SU elections 2010

bazkennedy

Given that the elections are almost upon us, we might as well start the rumour mill now

(Can we please keep the SU bashing for another thread- cheers)

ninty9er

Well I may as well tell you all I intend to run again.

Mossin

ninty9er wrote: »

Well I may as well tell you all I intend to run again.

Although I think you already told me, I'm gonna ask for which position are you running?

I've heard rumours about others, but I'd rather not comment just yet.

pervertedcoffee

Being the naieve fresher I am - anyone want to fill me in on how these things work? I didn't realise you could run for a position for more than one term. I've heard of one or two people I know wanting to run for pressie but I don't think it'd be good form for me to comment....

bazkennedy

Any student can run for a position providing they get the necessary number of signatures. You can run for up to two terms in each position

Nominations open Monday week 6 and close Friday week 6.
Hustings are on Wednesday week 7
The election is on Thursday week 7 (march 11th i think)

entropic

From the rumours I hear there should be a lot of competition for each position, a nice change from a few years ago when 3 went un-opposed. I guess the recession has hit properly.
What I have heard so far minus some people who have asked I keep discrete

President:
Snowboarding Guy
Paddy Rocket

Welfare:
Dererk(guess this one isn’t a rumour :P)

Communications:
Finn McDuffie
Eoghan O'Brien
Thomas McCarty

CSO:
Lorcan O'Neil

Education:
Have not heard of anyone here yet

These are most of who I hear but I am no doubt missing a few so fell free to add flames to the fire, and by flames I mean names.

Robo_Mike

I was told last night by Louise Clohessy that she is intending on running for President.

She also told me that there are up to 5 candidates at the moment for the position, apparantly including the current president Ruan!

Rockett_4_Prez

Whats craic'n boards kids and ul heads - and all those people looking for a bit of gossip

I Paddy Rockett am running for President and am looking forward to what can only be described as a mental week of campaigning and madness!!:D

I'm definatly running despite rumors that i had run off with the savage one from desperate housewives!:(

Here's hoping for a great week and best of luck to all candidates for all positions!;)

Cheers
Paddy Rockett -'
SHOULD'NT THAT GUY BE IN A SALAD OR SOMETHING?'

ninty9er

Mossin wrote: »

Although I think you already told me, I'm gonna ask for which position are you running?

I've heard rumours about others, but I'd rather not comment just yet.

I intend to run for DP Welfare again.

AlistairOvereem

bazkennedy wrote: »

Any student can run for a position providing they get the necessary number of signatures. You can run for up to two terms in each position

Nominations open Monday week 6 and close Friday week 6.
Hustings are on Wednesday week 7
The election is on Thursday week 7 (march 11th i think)

are they on in week 7 or week 10? i heard it was originally week 9 but they got moved to week 10?

pervertedcoffee

AlistairOvereem wrote: »

are they on in week 7 or week 10? i heard it was originally week 9 but they got moved to week 10?

That was something that was supposed to be addressed at the UGM (afaik) but we didn't hit quorum (!!!) so I think it still coincides with charity week...

ergonomics

The election will be in Week 7. Charity Week is Week 9.

pervertedcoffee

ergonomics wrote: »

The election will be in Week 7. Charity Week is Week 9.

Whoops, I must be imagining things again! XD

bazkennedy

looks like our education officer is running again

PeakOutput

does anyone feel that there should be public debates between candidates? if for no other reason than to assess the intellect of the people we are voting for and not their graphic design skills?

edit; also i knew that boarders guy was building up for a run should be interesting he is very well organised

bazkennedy

there is a debate- the hustings
Takes place on the wednesday before elections, usually in the stables

sceptre

PeakOutput wrote: »

does anyone feel that there should be public debates between candidates? if for no other reason than to assess the intellect of the people we are voting for and not their graphic design skills?

There have been public hustings (basically a public debate between candidates) for the past 30-odd years on the Wednesday of election week:) Mind you, they used to be held in the concert hall many moons ago, these days the capacity isn't needed.

