Comsoc Elections (2 Viewers)

[Shawny]

apparently community is like 44votes behind or something
..

24hours to go

can jack bauer save community

 

[truly-in-bliss]

apparently community is like 44votes behind or something
..

24hours to go

can jack bauer save community

its gonna be intersting for sure.

 

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ogm hai tib!!!!


*secks linlin*

 

[LMF^^]

44 votez...? Lookz like Drive will win then.

Well not my fault, I voted fo both.

 

[truly-in-bliss]

ogm hai tib!!!!


*secks linlin*

hey immy immy. i am here to sell books and yeah stumbled on this part of the forum. i hope u have been behaving urself

 

[Harimau]

(I'm at the comsoc computers right now)

Behind me right now, as polling clerk is none other than Minai! He has been enslaved by us to do our bidding.... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

I took some pretty pictures of him as polling clerk, and will upload them later... Hehehehe.

/me is psychotic.

 

[Eagles]

thank god its over.. you have no idea how many people were threatened..

 

[E3k0]

i Declare Ultimate victory

well done to the losers

gg to the weeners

 

[Shawny]

team eeko became the first one man party to win an comsoc or uni election in the history of UNSW

his line up is surely promising:

president: eeko
vice president: eeko
social exec: eeko
marketing: eeko
careers:eeko
education: eeko
Publication: eeko

congrats to eeko, a hard fought election indeed

 

[tempco]

i Declare Ultimate victory

well done to the losers

gg to the weeners

0h r3spekt!

 

[mr_shittles]

Final result of the count of official votes:

631 Community
724 Drive

That worksd out to around 47% vs. 53%, so the end result was not as close as expected.

 

[Harimau]

Final result of the count of official votes:

631 Community
724 Drive

That worksd out to around 47% vs. 53%, so the end result was not as close as expected.

The nightmare scenario was eerily close, though.... The margin seems to decrease every year.

 

[LMF^^]

LoL, "gg to the weeners".

Lookz like Community didn't have enough friendz to help em across the line, what a shame.

 

[ushuldsmile]

I have read most of the posts about Comsoc and I have to admit that the majority of the posts are very negative.

People are saying that Comsoc doesn't do anything, it should be more active, it should communicate more etc .. . . .Why don't you people do something about it?? Comsoc is what you make of it, and it seems to me that the people in here are too busy critizing a society which desperately needs their help.

I am an active member, and I know what the problem is: there is only 14 execs and a handful of active members catering for approx 4000 students. Students who spend their time in forums bagging out Comosoc and not spending their time trying to improve it.

On another topic: I agree that the election needs changing. I do not agree with the suggestion from Bambul ie the vote at an AGM. We all agree that it is currently a popularity contest, if we held a vote at an AGM then the most popular people would still win as they would get all their friends to vote. I think it should be based on performance, maybe through a series of events or interviews/resumes. The people who choose the execs should be an independent panel of some sort. . .???

 

[Frigid]

i have a feeling the votedrive.com website will be taken down in the next few weeks, so i will archive their 'policy and values' here. time will tell if they will be fulfilled.

Team Values

# Professionally Driven
Drive will bolster UNSW's image as a lucrative talent pool for employers and recruiters, making Comsoc a desirable commercial affiliate to corporations and professionals.

# Student Driven
Drive recognizes that it's the students that make Comsoc and promises greater student involvement in decision making, co-ordination of events and the day-to-day running of the society.

# Lifestyle Driven
Drive is here to facilitate the balanced uni-lifestyle all students desire, by delivering diverse and innovative events - from the intimate and casual to the hyped up and "once in a life time".

# Value Driven
Drive promises bigger and better events to be facilitated by substantially expanding Comsoc's sponsorship base and commercial networks - from Tooheys New to Macquarie Bank.

Core Policies

* Careers Driven - Skills... Work Experience... JOBS
Seminars and Workshops
o Catering for more than just accountants and bankers
o Resume Writing, Interview technique, Business etiquette

Creating, not just advertising opportunities
o More interactive careers fairs
o Databases establishing more links with industry recruiters
o Solving the age-old problem: "Not what you know, but who you know"


* Socially Driven - Fusing friendships, letting the good times roll
Inter-uni/inter-disciplinary networking
o An inter-uni/inter-faculty challenge
o Trivia night, sports, novelty
o Huge Party declares the winner

Invigorate the old, Implement the new
By Popular Demand:
o Classier com-balls
o Action Packed Camps
o Crazy Cruises
o Beach by Day, Pool by night
o Commerce Drinks & BBQ's
On the drawing board:
o Pub-crawls
o Karaoke Komps
o Paint-ball
o Ski trips


