Meetings

Each semester ESN-HELGA holds a number of meetings where issues are discussed and decisions are made. Unlike in many other student associations ESN-HELGA's meetings are open to all members and not just those serving on the board. For practical reasons the HAAGA-HELIA exchange students are not officially invited to meetings but are represented by the Exchange Student Representative board member who is elected by the students. ESN-HELGA's official working language is English and all communications you will receive from ESN-HELGA will be in English. Our meetings also take place in English unless everyone present at the meeting is happy to speak in Finnish.

ESN-HELGA tutors are invited to, and expected to attend ESN-HELGA meetings. You receive the invitation to take part in the ESN-HELGA meeting from ESN-HELGA's Secretary to the e-mail address you have given ESN-HELGA when you joined at the latest 7 days before the meeting will take place. If you cannot attend the meeting you must inform ESN-HELGA's Secretary. Attendance at meetings counts towards the credits you can earn from ESN-HELGA so its important to let us know if you can't make a meeting.

If you want to change your e-mail address on our mailing list you can do so by informing the secretary. Note that if you remove yourself from the ESN-HELGA mailing list completely this is considered to be a resignation of your membership in the association.

ESN-HELGA's Board is the official decision making power of the association however, we strongly encourage all of our Tutor-Members to share their ideas and to take part in the way the association is run. You can do this by attending the meetings, sharing your ideas and commenting on the ideas of others, arranging events, helping a board member with their responsibilities or volunteering to become a board member yourself. Our aim is to make being a part of ESN-HELGA fun and sharing the work helps us all to enjoy our responsibilities.