SU Elections 2012

the_observer

Alright folks, lets start the rumour mill. Who's gonna be running at the end of the month? I hear 29th Feb will be election day. Need some gossip to blog aboutz lol

Seren_

I'm planning on running for president.

Not really.

Think this is going to be my third election season on here, looking forward to the drama! *rubs hands*

Daemos

Election: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the potential candidates. Their annual mission: to explore strange new tactics, to seek out new freebies to hand out as bribes for votes, to boldly make promises that everyone has already made before.

banquo

Elections will almost certainly be held on Feb 29th, will be called soon. (Need to convene the Election and Appeals Committee to formally call them)

There'll be more info in the all student email.

irish_goat

So far I've heard for President:

Naoise
Fiach

Quelle surprise...

DB21

I think I know someone going for Science Rep

Seren_

Aren't the faculty rep elections held in October though?

Any possible runners for Welfare/Comms/Clubs & Socs? Haven't heard of anyone myself.

DB21

Your Text Here wrote: »

Aren't the faculty rep elections held in October though?

Nope, they've been brought in line with the rest of the Exec elections.

Norrdeth

Totally gonna close this topic to make my life easier.
Just a matter of time...

How so Joe

Am I going crazy, or is this the thread of the day?
Also, I thought Fiach was going for Welfare again, and not for president? But I could be wrong.

DB21

How so Joe wrote: »

Am I going crazy, or is this the thread of the day?

So it is.

Labelled

Coming to my last few months in Maynooth & to be honest I am still not sure what these people do and the point of it all. If there has been any noticeable change or difference in my time here, I must have missed it.

At this point I can't say I care much for who gets elected and if the USI's latest self pay rise voted in by nearly all the SU's in the country is anything to go by... Just the fact that the USI is out in the press every day giving out about how "their" students are being made suffer, how they were lied to by the government, then in an almost classical Irish politicians move they and their cronies vote on a pay increase for themselves. It's truly despicable!

On that basis I would suggest that these elections are simply a stepping stone for career politicians of which I would have very little good to say about.

I'm not saying that everyone who runs in these elections are career politicians, but some certainly are. Particularly those that are members of Fianna Fail/FG/Labour youth groups are surely in it for the long haul.


Also some of these guys aged 25+ still hanging about college trying to get elected, there just seems to me as though there's something sinister about that. I wonder what it is all about and I doubt, I do doubt the intentions of those.

In my mind I keep on coming back to the USI pay increase it is sad to say that even in college when these politicians are pretty much the same age and supposed to be going through the same experience as me I find it hard to relate to them...

Seren_

I think it's a bit unfair the way the current officers can run for their positions again. They are pretty much definite to get the position again due to the fact they're already there and people know them.

And before anyone makes assumptions, I have nothing against Fiach. He is a lovely guy and is doing a good job, I just think other students should be allowed a go at it too.

(And yes, this post is an assumption he is going to re-run based on hearsay).

mickstupp

@Labelled, I was with you until the second last paragraph. My reaction then was, 'Wait, what?'

OneOfTheseDays

Interesting approach in NUIG

Seren_

The Pokemon quote makes it imo.

declan06

That guy has inspired me so...

I Declan Meenagh hereby express my intent to run for ALL electable positions in Maynooth SU.
Vote Declan #1, smaller government is better government!
Only 1 man, taking care of business!

Duddy

More info coming soon!

J.D.R

I can't wait to see if any of the candidates will try to bring in some form of electronic card with which you can print in all available places, purchase some things from the SU shops, get books out from the library, solve world hunger...

Now that would be an original campaign promise

Baile an Locha

J.D.R wrote: »

I can't wait to see if any of the candidates will try to bring in some form of electronic card with which you can print in all available places, purchase some things from the SU shops, get books out from the library, solve world hunger...

Now that would be an original campaign promise

So it begins....

funky penguin

Don't forget the ATM on South Campus.

declan06

If elected I'll abolish the south campus!

DB21

If elected, I'll turn the South Campus into a state of the art swimming pool!

OneOfTheseDays

Somebody please think of the website... :rolleyes:

Seren_

OneOfTheseDays wrote: »

Somebody please think of the website... :rolleyes:

This x ∞. I don't think the SU have had a fully functioning, regularly updated website the entire time I've been at college here (which is a long time >.>). I know there's all sorts of technical problems that had to be worked out (banquo posted about it a few times), but still. This really has to be the most important thing for the comms officer next year (along with making The Print even more awesome, and not changing it's format/name).

I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll be long gone from NUIM by the time the SU gets a decent website :pac:

banquo

Your Text Here wrote: »

I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll be long gone from NUIM by the time the SU gets a decent website :pac:

Tenner bets you won't be

Edit: Oh yeah, elections will be called today.

Seren_

banquo wrote: »

Tenner bets you won't be

Edit: Oh yeah, elections will be called today.

Are you assuming I'm going to turn into even more of a lifer?? :pac:

If elections are being called today, how long does that give for handing in nominations/canvassing etc?

*paging Duddy to election thread*

OneOfTheseDays

Your Text Here wrote: »

If elections are being called today, how long does that give for handing in nominations/canvassing etc?

It's normally ten days for both isn't it?

So election about the 28th/29th perhaps?

