I have been in Tech Tinkers for the past 2 years and this year, I am very excited to be the Chair of Tech Tinkers. As the Chair, I have various responsibilities such as planning sessions, carrying them forward, and collaborating with other members in this service in order to obtain success. Tech Tinkers is an environmental initiative (service) where we refurbish old unused electronics and further donate them to local and GC partners in order to meet their technological needs. In this service, effective collaboration and communication are crucial skills in order to meet our goals.

We have had a couple of sessions, and I believe that I have collaborated well with other members of the service in order to convey what I feel is important to accomplish. However, at times during sessions, larger collaborations may be limited due to the social distancing measures and the number of people per group. This is a challenge that cannot be overcome at this point in time, however, as the government reduces its measures and allows larger group collaborations, this will no longer be a problem. In spite of these measures, we do have small groups, in which each group is assigned a specific task in order to increase productivity. For instance, before the October break, we had met most of our goals for donations to our local partners, and we will continue to work on these in the next few weeks.

As an individual, I believe that I should include more members and take into account their perspectives on big decisions such as the preparation of brochures etc. Currently, the leadership team is in progress of making brochures in order to increase the number of donations we receive by spreading awareness around our school community. However, for this process to be more inclusive of the other members, I feel that showing them the brochure and getting their opinions about the brochure will increase our overall collaboration towards this action.