Exec Elections

dajaffa

The nominations are out for the Exec elections:

FINANCE OFFICER
Natalie Dunne
Re-Open Nominations

COMMUNICATIONS & I.T. OFFICER
Stephen Fitzpatrick
Re-Open Nominations

WOMEN’S OFFICER
Aisling O'Connor
Elisa O'Donovan
Mary O'Flynn
Re-Open Nominations

OIFIGEACH NA GAEILGE / IRISH LANGUAGE OFFICER
Aodhan O Dea
Re-Open Nominations

PROGRAMME OFFICER ELECTIONS

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE & VETERINARY MEDICINE PROGRAMME OFFICER
Helen Keane
Re-Open Nominations

BUSINESS & LAW PROGRAMME OFFICER
Conor King
Re-Open Nominations

ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMME OFFICER
Alison Ryan
Conor Fingleton
Re-Open Nominations

HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAMME OFFICER
Isobel O'Connor
Re-Open Nominations

SCIENCE PROGRAMME OFFICER
Paul Fallon
Re-Open Nominations

NURSING PROGRAMME OFFICER
Uncontested

ARTS PROGRAMME OFFICER
Scott Ahearn
Jonathan Cosgrove
Claire Gallagher
Joan Keary
Re-Open Nominations


I know at least one of the candidates

Stabshauptmann

Best of luck to the three boardsies.

Scraggs

Make it 4

Steibhin

What does a programme officer do?

Stepherunie

They're kinda a head rep for a particular school (well that's my experience of working with them).

They sit on executive in the Students Union but also have an automatic seat on the Programme Boards for the courses they represent. They also nominate class reps to these programme boards as well as sitting on staff student committees for there own course.

Steibhin

Stepherunie wrote:

They're kinda a head rep for a particular school (well that's my experience of working with them).

They sit on executive in the Students Union but also have an automatic seat on the Programme Boards for the courses they represent. They also nominate class reps to these programme boards as well as sitting on staff student committees for there own course.

I see. So do Arts students just get to vote for the Arts Officer and Law for the Law Officer etc?

Is it a part time position? Sorry for the questions but I have never heard about these progamme officers before.

Stabshauptmann

Scraggs wrote:

Make it 4

Sorry to whoever I missed (No chalker I dont think you should post the pseudonyms of any of the ppl on that list).

Actually, powers that be, can we have that rule added to the charter, though Ive posted my real name enough times and know many regular posters in real life, can we have it as a rule that you cant refer to another poster by their real name. A)To make this place more user friendly to n00bs and B)because many people dont appreciate it (and Id have always considered it good etiquette anyway.


Steibhin

PROs are unpaid and generally dont take a year out of college

Stepherunie

As redeye said they're full time students - they spend a fair bit of time at meetings though.

You get to vote for your own area only i.e. arts vote for arts, law vote for the business and law rep.

Red Alert

If people are going up for election and posting here then I see no problem with their alias and real name being associated tbh.

Stepherunie

I think it's up to the individual person to be honest. People will have to state if they intend on posting that they are running in the executive elections. If people wish to go any further I think that should be there own personal decision.

Stargal

I agree with Red Alert on this one; as someone who reads this forum a good bit but hardly ever posts, it'd make things a lot clearer if we knew exactly who here is going for election, rather than trying to second-guess everything that people say.

hullaballoo

You see, I've thought about this before: I'm not prepared to dictate what you people call each other. If you want to call each other by your real names, so be it, unless the named person has asked not to be named.

I do see the argument that n00bs won't know who's who either, but that difficulty isn't cleared up by banning the use of things other than the boards.ie handle.

For example, if we refer to people by their boards.ie handles in this thread, but speak of them as going for election, then which position? Which of the candidates is it?

If, then, it's common knowledge that X user is Y person in real life, then what harm in using their real name? If it was good enough for their parents, you can be pretty sure it's good enough for you.

humbert

hullaball&#250 wrote:

If, then, it's common knowledge that X user is Y person in real life, then what harm in using their real name? If it was good enough for their parents, you can be pretty sure it's good enough for you.

I'm not convinced the issue is that people are ashamed of their real name

I do think that if someone asks not to be referred to by their real name it should be a bannable offence to do so. People have to state affiliations already and I think that should be enough to clear up any confusion, anything more than that is just nosiness.