Hopes it's as, eh, interesting a campaign as last year :pac:

Duddy

NOTICE

MSU ELECTIONS

Nominations are open for NINE positions on the Students’ Union Executive:



President
Vice President for Clubs, Societies and Union Development
Vice President for Services, Events and Communications
Vice President for Welfare and Equality
Irish Language and Cultural Affairs Officer
Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy Representative
Social Sciences Representative
Science and Engineering Representative
Theology Representative



Please find attached the Constitution of Maynooth Students’ Union for further details on the positions, and a copy of last year's Candidates' Handbook for electioneering guidelines.

Nominations forms are available from the Students’ Union Offices, North Campus.

Please note that completed nomination forms MUST be returned to the Returning Officer OR Mary MacCourt OR Mary Banahan. Forms that are not returned to one of these people will not be accepted.




ORDER OF ELECTION EVENTS



1: NOMINATIONS will CLOSE at NOON on FRIDAY the 17th of February.
You must return your completed nomination form to the
Students’ Union Offices by this time on this day to be on the
ballot.



2: A CANDIDATES’ MEETING will be held at 2pm on MONDAY 20th
February. ALL CANDIDATES MUST ATTEND. Here, candidates will be
made aware of all rules and regulations surrounding the
elections. LAST YEAR’S candidate’s handbook is attached for
your information, however an updated copy will be given to
candidates at the meeting. If you cannot attend please contact
the Returning Officer to arrange a separate meeting with him.


3: CAMPAIGNING is allowed only after the close of nominations
until the close of polls. You MAY NOT campaign before noon
Friday, 17th of February.


4. HUSTINGS will be held on Thursday 1st, Monday 5th,
and Tuesday 6th
of March. This is a debate between all candidates for the
position they are seeking. All candidates will be informed of
which day their respective debate is taking place, and must
attend at this time.

5. ELECTION DAY. Polls will open at 9:30am on Wednesday 7th of
March and will close at 6:30pm of that day. You must be a
registered student and have a valid Student ID Card to vote.

6. COUNTING of the ballot papers shall commence on Thursday 8th
of March at 10am.

We STRONGLY encourage ALL CANDIDATES to meet with the current relevant SU Officer to discuss the recurrent activities of the job, what's involved and what to expect.


CONTACT DETAILS

Ciarán McFadden, Returning Officer: returningofficer@nuimsu.com

Rob Munnelly, Students’ Union President (for queries on the constitution): President@nuimsu.com

Duddy

Your Text Here wrote: »

Are you assuming I'm going to turn into even more of a lifer?? :pac:

If elections are being called today, how long does that give for handing in nominations/canvassing etc?

*paging Duddy to election thread*

Hmm, almost 3 full weeks? 10 days to collect nominations:)

Seren_

Duddy wrote: »

NOTICE
We STRONGLY encourage ALL CANDIDATES to meet with the current relevant SU Officer to discuss the recurrent activities of the job, what's involved and what to expect.

What are people meant to do when the current officer is re-running? They can hardly be expected to remain unbiased.

Duddy

I'll be trying to get a Q&A session for these particular candidates at the candidates meeting, so unbiased and all out in the open!:)

Seren_

Those particular candidates? i.e. more than one? How very interesting....

Heard of a few names this evening, some already mentioned on here.

Duddy

Stop scouring for gossip, you!:D Those who are in office who DO decide to run, I meant:P


Love the amount of views this thread has already, hoping for a big massive HUUUU-UUUGE Election this year!:)

DB21

It'll be fairly big considering it's the first proper elections for the faculty reps. Expecting dirty tricks galore

mickstupp

Why do we need faculty reps? Are the class reps not enough?

OneOfTheseDays

:pac:

DB21

I can confirm the first nominee

Faculty of Science and Engineering Represntative:
-Darren Buckley (2nd Science)

funky penguin

Is that yourself?

Best of luck!

BuroniKiisu

OneOfTheseDays wrote: »

Somebody please think of the website... :rolleyes:

It's more than thought of. All going well, it'll be live by the time my successor is elected.

OneOfTheseDays

BuroniKiisu wrote: »

It's more than thought of. All going well, it'll be live by the time my successor is elected.

That's great to hear I didn't mean to be snide about the current exec. Just it has turned up on manifestos for each of my three years in the college.

sudzy

I always thought it would be a good idea to have elections run over two or three days, just to try and ensure as large a proportion of the student body go to vote.

I didn't vote myself last year because I was busy on the day of elections, and some people might not have lectures on that day so might not bother coming in.

Seren_

Naoise announced at clubs & socs council that he is running for president.

Baile an Locha

It's oddly quiet on the rumour front. Have only heard of a few people running.

BuroniKiisu

Definitely a smaller candidate number than last year, by the sound of things.

DB21

Heard banquo is going for president again :pac:

Duddy

Nominations close this Friday, so should have a few names by Monday for yissers.

Seren_

DB21 wrote: »

Heard banquo is going for president again :pac:

Going by what I heard yesterday, the :pac: in your post might not necessarily be warranted.

Although I'm not sure if I really believe the rumour myself.

declan06

I heard Will Blumlein for Coms

JellyBeans92

Just posting to say I, Shauna Kelly ( 2nd CSSE Class Rep ) will be running for Faculty of Science and Engineering Representative.

DB21

JellyBeans92 wrote: »

Just posting to say I, Shauna Kelly ( 2nd CSSE Class Rep ) will be running for Faculty of Science and Engineering Representative.

Best of luck