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Guides
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A Guide for Regional Development Officers
The UK and Republic of Ireland are split up into 13 regions. Each Regional Development Officer (RDO) has one region, ideally where they either live or go to University. The RDO helps further the aims of the AHS within that region, acting as a go-between between the societies and the AHS Cabinet.
The RDO searches for, makes contact with and supports student societies in their region, as well as putting the societies in contact with other local groups in their area. The RDO travels to Universities within the region in order to help train existing and potential member societies as well as arrange regional socials and campaigns. The RDO encourages society participation in the AHS and the holding of Reason Weeks.
The RDO reports to the AHS's Head of Membership, keeping them informed of goings on within the region. The ideal RDO must have good interpersonal skills and a willingness to go out there and get the job done.
This guide aims to provide all the information you should need in order to be successful as a Regional Development Officer.
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A guide to Press and New media
This guide provides a summary of how to get other people to know about who you are and what you do. It also describes how to keep your members engaged online and make your online community a happy place to go.
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A guide to society handovers
So, you have been a president for a long time now, and it is time to let go of your baby and allow someone else to develop it and take it in their own direction. What do they really need to know, and how do you tell them? This is the document that should help you with that.
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How to Start and Run a Student Society
Setting up a student society can be somewhat daunting, and you may not be sure how to go about it. But actually, none of it is that difficult – it will require some sustained effort to get things going, but the results will be well worth it.
This guide aims to walk you through that process. It explains why you should want to start a society. It discusses what you should call it, how to design a logo, and goes step by step through initial promotion. It looks at your society's first event, how to form a committee, setting membership fees, getting a constitution, affiliating to your SU and joining the AHS. It then provides ideas for events you could then hold to keep your society engaging.
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How to Write a Constitution
Your institution or Students’ Union may have a pro forma constitution, in which case you’ll need to use that, and you can stop reading… now. Otherwise, this guide helps take you through why you'd want a constitution, and what it should cover: name, aims, powers, membership, committee, elections, finance, amendments and dissolution!
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How to Run a Successful Freshers' Week
Freshers' Week is a highly important period for societies, and can contribute as much as half of their annual membership intake. This guide looks at how to book your freshers' stall, how to go about manning it, and how to make it look appealing. It also looks at other promotion to freshers you can do outside the fair, and how to go about arranging that vital first event.
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A Guide to Hosting Regional Conventions
A handy guide to running your own regional mini-convention! Since our annual conventions are so successful, we think it would be great if we could get mini-conventions up and running, to allow people to get to know other AHSers in their area, attend workshops and generally pool knowledge. They will be cheaper and easier to get to than the bigger conventions but just as useful!
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A Guide to Charity and Volunteering
Charity and volunteering work is central to the Humanistic world view, and can be fun, rewarding and inclusive. This guide has been produced to help your society run successful charity and volunteering events. It provides event ideas, many of which have been run by AHS societies in the past. There are tips on how to go about running these events, and a helpful list of secular charities that we recommend donating to. There is also information on our annual charity week, Non-Prophet Week.
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How to Run Interfaith Events
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How to Run a Reason Week
A Reason Week is an intense week of events which seeks to expose the type of discussion and debate that atheist, Humanist and secular student societies offer to a wider audience and raise the profile of the issues involved. They are typically the most complex thing that AHS societies aim to organise. This guide explores why your society should want to hold one, initial decisions in arranging one, budgetary considerations, sourcing venues, arranging events, publicity and logistics.
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Top Tips
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Roles within the AHS
A summary of the roles within the AHS, covering both the Executive and Cabinet Officers
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Sponsorship/Fundrasing Summary
A short list of activities apt for sponsorship and/or fundraising. Lots of these can be found in the guide to charity and fundraising, but this is less to trawl through.
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Secular Award Form
Secular Award Form
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Social Media Policy
Social media are a great way for AHS officers to communicate with society leaders and members. Most society members will be on social networks, especially Facebook, making them an ideal conduit for communication. We want users of the AHS Social Media Services to feel able to express their opinions and attitudes, but we ask that users adhere to these rules
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Motion to Mandate Funding a Sabbatical President
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Motion to Mandate Putting The AHS Website Source Code On GitHub
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Oxford Atheists Freshers Fair Handout
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Southampton Complaints Form
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