FHS Inflight News (November 2011)

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Clubs under serious reorganization

FHS Tennis: EBAL champions. Justice’s Audio, Video, Disco: 4/5 stars. The Beach Boys’ Smile: 5/5 stars. Battle of the bands: The Foothill band review By Mina Corpuz New regulations restrict club activitess and fundraisers. described Mary Carnes (`12), Foothill’s ASB Secretary. With such complex measures each club must now take in order to do previously simple tasks, many have not embraced these regulations easily. It has also altered the original intentions of many of the clubs on campus. Marisa Victor (`12) FRĂŞSUHVLGHQW of Foothill’s New Order of WKH 3KRHQL[ FODULoHV VD\LQJ “Although we understand that the new regulations are necessary‌they now make GRQDWLQJ WR RWKHU QRQĂŞSURoW organizations impossible... [however] each solution is less effective than donating directly.â€? But some of the new regulations are an effort to consolidate a growing club community: “It is harder to

manage eighty clubs with ten plus members than forty clubs with twenty plus members,� stated Carnes. “Our main goal is be more impactful in members as well as being manageable.� In fact, the administration is “still in the process of [determining]which clubs are and are not approved,� Vice Prinicipal Jennifer Friesen stated. With more than seventy active clubs, it is obvious that Foothill is rich with ambition. However, all ambitions come with a process, in this case, the actual process of creating and most importantly running a club. Ultimately, these regulations were made to organize clubs and provide better communication between the clubs and administration.

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Foothill beats Amador in 7-year streak By Jessica Jayson

Earth Club strives for better beaches. Recent trend of vandalism in restrooms.

By Kauhleen Mangayan Foothill High School’s club regulations have undergone reorganization. This year, all clubs have been introduced to the “newâ€? rules of management. The purposes of these policies are to create a EHWWHU HIoFLHQF\ DPRQJ WKH SUHĂŞ existing and future clubs. The main focus of these guidelines regard the transactions clubs make from WKHLU VSHFLoF DFFRXQWV )RU example, funds in certain club accounts must be spent on students only and are subject to ASB approval. Also, checks, receipts, deposits, and fundraisers must all go through separate procedures which include various permission slips, recording of where the funds are being moved, signatures from club advisors, and most importantly ASB approval. As a result, clubs are still able to do most of the same things, however with additional paperwork to be able to do so. “[The administrators made] things more tedious‌ [but] we are still able to do everything we planned on doingâ€? explained Nikita Madan (`12), President of the Spanish Club. On the other hand, these regulations have “discouraged a lot of people from going through the process of becoming a club this year,â€?

NOVEMBER 2011


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