PeakOutput

i thought there might be something like that alright cheers

entropic

Ah hustings where candidates can give a speech to the only people that have been listening to them thus far. Though hopefully with more candidates there will be a bigger crowd that will not just be those involved with campaigns attending. Will there be a change in format if it looks like there is 3+ for each position?
I mean listening to one after the other will take hours and I don't think that one position should get preference for time over another one so maybe a two day hust could be in order.

Also get stickers or badges or something that can be given out at the voting booth so that after I vote in the morning I wont be hassled for the rest of the day by those eager beavers with the lollipops.

Mr. K

sceptre wrote: »

Mind you, they used to be held in the concert hall many moons ago, these days the capacity isn't needed.

Isn't apathy a terrible thing...or is it ignorance? I think posters that said "Public Debate" or something similar might get people's attention. Hustings is a bit of technical term for most students!

bambismom

Hi everyone!

This is who I've heard is running....

President:
Louise Clohessy
Ruan Dillon-McLoughlin
Daniel Ried
Paddy Rocket
Nick Ryan

Welfare:
Dererk Daly
Tony Sheridan
Deirdre Wilson

Communications:
Thomas McCarty
Finn McDuffie
Eoghan O'Brien


CSO:
Vivion Grisewood
Martin Lally
Lorcan O'Neil

Education:
David James Collison Ryan
Aoife Finnerty
David McMahon (I think it’s McMahon but could be wrong)


That’s all I’ve heard so far…..

Oh and also, apologies if I have misspelled anyone's names.

bazkennedy

entropic wrote: »

Also get stickers or badges or something that can be given out at the voting booth so that after I vote in the morning I wont be hassled for the rest of the day by those eager beavers with the lollipops.

I am also in favour of this- perhaps something along the lines of "I've voted, have you?" Might generate some debate/awareness about the elections

entropic

I must say I am looking forward to the communications race the most if those three are indeed the candidates, Finn is in the mold of the last few editors very old media journalism. I enjoy reading the sports section every fortnight and have done since Thomas has been involved. Eoghan I hope would bring in many of the ideas Dave had last year who I would have preferred to see win (not saying Aoife is has done a bad job just my personal preference).

PeakOutput

wow the recession is really bringing people out of the wood work should be a good race

will be interesting to see ruan justify his existence i havnt been around so iv no idea what hes been up to

looks like a proper race this year woop woop

lorcanthrope

Well, since it's been mentioned, I may as well confirm it: I, Lorcan O'Neill, will be running for CSO this year.

AlistairOvereem

isnt nick ryan going for president aswel? a real heavyweight battle shaping up between those vying for top spot at the head of the table. we can only specualte as to who wil reside in the kings quarters next year. i wonder when the first battle shots will be fired? i'm keeping my fingers crossed that paddy rockstar wins the crown!!!!

VivGrise

Hi everyone,

My name is Vivion Grisewood, and I'm running for Campaigns and Services!:D

:pac:

entropic

Best of Luck to both of ye lads, anymore people gona declare candidacy boards?

Any chance of a forum or online Q&A session for these elections since it seems that the hustings are going be packed this year, last year was bad enough being stuck out in the freeing cold listening to the candidates for nearly two hours.

This year I fear that there just isn't going to be a big crowd by the end if we have 15+ candidates.

DJCR

bambismom wrote: »

Education:
David James Collison Ryan

Wow... my name has just stuck after last years campaign.

Dave Ryan is fine!! Tying to save the environment (one name at a time ) by saving paper on the length of my name (+ink) + Carbon emmissions will be halved by those saying my name :D

PeakOutput

entropic wrote: »

Best of Luck to both of ye lads, anymore people gona declare candidacy boards?

Any chance of a forum or online Q&A session for these elections since it seems that the hustings are going be packed this year, last year was bad enough being stuck out in the freeing cold listening to the candidates for nearly two hours.

This year I fear that there just isn't going to be a big crowd by the end if we have 15+ candidates.

hence why there should be proper debates

entropic

PeakOutput wrote: »

hence why there should be proper debates

What type?

I don't think that the current format is too bad, or would you prefer a full candidate versus candidate? Maybe an american style questions submitted beforehand but that doesn't give the opportunity to raise anything that comes up during the hust.