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Andrew Franklin Harris (Born October 25, 1996) was the President of Minna no Anime from 2017-2018, who had a significant influence on club culture and structural philosophy. He has received praise for his strong commitment to club organization, solidarity, socialization of incoming members, and contribution to connoisseur show selection yet has received criticism for is vocal opinions and over analysis.

Andrew Harris was born in San Diego California; entered Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as a Political Science Major; and joined Minna no Anime as a first year in the Fall of 2015. Originally a part-time member by Spring of 2016 Harris was a biweekly regular and active participant in conversation. In Winter of 2017 during a snap election Harris was elected as Vice President under Brian Kroger. Harris won a landslide election in Spring of 2017 becoming the leader of the post-schism new officership. His Presidency was characterized by a focus on decisions through consensus and creating a collaborative and positive internal organization and inclusive attendance. He lead the year marked by successful implementation a collaborative leadership structure, continued traditional club advertisement campaign, recruitment of new members and future officers, the establishment of the Public Discord and other successes, however he failed to address long term challenges including the aging email distribution and website. Harris chose not to run for reelection in 2018 due to an early graduation and was succeeded by Brandon Dela Cruz. During the following years Harris continued to provide advice and best-practices to officers and club members which earned him the partially memetic moniker 'Shadow President'. Harris continued to be active in socializing prospective members and advocating for a commitment to the unwritten club goals of providing a bonding community contextualized by inclusive and diverse anime showings.

Personal Life

Andrew Harris was born and raised in San Diego California. He grew up and attended primary school in the Tierrasanta neighborhood in the eastern suburbs (South of Mira Mesa and The 52, East of The 15, West Mission Trails Regional Park, 5 minutes North of Qualcomm Stadium where the San Diego Chargers formerly played). Harris' was heavily involved in the Boy Scouts of America - earning the rank of Eagle Scout, this would go on to define his interest in hiking, backpacking and other outdoor activity. With the addition of PC games at home, console gaming at friends houses, traditional television (particularly Avatar The Last Airbender) his childhood was fairly ordinary.

Harris was introduced to Japanese animation late into high school. He would frequently tell this story to describe his introduction: monospace test font.

Paradigms & Theories

Quotes about Andrew

"We're all dying. Depending on what your favorite anime is, Andrew may make it faster." - Isaiah Chavez

Officer Positions