The_Minister

[snip] - due to real name posted - upon request

Red Alert

But there is little point in stating affiliations, if it's unclear as to who they are. For example, somebody might be trying to appear to be somebody else.

dajaffa

Voting is on tomorrow + Thursday, details below

http://www.ucdsu.net/newswire.php?story_id=1439&condense_comments=false#comment14651

fish-head

Re-Open Nominations is a good mate of mine and I wish him the best of luck.

Steibhin

fish-head wrote:

Re-Open Nominations is a good mate of mine and I wish him the best of luck.

Is he on the boards? Can we start guessing what his handle is?

panda100

Steibhin wrote:

Is he on the boards? Can we start guessing what his handle is?

Red alert. Hes always hovering around at election times and its no coincidence that both Ron and Red alert start with an R.

dajaffa

fish-head wrote:

Re-Open Nominations is a good mate of mine and I wish him the best of luck.

This week and this week only.. he scares me!

Red Alert

Glad to see i scare some people

Pythia

I'll be voting for Women's Officer if I'm around. That Mary O'Flynn is certainly not getting my vote. Haven't seen the O'Connor girl's manifesto but I'll probably vote for panda/Elisa.

pigeonbutler

C'mon pythia, why you so against Mary?


I'm not trying to encourage a rant, honestly!

The_Minister

fish-head wrote:

Re-Open Nominations is a good mate of mine and I wish him the best of luck.

Pythia

pigeonbutler wrote:

C'mon pythia, why you so against Mary?


I'm not trying to encourage a rant, honestly!

She's a feminist.

Dontico

decided to vote for elisa.

oh that mary is a feminist comment was brilliant!

Chakar

Pythia wrote:

I'll be voting for Women's Officer if I'm around. That Mary O'Flynn is certainly not getting my vote. Haven't seen the O'Connor girl's manifesto but I'll probably vote for panda/Elisa.

I agree with you Pythia. I saw her website yesterday and it actually scared me the radical ideas she had which I don't agree with. Hopefully she won't win, although she does have a very good campaign manager.

Red Alert

what's the website address? i need to get incensed about something!

Chakar

Red Alert wrote:

what's the website address? i need to get incensed about something!

PM sent.

Red Alert

Thankin you! Seems a very militant site - think i'll be voting for Panda; wouldn't wanna let the boards down!

elmyra

Red Alert wrote:

Thankin you! Seems a very militant site - think i'll be voting for Panda; wouldn't wanna let the boards down!

Can I have the website address please?

hullaballoo

Just post the thing here! I wanna look I wanna look.

Dontico

http://www.votemary.tk/

I'm going to help Elisa, only so to insure Mary doesnt get in.

Dori Duz

I wasn't interested in looking at the web page...but then the link was posted so nosey me had to have a gander.

Now I'm scared.
Very scared.
Make the scary lady go away please.

Mary O'Flynn

Mary O'Flynn wrote:

and participation by women in the SU is lousy.

Wow. If I was a female class rep in UCD, I'd be fairly pissed off right about now.

humbert

It's feminists like her that give crazy people a bad name.

Pythia

I like the fact that the ad I saw on the website was one of a very sexualised picture of Britney Spears, doesn't really fit in with her campaign message!

ferdi

will certainly vote for the boardsie shaped candidates...'think of the PoWAA!!'

Tan Princess

Do the others going for election have webpages too?

Vorsprung

Tan Princess wrote:

Do the others going for election have webpages too?

Panda's one is voteelisa.bebo.com

TheVan

From the website of Mary O'Flynn...

If elected, Mary O’Flynn will:

- Campaign at a national level for reform of the abortion laws

Sorry, since when did women’s officer in UCD become a national powerbase for social change?

- Provide frank, accessible information on all three options available to women including names of abortion clinics

That’s right, break the law and have the Union taken to court….where on precedence, they will lose….horribly

- Demand that the morning-after pill be made available over the counter

See previous powerbase comment

Oppose the deportation of women facing oppression and exploitation in their home countries

Eh im pretty sure everyone opposes that?

