Roles and duties

• Determines when meetings are held

• Sets the agenda and chairs all meetings

• Supervises the other executives

• Oversees any Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Graduate Association (MMEGA) related activities

• Acts as the official representative of the club and MME graduate students

• Oversees the use of a $2000 per term spending budget

• Delegates tasks for other executives if necessary

Vice President

• Help the president with:
  • Presidential tasks
  • Communicating with associate Chair and department's chair
  • Communicating with Wellness coordinator

Vice President Finance

• Coordinate with president to oversee the use of a $1000 per term fund

• Sets the term budget

• Coordinates with MME finance officer for reimbursements

• Applies for new sources of funding through Graduate student initiatives fund or the Graduate Student Endowement Fund

• Organizes at least one social event for MMEGA members each term
• Organizes sports teams consisting of MMEGA members for any on-campus intramural based on members' interests
• Delegates tasks related to organizing social events to other executives as necessary
• Responsible for pursuing funding from the department and/or Graduate Student (GSA) for events

• Takes meeting minutes during executive and general meetings
• Responsible for advertising MMEGA events through any media such as poster, email, UWaterloo Daily Bulletin, etc.
• Maintains the MMEGA website, including posting of meeting minutes in a publicly accessible manner

• Represents the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering (MME) department at GSA meetings
• Provides information regarding GSA meetings, events and news to MMEGA executive during executive meetings
• Facilitates discussions should any graduate student related policy issue arise between GSA and the MME department, if needed
• May have additional responsibilities to the GSA as a representative of the MME department

MMEGA Wellness Representative

• Serves as the primary liaison between the ENGWellness program (and the MME Wellness Coordinator) and MMEGA for wellness related initiatives designed to support MME grad students
• Serve as an advocate for wellness in the Faculty of Engineering, MME department and point of contact for MME grad students looking to access wellness related support and resources
• Work with student-directed teams to help raise awareness and educate on grad student wellness issues in the department/faculty
• In collaboration with the MME Wellness Coordinator, facilitate wellness-related events in MME for grad students (additionally, provide support for VP Social in generating grad student participation for MMEGA social/networking events)
• Serve as a positive role model for student wellness in MME