who can (and can't ) play pool.

Next year, we hope the club can expand, seeking

deals with local pool clubs as it did in its first year.

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Board: Jack Lindsay

Maria Borsa

COMMITTEE AFFAIRS:

NEW COMMITTEES AND TEAMS

HISTORY READING GROUP

o participate, members were encouraged to do

German Kaiser.

YEARBOOK TEAM

The "bubble-like" nature of the LUC community encouraged E

(class of 2017) and Jan (class of 2016) to pursue a yearb

project.

To release their first yearbook on May 18th, the board memb

had to collaborate with external sponsors (for printing and a des

program). Board members had to also ensure that the yearbo

met students' expectations. This was done by involving all y

groups in its creation.

The team expects the yearbook to become an inherent par

LUC. You can apply to be a board member of this team if you w

to be involved in (quite literally) making the history of LUC.

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Maria (class of 2016) came up with the idea to create LUC

Radio after seeing a post about a university radio on her

newsfeed on Facebook.

Although 22 F(M) only had its first show at the beginning of

May, the committee won the hearts and minds of LUC

students very quickly. To reward them for their effort, Maria

and Jack (class of 2016) received the "New Committee of the

Year Award".

The radio should continue to entertain and unite students

over 2015/16.

Board: Enya Seguin

Lone Mokkenstorm

Kelsey Bischot

Jan Bogaarts

Regis Hijnekamp

Boudewijn van Eerd

Chair: Stan Mencke

Board: Ruben Van Zoest

Lucas van Oppen

Joost Thuis

Jori Korpershoek

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COMMITTEE AFFAIRS:

NEW COMMITTEES AND TEAM

LUDENS

The aim of the LUDENS founders is to unite students interested

multi-player games. Cas, Victor, Peter and Tijmen noticed

there were different groups of students playing board games,

not interacting with each other, so decided to create a commi

which could bring them together.

LUDENS organised a simulation about the Fall of the Rom

Republic and other game sessions. Preparation is not required

enter the games. The committee also trained a team to particip

in the League of Legends competition during the UCS

Tournament.

COOKING COMMITTEE

king committee; a chance for LUC?ers to meet

SOUTH AMERICA DAY

The South America Day team organised one day this year sol

dedicated to the South American culture. The idea originated fro

the previous year's celebration of Africa day. This academic ye

the South America Day team involved lots of different committe

collaborating to create a day of music, film, debates, food, and

course, education. Lots of people got involved, learning abo

everything from gospel choirs to human rights, and we hope t

team are up for organising such an event again next year.

Board: Jerzy Brinkhof

Lisa Staadegaard

Packy Soukthavone

Board: Raghav Nath

Giacomo Santoro

Chair: Cas Bezembinder

Board: Peter Sprietsma

Victor van der Poll

Tijmen Lamers

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COMMITTEE AFFAIRS:

NEW COMMITTEES AND TEAMS

USL- UNDERGROUND STUDENT LIFE

This committee formed after Christmas Committee and Ca

Diem decided to merge. Both of these committees had sim

goals, so they decided to work together under the sa

banner. This year USL was run by Monica and the commi

organized parties on the first floor of Anna van Buerenplein

particular taking the lead in the Winter Gala. The commi

also organised parties outside of the building, in The Hag

Next year, USL is aiming to have even more parties outsid

the bubble and to find new, more permanent locations

bigger events, such as the Winter Gala.

LUC HUMANITY

a war correspondent to raise

VAGINA MONOLOGUES

order to continue the

Chair: Hoba Gull

Board: Ashley Chin

Tessel van der Putte

Haris Qandhari

Sanne Luijendijk

Sjors Aartsen

Board: Christina Hassenhuttl

Lena Volmer

Johanna Renz

Chair: Monica Sanchez Groeneweg

Board: Alexander van der Meij

Figo Sodeberg

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OTHER ORGANS

LUC Student Bar

Chair: Martijn de Zeuw

Board: Maria Clota Borsa

Tim Kluwen

Raven Hoogendorp

Fortuna Library

Chair: Ivanna Yurkiv

Sponsorship Team

Chair: Cox Bogaards

Board: Olivia Kelnreiter

Victoria Smit

Wietse van den Bos

Raven Hoogendorp

LUC's library was officially established in August 2014 with the aim to make m

academic and non-academic books accessible to the LUC students. This year,

library has not started functioning properly because of delays and different iss

arising in the process. Nevertheless, a library team was formed at the end of

academic year.

During their first meeting, those participating came up with some ideas to expand

library and make it popular among the students. Other students (outside of the libr

team) voiced their opinions on how the library should be run in order to make it use

to the LUC students. Currently the library has over 300 books in stock (academic a

fiction). It also has over 100 DVDs and 50 academic journals. Next year, the aim i

set up a system that will allow the current library stock to be more used by L

students.

Previously, Akbar had always been a committee

of Fortuna. However, LUC and Fortuna decided it

was better to set up the bar as a foundation

stichting) under LUC, with the Fortuna board

acting as a supervisory board. The bar is also

supervised by the managing director of LUC.

The bar has had a very good year, catering for

many LUC and Fortuna events. Their finances are

very healthy and they have maintained a close

relationship with the Fortuna board.

Next year, the bar team will hopefully contribute to

redecorating the first floor, creating a better

atmosphere for events and work towards paying

back their ?2,500 loan from Fortuna.

The Sponsorship team's aim was to provide LUC students with discounts, with its f

goal specifically to make a discount booklet for the new first years. However, due

circumstances, this did not happen.

In the beginning of the year, the team aimed to get discounts and put them on

Fortuna website. The team printed stickers and brainstormed about ways to tac

sponsorship issues. However, in the end again this did not succeed.

