In this section you will find the SUSK Member’s Guidebook, filled with tips, including how to start a USO, how to fundraise, and what kind of events to run.

You’ll also find templates and guides (e.g. how to fill out a grant application effectively, advertising templates, etc.) to help ensure your club and its activities are a success!

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How to start a Ukrainian Student Organization

A concise guild to starting or reviving your organization. The sections about media, planning and finances are excellent reading for any new USO  Executive Member.
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TEMPLATES

The below templates are meant to help you with the internal structure of your Ukrainian Student Organization (USO). It’s difficult when starting up a USO and not having a base to start with, so hopefully this will ease with the transition, amend these forms to the specific needs of your USO.

CONSTITUTION – TEMPLATE

This is the comprehensive constitution from the Ukrainian Students’ Society in Edmonton, use it as a template to formulate a constitution for your local Ukrainian Student Organization.

USO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP FORM – TEMPLATE

This form is meant to help you form a membership form to help keep records of the individual membership of your Ukrainian Student Organization.

EXECUTIVE CONTACT LIST – TEMPLATE

This template is meant for you to fill out the Executive’s information and be sent out so that everyone has each other’s contact information.

USO EXECUTIVE MEETING MINUTES – TEMPLATE

This template is meant to help you keep records of your Ukrainian Student Organization’s Executive Meetings. This is important so that should any discrepancies arise in the future, there is something to refer back to.

EXPENSE CLAIMS FORM – TEMPLATE

This template is meant to help your Ukrainian Student Organization be financially accountable. This not only helps with financial transparency but also is crucial to have when applying for grants.

LIVE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT – TEMPLATE

This template is meant to be changed to your needs when hiring a band for a performance. This is important not only to help protect all parties involved, but also some band do not have a business bank account and cannot provide receipts, so when you’re applying for grants this may suffice as showing where the money is being spent when filing out a report for a grant. Remember the deal is worth as much as the paper it’s written on!

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KOLYADNYK

Not only is Kolyada a great fundraising opportunity for your club, it’s a lot of fun too! Download our SUSK Kolyadnyk, filled with kolyadky, shchedrivky, and vinshuvannia.

BONUS: for those who can’t read in Ukrainian we’ve included all the songs written phonetically in English!

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HOLODOMOR INFORMATION

Here are a couple of pages of articles taken from the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine regarding the Holodomor.

ENCYCLOPEDIA -HOLODOMOR