Debate Elections
Hi everyone,
I meant to talk about this at last week's meeting but it started getting late, and most of you were cramming for exams anyway.
Elections are going to be run a little bit differently this year. All candidates will directly announce their intention to run for a position (no peer nominations) at the March 20 general meeting. Elections will take place the following week (March 27) in time for the new president to be able to attend the APDA meeting at Fordham Nationals (April 7), where the Spring Schedule will be created.
We're doing things differently this year. Candidates will submit written statements the week before elections instead of making speeches. At the election meeting, each candidate will be given a short period of time to answer questions from the voting body, before the votes are cast by secret ballot.
Rules:
- A candidate may submit a maximum of two candidate statements. In other words you may only run for two positions, there will be no dropping down to run for other positions if you are not elected to the position you initially wanted (e.g. If I submitted statements for President and VP, and lost both elections, I could not then include myself in the VP Finance race).
- At the Election meeting, candidates will not be permitted to be in the room, or ask questions of a another candidate running for the same position during the questioning portion.
- Any candidate caught (by me, or reported to me) speaking disparagingly of another candidate will be barred from participating in any race, or voting at the Election meeting. Any non-candidate doing so will be prevented from voting, and will not be allowed to attend the election meeting, or will be asked to leave.
- Candidate statements do not have a minimum or maximum length, because I think this will be self-limiting if people want to be effective.
Vacant Positions (with brief descriptions of expected duties):
The E-Board:
President: The President is expected to oversee in some capacity all the activities of the team. Specific duties involve representing Rutgers in the general APDA body, communication with all APDA teams and tournaments, coordinating all other E-board and non-E-board positions, coordinating RUDU meetings, and representing RUDU at Rutgers. In addition to the many nebulous duties above, the President will also serve as Co-Tournament Director at the 2007 Rutgers Invitational.
Vice President: The VP will assume all Presidential duties if necessary. Additionally, VP will absorb the former duties of VP Operations, responsibility for weekly communication with the team, and recording the decisions of the E-board. Finally, the VP will also coordinate all Community Debates.
VP Finance: VP Finance, is, unsurprisingly, responsible for all the financial activities of RUDU, and will be the main conduit for dealing with the SFAO, dealing with Tournament financial issues, and creating budget proposals (both general, and for specific fundraising initiatives, e.g. Worlds).
Varsity Coach: Education of varsity members, coordinating varsity practice rounds.
Novice Coach: Education of novice members, coordinating novice practice rounds. In some capacity the Novice coach will also help the PR Officer in recruiting.
Non-E-Board positions:
Tournament Director: Actually, Co-tournament director with the President, coordination of our Spring Tournament (a gross understatement).
Public Relations Officer: Will direct recruiting new members at the beginning of each semester, advertise meetings, and publicize activities and achievements of the team.
Special positions:
Chief Technology Officer: Historically this position has been appointed by the E-board, and Will Mon has done a fantastic job. As he is graduating, I sort of appointed Ed Fu to take up the banner. Realizing, this may not have been the most democratic thing to do, anyone who wishes to moderate the website (including updating tournaments results and individual performance on a weekly basis), listserv, blog, they may announce their intention to oppose Ed at the March 20 meeting.
I meant to talk about this at last week's meeting but it started getting late, and most of you were cramming for exams anyway.
Elections are going to be run a little bit differently this year. All candidates will directly announce their intention to run for a position (no peer nominations) at the March 20 general meeting. Elections will take place the following week (March 27) in time for the new president to be able to attend the APDA meeting at Fordham Nationals (April 7), where the Spring Schedule will be created.
We're doing things differently this year. Candidates will submit written statements the week before elections instead of making speeches. At the election meeting, each candidate will be given a short period of time to answer questions from the voting body, before the votes are cast by secret ballot.
Rules:
- A candidate may submit a maximum of two candidate statements. In other words you may only run for two positions, there will be no dropping down to run for other positions if you are not elected to the position you initially wanted (e.g. If I submitted statements for President and VP, and lost both elections, I could not then include myself in the VP Finance race).
- At the Election meeting, candidates will not be permitted to be in the room, or ask questions of a another candidate running for the same position during the questioning portion.
- Any candidate caught (by me, or reported to me) speaking disparagingly of another candidate will be barred from participating in any race, or voting at the Election meeting. Any non-candidate doing so will be prevented from voting, and will not be allowed to attend the election meeting, or will be asked to leave.
- Candidate statements do not have a minimum or maximum length, because I think this will be self-limiting if people want to be effective.
Vacant Positions (with brief descriptions of expected duties):
The E-Board:
President: The President is expected to oversee in some capacity all the activities of the team. Specific duties involve representing Rutgers in the general APDA body, communication with all APDA teams and tournaments, coordinating all other E-board and non-E-board positions, coordinating RUDU meetings, and representing RUDU at Rutgers. In addition to the many nebulous duties above, the President will also serve as Co-Tournament Director at the 2007 Rutgers Invitational.
Vice President: The VP will assume all Presidential duties if necessary. Additionally, VP will absorb the former duties of VP Operations, responsibility for weekly communication with the team, and recording the decisions of the E-board. Finally, the VP will also coordinate all Community Debates.
VP Finance: VP Finance, is, unsurprisingly, responsible for all the financial activities of RUDU, and will be the main conduit for dealing with the SFAO, dealing with Tournament financial issues, and creating budget proposals (both general, and for specific fundraising initiatives, e.g. Worlds).
Varsity Coach: Education of varsity members, coordinating varsity practice rounds.
Novice Coach: Education of novice members, coordinating novice practice rounds. In some capacity the Novice coach will also help the PR Officer in recruiting.
Non-E-Board positions:
Tournament Director: Actually, Co-tournament director with the President, coordination of our Spring Tournament (a gross understatement).
Public Relations Officer: Will direct recruiting new members at the beginning of each semester, advertise meetings, and publicize activities and achievements of the team.
Special positions:
Chief Technology Officer: Historically this position has been appointed by the E-board, and Will Mon has done a fantastic job. As he is graduating, I sort of appointed Ed Fu to take up the banner. Realizing, this may not have been the most democratic thing to do, anyone who wishes to moderate the website (including updating tournaments results and individual performance on a weekly basis), listserv, blog, they may announce their intention to oppose Ed at the March 20 meeting.
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