Welcome back to Oxford in Hilary term! Today, the 15th of January, the new committee officially took over. The new and old committees gathered together in order experience and advice to be handed down, ideas to be exchanged, and a nice picture of us to be taken: you can see here from left to right standing: Lubo, Bisi, and Deyan (the ex-committee), and the new committee sitting on the bench: Nickola, Diana (me), and Kameliya. Wish us good luck!

Dear Friends,

We will be holding elections for our new committee on Thursday, 17.11.11. Voting will be online and you will receive a link to the website by e-mail on the day. There will be more instructions closer to the time, however it will really be simple - you receive a link by email, click on it, it takes you to a website, you click a few times and its done. I urge you to vote - it will only take a few seconds and will really make a difference. Also, the vote will be completely anonymous.

The candidates are as follows (all of them have matriculated in 2010):

For President

Diana Sofronieva
Physics and Philosophy, St Hilda's College
"Why me?
Because I love Bulgarian nature, folklore and history,
and have the phenomenal ability of recognizing Slavic
people!
Because I believe the president should be ON TIME
for the society’s events ;ь
Because I am enthusiastic and energetic, curious and
creative!"

Ivan Penchev
Mathematics and Statistics, St Hugh's College
"For me, the Bulgarian Society is about preserving our Bulgarian culture and not forgetting our roots although far away from home. So if ain’t broken, don’t fix it – the society should continue organising Bulgarian film nights , meetings with Bulgarian writers and people with a touch for Bulgarian culture in general"

Their full manifestos are linked on their names - take a look, you won't be disappointed.

For Secretary

Kameliya Belcheva
Mathematics, University College
Her words to you all are "Много съм яка". 

For Treasurer

Nickola Hristov
Mathematics, Exeter College
He would like to say the following: "The Only One. Nuff said."

So, please, take a look at the manifestos and vote on Thursday. It would really make a difference. Thanks.