President
The President is in charge of everything above, below, within, and existentially tangent to the sun. This includes running general meetings, organizing events and officer meetings, meeting with members of the WPI administration, reserving space for events large and small, and occasionally wearing a golden trenchcoat to make oneself feel pretty.
The Candidates
For the 35th consecutive time, the beloved Cthulhu is running for the office of SFS President. His popularity is as strong as ever and is a clear winner in current informal polls. Out near the front of the pack are two other well-known SFS folks. Taking the second and third place in the polls are Mike "Dictator-For-Life Means For Life" Wixon, and Rory "Rory" Rory, favorites of members and elder gods alike. Oh, and also on the ticket are three other people of no particular significance or glory, Robyn "Give Me Vectors or Give Me Death" Colopy (Repuzzlican), Rick "I Believe in the Power of the Banjo" Desilets (Trenchocrat), and Joshua "Mandating Elective Anime Eye Surgery" Luther (Animetarian).
Vice President
At any given time, the President may be suddenly (or not-so-suddenly) incapacitated, whether it be classes, real-life interruption, or a necessity to evade police pursuit due to shady netherworldly dealings. The Vice President is the one responsible for picking up the slack if the President is kidnapped goes missing. The Vice President may also take on the duty of assisting SFS members in coordinating smaller events. The Vice President role may or may not be cursed.
The Candidates
Taking a break from his new fall fashion catalog in order to run for Vice President this year is the illustrious Hastur, whose spring lineup has already garnered over 95% of the Vice vote. Also duking it out for the role (and accompanying fanny-pack) are Rick "Secretary Sensei" Desilets, Michael "Señor Senior Senator Sr." Hyde, Sam "Mr. McMagicman Maestro" LaFleche, and Joshua "The Anime Authority" Luther.
Treasurer
The Treasurer withholds all of the SFS budget and holds it ransom at least once every 37 days. This is all done while the Treasurer drinks liquid gold and burns the remaining cash. As the SFS flails its arms around and begs for its cash back, the Treasurer hires 50 actors to play the role of an SFS that accepts this particular form of torture. The preceding statement is, of course, untrue. Or is it? The Treasurer is, in actuality, in charge of funds. Keeping track of it, filing reimbursement forms, collecting membership dues, and all-in-all keeping an eye on the moneying of the SFS. You must be a master thief who has stolen one priceless artifact to apply.
The Candidates
Way out at the front of the pack is well-known thief, arsonist, and all around nice guy, Shub-Niggurath. Picking up the remaining four "I don't mind being excruciated" votes are Krissy "The SFS Budget Is Now the Anime Boston Bus Fund" Davenport, Doug "Welcome to Yu-Gi-Oh! CCG Mountain" Gardiner, and Joshua "The SFS Now Has Its Own In-House Animators" Luther.
Secretary
The Secretary is entrusted with the task of writing up the agenda at the start of general meetings, as well as being in charge of meeting minutery, SFS webmastery, and Towers Club Cornery. In light of the amount of writing, scribing, and typing involved, as of January 1, 2008 all Secretaries are required to receive elective cybernetic surgery to replace their arms with the twenty-fingered StenoDroid 4000X™.
The Candidates
Scripting his name so beautifully that anyone who gazes upon it needs to replace their eyes, the candidate with a strong lead is none other than club favorite Nyarlathotep. Despite his clear victory, other people are trying to prove they can spell like the best of them. Among the Nyarlathites are Frank "I Can Write the Minutes in Italian" Bivona, Rhiannon "The Only Candidate Who Can Spell My Name" Chiacchiaro, Krissy "Typing at 90 Portals per Minute" Davenport, Doug "The Only Candidate Who Can Spell My Name, Too" Gardiner, Michael "Building a Chip to Beep the Minutes in Morse Code" Hyde, and Joshua "Dubbing the Minutes" Luther.
Librarians, GAC Heads, High Priests, Oh My!
The SFS has traditionally had one appointed officer position, the Librarian(s), who is in charge of maintenance of the SFS Library (and now the SFS Closet), while keeping track of loaned books, comics, movies, board games, or any other Library resources. With the new SFS LibraryThing account, this is also up to the Librarian to maintain. Before this year, the GAC Head (tentative name) was an appointed, voluntary, non-officer, adjective position. An amendment up for vote may make the position an officer. The GAC Head (officer or otherwise) is the lieutenant of the volunteering goon squad, who help out at Gaming Weekend and other manpowerly events.
So there you have it! Nominations are still open until January 15, so if you want in one of these spots, have someone nominate you (or nominate yourself for Librarian, GAC Head, etc). And don't forget to vote on January 16 for the folks you want sneakily doing shady business dealings behind your backs!
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