Christ's College

President
Captain of Boats
Boat House Manager
Men's Captain
Women's Captain
Secretary
Treasurer
Men's Lower Boats Captain
Men's Vice Lower Boats Captains
Women's Lower Boats Captain
Women's Vice Lower Boats Captain
Sponsorship Secretary
Publicity Officer
Coxing Rep
Social Secretary
Webmaster

President

A list of all the Presidents can be found here.

Captain of Boats

A list of previous Captains of Boats can be found here.

1. Monitor and co‐ordinate activity of administrative committee members
a. including, but not limited to, convening and chairing administrative committee meetings.

2. Representative of the whole Boat Club
a. CUCBC (fines, discipline etc.)
b. Speeches (Dinners, Henley, Blades events)
c. College (matters arising, discipline)
d. Other Clubs (matters arising, disputes)

3. Correspondence (in conjunction with the Secretary)
a. Thanks Yous (Coaches, Alumni, Sponsor etc.)
b. Co‐ordinate captains’ reports (for college publications etc.)

4. Resource Management
a. In‐club equipment usage
b. Co-ordination between men’s and women’s squads
c. Co‐ordination of hire to external clubs, ensuring this does not impinge on availability for Christ’s members.

5. Integration
a. Within Club (men/women; novice/senior; 1st/lower boats) – know everyone
b. Within college (social events)

6. Overall responsibility for discipline

7. Attend Steering Committee

8. Maintain website with:
a. Details of extraordinary achievements of club members (e.g. University representation).

Boat House Manager

A list of all the Boat House Managers can be found here.

The Boathouse Manager is the primary coach for the Club, relieving students of a substantial part of the coaching and logistical burden and providing continuity between years. The goals are to improve the standards within the Club, leading to a reduced drop-out rate, increased membership, and both better results and morale, thus reducing wastage and increasing asset utilisation hence providing better value for money from the Amalgamated Clubs Fee and alumni funding. The Boathouse Manager is also the workshop manager and boathouse administrator, with responsibility for the day-to-day running and order of the Boathouse (including Health and Safety, equipment repair, good practice by the students in their use of the equipment, and liaison with the College Maintenance Department.) Additional roles include transport of boats to regattas, and alumni relations.

Men's Captain, Women's Captain

1. Organisation of coaches
a. Recruitment
b. Allocation
c. Pay
d. Thank Yous/Invitations to BCD

2. Select crews (in consultation with boatman)

3. Plan training and set targets

4. Day to day training organization
a. Organise and communicate training times
b. Communicate race arrangements to all club members competing
c. Co-ordinate transport/trailering/accommodation for off-Cam races

5. Organise training camps
a. Home/Away
b. Transport
c. Equipment
d. Coaches
e. Accomodation (inc. arrangements with college for camps on Cam)
f. Food (for away camps)
g. Social activities

6. Maintain subs list to aid individuals in finding subs

7. Race entry decisions

8. Monitor maintenance of club equipment; ensure faults are reported to boatman

9. Squad welfare/motivation

10. Reports on squad activities and plans
a. Steering Committee
b. Alumni
c. Marguerites/College in general

11. Attend Steering Committee

12. Attend CUCBC Captains’ Meetings

13. Current account signatories

14. Work with the Treasurer each term to understand budget allowances and targets for coaching, training costs and fines.
a. accountable for not overspending these budgets without approval from the Treasurer.

15. Discipline

16. Update Captain’s Books at end of year

17. Maintain website with:
a. Current crew details
b. Termly/mid-termly reports

Secretary

1. Organise termly Steering Committee meetings
a. Book appropriate room
b. Collate & circulate agenda (in conjunction with SC Chairman, Captains, Boatman)
c. Take minutes & circulate

2. Correspondence and paperwork as delegated by Captains & SC Chairman

3. Organise early morning marshals & race marshals as directed by CUCBC

4. Race entries

5. External organization membership (Cam Conservators, British Rowing etc.)

6. Kit:
a. Set up lycra designs with supplier & co-ordinate order window
b. Organise purchase and distribution of novice tops
c. Oversee club hand-‐me‐downs

7. Offer Blades’ standing order mandates to graduands

8. Running elections & BBQ – circulate outcomes to SC & within college.

9. Maintain website with: calendar (race, social, other)

Treasurer

1. Liaise closely with Senior Treasurer in order to secure the short‐term viability of the club and its long-term financial future.

