SRC Elections 2008 (2 Viewers)

[withoutaface]

in other uni election news, i saw the list of candidates for the undergrad senate seat and there are two candidates: sara haghdoosti and kate laing. how did we go from five candidates last year to two this year?

Kate Laing is a joke.

Neb: I'm disappointed that a seemingly rational person such as yourself would decide to run on the same ticket as a herd of islamophobic, antisemitic spacks who quite literally think the revolution is at hand, and are stockpiling weapons accordingly. I've got enough student politics on my hands with my Union term still running until July next year, and the SRC is a load of shit anyway.

 

[Triangulum]

yeah, i was thinking of voting for sara. in an anonymous setting like the senate she (hopefully) won't be tempted to do the usual socialist grandstanding, and i can't imagine her policy positions will be significantly different to kate's. plus it'd be nice to disrupt the src president > senate rep > NUS president cycle that NLS has going.

 

[Silver Persian]

none of the campaigners bother coming to my lectures

probably because most of them have only ~30 ppl

 

[kokodamonkey]

none of the campaigners bother coming to my lectures

probably because most of them have only ~30 ppl

give me your timetable info then sir.

 

[Silver Persian]

haha erm...

1) I don't like it when student politicians come to my lectures

2) All of my lectures are full of raving Marxist/postmodern lefties who won't listen to your Liberal party claptrap

 

[kokodamonkey]

haha erm...

1) I don't like it when student politicians come to my lectures

2) All of my lectures are full of raving Marxist/postmodern lefties who won't listen to your Liberal party claptrap

im not campaigning for the liberals.

 

[Silver Persian]

im not campaigning for the liberals.

o rly? Who are you compaigning for?

 

[kokodamonkey]

o rly? Who are you compaigning for?

if you'd read anything on bos in the past few weeks you would have seen that! im campaigning for independents.. Andrew Coleman is the only independent running for President against NLS Hack Noah White.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

yeah, i was thinking of voting for sara. in an anonymous setting like the senate she (hopefully) won't be tempted to do the usual socialist grandstanding

Sara's not exactly one of those socialist types though. She's like, quiet, reserved and whatever else, yah?

Neb: I'm disappointed that a seemingly rational person such as yourself would decide to run on the same ticket as a herd of islamophobic, antisemitic spacks who quite literally think the revolution is at hand, and are stockpiling weapons accordingly.

Gotta prepare for da revolution mang.

I'd run on a BoS ticket. It'd have to be parodic though. Frequent references to interwebs and lulz would be a must.

 

[kokodamonkey]

Sara's not exactly one of those socialist types though. She's like, quiet, reserved and whatever else, yah?



Gotta prepare for da revolution mang.

I'd run on a BoS ticket. It'd have to be parodic though. Frequent references to interwebs and lulz would be a must.

yay. you, me and waf and rafy! the 4 of us. the awesome 4some

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

needs moar left

 

[withoutaface]

More left is the last thing the SRC needs.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

I just don't want our ticket to look partisan - we don't want to only appeal to the minority of students at USyd, which is what will happen with a right/left ration of 3:1

 

[scarybunny]

The thing about elections is

you're either in it, wearing the tshirts

or you really really don't care.

 

[Enteebee]

The thing about elections is

you're either in it, wearing the tshirts

or you really really don't care.

I agree, that's why I think a good strategy would be to make everyone feel like they're in it. I.E. I think the university should give out PRIZES to the supporters of the political parties that win seats, such as lolly gift bags.

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

I think more bullhorns and brochures would get more people excited about the election.

 

[scarybunny]

I agree, that's why I think a good strategy would be to make everyone feel like they're in it. I.E. I think the university should give out PRIZES to the supporters of the political parties that win seats, such as lolly gift bags.

I think they used to give you lollypops for voting.

So close.

 

[withoutaface]

I just don't want our ticket to look partisan - we don't want to only appeal to the minority of students at USyd, which is what will happen with a right/left ration of 3:1

You're far left wing enough to balance the rest of us out.

Chadd: They had free sausage sizzles for union elections. Previously they've also trialled incentive based voting at Melbourne Uni (~$7 food vouchers to anyone who votes) and they managed to get 7000 or so voters.

 

[kokodamonkey]

yet why are individual candidates discouraged from offering incentives themself... one is not allowed to run bbq's on union election day because it might draw votes...

 

[Triangulum]

You're far left wing enough to balance the rest of us out.

Chadd: They had free sausage sizzles for union elections. Previously they've also trialled incentive based voting at Melbourne Uni (~$7 food vouchers to anyone who votes) and they managed to get 7000 or so voters.

who paid for the vouchers?