Association Elections October 2006

[Elections Officer]

Attention all students!

Elections will be held on Friday 20 October 2006 to elect the following
positions of the Students' Representative Council (SRC) and Student Services
Committee (SSC). Nominations can be submitted between 9.30am on Monday 9
October and 4.45pm on Friday 13 October at the General Office on the middle
floor of the Students' Association, where nomination forms are available.

Positions to be elected:

SSC Volunteering Officer
SSC Member for Societies Elections
SSC Member for First Year / Bejeant(ine)
SSC Member without Portfolio
Association Chair
SRC Member for Arts Faculty
SRC Member for Divinity Faculty
SRC Member for Medicine Faculty
SRC Member for Science Faculty
SRC Member for Postgraduate Taught Courses
SRC Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officer
SRC Member for Men's Issues
SRC Member for Women's Issues
SRC Member for Students with Special Needs
SRC Member for Sexualities and Gender
SRC Member for International Students
SRC Member for Mature Students
SRC Member for Part-Time Students
SRC Member for Ethnic Minorities
SRC Member for Postgraduate Accommodation
SRC Member for University Accommodation (2 Positions)
SRC Member for JYA/JSA
SRC Member for Widening Access
SRC Member for First Year / Bejeant (ine)
SRC Member for Community Relations

For further information please contact Adam Fellows, the Senior Election
Officer, on saelect@st-andrews.ac.uk

Best wishes

Adam Fellows

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Adam Fellows
Senior Elections Officer
c/o Students' Association
St Mary's Place
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9UZ

01334 462700


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University of St Andrews Students' Association
St Mary's Place
St Andrews
KY16 9UZ

[Jono]

Yay! More uncontested elections!

And of course, the funny name game for those that are.

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[Legion]

How can they be uncontested when nominations haven't even opened?

Fucknob.

[Fawksie]

What he's saying is that they'll likely be uncontested after nominations have closed

[Gealle]

there's always that ron bloke. he stands against everyone.

Quoting Fawksie from 00:50, 6th Oct 2006
What he's saying is that they'll likely be uncontested after nominations have closed

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Funky flunky munky...

[Lid]

As Gealle points out, every election is contested with Re-Open Nominations.

And of course, there's a way of stopping them all being uncontested, and that's by running, if you feel you could do the job better. We'd love to have you on-board.

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[Al]

Quoting Lid from 11:34, 6th Oct 2006
And of course, there's a way of stopping them all being uncontested, and that's by running

There is another way. Cut the number of piddling little positions. Half of those posts could easily be filled at a carve-up.

[the Empress]

Isn't there an enivronmental rep? Or have I missed something obvious?

[Adam Fellows]

Quoting the Empress from 13:50, 6th Oct 2006
Isn't there an enivronmental rep? Or have I missed something obvious?

The reps for the E&E committee come from concerned societies and the SRC and SSC. The only elected position in a traditional diet of elections is the E&E officer, which is run in March.

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[Adam Fellows]

For those who are interested in running, documents about the rules and remits can now be found at this address:

http://www.yourunion.net/content/index.php?page=6017

Feel free to email me with questions, I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Adam Fellows
Senior Elections Officer

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[Nymphomanic]

What does widening access mean?

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I read most of the night and go south in winter - wasteland

[Lid]

Quoting nymphomanic from 13:06, 7th Oct 2006
What does widening access mean?

Ho ho ho. A joke would be far far too easy there.

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[Elections Officer]

I apologise for the delay, but I have now updated the Association website with a list of candidates so far.

http://www.yourunion.net/content/index.php?page=6039

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[puzzled]

Quoting elections officer from 19:33, 11th Oct 2006
I apologise for the delay, but I have now updated the Association website with a list of candidates so far.

http://www.yourunion.net/content/index.php?page=6039

I honestly didn't think the SRC could become more of a laughing stock, but with one day to go there are virtually no opposed posts at all! How does the Union expect the police, university, and council etc etc to take them seriously when they become nothing but a self perpetuating oligarchy? There must be individual AU clubs now that have more contested elections.

[exnihilo]

Deary me, that's not too impressive a list, is it? You'll excuse my while I guffaw.

[Cain]

Why on earth does it need to say why Steve Savage has withdrawn?

In what way does "withdrawn for personal reasons" need to be said? Why not just say "withdrawn".

Can you be withdrawn for impersonal reasons?

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I hold an element of surprise

[Lid]

Quoting puzzled from 20:57, 12th Oct 2006
I honestly didn't think the SRC could become more of a laughing stock, but with one day to go there are virtually no opposed posts at all! How does the Union expect the police, university, and council etc etc to take them seriously when they become nothing but a self perpetuating oligarchy?

It is a shame that so few of these are uncontested. I do wish that more were, I really do. But, how can you make people run for stuff, if they do not want, nor have the will to?



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[exnihilo]

By having fewer positions with more obvious roles?

[Al]

Quoting Lid from 22:44, 12th Oct 2006
It is a shame that so few of these are uncontested. I do wish that more were, I really do. But, how can you make people run for stuff, if they do not want, nor have the will to?

You could begin by making the SRC relevant to people. People need to know not only what the SRC does but what each individual post is meant to achieve. That is not helped by having so many posts of little importance or need. Many of them could be scrapped without anyone missing them. If such posts are needed then they should be carve-up posts. And I would suggest bringing back hall representation to the SRC.

[Lid]

Quoting Al from 23:09, 12th Oct 2006 And I would suggest bringing back hall representation to the SRC.

Presumably with Crichton Montrose with an elected hall committee too, perhaps?

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