Promote awareness of the experience of women’s oppression around the world

First-hand experience Mary?…no? didn’t think so

Challenge racism and fight for a tolerant, multi-cultural campus

Surely anyone in the SU is committed to that?

Support the work of Ruhama, a charity that helps the victims of trafficking and forced prostitution

Since when is it the SU’s job to assist other charities? Unless you mean morally support….which EVERYONE DOES!

Show zero tolerance for sexism on campus

Ok, better, actually fits the job description….but what does zero tolerance mean? Is there going to be a vigilante enforcement group?

Campaign for better lighting and organise self-defence classes for women

And weak men? Men get mugged too….

Organise the publication of a magazine of women’s issues written by the women of UCD

To achieve what? Is this not patronising?

Hold regular screenings of relevant films in collaboration with Film Soc

Ah, “womens films”. That’s awfully discriminatory….I love Notting Hill

Arrange work-shops on public speaking to encourage female participation in the Students' Union

Really….cos im pretty sure that LawSoc and L&H kinda already do some public speaking?

Oppose Sexism in all its forms, be it sexist posters on campus, sexual harassment, or ridicule of a woman’s sexuality. It will not be tolerated!

What does “woman’s sexuality” mean? Heterosexuality? Homosexuality?

Emphasize the prevalence of eating disorders among young women and promote a healthy body image.

Repeated

Please somebody, post the results when they're out. I need to know if this woman won.

Stargal

Am I missing something here? She seems to have strong beliefs on a lot of issues but nothing obviously objectionable for a candidate for Women's Officer. From the website, here's what she promises if she gets elected:

- Campaign heavily on a woman’s right to choose and provide sound, straight forward advice to women on all there options.
- Oppose Sexism in all its forms, be it sexist posters on campus, sexual harassment, or ridicule of a woman’s sexuality. It will not be tolerated!
- Emphasize the prevalence of eating disorders among young women and promote a healthy body image.
- Highlight global women’s struggles and act in solidarity with our discrimination throughout the world.
- Empower women on campus to get involved in activism and ensure a positive time here in UCD.

TheVan

Because they are only 5 or 6 of about 30 of her points on her website.

To draw an extreme analogy....Hitler was for a sovereign, united and strong Germany, a stronger economy and restoration of pride in being German.

Broad statements like the ones you picked are rather generic, inoffensive stances.

Stabshauptmann

TheVan wrote:

Because they are only 5 or 6 of about 30 of her points on her website.

To draw an extreme analogy....Hitler was for a sovereign, united and strong Germany, a stronger economy and restoration of pride in being German.

Broad statements like the ones you picked are rather generic, inoffensive stances.

Dont do that, just dont.

TheVan

Well Kaptain, I will.

I wasn't drawing an analogy between Mary and Hitler, nor was I drawing an analogy between Laika and Hitler.

What I was saying was that if you take the broad, generic goals of someone, without looking at the totality of the arguments and aims, then you can come away with a distorted view of reality.

Also, I did say it was an extreme example.

Stargal

Sorry, to be clear about this, I wasn't trying to present a skewed view of her; I was going to pick just random statements from the page, but thought that the section I quoted offered the broadest view of what she'd do if she got elected.

...nor was I drawing an analogy between Laika and Hitler.

Meh, it's been done...

Red Alert

Another nail in the coffin of that selective elitist post?

(for the record it's panda for me!)

pretty*monster

What part of Mary's web page was scary?

Why does Elisa have a picture of three women in their underwear underneath a load of stuff about promoting a positive body image?

humbert

pretty*monster wrote:

What part of Mary's web page was scary?

Why does Elisa have a picture of three women in their underwear underneath a load of stuff about promoting a positive body image?

I don't know what picture you're talking about but do the three women promote an unhealthy body image or does the sight of a woman in her underwear offend you?

burnedfaceman

def wont be voting for that militant feminist mary o flynn.she came into a lecture of mine yesterday and her manifesto was laughable and totally beyond the remit of womans officer. on a persoanl front I would encourage all men to vote for the best looking bird for womens officer

pretty*monster

humbert wrote:

I don't know what picture you're talking about but do the three women promote an unhealthy body image or does the sight of a woman in her underwear offend you?

The sight of three women sitting around together in their underwear strikes me as something hilariously unrealistic and lowers the tone of the manifesto.