After the First General Assembly, members of AUB's Online Collaborative interested in becoming Officers of the club's committees were called for interviews. Those committees are as follows: Community Service, Event Planning/Workshops, Management/HR, Marketing/PR, and News Reporting. Interviewees presented their credentials and specified the committee they would like to become Officers of. The cabinet then selected the Officers based on criteria developed prior to the interviews. The results are as follows:
Community Service: Hani Farah
Hani Farah is a Biology
senior student with a passion for both science and technology and everything
they have to offer. With just over 3 years of experience with the AUB Red
Cross, he loves giving back to the community and believes the AUBOC has great potential
to have an enormous positive impact on the society we live in. Hani can be
found on almost every single social media platform but mainly on Twitter,
Facebook and Foursquare. Follow him on Twitter @han1farah and stay up to date with his
blog: hanifarah.blogspot.com
Event Planning/Workshops: Aline Chirinian
One of the first members of AUB's Online Collaborative,
Aline stumbled upon the wonderful world of Social Media a couple of years ago
and has been an addict ever since. She runs one of Lebanon's first personal
fashion blogs, Nouchaline, where
she shares her slight obsession with shoes and nail polish with the
world. She is currently in her senior year at AUB studying Business Administration
- with an emphasis in Marketing, and a diploma in Media Communication. Twitter: @Nouchaline
Management/HR: Alfred Naayem
Alfred Naayem, yet another AUB freshman, is a
tech enthusiast with great experience as a web developer and security
specialist. When he's not geeking around the web, he enjoys scuba diving,
cooking, sampling the world's finest cuisine, and, most importantly, long walks
on the beach. His recent involvement with AUB's Online Collaborative is due to
his admiration for the power of social media in marketing and public outreach.
Twitter: @pulpish
Marketing/PR: Michelle Jo Daou
After a long journey of transferring majors, Michelle Jo
Daou finally found her passion in Public Administration and Public Policy. She
hopes to be able to make a change somewhere in the world someday. She loves
going out and meeting people, but at the same time, she equally loves staying
at home in front of her computer. Michelle is extremely persistent and very
opinionated, and will do the impossible to achieve her goals. She believes that
hard work pays off. Twitter: @michelledaou
News Reporting: George Zakhour
George Zakhour is a self-proclaimed geek. He’s a
hardcore programmer and is passionate about math, which is why he chose
Computer Science as his major. His philosophy in the virtual world is Open
Source, that is why he started his blog where he shares his experiences,
thoughts, pet programs’ documentation, and sometimes his rage. He uses many
social networks such as Facebook, Twitter (@AlloGeorge), Vimeo, Github, Geeklist, and many more. He designed and
developed his own website and many other social applications. George dreams
about changing the virtual experience and making the new Facebook. That is what
interests him in social media and what got him to Online Collaborative.