First up, meet Franca, our wonderful Chair and little fairy who somehow makes everything magically happen in this committee. It might not always feel magical for her, because our Franca is what you would lovingly call a true “stresskip”, she takes everything on her shoulders and tries to fix it all. But let’s be real, without Franca, this committee would fall apart in seconds. She keeps keeps everything running smoothly, even on the 50 euro bike she proudly paid for. A great deal, til a rogue wine bottle shot into the wheel and the repair ended up costing more than the bike itself. Because while Franca is the ultimate regel-tante, she’s also a bit clumsy. Whether she’s riding the bike with rebellious wine bottles or celebrating a win on foot, she will somehow manage to injure herself. Her last victory dance ended in a twisted ankle, but nothing gets between Franca and dancing! Her enthusiasm and inventiveness are essential in every meeting!. And if you ever need to cheer Franca up, just let her give a speech and shout “Atje speech!” and she will be glowing all night.

Annemarie is our lovely secretary, although she has the easiest task she is very good at it ;) she has a good sense of style and has a real vt-wonen room. Every committee evening we learn something new about her. For example that she adopted an elephant Mayura and that she is very bad at driving manual. Her dating life is also very turbulent and pilots and older men mainly attract attention. As you can tell Annemarie is always very enthusiastic and interested. She keeps our event committee nights exciting and takes care of us with the stophoest and autodrop that she always has in her room.

Meet Nienke! She is the wonderful treasurer of the event committee this year, skillfully managing our ever-shrinking budget. At the active members weekend she dressed up as the big bad wolf, but we strongly suspect she just wanted an excuse to look a little like a furry for the night. We love the commitment and the inclusivity though! Because she gets cold incredibly fast, she spent the entire weekend wrapped in about 10 layers of clothing. Luckily for her, she also brought two sleepingbags, so at night she could disappear in them like a cozy caterpillar. Despite all that, she never let the cold stop her from joining the fun because when she wasn’t in bed, the alcohol kept her warm! Only at night though, because she doesn’t want anything to do with beer or any other fizzy drinks. With her humor, dedication, and financial insight, Nienke keeps our committee running smoothly—even if our budget doesn’t ;) 

Louise, our lovely acquisition girly. Although I think she responds faster to a carrier pigeon than to one of our texts, she is an amazing girl. Sometimes a bit chaotic (especially when she has an exam and can’t remember the alphabet;)) but with her enthusiasm she brings everyone joy. Sometimes a bit to enthusiastic (unfortunately not every secret location is safe with her) But she always fill the room with her positivity and amazing smile :) and if you think that her enthusiasm is still not enough, watch her get drunk, she will tell everyone her amazing stories, even if you just wanted to go to the toilet ;) Fun fact: little Louise dreamed about being a bike mechanic. Not a princess or a popstar, no she wanted to fix bicycles and save the world one squeaky chain at the time;)  

Meet Nikki, our lovely Amsterdammer. We are very happy that she decided to move all the way to the far north, because we could not have organized the amazing events without her. Nikki always comes up with fun games, creative outfit ideas and she is not afraid to give speeches about her love for Rene Karst. These social skills are very useful as she is responsible for the External Affairs this year. That’s why this function suits her perfectly. What also suits her very well is the collection of Temu, because Nikki’s house is filled with everything you can buy on there. She also just bought the pilates equipment, so if you want a cheap pilates lesson, go to Nikki’s house. When you arrive there you will be warmly welcomed by the christmas song playing from the doorbell and the hot-water bottle looking like a bunny cuddly toy. Nikki truly is a great addition to our team, bringing new connections and inspiring others!

This year's fantastic promoter is Minke. She’s from the beautiful city of Groningen. Besides designing our amazing sweaters and creating the best promotions for our events, she’s also known for her “lekker kontje”, and we couldn’t agree more! Be careful if you invite her over, though, because chances are all your snacks will be gone afterwards. We learn a lot from Minke, but Minke more from us when it comes to planning. Her work schedule is just not great. Luckily she is promotion and not…. anything else. Still, we’re very thrilled to have her and her Naomi from proppers in Mallorca hairflip in our committee:)