AGM and Committee Elections
Dear St Anne's Boat Club
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the Annual General Meeting on Monday 7th Week, 7pm (Monday 8th June). This meeting will concern the election and appointment of SABC Committee for the academic year 2026/2027. All SABC members are invited to attend regardless of whether they will be around next year or are running for election. Current SABC members are entitled to vote in committee elections for the academic year 26/27.
Monday 8th June | 7pm | Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) | Committee Elections!
Responsibilities available
Other roles that could be filled
See Committee Roles for more information on the roles available and who currently holds them. See the constitution for official duties (but this can be quite outdated in places) SABC Constitution (1).docx.
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the Annual General Meeting on Monday 7th Week, 7pm (Monday 8th June). This meeting will concern the election and appointment of SABC Committee for the academic year 2026/2027. All SABC members are invited to attend regardless of whether they will be around next year or are running for election. Current SABC members are entitled to vote in committee elections for the academic year 26/27.
Monday 8th June | 7pm | Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (MOLT) | Committee Elections!
Responsibilities available
- President
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- Men’s Captain(s)
- Women’s Captain(s)
- Captain of Coxes
- Men’s lower boats Captain(s)
- Women’s lower boats Captain(s)
- Social Secretaries
- Development Officer (concerning alumnae relations and fundraising)
- Stash officer
- Media officer (social media and website)
Other roles that could be filled
- Club safety officer
- Vice-president (if agreed with the future president)
- Vice-captain (if agreed with the future captains)
- Photos rep (purchase with club money all the photos from races and organise them in Google photos. Ensure all SABC photos end up in the Google Photos).
See Committee Roles for more information on the roles available and who currently holds them. See the constitution for official duties (but this can be quite outdated in places) SABC Constitution (1).docx.
Why join Committee?
To help grow the club and further its march on Head of the River! To envelop yourself into the decision making and leadership that makes SABC run! To learn new skills (communication, leadership, accountancy, organisation and more)! To meet alumnae, learn how to fundraise and then to document that on your LinkedIn. And to surround yourself with a supportive group of rowers and coxes that share a mission and friendship.
How elections and the AGM work
Manifestos
Deadline is 1 week before AGM: they should be received by 11:59pm on Monday of 6th week (1st June) and be sent to [email protected]. Examples of past manifestos can be found here: Manifestos
Some advice
Contact us!
Please reach out to any committee member to find more about the role. You can find their Whatsapp in the group chats, or on the slides, or find their email on Outlook.
General guidance
SABC is flexible and welcoming. If you are uncertain, please err on the side of joining committee! The Club has been making rowing accessible at St Anne's for 118 years and the current committee are honoured to further that legacy.
We look forward to receiving your applications!
Committee Roles and Manifestos
Best regards,
Ben O'Donnell
President, St Anne's Boat Club, 2025/2026
To help grow the club and further its march on Head of the River! To envelop yourself into the decision making and leadership that makes SABC run! To learn new skills (communication, leadership, accountancy, organisation and more)! To meet alumnae, learn how to fundraise and then to document that on your LinkedIn. And to surround yourself with a supportive group of rowers and coxes that share a mission and friendship.
How elections and the AGM work
- Entertain the idea of running for a committee position! Look through Committee Roles , ask the current folks doing the role about it etc
- Draft a manifesto! Doesn’t need to be anything too complicated
- Send manifesto to SABC Secretary [email protected] by 11:59pm Monday of 6th week (1st June)
- Prepare a short speech for the AGM to advocate your case.
Manifestos
Deadline is 1 week before AGM: they should be received by 11:59pm on Monday of 6th week (1st June) and be sent to [email protected]. Examples of past manifestos can be found here: Manifestos
Some advice
- You can run with other people! Some examples
- Ben SR and Ollie ran together as men’s captains
- Danny and Sofia ran together as Social Secs
- The more the merrier! There is no hard limit on the number of captains we could elect. For example, there could be two women’s co-captain, a vice-captain to help run marshalling and swim tests, and two lower boats captains to develop the novice crews and W2/3.
- Run for one position. If the position is vacant at AGM (no applicants) then we can entertain more people stepping up and filling out two positions
- The AGM runs as more of a conversation/ dialogue to fill out committee as best we can. We want more people on committee so we will likely be able to find a position for you! Suppose two people wanted to run for President. We will hold a vote at AGM to determine who gets the role proper. It might then be decided that the other individual could get elected as a vice-president, who would help the president fulfil their duties.
- Better to run and lose than to never run at all!
- It is acceptable to run and hold the position for only 2 terms, ie if you are graduating before Trinity! You can caveat your manifesto with the fact that you have shortened terms etc.
- Equally, you could indicate that you would be looking for someone to take over for your exam period (this is very common and very advisable!)
Contact us!
Please reach out to any committee member to find more about the role. You can find their Whatsapp in the group chats, or on the slides, or find their email on Outlook.
General guidance
SABC is flexible and welcoming. If you are uncertain, please err on the side of joining committee! The Club has been making rowing accessible at St Anne's for 118 years and the current committee are honoured to further that legacy.
We look forward to receiving your applications!
Committee Roles and Manifestos
Best regards,
Ben O'Donnell
President, St Anne's Boat Club, 2025/2026
