The document is the constitution for the Boston University Undergraduate Economics Association. It outlines the association's mission to develop students' interests in economics through social, academic and professional means. It describes the executive board positions and their responsibilities in managing activities like general meetings, guest speakers, and an economics journal. Core activities include a website for student articles and blogs, social media presence, and events. Policies address plagiarism and representation. Contact information is provided.

1. Boston university
Undergraduate Economics Association
Constitution

2. Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Opening Remarks……………..…………………...........….…………………….……….3
Mission Statement…………………………………..…..………………………………...4
Organization……………………………………………………..………..………….....57
Core Activities……………………………………………………………………...…..7-9
Policy Regarding Representation and
Plagiarism………………………………………...9
Contact Information…...……………………………………………………………….....9
Tentative Schedule…………………………………..…………….…………………….10
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3. Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
Dear Members,
On behalf of the Executive Board, we would like to welcome you to the Boston
University Undergraduate Economics Association. The economy influences everybody
and we believe that in order for people to make better decisions, both for themselves and
others, they have to be well informed on the underlying economic conditions. The Boston
University Undergraduate Economics Association offers all students at Boston
University a platform into the insights of today’s worldwide economic issues. In a rather
unsympathetic way, we are fortunate to witness policy makers confront novel economic
issues and challenges that are currently staggering the world economy. With a fragile
global economy and tepid recovery the next several months promise to be enlightening.
With this said, we thank you for your interest and are looking forward to working with
you.
Sincerely,
The BU UEA E-Board
President
Daniel Currie
Vice President of
Marketing
Shivani Desai
Executive
Vice President &
Vice President of Economic
Research
Spencer Petitti
Vice President of
Operations
Howard Wei
Vice President of
Economic Research
Jeevan Parameswaran
Vice President of
Information Technology
Massimiliano Hasan
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4. Mission Statement
Mission Statement
Our mission is to socially, academically, and professionally develop Boston
University student's interest in the Economics field.
Vision
Vision
Our vision is to provide all of Boston University’s students aaplatform into the insights
Our vision is to provide all of Boston University’s students platform into the insights
of today’s worldwide economic issues
of today’s worldwide economic issues
Inform
Inform
Debate
Debate
Socialize
Socialize
The BU UEA has set three targets in order to accomplish our vision for Fall 2013-2014:
The BU UEA has set three targets in order to accomplish our vision for Fall 2013-2014:
Increaseaverage attendance for weekly meetings and events
Increase average attendance for weekly meetings and events
Increase the number of articles and presentations from our members and Writing
Increase the number of articles and presentations from our members and Writing
Committee students
Committee students
Startupthe Econometrics/ Stata workshop
Startup the Econometrics/ Stata workshop
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5. Organization Breakdown
Organization Breakdown
President
Executive Vice
Executive Vice
President
President
 Event
 Event
Development
Development
 Project
 Project
Development
Development
 Treasury
 Treasury
 SAO
 SAO
VP of Marketing
VP of Marketing
VP of Operations
VP of Operations
 Marketing
 Marketing
 Event
 Event
Planning
Planning
 Networking
 Networking
 Social
 Social
Websites
Websites
 Emails
 Emails
 Event
 Event
Supervision
Supervision
 Project
 Project
Execution
Execution
VP of Editorial
VP of Editorial
Content
Content
VP of Information
VP of Information
Technology
Technology
 Articles
 Articles
 Blogs
 Blogs
 Columnists
 Columnists
 Research
 Research
 Journal
 Journal
 Website
 Website
Content
Content
 Case
 Case
Competition
Competition
 Stata
 Stata
Workshop
Workshop
 Website
 Website
Development
Development
 Website
 Website
Maintenance
Maintenance
 Data
 Data
Maintenance
Maintenance
President
The President is the leader of the organization. This individual presides over all
activities of the organization and is responsible for managing each and every member.
He or she primarily spearheads efforts necessary to strategically coordinate the activities
of the organization. These responsibilities include overall planning, oversight, and
evaluation of all organization activities. The President ensures that organization
activities are adequately achieving the organization’s goals.
