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6 comments:
ouch...
well that's not very social of her!
maggie also left..
maggie had to go back to work at 1848, she had to have another employee cover he while she went to the debates.
Well then, who's to say it wasn't the same for the other girl?
Here's the thing...
I have always been reluctant to support people who had previously shown no interest in being involved in the student associations (or whatever) that they may be running for.
But the thing is it leaves way too much of a culture of entitlement with those who do volunteer, have friends on the execs, are part of the clique etc. who then think they're owed to be on the exec.
Talking about experience is great, and necessary, but relevant experience for being on a federated body exec, or even sfuo exec, isn't limited to direct experience with/on that executive previously.
Cuting out people who bring a different point of view, from different backgrounds and experiences entrenches the status quo and limits the growth of our student associations.
This is problematic because we've seen that a lot of groups, such as visible minorities, have been shut-out of our student associations because of this entrenched mainstream cultural approach to student/campus life. If we make it so that only people already involved or willing to be involed in this culture can run or participate we will never see visible diversity. We will also miss out on non-visible diversity, such as that of diversity of opinion.
I think it's important that if you're a student leader on campus, even if a candidate isn't the greatest, or you don't think they have enough or relevant experience, that you help foster an atomosphere during the campaign and election that makes those candidates at least feel welcome. Because even if they won't get elected, or if they aren't suitable for the job, they are bringing something to the debate and putting themselves out there. We need to encourage more of this if we want to encourage the growth of our associations.
(I know neither of these candidates... although Maggie looks fimilar... Either way... This has frustrated me for a while... hence the rant.)
Amy Kishek... why do you always have to be so right. :)
totally agreed, Amy.
As someone who was kind of an outsider before this year, I can attest to how intimidating it is to run for a position when you have previously been uninvolved. It's easy to feel shut out or unqualified for a position simply because you don't have experience within a certain body.
We need to encourage people outside of the SFUO "bubble" to get involved within campaigns, events, and the students associations. These people have different views and opinions and can stop us from having a distorted view of what the infamous "average student" wants.
Also, I feel that we (student associations, clubs, SFUO) need to foster an environment that is welcoming for younger students who want to get involved - these first or second year students will be our next students leaders, after all!
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