Head of Communications- March & April

Salaamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

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As we near the end of the year, March and April are naturally very hectic months. The main thing I have worked on during these months is the vision and direction in which FOSIS is moving, and in particular the NEC, during the run up to the FOSIS Annual Conference.

 

FOSIS is one massive national organisation, with many levels of work and duties. It can be the same with your Isocs, to a lesser extent. However, the end of the year tends to be a bit of a crunch. Committees have been working hard on Isoc events and neglect themselves and the state of their own committees. They then get plunged into the chaos of exams, and come June, a flurry of reports and handovers are written up last-minute and then perhaps...forgotten? In the previous years, following the Annual Council Meeting and the election of new committees, recruitment continued to take place throughout July and some of August, wasting time that could have been used for planning major events and projects to come later on in the year.

To curb such problems and chaos, I set out a vision which the NEC agreed on, with four stages:

1) Organisation and Reflection: In order to avoid ill handovers and last minute reports, all committees handed in their end of year folders, full of records of all the work they did this year, at the end of March as opposed to June (as this is when most events and projects end!). A meeting was then organised to evaluate and reflect upon them and FOSIS 2009-10. These folders will all be archived centrally at the FOSIS Office. Alhamdulilah, this stage of the vision has been successful and most folders have been handed in on their deadlines.

2) Recruitment: Recruitment must end at the end of June, as opposed to beginning in July! Between March and June FOSIS tends to have few activities. Instead of wasting the summer recruiting, it has been asked of committees to use this period for their recruitment, ending a week after the FOSIS Annual Conference. This way, the summer can truly be used for productive planning. Alhamdulilah, most regional committees have managed to deliver their AGMs and complete large sections of their recruitment. However, the national committee's are still working on this. Anybody thinking of joining FOSIS for the next year please get in touch with us!

3) Handover's and committee training: Committees to have a proper handover. This can be assisted through the compiled folders in stage 1, as well as the tips provided in my previous blog. Br Rashid, the VP. Islamic Societies and sr Abida, VP. Training and Human resources have been working on advising committees in having effective handovers.

4) Team FOSIS Training: A training weekend for all of the new team FOSIS and the NEC following FOSIS Annual Conference covering many inspiring and enlightening topics! In the previous years the team has been brought together at later stages in the year. However, nothing is better than uniting them all at the beginning, in order to have a fresh stimulating start. For those of you planning to join FOSIS, keep your dates free at the beginning of July!

Alhamdulilah, despite the many challenges and emergencies which FOSIS constantly deals with, this vision has been moving smoothly and much has been achieved so far. Dates and deadlines are being met and planning for the training has begun. This pre-planning is helping us look forward with much more insight and less stress, teaching us a pivotal lesson in time management and success: Plan Early!

Keep us in your duaas,

Wasalaam