Responsibilities:
Provides leadership and vision
Sets overarching strategy and execution plan
Plans and oversees the full spectrum of organization activities
Evaluates organization performance
Chooses goals and delegates tasks
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6. Executive Vice President
The Executive Vice President is second in command after the President. In the absence
of the President, the Executive Vice President fulfills the President’s role, if necessary.
The Executive Vice President serves as a supporting role to the President and assists in
the completion of the day-to-day tasks.
Responsibilities:
Assists the President in the organization of all events and activities
Overlooks the organization in any absence of the President
Handles the finances, including, but not limited to, monitoring all financial transactions
Acts as the point of contact and maintains relations with the BU Student Activities
Office, BU Allocations Board and all other donor organizations
Helps the E-Board organize the meetings, specifically in creating and delivering
presentations
Vice President of Marketing
The Vice President of Marketing is responsible for building and maintaining BU UEA’s
network with professors, faculty, alumni, and other student organizations. This role is
especially important for the organization since fostering mutually beneficial
relationships allows the organization to execute its activities and events at the highest
level of quality. This individual is also responsible for marketing and promoting BU
UEA events.
Responsibilities:
Actively promotes BU UEA activities around the BU campus and the Boston area
Reaches out to alumni, professors, faculty, and student organizations
Develops, builds, and maintains BU UEA’s growing and active network
Markets for the association and its events
Vice President of Operations
The Vice President of Operations executes and coordinates the daily operations of the
organization, including communication, events, and website/social media content.
Responsibilities:
Keeps BU UEA members informed through social media and e-mail
Ensures clear communication within the executive board
Edits the content of the Constitution, website, and social media
Generates and updates performance metrics
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7. Vice President of Editorial Content
The Vice President of Editorial Content presides over the content of the BU UEA
website. He or she is responsible for editing and regulating the economic content of
bloggers and columnists, as well as, choosing the topics of the meetings in which he or
she governs the discussions. Additional responsibilities include organizing the annual
case competition and hosting the econometrics/Stata workshops.
Responsibilities:
Oversees website content
Supports the creation of blogs and articles
Edits the economic content
Heads the activities and discussions during the weekly meetings
Organizes annual case competition
Teaching students econometrics/Stata in writing committee meetings
Vice President of Information Technology
The Vice President of Information Technology is responsible for the maintenance and
design of the BU UEA website.
Responsibilities:
Maintains, develops, and designs the BU UEA website and data
Provides technical support where necessary
Core Activities
Core Activities
General Meetings & Events
General Meetings & Events
Social Websites
Social Websites
Core
Core
Websit
Websit
ee
BU UEA Website
The BU UEA website represents the club’s
main set of activities. The website functions as
a vehicle for students to debate and reason on
economic issues and topics through writing and
commenting on articles and blogs written by
other students. The website provides a
constructive platform for columnists and
bloggers to showcase their economic and
writing talent. Student authors will be given
free rein to write on any topic related to
economics and are even encouraged to
incorporate their other interests, such as
political science,
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8. philosophy, psychology, history and other topics. Writing
articles and blogs will serve as an opportunity for students
 Blogs
to build on their creative abilities in writing and economic  Blogs
 Articles
analysis, practicing the same set of skills they have gained  Articles
 Article & Blogging
from their academic background and classrooms. It will  Article & Blogging
Competition
Competition
also provide exposure to different ideas and critiques from a
 The BU UEA Journal
diverse pool of students. All articles and blogs, will be  The BU UEA Journal
regulated and, if necessary, edited by the Vice President of
Editorial Content.
All articles and blogs will participate in the BU UEA Article and Blogging Competition
which takes place twice every semester. The first winner will be announced at the
middle of the semester and the second winner will be announced before the last day of
classes. The same student writer may win the competition more than once each semester.
Winners will receive a certificate for winning and a guaranteed placing in the club’s
semester long journal which is virtually published every semester. As any good
economist would do, the winner will be decided using an equation:
0.28 * quantity + 0.14 * quality + 0.58 * traffic
This equation assigns specific weights (which are subject to change) to certain variables:
quantity, quality and traffic. Quantity represents the numbers of articles that have been
published throughout the competition. Quality takes into consideration how the article
was rated, on a scale from 0 to 5 stars, by website visitors. Traffic measures the amount
of readers the article was able to attract.