For next year, it is extremely important that a clear goal is set and that regu

meetings are held, to be able to keep track of progress and motivate each other.

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STUDENT REPRESENTATION

WITHIN THE COLLEGE

Whilst student representation no longer falls under the mission of

Fortuna, the association took it on as a responsibility this year, due to

lack of another body dealing with concerns being raised.

his year that they were not being involved in college decisions and they were not aware of

University College Utrechtand Amsterdam University Collegefive action points w

group of students and the College Board.

Meetings every block with an informal student forum

informal student forum. Non-confidential minutes will be made available to all students.

rogramme Council and College Council reports

Programme and College Board, and the reaction to that advice.

esults from student course evaluations

could be published on a local Intranet.

pen office hours: Programme Council and College Council

up student suggestions to the Programme and College Board.

nduction for Programme Council and College Council members

f members will have a proper induction upon being elected/appoin

and what their role is.

WITHI N FORTUNA

means to increase representation with

outside Av

the Fortuna board minutes and other ad hoc thing

parties and how to deal with limited bike space for students. A delegation of student representatives als

helped write LUC's new Social Honour Code.

whether the student representatives were necessary, as students could approa

General Assembly dissolved the student representatives system with 119 vo

A student representatives system existed in 2014/15 to

ensure better representation in the association.

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FINANCE SUMMARY

The first General Assembly passed the ann

budget, drafted by the Treasurer of the Fortu

board. This is the predicted expenditure in the ch

to the left. It is compared to the actual expenditu

correct as of 31-07-2015.

The total expenditure tended to approximately ma

the predicted expenditure. Note that un

'Interaction with other UCs', the total cost is

estimation as Fortuna has yet to receive an invo

for their membership of the UCSRN.

COMMITTEE FINANCES

Some committees and teams did not manage to spe

their entire budget, hence the approximately ?3,0

difference between the predicted and total commit

expenditure. The semester review of the annual bud

helped to make this difference smaller.

Next year, the Fortuna board should help stimul

committees to utilise as much of their available bud

as possible, and present a semester review of

annual budget as was done this year.

Sportsco, Fortuna's biggest committee, spent the m

of all committees, followed by PAX.

Dies Fatalis, Beyond Arts and LUC Humanity alll spe

much less than they had expected to. Next year, new

deciding what funds to request.

This is a relatively small decrease in the buffer. This buffer is extrem

much more in depth look at these finances.

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FORTUNA ASSOCIATION PERFORMANCE SURVEY

FORTUNA BOARD

In order to evaluate the performance of the Fortuna Association as well as the board, a survey was sent out

students. The survey was open for 15 working day and 150 Fortuna members participated. Here are some of th

results:

1. The board is transparent in its decision-making:

Strongly disagree 12.5%

Disagree 43.75%

Agree 37.5%

Strongly agree 6.25%

2. The board members are easy to reach:


Disagree 7.0%

Agree 64.5%


3.The board members facilitate the functioning of the

association:


Disagree 11.7%

Agree 66.0%


4. I am satisfied with the current board:


Disagree 15.0

Agree 62.0

Strongly agree 15.0

5. I feel like the current board engages all years equa

Strongly disagree 13.1

Disagree 33.3

Agree 49.3

Strongly agree 4.3%

RECOMMENDATIONS:

ECOMMENDATIONS

for the new board. The first step may be finding an accessible w

board meetings.

exclude third/fourth years in events, especially when they take place in AvB.

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FORTUNA ASSOCIATION PERFORMANCE SURVEY

COMMITTEES

6. The committee affairs officers are easy to reach:


Disagree 16.0%

Agree 65.0%


7.Committees are easy to join:


Disagree 10.0%

Agree 59.7%


8. Committees fulfill their purpose and goals:


Disagree 11.3%

Agree 73.3%


9.Committees are democratic in their decision-mak

Strongly disagree 6.5

Disagree 37

Agree 50

Strongly agree 6.

10. I feel like I am an important member of my

committee:


Disagree 12.3

Agree 56.8

Strongly agree 25.6

RECOMMENDATIONS:

RECOMMENDATIONS

effort to involve their members in decisions about the committee.

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CLOSING REMARKS

BOARD MEMBERS 2015/16

Chair Jelle Dorst

Secretary Arthur Holthaus

Treasurer Sophie Auton

Committee Affairs Officer Joost Thuis

Committee Affairs Officer Myrthe Kemme

Internal Communications Officer Stuart Smith

Thank you to the College Board, faculty and staff of LUCfor your continued support of Fortuna.

Thank you to Evi Zaborszky, MaximeBoumans and the LUC.IDcommitteefor the photos in this report.

Thank you to Oliver Antczak and Nadine Froughi , for helping the board with design and communication work

whilst we were without an internal communications officer and Ivanna Yurkivfor assisting the board, especially

the chair and secretary, throughout the year.

Thank you to the previous boards of Fortunafor helping build an association this College can be proud of.

A special thanks to Tijmen, Cox, Thomas, Bene, Stuart, Joe and Jan . Throughout this year, you sacrificed

your academic and social life to build an environment which best supports all the students at our college. Often,

your diligence and dedication went unnoticed, but you all made my year, and every LUC students' year, much

more enjoyable.

Most importantly, thank you to all the committee board members, housing council members, student

representatives, bar staff and anyone else who took on a voluntary rolewithin Fortuna- it is because of

you that our association offers everything it can, and it is because of you, that we can be proud of our

community here at LUC.

I hope everyone stays involved in and committed to our association, and I hope that in the years to come, we

can build an even better Fortuna. Have a great Lustrum year, and all the best for the future.

Samuel Hopcroft

Chair of Fortuna 2014/15

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Fortuna Student Associat ion

Fortuna Annual Report 2014

Documents

Transcript of Fortuna Annual Report 2014