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day 5 wrap-up
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Mar 15th, 2008 at 03:59am |
- Let me start by saying that if you read last night's wrap-up and walked away thinking that the candidates were fighting tooth and nail, I understand why. The post could certainly give that impression. While that makes for good television, it's not an accurate impression. While tension exists, and some individuals have their issues, the candidates are in general good people who are running with noble purpose, and waging a campaign of ideas. Some of their supporters, on the other hand, foam at the mouth :). (Speaking personally, while most candidates take my satire in stride, I've gotten some pretty abusive comments from their supporters. You know who you are, and I send you my love <3). Kris and Krista, in particular, have both asserted they are getting along.
- The president's debate was tonight; while I've heard some news, I'll hold back until I can give a more detailed report. Kris Osmond was good enough to record the debate; he plans to send it to our fearless CRO. I will offer (/ shamelessly beg) to publish it online as a public service. Otherwise, I'll just write fiction: ("John Hillman bought everyone a round, and then gave them all a cookie.")
- There are 16 responses to the poll, and counting.
- Looks like I got one of my statements about the Sexton forum wrong. Dan Boyle did not make a mistake about the SEC; rather, it was Jones who mixed up the role of VPI on the Student Advisory Committee. Boyle corrected that error. I rely on highly reliable, selfless individuals (most of whom are not anonymous to me) who send me their summaries, thoughts, and comments on the forums. I combine these summaries into a single mostly-coherent summary. In the process, between hastily written notes, memory, collation, and translation, mistakes happens. Thanks to commenters for correcting me, and my apologies. I present the forums as factual information, mostly separate from my tongue-in-cheek commentary, and I try my best to get it right.
- I personally like to keep track of who makes the effort to show up at GeekBeer, the CS social night. Word from the building is only two candidates made it: Snow and Boyle. I appreciate that. (In fairness, with trivia @ T-room and the Commerce Ball going on, there were a lot of places to be).
- Tremblay has posted extensively on a variety of subjects. In particular, he talked about candidate visits to the DAGS AGM. Worth reading. Larkin offered more details on the AGM in a thread on MikeSmit.com.
- Hillman has a new video up. I found it amusing.
- As promised, Debogorskiavelli has updated his platform with more details. New metrics: 2226 words (+1171), 25 paragraphs (+10), grade 9.2 (-0.1), reading ease 59.7 (-2.9), 14% passive sentences (-4).
- Mark Coffin offers his first news post on his website.
- Other website updates include Kris & Krista (as described above), Boyle, Snow
- Coffin and Tremblay are joining Tipping at ANSSA in Antigonish, St. FX territory. (Possibly Gault, though a witness says she was at the Commerce ball tonight). By way of trivia, St. FX held their student executive elections recently and had voter turnout of 45-50%. That's higher than the recent provincial elections in Alberta. By way of comparison, SMU pulled down 20%, and Acadia 27%. Of course, larger schools - say, UBC - have turnout of 6-7%. But I digress.
- I count 36 comments. Read them all, but otherwise: Pelley would win this year, Wetton is a man webserving for two masters, shots at Chris, Larkin allegedely stiffs Krista on fact-gathering meetings, Kris likes to be comfortable wherever he is, Kris sets the record straight, Hillman doesn't have mexican children, we should replace Sodexho with The Dawgfather, Hillman tells the story of his Gazette involvement, plenty of blame to go around for SAN problems.
- Not much change on the Facebook application, though it seems Kris is developing a notable lead.
- Quiet day on the MikeSmit.com front... Pi day festivities, reviewing papers for an upcoming conference. 1,000 unique visitors, only 4,500 pages.
Comments:
Jen Bond says:
[Mar 15th @ 07:35am]
Re: Your first point.
I'm not sure that this election has been any more tooth and nail than its predecessors, but the ability to air thoughts, criticisms and concerns via the internet has certainly amped up "the buzz". This, in turn, has lead to an increase in indignation for some. Just sayin'
JP says:
[Mar 15th @ 10:33am]
Larkin showed up to a Geek Beer last year.
Since that makes her attendance better than most CS students, I think it deserves to be mentioned.
Since she made it out of Geek Beer without throttling any dorks OR being lured in the direction of the Ground Floor bathrooms, I think she deserves a reward. A shiny gold star, perhaps.
Eric Snow says:
[Mar 15th @ 11:31am]
I'm no expert on Geekbeer attendance by DSU insiders, but then again, a lot of times when they go, it's because I've invited them.