* Fusion & Balance
o Careers orientated social events, socially orientated careers events
o Opportunities to interact with industry reps in a spectrum of situations, ranging from formal to casual


* Awareness Driven - Feel the hype... Seeing is believing
Consistency, Intensity and Presence
Regularity in
o Faculty emails
o Lecture announcements
o Newsletters
o Stalls

Innovation
o Competitions, Lucky Draws, Giveaways


* E-Driven
Interaction and Accessibility
o Fully-featured online discussion board
o Image gallery allowing students to post their own photos


* Education Driven - Igniting a passion for learning
Online note sharing
o Studying smart not hard
o Secrets to academic success

Examination PASS
o Co-ordinated with mid-sems and finals
o Expansion beyond first year subjects
o FREE for ALL Commerce students


* People Driven - Inspiring motivation, dedication & involvement
Volunteer Database
o Classification according to personal and professional interests
o The right people for the right jobs

Incentive Schemes and Merit Systems
o Rewarding consistent student contributions and participation.
o Certificates of recognition, Book/Food Vouchers, Discounted events.

 

[erawamai]

What the hell would commerce students know about politics and accountability?

I'd say the great majority were CV line hunting.

 

[t-i-m-m-y]

Students who spend their time in forums bagging out Comosoc and not spending their time trying to improve it.

Exactly how can we go about helping Comsoc?

We vote for -insert party here- (be it DRIVE or COMMUNITY) in the vain hope that they will be able to change the way Comsoc operates, such that us, the students, get more out of it.

And with the AGM idea: I think it will eliminate most (but probably not all) of the popularity votes going on with the Comsoc election.

and frigid: good idea with archiving their policies- we can come back in a year and see exactly how much they've done. My guess?? - not much at all.

 

[Harimau]

What the hell would commerce students know about politics and accountability?

I'd say the great majoroty were CV line hunting.

I'd say all of them are. Either that, or being puppetered by outside influences.

 

[Sarah]

People are saying that Comsoc doesn't do anything, it should be more active, it should communicate more etc .. . . .Why don't you people do something about it?? Comsoc is what you make of it, and it seems to me that the people in here are too busy critizing a society which desperately needs their help.

I am an active member, and I know what the problem is: there is only 14 execs and a handful of active members catering for approx 4000 students. Students who spend their time in forums bagging out Comosoc and not spending their time trying to improve it.

Unfortunately though, there's been a lack of communication as to ways you can get involved in comsoc and become an active member. Maybe it's just me but the only communication that i receive from comsoc are emails advertise o-camp, commerce ball, smh tertiary card and people album. I think communication from the FCE staff regarding executive dialogue, cpa competitions has been more frequent than communication from ppl involved in comsoc.

 

[truly-in-bliss]

What the hell would commerce students know about politics and accountability?

I'd say the great majority were CV line hunting.

i think ur too cynical? a lot of people in the current team and the in coming team will work for their famili business or work for themselves. i dont know who they will show their CV to? their parents?

myself for an example will study a B Archcitecture degree after i finish my commerce degree. totally unrelated

dont think so ill of people.

Exactly how can we go about helping Comsoc?

the biggest way you can help comsoc is to particpate in our events and through these you will meet all the executives who i assure you would be very happy to get some volunteers.

and frigid: good idea with archiving their policies- we can come back in a year and see exactly how much they've done. My guess?? - not much at all.

in all honesty, there is not much more you can do. its pretty exhausting to cater for 000's of studetns when its just 14 of us in the team., hence our capacity is limited with the physical support we have, and let us not forget we are uni students and our primary objective is to learn at uni.

secondly, we all love more FREE bbqs, more events etc, but with the limited monetary sponsoship we have, its hard to realise policies, and once again, we are pretty tired from all the exisitng events let alone adding more events on the calender.


comsoc will always be something along the lines of hwat we see now until we

1. get more man power, ie: volunteers (sorta hard, cuz being commerce students, people wanna get paid for their effort and time)

2. run profitable events so comsoc wont be as broke as we are now. camp cruise and the ball are not profitable, each ticket is subsidised. if we dont have a lot of particpants, the dean gets angry with us for not running a good event, if we have too many participants, the dean congradulates us and then ask us we did we make such a big loss (each ticket is subsidised). sports day - we just broke even. i think drive (the newly elected team to take over for next year) will have casino nights, which should see some revenue

3. get more sponsorship deals.