InterFaculty Improv Night 5
Organizing Committee Application
2010-2011
UofC’s Very Own “Who’s Line Is It Anyway” Event
This will be the 5th annual InterFaculty Improv Night (IFIN).
IFIN is a theatre sports competition between undergraduate
faculties. 6 teams maximum will compete in various acting
challenges. Each team will try to play for points to take home
the IFIN trophy at the end of the evening. Depending on which
faculties are participating, they will be grouped into appropriate
teams.
Volunteering as part of the IFIN5 organizing committee is a great opportunity for
leadership development. It is an easy team to engage in event organization tactics,
as this event has been planned already for the past 4 years. The fun is tweaking and
designing the improv games, and the challenge is to recruit students from all
faculties to get involved in this fun, entertaining night.
Suggested teams:
1. Business / Law / Education
2. Engineering
3. Medicine / Vet Med
4. Nursing / KNES
5. Science
6. Arts (C&C / Fine Arts / Humanities / Social Sci) / Social Work
IFIN5 will be tentatively on January 21, 2011, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
Doors open at 5pm.
The commitment of the organizing committee is 20-40 hours:
 Occasional online meetings prior to November 2011*
 Completion of essential tasks*
 Recording status updates on shared Google Docs
 1 Event Logistics and Games Set meeting in November or December 2011*
 1 Pre-Event meeting in January 2011
 Publicity
 IFIN5 event itself
 1 Post-Event meeting in January or February 2011
 Keeping a volunteer hours log
 Providing continuous feedback for IFIN5
*A star indicates optional/voluntary for the "Team Member" positions
This is your chance to take on a leadership role and contribute to UofC history! We
have the following positions available on the Executive Organizing Committee:
Event Director(s) and Event Director In Training (EDIT)
Event directors mainly handle event logistics and game design. Event directors are
responsible for ensuring that the following list of essential tasks are done, but these
essential tasks will also be assigned to Executive Committee Members (each a "team
rep") who are not recruiting students from a "tougher to advertise to" faculty (based on
previous statistics of student turnout from those faculties).
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Funding (primarily contact Alumni Association)
Recruit 3 judges
Recruit 1 host
Set up and manage Improv website
Book data projector and computer
Pre-show PPT (welcoming messages, advertisements to get involved, sponsors, etc.)
1 minute 30 timer (already prepared, ask for file)
2 minute 30 (already prepared, ask for file)
ABC PPT (already prepared, ask for file)
ABC sheets
Winners placement PPT
Update logo/text on trophy
Music CDs for Music Video game
Song List PPT for Music Video game
Games design and list (already made; simply tweak)
Ticket design and printing
Props, props list, and props numbers
Programmes  games guide
Score Screen PowerPoint
1-10 Point Sheets
Booking event room
Get free parking if possible, depending on location of event
Executive Member, Business Team Rep
Ensure that students of Business know about IFIN5. Goal is to get 30-50 students from
this faculty in the audience.
Executive Member, Engineer Team Rep
Ensure that students of Engineering know about IFIN5. Goal is to get 30-50 students
from this faculty in the audience.
Executive Member, Medicine Team Rep
Ensure that students of Medicine / Vet Med know about IFIN5. Goal is to get 30-50
students from this faculty in the audience.
Executive Member, Nursing / KNES Team Rep
Ensure that students of Nursing / KNES know about IFIN5. Goal is to get 30-50
students from this faculty in the audience.
Executive Member, Science Team Rep
Ensure that students of Science know about IFIN5. Goal is to get 30-50 students from
this faculty in the audience.
Executive Member, Arts Team Rep
Ensure that students of C&C / Fine Arts / Humanities / Social Sciences know about
IFIN5. Goal is to get 30-50 students from this faculty in the audience.
Team Member
Ensure that students of UofC know about IFIN5. Certain commitments are
optional/voluntary but highly recommended (*see above first page)
SUMMARY OF POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
 EDIT (# of positions = 1)
 Exec Members (# of positions = 1-3)
 Team members (# of positions = 10-12)
The application is due October 17, 2010 by 11:59pm to
avseto@gmail.com AND mufaddal_imran@hotmail.com.
Please answer all of the following questions:
Please list the position you want, starting from the most desired.
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Please explain how your experiences will help you to fit the roles as listed in position #1
and position #2 of the above question.
Why do you want to be involved in the planning of InterFaculty Improv Night?
Using online communication is key to IFIN5 planning. Are you comfortable with large
volumes of email? Are you efficient at replying to emails?
Publicity is key for IFIN5. What prior experiences in publicity and advertising do you
have? What are some advertising strategies that you will use to help promote IFIN5 to
your assigned faculty and/or to the general UofC community?
Have you attended InterFaculty Improv Night or UC Idol in the past? Have you
volunteered for InterFaculty Improv Night or UC Idol in the past?
What ideas do you have to make IFIN5 a great event?
Name:
Email:
Phone Number:
Year of study in 2010-2011:
Major:
Please limit your application to one page maximum, size 12 font. The selection process
will be mainly application-based. Successful candidates will show that they are reliable,
are dependable, seek attention to detail, and enjoy taking initiative. IFIN5 Organizing
Committee members should be welcoming of frequent email communications and be
able to reply to emails efficiently. You may expect a casual interview or a phone call.
Volunteers will be contacted via e-mail to confirm their positions.