The Russian Club will start the executive board transition after our elections on Tuesday, April 7th. The new board will be a group of dedicated Russian enthusiasts, ready to make next year’s club active, vibrant and welcoming. My priorities for leader traits include:

As you may know, the Russian Department is quite small and is in danger of being cut. This is excellent reason for the Russian Club to stay alive and provide activities for all students and faculty interested in Russian and Eastern European culture. The upcoming leaders need to be resourceful and persistent in emphasizing that RUSSIAN EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT. Next year I’d love to see the continued upkeep of this WordPress blog, an expansion of the Facebook group, more members, more advertising via posters all over campus, collaboration with the Five College Russian community (especially Amherst), field trips, meals, cinema showings, collaboration with the Smith Russian department, more lectures/speeches by faculty, and of course, an openness to the Smith and five college community. I want “Russia” to become less of a taboo word, and more accessible.

Lara and I have discussed the possibility of changing the name to the Russian and Eastern European Club. Perhaps next year this idea will come to fruition. Part of the transition process are budgetting meetings, which the new treasurer needs to attend (I will also be in attendance). Attending all leadership orientatin meetisngs is important in order that the new board doesn’t feel overwhelmed of confused about resource options. Here are the dates:

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