G. DUTIES AND POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE
GENERAL SECRETARY
(taken from SAB Constitution)

a) The General Secretary shall distribute notices and make all necessary preparations for all meetings of the SAB.

b) The General Secretary shall prepare the agenda for the Committee and Executive meetings, in consultation with the President and Committee members, and shall distribute the agenda along with notices of meetings.

c) The General Secretary shall attend all Committee and Executive meetings, and shall write minutes of the proceedings at meetings.

d) The General Secretary shall make and manage the correspondence of the SAB.

e) The General Secretary shall maintain the records of the SAB and shall be in charge of the office of the SAB in ITC.

f) In the absence of the President, the General Secretary may act as President but not for a period longer than three weeks unless agreed to by the Committee.

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"Serving" as general secretary at ITC's SAB (Student Association Board) has given me so many experiences. SAB is ITC's official student organization that is very uniqe. Everything is totally different from the common student organizations that I knew before: can't be compared one another.

At SAB, I dealt with "big" people in it. No demonstration in it, no protests, but everything was organized very nice. The very-well organized things make us not be able to protest, do some demonstration but walk into the line that has been set.
All bright ideas about international social life was cut down before even being planned. So, only the voice was arose, but just arose.

I remember one friend in SAB giving comment like this:
We have no power, We are not governing
but we are governed!

After having the guy from Macedonia replacing me, shaking hands, I was so released rightafter... However, I was sad and brought my mind to the time when we were first appointed as SAB and the meetings during the period. There would be no small meeting in the restaurant, emailing, meeting with the head of academic affairs, the dean, and spent some time for some things that need urgent response...

All in all, I am thankful for having hold this position for a year. And Monday 22nd November 2004, was the last task i did as an SAB General Secretary. Only simple email distribution, but I felt something sad, as it was the last...no more thing like that!
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To: Hendro Wibowo; Belinda Laryea; Tesfaye Engidasew; Fernando Ledezma; Govinda Prasad Baral; Dimo Todorovski; Puthiyavalappil Rajasekhar; Jessica Pineda Zumaran; Zheng Zhao; Denis Ambayo; Sebastian Gabriel Luduena; Alicia Follosco

Cc: Jan de Ruiter; Muhibuddin Muhy; Gustavo Zarrate; Antony Lamba; Hamza Galiwango; Parth Shah; Ahmed Dayem; Samuel Adu Gyamfi

Subject: Reminder:SAB Meeting: from old to new!


This is a reminder as this email had been sent to all class representatives on Friday, 19 November 2004.

Dear all;

On behalf of SAB Executives 2003/2004, I hereby would like to remind you about attending the last SAB meeting that will be held on:

Day : Tuesday, 23rd November 2004
Time : 17:30 pm - 19.00 pm
Venue : The room opposite the ITC Main Auditorium

The proposed agenda is as follows:
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Introduction of the SAB Executives 2003/2004
3. Self introduction of the new Class Representatives
4. Overview of SAB: what exactly it is, how it runs, etc
5. Election of the new SAB Executives for the 2004/2005 Academic Year
6. date for Official Handing-Over
7. A.O.B

Attached is the original email, and your coming to this important meeting is highly appreciated.

See you on Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 17:30 at the room opposite the auditorium,



Muhibuddin Bin usamah
SAB General Secretary
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For my fellow SAB 2003/2004: Samuel Adu Gyamfi, Gustavo Zarrate, Antony Lamba, Ahmed Dayem, Parth Shah, Saifeddin Al Omari, Ganesh Prasad Bhatta, Marcus Idoko, Sharmistha Saha, Veronica Igoko.... I will cherish the time we had together.. It was a pleasure to have worked with you!