2. Prepare budget from October to October; breakdown of predicted expenses for Current and Capital accounts (in conjunction with Boatman)

3. Prepare JCR budget request

4. Keep books for current and capital accounts

5. Pay in funds (from JCR/college/sponsor etc.)

6. Write current account cheques (coaches’ invoices, boatman expenses, miscellaneous expenses)

7. Submit termly membership list for college bills (Copy to Boatman for records)

8. Prepare final accounts for year-end (in conjunction with Senior Treasurer)

9. Collect income from hire of equipment (ergs, gym, boats, rack space)

10. Prepare and pre-circulate report on club’s financial position for Steering Committee meetings. Attend SC.

11. Monitor budgeting of Boatman and Captains and regularly report to them on spending.

12. Renew and monitor Insurance cover

13. Monitor depreciation on club assets

Lower Boats Captain

1. Ensure information is circulated to freshers before arrival in Cambridge

2. Attend CUCBC LBC course

3. Plan and co-ordinate freshers’ fair stall

4. Assist Social Secretary and Captains with freshers’ BBQ, with special focus on advertising.

5. Recruit novices before and during freshers’ week; continue recruitment through Michaelmas term if necessary.

6. Organise correct paperwork for novices (swim declaration, sign-up sheets, health questionnaire) – pass relevant pieces to Water Safety Officer

7. Primary responsibility for day-to-day running of all novice boats:
a. Select crews (in consultation with boatman)
b. Organise training schedule
c. Coaching/organizing others to coach
d. Organise subs initially
e. Induct novices into Boat Club discipline & organisation
f. Motivate novices, foster crew spirit, organize formals (attend with them?)

8. Monitor Novice equipment usage and report faults to boatman

9. Encourage novice to continue rowing past their first term & help with transition to senior squad

10. Divide responsibilities between LBCs and VLBCs

11. Liaise with squad captains on novice matters to ensure uniformity across the club.

12. Assist Captains with day to day organization of lower boats (especially Lent and May terms)

13. Point of contact for all lower boats rowers

14. Maintain website with:
a. Current novice crew lists
b. Novice race reports

Vice Lower Boats Captain

1. Responsibilities as for LBCs, except points 10 and 11.

Sponsorship Secretary

See Publicity Officier

Publicity Officer

1. Primary point of contact between our main sponsor and the committee.
a. Promoting awareness of the sponsor amongst the student club and alumni, especially for recruitment events.
b. Promoting the club and its activities to the sponsor, by providing the sponsor with a comprehensive account of the club's activities and efforts to promote the sponsor amongst the students.

2. Organising any promotional material to be sent to our sponsors before or after receipt of any sponsorship money, including an annual report with a results summary and a general summary of exposure.

3. Promote awareness of the Boat Club and its activities amongst the alumni
a. inc. termly/twice termly e-newsletter of the club's activities.

4. Assist the Boatman, Captains and Blades Representative with advertising and organising re-union outings, races and dinners.

5. Assist the Boatman, Captains and Blades Representative with alumni relations, including the production of reports for the Blades and College Magazines

6. Attend Steering Committee meetings

7. Maintain website with:
a. Material relevant to alumni, inc.
i. summary reports
ii. details of alumni activity
iii. historical information

Coxing Rep

1. Assist the Boatman, Captains and LBCs with recruitment of novice coxes.

2. Assist LBCs with initial cox training a. Organise senior coxes for first novice outings b. Introduce novice coxes to equipment and basic principles

3. Promote cox development and training within the club, acting as mentor for coxes throughout the club.

4. Ensure all coxes are informed of coxing meetings (e.g. Novice coxing seminar, pre--‐bumps meetings)

5. Distribute educational material (e.g. recordings, coxing guides, tideway head video)

6. Maintain a list of ‘qualified’ coxes and their contact details (to be made available to the Boatman, Captains and LBCs)

7. Monitor supply & demand in relation to graduation dates & numbers of crews in order to reduce cox shortages.

8. Assist Captains and LBCs in finding suitable coxes (inc. recruitment from other clubs) in event of serious pre-race/pre‐term or longer term cox shortage.

Social Secretary

1. Fairbairns, Lents & Mays Dinners:
a. Book formal hall / OCR / Fellows Garden as required (ideally in August for entire year)
b. Invite Master & wife
c. Liaise with Captains on inviting coaches/alumni
d. Organise menu / drink in conjunction with Catering Manager
e. Publicise, account for finances (incorporating coaches’ tickets into price per head)
f. Produce menus
g. Co‐ordinate after-dinner ents at the dinner
h. Assist in returning hall to a fit state post‐dinner

2. Cocktails:
a. One per year, usually Mich Term
b. Book venue with Tutor
c. Advertise, sell tickets in advance
d. Order & buy drinks
e. Organise any ents

3. BBQs – freshers’ week & election
a. Organise food & drink
b. Liaise with other committee members (LBCs, Captains, Secretary) about publicizing the event
c. Liaise with other committee members regarding other requirements

4. Other social events
a. Assist Captains in organizing training camp social events

Webmaster

1. Issue log-ins for members section at year start and as required thereafter

2. Ensure website infrastructure is maintained as effective and functional

3. Keep all email mailing lists up to date

4. Provide technical support for club members in use of the website

5. Maintain ‘static’ information on website (in conjunction with Secretary, Captains, Publicity Officer and Blades representative)
a. Past Crews
b. Information on boats/equipment
c. History pages
d. Information for novices/other members
e. Bumps charts

6. Ensure that website content is kept up to date by the relevant people:
a. Captains: Crews, Termly/Mid‐termly reports, Exceptional achievements of club members
b. Crew Captains: Race reports
c. LBCs: Novice crews & race reports
d. Publicity officer: News relevant to alumni
e. Secretary: Calendar
f. Steering Committee Members: SC news