Suggest recipients for AYY’s acknowledgements by March 10th
You can make suggestions until March 10th. After the suggestion period is over, the acknowledgement working group will propose the final recipients of acknowledgements to AYY’s Board. The acknowledgements can be given to the student union’s current or former members and employees.
Read more about the acknowledgements and suggest a recipient via this link: https://lomake.ayy.fi/hallinto/bling/
If you’d like to take part in deciding who get the rewards, you can alsoapply for the acknowledgement working group.
The acknowledgment working group receives the proposals for the acknowledgment recipients, discusses the proposals and proposes a resolution on the final recipients to AYY’s Board.
The group is looking for motivated students with different backgrounds. Apply here (in Finnish, translation coming soon): https://lomake.ayy.fi/hallinto/hakemuslomake-huomionosoitustyoryhmaan
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