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Aurelia: A Digital Metamorphosis After the first-ever online switch of the boards on the 26th of May, six Intermate members were able to call themselves the 37th board of Intermate. Within this article they will introduce themselves and present there future plans Text & Images: The board members of Aurelia, the 37th board of sv Intermate
After an extremely unusual kandi-period, we have suddenly become the next board of Intermate. A feeling of disbelieve and amazement was coursing through our veins, as it felt exceptionally surreal with our university closed and a world that is living in uncertainty. Also, the lack of an offline election GM, ‘overdrachtsweekend’, and a delayed constitution drink made our kandi-period feel different than expected. Nonetheless, we have been working extremely hard to prepare ourselves as well as possible for the upcoming year. In the meantime, we have managed to master working together in an online environment with many skype meetings and introductions to other kandi’s on Discord. Another important part of a kandi period is ‘feuten’. Of course, this was harder than normal with everyone working from home, but Dionysos did everything they could and were able to find creative ways to make sure this would still take place. With the help of some of our roommates or boyfriends,
they were still able to ‘feut’ us a bit. Now that we are officially the new board of Intermate, a color, name, and logo was obviously needed as well. Just like a butterfly, Intermate will undergo a metamorphosis this year on a variety of aspects that will be elaborated on later. This metamorphosis is also an explanation for our name. Aurelia is an ocher yellow butterfly that has gone through a metamorphosis since it was a little caterpillar. The name is derived from the family name of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, one of the so-called Good Emperors of the Roman Empire. Aurelius tried to find serenity in the midst of conflict by following a source of nature. This relates to the odd times we are going through, and the part about nature fitted very well with the aim of enhancing sustainability for our association. We have been working hard on our policy plan for the upcoming year, and we are extremely motivated and excited to start working on these plans and will do everything we can to achieve them. We have made a short overview of our policy highlights so you can see what will change the upcoming year. Educational policy A few big changes are going to happen during our board year when it comes to education. The educational setup will hopefully return to an offline setting, the book supplier for the whole FSE is changing, and a new plan for the education in 2030 is being set up. The start of our board year will be during the time where online education is the standard and it is very important for us to help the
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