Connecting International Finns and Finnish Internationals

Join the Board

INTOs Board is a fun bunch of people that consists of ~9 board members and ~25 officers. Every year around April-May we open the call for the Board and Officers for the next board term.

Want to volunteer to improve the international Teekkari community on the campus? Perhaps get new friends and to be able to develop your skills in a low pressure environment? Have some talent that you want to put to good use? INTOs Board is the place for you to be!

Below you will find information on the structure of INTO, what it means to be on the board, descriptions of the different roles and instructions on how to apply!

▼ Apply for the Board for the term 2023-2024! Applications open until 11.04.!

It’s been a blast of a year with a lot of amazing things that have happened. But as all good things in life, it is nearing the end of the Board term 2022-23 and thus it is time to select the next Board of INTO to sail the ship further to the future!
The board term starts on the 01.06.2023 and ends on 31.05.2024. To be eligible for the Board, you need to have a student status at the university at the time of the general meeting. You are expected to be available for the whole duration of the board term. Graduating during the term is okay.


The plan is to elect the board using a method called the “Former of the Board”. In this the Former of the Board applicants, (can be anyone, but usually the chairperson applicants) interview all the other applicants and bring forth their proposal of the composition of the board. Thus in the general meeting, first the Former of the Board is voted on, then the proposal for the Executive board is voted on.

The timeline for the Board call is as follows:23.03. Board Call opens
04.04. All the applications so far are published to the members
04.-09.04. The Former of the Board applicants interview other applicants
10.04. The board proposals of the Formers of the Board are published
11.04. The new board is chosen in the General Meeting.

Board applicant: To be able to equally partake in the interview process, submit your application through the form at the latest 03.04.! Late applications are possible and it is possible to apply even in the general meeting itself, but you won’t be guaranteed the same visibility as other applicants. We will publish late applications to the best of our ability.

Former of the Board applicant: You will be given instructions on the interview process closer to the application deadline. You have a responsibility to treat all the applicants equally and you will be questioned on your interview process in the general meeting.

For any questions regarding the application process, you can contact @lauriahlqvist on telegram, or send an email to chairperson@into-tampere.org

▼ Board positions

WIP – Descriptions of the Board positions will be here soon!

▼ Apply as an Officer for the term 2023-2024! Applications not yet open.

Applications will open near the end of April! More information will come here closer to the event

▼ Officer roles

Treasurers’ Assistant
Do you have a love for accounting and paperwork? Want to contribute to INTO being a well oiled machine? As treasurers’ assistant, your role will be working alongside our treasurer, filing refunds, ordering patches and everything money.

Host’s Helper
Love spending time on the campus? Are saunas your thing? As a host helper you’ll be one of the three people looking after the clubroom, making sure that the fridge is full and organizing the welcome and farewell saunas.

Events Officer
Do you like organizing things and making people smile? Events officer is one of the more visible roles where you can leave your handprint in the way events are organized. Sitsit, international food party, kyykkä, hikes, etc. you name it.

Fuksi Captain
Did you enjoy your time as a tutor? Want to do something more? As the Fuksi Captain you will be one of a three-preson team responsible of organizing INTOs tutor call, fuksi events, two welcome weeks and so on. A really rewarding role, with a lot of responsibility.

Cottage Weekend Responsible
A more specific events officer role, where you’ll be the main responsible for the two cottage weekends, one each semester. The cottage weekend requires organizing logistics, buses and a full three day schedule. Here initiative is required, but as a reward you’ll get to organize one of the best INTO events there is.

Sports’ Officer
As one of the two sports officers, you’ll be organizing sports tryouts, floorball turns and coming up with different sports activities over the year. Would you like to organize hockey or ice skating, maybe frisbeegolf? This role will look the way you want.

Esports’ Officer
The esports’ officer(s) are responsible of organizing esports events for INTO. It might be an event at a gaming cafe, a full blown lan party, or regular gaming nights in discord.

Finnish Culture Officer
Want to interact with internationals and familiarize them with finnish culture? As the finnish culture officer you’ll be organizing cafe suomi – a weekly get-together where internationals can practice their finnish skills. In addition you can organize finnish movie nights, museum visits etc. A very flexible role.

Photographer
A fairly self describing role. Take photos at events, organize a photoshoot for B&O so that we can get photos on our website, get creative!

Corporate Officer
As a corporate officer you will be working alongside our head of corporate relations in organizing the overalls project, working alongside timetravels for our trips to lapland and other countries, and trying to figure out how to get more money for INTO. Practice your corporate skills and be initiative!

Newsletter Responsible
Like keeping up with what’s happening and do you put everything that happens on your calendar? You’ll be part of the social media team and responsible for INTOs weekly newsletter.

Social Media Responsible
Are you a fiend for likes and a want to be an influencer? You’ll be responsible of INTOs Instagram and Facebook accounts and how INTO presents itself in social media. Post about what’s happening, do feel-good posts from events and any fun projects that you can come up with!

Graphics Officer
Like to draw or do you want to put your graphic design skills to use? Be part of creating the visual identity for INTO and put your own twist to event banners and announcements. Your first project will be the naamaläsy, a goofy introduction poster to the new board and officers, get creative!

INTOzine Editor
INTO has had a magazine called INTOzine in the past. This role would be reviving that project, either creating and publishing a student magazine, or converting the role to a blog or another type of medium. Use your writing skills to leave a more permanent record of the day to day at INTO, or other fun stuff happening around the campus!

IT Officer
Want to develop INTOs website, create a door sensor telegram bot so that people will know when our clubroom is open? Look after INTOs existing IT stuff and create your own fun projects at the clubroom or in the cloud.

TEK Responsible
A bonus role that will be in addition to your main officer role. Be in contact with TEK, get sponsorships for events and partake in different TEK activities with the other guilds’ TEK responsibles.

Songmaster
A bonus role that will be in addition to your main officer role. As a songmaster you’ll be developing the international song culture on the campus, help out with creating songbooks for sitsis and be responsible for rules and songs at the sitsis themselves.

Youtuber
Is making video content your passion? As the youtuber you have relative freedom on the content you want to create. Be it video snippets of the different things INTO provides, clips from events, or even a video series interviewing international students? The sky is your limit.

Other role
Do you have something in mind that you think INTO needs? Would you like to do a personal project for INTO, something else? We are always happy to receive new fresh ideas and want to support new initiatives. Write the description yourself and tell us more!