Yes, Larkin came last year, but so did Gault. With that said, Larkin also came once this year, while Gault, to my knowledge, has not. Larkin also dropped in at Snowball, while I believe Gault was out of town that day.
Lisa B. says:
[Mar 15th @ 02:44pm]
If Hillman doesn't win, I'll make sure he's nominated for CRO next year based on that video. It's fun shit like that that gets students' attention.
Anonymous Coward says:
[Mar 15th @ 03:23pm]
I declare Krista Ali teh better candidate fo teh position of Vice President Student Life. Kris Osmond's show of pettiness last night and Krista patience in dealing with "barking Larkin".
Hey Osmin, freedom of expression is the beautiful aspect of University. It is the one place in a persons life you can say what you want and how you want it. No superiors to reprimand you, wives to brow beat you, and co-workers to upset. You should try iy sometime. Maybe on me; the animosity you have for me might subside a little if you had the courage to step out from behind your shield and told me how you really feel. I am a big man; I can take it. I love election time!!!
Gregory Debogorski says:
[Mar 15th @ 03:24pm]
I forgto to put my name on the post above.
Suspicious Coward says:
[Mar 15th @ 04:17pm]
No way that's Idi Amin Debo up there. Not enough spelling mistakes and it's about 8 paragraphs too short.
Anonymous Coward says:
[Mar 15th @ 05:33pm]
No one denied your right to freedom of speech, but when you are running to lead a three million dollar organization you have to accept responsibility for what you say.
I am personally not going to vote for someone who personally attacks the full time staff and threatens the current president.
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says:
[Mar 15th @ 06:56pm]
Not like it's anything new, didn't someone threaten to break Eric in half last year?
AEB says:
[Mar 15th @ 08:29pm]
OH MY GOSH! I had totally forgotten about LoRo's total meltdown last year! PLEASE, SOMEONE (other than Gregpolean Debonaparte) lose your shit like that on MikeSmit.com again. That was so golden. Man. That was gorgeous.
Yannick says:
[Mar 16th @ 01:20pm]
Dear AEB,
I would love to lose my shit a la Lorusso but no ones has given me an incentive to do so and even if my race is a yes or no vote, it's not a good idea if I want to be elected. I think candidates have learn from Lorusso mistake, at least for one year.
John Hillman says:
[Mar 16th @ 01:26pm]
Glad the video was appreciated. I intended to do many more, but between camera problems, and doing the necessary research to becoming a viable candidate, it's been an uphill battle.
As for the debate, let me just say that it was nice to finally have a microphone that was remotely close to my head. I'm roughly twelve feet taller than two of my fellow candidates, and I've been developing a serious back problem this past week. I can only imagine the pain that Mark Coffin went through speaking after us.
Chris Nickerson says:
[Mar 16th @ 01:45pm]
John and Greg - sorry to make you guys lean down into the mics at the debate, but the DSU doesn't own enough taller table stands, so that was the best I could do. And thanks to all the candidates for actually talking into the microphones (people frequently don't, and it annoys the hell out of me).
Love, your friendly neighborhood sound guy.
John Hillman says:
[Mar 16th @ 02:41pm]
Glad the video was appreciated. I intended to do many more, but between camera problems, and doing the necessary research to becoming a viable candidate, it's been an uphill battle.
As for the debate, let me just say that it was nice to finally have a microphone that was remotely close to my head. I'm roughly twelve feet taller than two of my fellow candidates, and I've been developing a serious back problem this past week. I can only imagine the pain that Mark Coffin went through speaking after us.
John Hillman says:
[Mar 16th @ 02:50pm]
You know, I have no idea how that entry reposted, given it's been an hour since I put it up. I think that my computer may be haunted, as it's not the first time something weird has happened when I've tried to post to this blog...
At any rate, let me just say that leaning into the mike was a lot easier than fumbling around with it awkwardly for half my speaking time as I usually did in the previous debates. :-)
All in all, I thought the whole event was very well run. I had a great time, and I think many others did as well. It was great to finally hold an event in front of a sizable crowd. The awesome power of 30 cent wings cannot be understated.
Gregory Debogorski says:
[Mar 16th @ 08:25pm]
I did not threaten anyone. I simply offered some advice.
If Mike Tipping thought that was threatening him, he surely would have discussed the matter with me when he had a chance.
I am not a common thug that threatens people on whim.
Mike Tipping thought I was a funny guy and my point was that people do not quite find him as funny as he finds me.
Anyone who is concerned with this matter or who would like to speak to me in person can contatc me at 780-885-1925 or email me at debogorski@dal.ca
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