The Student Activities Board is changing their member selection process and restructuring their executive board.

In the past, SAB has been composed of 70 to 100 students. There were no set selection procedures, so students who applied were likely to be chosen.

This coming year, SAB plans to decrease membership to focus on quality rather than quantity. All current members must reapply.

Applications are now available and next week. SAB’s current executive board will pick the 30 best applicants to comprise the new general board. The new executive board will then be selected from the new members.

Next fall, SAB will take in more members, allowing incoming freshman a chance to join. Applications will still be available to interested students.

In addition to changing their member selection procedures, SAB is also restructuring their executive board. Formerly, the board composed of the President, Internal Vice President and committee chairmen.

The new structure will reduce the number of committee chairs and add three vice presidents-Financial Vice President, Vice President of Research and Development, and Vice President of Public Relations.

Further structural modifications and the number of applicants to be selected next fall will be discussed over the summer.

According to Internal Vice President Laura Hobart, the purpose of all these changes is “so members feel they have more input.”

Members of SAB have a number of responsibilities. They must attend all weekly general board meetings, held on Tuesday evenings. They must keep office hours, so that the SAB office is staffed on weekdays. Members must help committee chairs plan events, as well as attend them when possible.

SAB applications are available at the board’s office in the lower level of the Busch Memorial Center. They can also be picked up at the Office of Student Life, on the third floor of BMC.

Applications are due on Monday, March 27. Selected applicants will be notified in time for the SAB meeting on Tuesday, March 28..