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By laws 1. Definition: The SNO is the student chapter of The Network: TUFH, which will strive to promote interaction among students of member institutions and facilitate their active participation in Network: TUFH activities. The SNO will act as the voice of all students within The Network: TUFH. The SNO is an independent student organisation that works together with The Network: TUFH and recognizes the Network and its constitution as a mother-organisation. 2. Objectives: Education: Renew education Focus on student-centered education Assess and assure student influence Increase awareness of student centered education among students and faculty members within The Network: TUFH Exchange: Provide information about, and facilitating exchange between Network: TUFH institutions Create and provide a framework for exchange Projects: Promote student activities within The Network: TUFH, for instance at the conference Increase student participation at Network: TUFH conferences Establish and maintain travel funds Aid the local SNOs' in starting community based projects Communication: Facilitate the exchange of ideas and information Produce a newsletter for its members Connecting the local SNOs' Contact other student organisations, and link with their networks Establish and update a World Wide Web-page for news and information, and link with relevant web sites 3. Criteria for membership: Every faculty affiliated with The Network: TUFH and all students who are interested Students who participate in Network: TUFH activities, but whose institutions are non-Network: TUFH-members 4. Organisational structures: The Executive Committee of the SNO consists of 10 members: Chairman Secretary General Regional representative of Africa Regional representative of South East Asia Regional representative of Australia and Oceania Regional representative of Europe Regional representative of the Middle East Regional representative of North America Regional representative of South America In the Executive Committee, the regional representatives have one vote each and the chairman has only a tie-breaking vote. The election of the Executive Committee takes place at the biennial Network: TUFH conferences. Each SNO-institution present has one vote. The SNO officers can be re-elected. In addition, past officers will help the new elected member when ever they need help. 5. Job descriptions: Chairman: Heads the student body Keeps active communication b/w EC and RR members Represents the SNO in the EC meeting of The Network: TUFH. Secretary General: Calls for SNO meeting in conference Represents chairman in his absence Manages the budget. Corresponds with the SNO members. Regional Representative: Maintain traveling funds Coordinate regional workshops Encourage students to write in the students' column of The Network: TUFH newsletter. 6. SNO Executive Committee: Executive Committee page 7. Target aim for coming year: Education: To promote student centered education. Exchange: To facilitate exchange between Network: TUFH institutions. Projects: To increase the number of student participation in Network: TUFH meeting. Communication: Forming a worldwide web page of SNO. 8. Strategies: Encourage student involvement in the curriculum development Identify contact person ( student/teacher) in every institution who will be responsible for student exchange Post the list on www for easy contact Maintain traveling funds Schedule regional workshop Eencourage students to write in student column of the Network: TUFH newsletter 9. Report from last year: Limitation/barriers: Difficulty in staying in contact with EC members Difficulty in creating a web page due to lack of skills. Two of the regional representative from last year dropped out Unable to locate a regional representative for South America Achievements: EMR: Regional officer Emam Hussain held a workshop on the future of medical education in Sudan and student leadership development in Gizira medical school on 4th 8th Oct. 2000 5 new local SNO were formed in Sudan African regional representative Thomas Toltaku held a one day workshop on Introduction on PBL Recruited two new regional representative for South East Asia: Percy Gem and for the Pacific region: Rohan Willams