ULSU Elections 2011

0839642

that time of year again, whose going for what this time around??

i heard Derek Daley, Paddy Rockett and Alan sullivan are going for president.
aoife kenny and barry kennedy for education.
dee wilson for welfare.
finn and viv both seeking reelection for their current spots.

bazkennedy

I'll confirm that I will be running for education officer

Barry Kennedy

ninty9er

I suppose I'll put it out there that I'm currently in possession of a nomination form for President and seeking signatures.

Derek Daly

Catch15

I have my form ready and looking for signatures to get nominated for DP/Welfare Officer

Thomas Cranley

RandomnoobIII

I wish to propose myself, conal doherty of residence mullingar,westmeath have entered the election for president

Dante on Fire

Hi guys!
Just to say that I, Paddy Rockett am not in the presidential race
This Year i am running for Campaigns and Services Officer.
Looking forward to a great week lads and best of luck to ye all

Peace
Paddy Rockett

KellingtonDawg

I can confirm that Finn McDuffie is not seeking re-election. He has plans to save the trees in Madagascar... though these plans are not confirmed yet

KellingtonDawg

RandomnoobIII wrote: »

I wish to propose myself, conal doherty of residence mullingar,westmeath have entered the election for president

You need to fill out a candidate profile for An Focal if you want to be featured in the election special. The deadline for this was at 5pm... though Finn might accommodate you if you contact him within the next hour or so.

Kelly

msbeesmart

i can confirm that Aoife Kenny will be running for the position of Education Officer in the upcoming elections.....:)

freyners

anyone know if the usual blogs will be running this year

UL Grapevine

The UL Story

UL Vote for me

kingkane

I suspect those blogs will not be active as those involved must have graduated by now. surely?

jasonpkennedy

I'd say if any of them are going to be going this year, it'll be the UL Grapevine. AFAIK, the writers behind UL Vote For Me and UL Story are no longer UL students. That being said, they may still write on it. However, I was told of some people who were going to do one last year that didn't get the chance and their take seemed interesting. Hopefully, they'll do it this year.

sceptre

If anyone is thinking of starting an election-related blog (something independent, not pimping any particular candidates), if they let me know by hook or by crook I'll happily include it in the main election thread when the nominations close and we get details. you don't necessarily have to let me know who you are (unless you want some sort of "believed to be independent" stamp on it, which I suggest as a good thing) but if you do, I won't be telling anyone who the author is. Election blogs are a good thing, especially if they're amusing / informative / worth anything to readers.

Skyrim

Is Ruan DMC leaving now, yeah? Must read up on the candidates.

Skyrim

Viv will be getting my vote for his post anyway, sound lad.

highlydebased

Skyrim wrote: »

Viv will be getting my vote for his post anyway, sound lad.

Didnt think he was seeking re-election?

canned_ulkc

I heard another name for president but I'm not sure they've made the decision yet to definitely go for it....

bazkennedy

Not running yourself tony?

Polar Ice

canned_ulkc wrote: »

I heard another name for president but I'm not sure they've made the decision yet to definitely go for it....

bazkennedy wrote: »

Not running yourself tony?

Typical 3rd party reference... (Cough C&S Hustings )

mayo_lad

hi i just spoted this on facebook http://www.facebook.com/endagallerySU?sk=info#!/endagallerySU?sk=wall

looks like we have another candidate for President : Enda Gallery

bazkennedy

Signatures got, form submitted. Bring it on!

0839642

see you on the battlefield kennedy!!communications is mine u dont stand a chance!

thomond2006

mayo_lad wrote: »

hi i just spoted this on facebook http://www.facebook.com/endagallerySU?sk=info#!/endagallerySU?sk=wall

looks like we have another candidate for President : Enda Gallery

I know Enda personally, the guy is a top bloke.

bazkennedy

0839642 wrote: »

see you on the battlefield kennedy!!communications is mine u dont stand a chance!

And you are?

highlydebased

0839642 wrote: »

see you on the battlefield kennedy!!communications is mine u dont stand a chance!

Baz is not running for communications?

Polar Ice

0839642 wrote: »

see you on the battlefield kennedy!!communications is mine u dont stand a chance!

bazkennedy wrote: »

And you are?

Clearly someone who is interested in the ULSU elections, doesn't actually know who is running for what, appears to be running for a sabbatical position, hasn't said who they are, has registered a boards.ie account the resembles a UL ID number that doesn't appear to exist.

canned_ulkc

Polar Ice wrote: »

Typical 3rd party reference... (Cough C&S Hustings )

Not sure what you mean by that....

Baz - nope, I've heard it rumoured that I was going for it though. I think it probably stemmed from a joking comment I made on here in another thread. Found it quite funny actually so I did nothing to dispel the rumour!

It was Enda Gallery I was referring to. I certainly didn't want to put his name up given I wasn't certain Enda had made the decision.

sinaydk

Ive been waiting for a thread like this! I must say I cant wait for elections, they are always brilliant craic, and I love the rumours etc etc, its all great fun!

Good luck to everyone running

Also, what day is the polling day? Thursday?

bazkennedy

Polling is Thursday, nominations close at six today. A few last minute dashes around the SU to get forms filled out

For Twitter users can we agree that #voteUL is the standard hashtag

Skyrim

Where and when do we vote? I should have entered for the laugh, i;m a first year so i would have been no threat anyway.

lorcanthrope

http://www.facebook.com/ulstudentsunion/posts/10150109925367787

ULSU confirms candidates. Sceptre, you might want to reroute this information to the top of the thread.

VP/CSO

O'Sullivan, Alan
Rockett, Paddy

VP/Education

Kennedy, Barry
Kenny, Aoife

VP/Communications

O'Brien, Kelly
O'Neill, Keith

DP/Welfare

Boland, Eamon
Cranley, Thomas
Feeney, Tara

President

Daly, Derek
Gallery, Enda
Young, Keith

lorcanthrope

Skyrim wrote: »

Where and when do we vote? I should have entered for the laugh, i;m a first year so i would have been no threat anyway.

Voting is on Thursday, probably between 8am and 6pm (SU will confirm) and you vote online this year.

Skyrim

Thank you, must read up on the prospective candidates.

NewShoes

lorcanthrope wrote: »

Voting is on Thursday, probably between 8am and 6pm (SU will confirm) and you vote online this year.

I would assume as it is online, the polling stations are literally all over campus! From people's laptops to the computer labs.

So that would be Venus, Fishbowl,Library,Kemmy - everywhere that has a computer lab in it!

sceptre

Just so that you guys know the rules for election discussion (which are the same as last year - I want to make sure everyone sees the rules before they post on the thread), I've started a new thread with the rules and candidates up-top and locking this one (the thread is here). Feel very free to discuss all on that thread.