Brown College at Monroe Hill - Governance

Governance

The student leadership of Brown is provided by both the Brown College Governance Board (Govboard) and the Resident Staff (Resstaff), all of whom may use money budgeted for student activities. Intra-portal events are run by Portal Representatives, and have ranged from cultural dinners and movies to more edgy events such as "Eat and Get Out," "Picto-telephone," and "Guess the Behind."

Events meant for the general Brown Community are run by co-chairs:

• Academic, Cultural, and Educational (ACE): Responsible for bringing the arts and academics to Brown
• Alumni
• Conservation, Outdoors, & Sustainability (COS)
• Community Outreach
• Faculty Liaisons
• First-Year Liaisons: Responsible for acclimating new residents into Brown as well as the University
• Hauntings: In charge of organizing the annual Hauntings at Monroe Hill, a haunted house to raise money for charity during Halloween.
• Historians
• Intramurals
• Membership: Responsible for creating the College's application as well as overseeing the reading and scoring of submitted applications
• Newsletter
• Panjandrum: Responsible for miscellaneous and/or large scale purchases for the College, from Lego to picnic tables, or dish soap to Xbox 360s
• Public Relations
• Social: Responsible for the two semi-formal dances and a huge host of other events for all of Brown
• Webmasters

The Officers of Govboard consist of the Grand Poohbah, the Shama Llama Ding Dong, and the annually renamed Treasurer. In addition, the 2012-2013 school year includes the probationary office of Secretary, which will also be annually renamed. The names were chosen on the theory that their powers would be more difficult to abuse given such humorous and unlikely titles. The Grand Poohbah roughly corresponds with the position of President, and is responsible for managing external relations. The Shama Llama Ding Dong, with position similar to a Vice President, runs the weekly Govboard meetings and all internal affairs.