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6.3.2019

Apply to the Student Union’s Central Election Committee for 2019!

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AYY’s highest decision-making body, the 45-member Representative Council, will be elected again next autumn. However, the Council election does not organise itself, so we are in need of volunteers.

Would you like to be involved with making AYY’s next Council election more visible, resonating and participatory than ever?

The call for applications to the Central Election Committee operating at the heart of the Council election has now been opened. For example, the Central Election Committee decides upon the polling and advance polling stations’ locations, establishes the Election Committees, reviews the candidacy notices and agreements on electoral alliances and groups, conducts the recount of the votes and oversees the election proceedings in general. A member of the Central Election Committee is not eligible to stand in the Representative Council election 2019.

Applications to the Central Election Committee are submitted via the electronic form at https://lomake.ayy.fi/hallinto/kvl/.

The application period runs until Sunday 17 Mar 2019 at 11.59 pm.

Further information: Administrative and HR Manager Johanna Pietiläinen (johanna.pietilainen (a) ayy.fi), +358 50 520 9434.

9.2.2018

AYY Condemns Inappropriate Behavior

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Yesterday, on the 8^th of February 2018, the Student Magazine Aino published the story “Sisäpiirivitsi” (“Inside Joke”), which discussed the discriminatory speech and behavior found in the Aalto community. The story also mentioned a few student associations by name.

After the publication of the story, the author, Sonia El Kamel, and Aino’s editor-in-chief, Emilia Mäenmaa, have received a huge amount of feedback. Lot of the feedback has been positive, praising the article, but there has also been some critical feedback. Some of the feedback was totally unacceptable, vulgar and personal.

Aino is an independent publication that operates independently from the Student Union and is committed to following the guidelines for journalists. Nevertheless, its employees are employees of AYY. As an employer, AYY has a zero tolerance regarding threats, vulgar speech and other poor behavior towards our employees.

AYY condemns racism and discrimination strongly and unequivocally, and we do not accept any kind of discriminatory behavior within our community.

The theme raised in the article was discussed at AYY’s central office when the Secretary General was interviewed for the story. The publication of the article and the discussion it has created have shown that there is still much work to be done to promote equality. That is why AYY thinks that it is extremely important to have a broader discussion about the subject throughout the entire Aalto community.

More information: Secretary General Niko Ferm (050 520 9415, niko.ferm (a) ayy.fi)

27.2.2017

Apply for AYY’s Central Election Committee 2017!

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The call for applications to the Central Election Committee of AYY is now open. The Central Election Committee is in the heart of the elections and decides on polling and advance polling stations, establishes the election committees, checks the candidacy notifications and agreements on electoral alliances and coalitions, performs the vote count audit and supervises the general order in the elections, among other things.

Are you interested in making AYY’s next Representative Council elections the best so far?

Applications for the Central Election Committee are submitted via the electronic form at: https://lomake.ayy.fi/hallinto/kvl/.

The deadline for applications is 12noon on Monday 27 Mar 2017.

The members of the Central Election Committee may not run as candidates in the Representative Council elections in 2017.

Additional information: Johanna pietiläinen (johanna.pietilainen (a) ayy.fi), +358 50 520 9434