At the end of each semester, the best articles and blogs will be accumulated into the
club’s once a semester virtually published journal. The BU UEA Economics Journal will
be available on the BU UEA website and distributed to members, faculty, and alumni.
Social Websites
 Facebook

The BU UEA employs a handful of social and networking  Facebook
 Google+
websites to inform members of hot economic topics,  Google+
 LinkedIn
connect with alumni, build the BU UEA community, and  LinkedIn
 BU UEA Website
BU UEA Website
raise interest in the economics field. The social websites are
updated and maintained daily, tracking current economic issues and topics. The social
websites may be utilized for informing members of events and opportunities or raise
interesting poll questions. The performance of the BU UEA social websites is
measured using a handful of metrics that take into account different aspects of member
activity. The social websites will be maintained by the Vice President of Operations.
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9. General Meetings & Events
 General Meetings
 General Meetings
The BU UEA general meetings are scheduled every  Discussions
 Discussions
 Presentations
Tuesday at 7:00pm to 8:00pm. There won’t be necessarily a
 Presentations
 Guest Speakers
 Guest Speakers
general meeting every Tuesday. General meetings will be
 Networking Events
 Networking Events
used to inform members about the organization, prominent
 Workshops

economic topics, and opportunities. General meetings will  Workshops
 Competitions
Competitions
be utilized as a platform to aid students in furthering their  Collaborative Events
 Collaborative Events
learning in the economics field and harbor a community
interested in economic events. The BU UEA may find itself collaborating with student
and non-student organizations. The general meetings will further aid and support the
development and execution of such events.
The BU UEA regularly holds speaker events with faculty, alumni, and other special
guests on a handful of topics of interest to the club members. Such events may be
organized with other student organization that share similar interests to the BU UEA.
Other events the BU UEA may develop, organize, or participate in include professional
workshops, networking events, competitions, presentations, and discussions on current
issues related to economics. The goals of the general meetings and events the BU UEA
engages in are to broaden members knowledge of economics, expand their
opportunities, and engage their interests.
Policy Regarding Representation and Plagiarism
Policy Regarding Representation and Plagiarism
The BU UEA engages in the virtual publishing of articles and blogs. The club
encourages open and constructive conversations on any topics no matter what they may
be. Any opinions rested within these articles or blogs are of the writer. These opinions
do not represent the club’s opinion or that of Boston University on the subject. Boston
University has strict rules against plagiarism and the club will uphold them. Student
writers are expected to use references where necessary and provide recognition to ideas
and material that is not of their own. The BU UEA expects student writers to be honest
of the rightful owner of the content they are submitting and not steal or plagiarize from
other BU UEA writers.
Contact Information
Contact Information
For questions, suggestions, or comments, please contact us via e-mail at uea@bu.edu or
at bueconclub@gmail.com.
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10. Tentative Schedule
Tentative Schedule
The following schedule is expected to materially change as the semester progresses.
Date
Time
Event
Location
Tues., Sept. 7
1p – 4p
SPLASH
Cummington Mall
Tues., Sept. 10
7p – 8p
General Meeting
CAS 313
Tues., Sept. 17
7p – 8p
General Meeting
CAS 313
Tues., Sept. 24
7p – 8p
General Meeting
CAS 313
Fri., BU EXPO
10p – 12a
EXPO-losion
GSU
Tues., Oct. 1
7p – 8p
General Meeting
CAS 313
Tues., Oct. 8
7p – 8p
General Meeting
CAS 313
Tues., Oct. 15
7p – 8p
First Round Article & Blog
Competition Winner
Announced
CAS 313
Tues., Oct. 22
7p – 8p
General Meeting
CAS 313
Tues., Oct. 29
7p – 8p
General Meeting
CAS 313
Tues., Nov. 5
7p – 8p
General Meeting
CAS 313
Tues., Nov. 12
7p – 8p
General Meeting
CAS 313
Tues., Nov. 19
7p – 8p
General Meeting
CAS 313
Tues., Dec. 10
7p – 8p
Second Round Article & Blog
Competition Winner
Announced
CAS 313
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