Call for Applicants - WAC Community and Staff Representatives (March 2024)

Announced by Hayden Ng (吳宇晞) on

The WCA Advisory Council (WAC) is seeking new members to assist the council.

What is the WAC and what do they do?

The biggest task of the WAC is to be an intermediary between the community and the WCA Staff - to give the community a voice when important topics are being discussed. The Community Representatives will be a vital part of that process. More information about the main functions of the WAC can be found here: WCA Motion 20.2021.01

The council has 2 sub-teams - Community Representatives and WCA Representatives. This announcement is for both Community Representatives and WCA Representatives member positions. You can apply to either of them depending on whether you are a WCA staff member or not.

The key projects of the council are management of the WCA forum and gathering community feedback useful for the WCA by working on annual surveys and competition surveys.

The qualities expected of candidates are:

  • Communication: Internal communication is done in English, so an intermediate standard of English is required.

  • Work Ethic: Members will be expected to contribute regularly and not ignore messages for many days. The expected time commitment is 2-4 hours per week on tasks for the council.

  • Innovation: There will be significant time spent discussing our methods of working and doing a lot of idea gathering on topics to focus on. If you think that the WCA is currently perfect then you probably aren’t the person for this!

  • Interest: An enjoyment to discuss WCA matters among the community is ideal.

  • Maturity: Online discussions will need to be thought-provoking and productive. When providing community feedback you’ll be representing the community and not your own views.

  • Specialisations: The goal of the team is to cover a wide spectrum of the community and therefore members can partly focus on certain areas that they are knowledgeable and passionate about. This could be a geographical area, or any sort of “category” of cuber e.g. South American cuber, Oceania cuber.

The application period is open for candidates to submit their candidacy document from now until April 30, 2024, 23:59 UTC to Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (abhijeet.ghodgaonkar@gmail.com)

The candidacy documents must be submitted in PDF format, and should include the following:

  • Your Name
  • A brief personal summary
  • A summary of involvement in the WCA competitions and WCA teams
  • Ideas as a member of the WCA Advisory Council

Thank you in advance for your candidacies and support!