Each year, people like us all around the country make choices. Choices that could injure themselves, choices that could hurt others. And unfortunately, many of these choices are permanent.

Why aren’t these choices are given the chance to be checked, or reviewed? Sometimes, we never get the chance to go back and fix it once something has been done. That is what saddens me.

What also saddens me was the fact that there was nothing that I could do whenever these choices were made. I, like many of you, probably felt helpless. I don’t want to feel helpless anymore.

This is where SADD comes in. The purpose of this organization is to provide us with another choice. I want to create something that tells us there is a better solution, another way. Join SADD and change that “I” in that last sentence into a “We”.

There is a call to change. Not the major problems that exist in the world. No. The problems that we face everyday as people growing up in New York City. These are the problems that really matter.

I look forward to changing the way we deal with our problems in Tech. You know I can’t possibly do this alone. And that is why I ask that you join.

I look forward to changing Tech with you.

Spread the word.
Melinda Momplaisir ,
Kwame Ocran

Descriptions of SADD Positions (If you are applying for the Executive Board, This May Help)

The President must attend all meetings and fulfill these responsibilities:
• Report directly to the advisor, who must confirm/approve plans
• Work with fellow officers to plan meetings, set agendas and notify those who may be required to attend the meetings
• Lead officer meetings
• Delegate responsibilities for projects to officers, subcommittees, and participants
• Maintain responsibility for the committees’ meetings and establish deadlines
• Facilitate general SADD chapter meetings
• Serve as spokesperson and role model for the SADD chapter
• Approve financial expenditures

The Vice President must attend all meetings and fulfill these responsibilities:
• Report to the advisor, as requested by the president
• Assume leadership for the president in any role he/she cannot fulfill or in any role that is requested.
• Attend all meetings and assist in the delegation of responsibilities and implementation of activities/programs
• Serve as spokesperson and role model for the SADD chapter
• Serve as public relations contact
• Act as liaison to SADD state coordinator.

The Parliamentarian must attend all meetings and fulfill these responsibilities:
• Uphold and refer to school constitution
• Regulate other members’ activities
• Assist President and Vice President in facilitating meetings and following agendas
• Serve as Club Team Council Representative

The Secretary must attend all meetings and fulfill these responsibilities:
• Keep accurate records of EACH meeting and provide a copy to all officers and attendees as well as to the advisor
• Keep track of names and attendance
• Maintain committee lists
• Maintain chapter correspondences and other contacts in the community
• Assume the duties of the VP when requested
• Work with other officers to plan meetings
• Post meeting and activity times and places
• Actively participate in planning and implementing chapter activities and programs

The Treasurer must attend all meetings and fulfill these responsibilities:
• Keep an account of all chapter income and expenses
• Maintain bank accounts and pay bills as necessary
• Provide an up-to-date report of chapter finances at each meeting
• Work with other officers to plan meetings
• Actively participate in planning and implementing chapter activities and programs

The Public Relations Coordinator must attend all meetings and fulfill these responsibilities:
• Maintain public profile in media outlets
• Update local news stations and newspapers of events going on in school
• Maintain relationship with school newspaper
• Work with historian and communications coordinator to update website, Facebook group and spread the word about events.

The Class Representative must attend all meetings and fulfill these responsibilities:
• Represent his/her grade level and serve as primary role model for that class
• Recruit classmates to help with projects
• Provide information about SADD to classmates
• Attend various officer meetings and other meetings as requested

The Historian must attend all meetings fulfill these responsibilities:
• Take pictures and video of each meeting
• Work with the Communications Coordinator and Public Relations Coordinator to update website/Facebook group.

The Communications Coordinator must attend all meetings and fulfill these responsibilities:
• Maintain an active and aesthetically pleasing website to keep students updated
• Maintain the SADD Facebook group
• Work with historian and public relations to update and advertise
• Create posters for club activities along with the Public Relations Coordinator

Dear Prospective Members:
I hope you’ve had a successful and prosperous academic year. To schedule your appointments for interviews for the SADD executive board, please follow directions below.
Interviews will be Held in 7C1/ Cafeteria. Please Fill in the Sign Up Sheet with the Date and Time. Certain Times will not be available, as I have Regents Exams and other engagements.
Please Confirm with me the evening before. Failure to confirm and/or show up to your interview will result in jeopardy in reaching a position on the executive board.
Here is the site to sign up for interviews. I don’t think there would be a need to put more slots in, but there is, then I will set them up.

http://www.helpersignup.com/viewsheet.php?type=1&sheet=79c7eaf0659d3651771bdb8eef90d631