The Insiders
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Jan
16
Speech therapists, writers, needed.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 16, 2008 | 9 Comments
The three “serious” presidential candidates. Foot-in-mouth disease? So I was only at about the first 20 minutes of yesterday’s candidate debate in the SUB conversation pit. That means I got to hear the presidential candidates answer a few questions. It was a little painful. Not to be a hater, but I don’ think it’s too […]
Jan
16
Issue of the Day: Governance Issues Pt. 1 – Municipal Governance
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 16, 2008 | Comments Off on Issue of the Day: Governance Issues Pt. 1 – Municipal Governance
This is an important issue, and a big topic. It came up in the VP Academic debate yesterday, and could use some explanation. There are two important background points to understanding this issue: 1. When UBC was created, the Province endowed the University with a lot of land – 175 acres; 2. That land is […]
Jan
15
Issue of the day: Student Senate Caucus, efficacy of.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 15, 2008 | 8 Comments
I admit that I cannot comment on the senate proceedings this past year, as I am now living on another continent. However, if history is an indicator of the present and future, I will allow myself to write a short excerpt on student senator’s and their caucus’ effectiveness. The Continuity HarpThe majority of the Senate’s […]
Jan
15
Buzzwords: "Council Empowerment"
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
This post is by Spencer Keys, the AMS President of 05/06. We thank him for his participation. I will be blogging more about the basics of both committee reform and the Strategic Framework later in the week for the new readers out there. Maayan has politely asked me on a number of occasions to write […]
Jan
15
Issue of the Day: AMS Businesses
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 15, 2008 | 5 Comments
The AMS businesses are an important way for the AMS to make money so that we can keep student fees lower. And we do have some of the lowest student union fees in the country (when you take out athletics fees, health & dental, U-Pass, etc, and you’re left with the AMS’ actual operating budget). […]
Jan
15
Issue of the day: Campus life
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 15, 2008 | Comments Off on Issue of the day: Campus life
Boy, it’s hard to write “Issue” posts when there’s no candidate platforms four days before voting. Oh wait, the campaign just started today. Never mind that, then. Last year I spent a lot of time harping on what I see as the slow and steady decline since I first came to UBC in the good […]
Jan
14
Issue of the Day: Executive Portfolio Reform
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 14, 2008 | 4 Comments
This is the first of a series of daily articles that will highlight “UBC issues.” The Issue of the Day provides an in-depth analysis of a certain topic that may require more background information to understand, or more analysis of the pros and cons and factors to consider. We will try to focus on key […]
Jan
13
VFM 2008 has already failed.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 13, 2008 | 19 Comments
Dissillusioned VFM sponsor Mark Latham and I chatting yesterday. I’m not picking my nose, I swear! Photo Peter Rizov. Poor Mark Latham. Well, actually he’s not on the street yet, but the AMS is definitely living in the doghouse. Yup, this is a media on media story, so have your cringe and be over with […]
Jan
13
The Campaign: important dates to remember
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 13, 2008 | Comments Off on The Campaign: important dates to remember
This years’ campaign period is short, and tightly packed. The nicety of an extra week of leeway time between the closing of nominations and the beginning of official campaigning has been dispensed with. That means we don’t have much time to get to know all the candidates, and they don’t have much time to convince […]
Jan
11
AMS All-Candidates meeting! And the nominees are:
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 11, 2008 | 3 Comments
The nominees for this years’ AMS elections are:President: Matthew NaylorMichael Duncan“Che” AllisonErin RennieRodrigo Ferrari-Nunes VP Academic:Rob McLeanAlex LougheedNathan CromptonFire Hydrant PeetsVP External: Freeman PoritzStefanie Ratjen VP Finance: Stash “Irish Courage” BylickiAndrew ForshnerTim Monachello – Dropped outChris Diplock VP Administration: “scary” Mike “the rabbi” KushnirSarah NaimanJonathan Yiannis MessolorasSenate:Colin SimkusRob McLeanBlake FrederickAidha ShaikhEileen HarderPhilip EdgcumbeAzim WazeerAlex LougheedAlfie […]
