The Laundry List

This will be my new weekly post of random updates happening with the campaigns...

Facebook Friend Frenzy

Apparently the candidates have been taking our Facebook friend advice to heart. As of this morning, here are the new counts:

Walrath: 1694 (up 132)

Goldsmith: 1831 (up 22)

Greenway: 1047 (up 198)

Beaves: 904 (up 147)

Reed: 562 (up 57)

Simonson: 559 (up 227)

Candidates just have to find a way to not offend voters with this spree. One student put up this status a couple of hours ago. Ouch.

Darrin Sersland: "If you're running for an NISG position on campus: No I will not add you on Facebook just so you can boast to the other campaign(s) that you have more friends. Being you have never actually talked to me in real life (before and after you get elected), why the fuck would I bother to add you just so you can feed your ego and boost your standing in the popularity contest?"

A New Student Organization

The Students for Greenway-Beaves is now an officially recognized student organization. The constitution provides a sneak peak into their campaign. Kristen Meyers (Director of Student Orgs, Boeckmann-Palomo ticket), Danny Lockard (Webmaster), Owen Cue (Campaign Finance), Ciara Pearce (PR), Dakota Funk (E-Media), Mackenzie Bloom (Residence Life), Erin Hiatt (Campaign Design), Chase Aunspach (Campaign Manager), Cassandra Hayne (Platform), and Yaw Kyeremateng (Outreach) are now all confirmed as part of the election team.

This compares to the Walrath-Goldsmith team of Morgan Johnson (E-Media, Boeckmann-Palomo ticket), Derrick Knight (Outreach, Cezar-Lobdell ticket), Austin Foster (Volunteerism), April Czarnetzki (Publicity), Geoff Bueker (Platform), Kashonna Drain (Campaign Manager), and Hannah Olson (Finance).

Former tickets worked and positions noted in parenthesis.

Lack of Lobbying

Last night, NISG members were invited to a local legislative forum to discuss the budget cuts affecting UNI. Curiously, Reed and Greenway were the only candidates in attendance. One of the biggest responsibilities of the executive branch is working with elected officials. Perhaps it was the weather or the Friday evening timing, but I expected more candidates.

UPDATE: It has come to my attention that Walrath announced at the Senate meeting he would be missing the forum for an opera performance. My apologies for not noting that.

Senate Overhaul

Last Wednesday, I proposed an overhaul of Senate with the support of Adam and NISG President Joel Anderson who called it one of the most important pieces of legislation affecting NISG. The final vote on the bill will be this Wednesday -- I'll keep you posted on how candidates position themselves on it. Initially, Walrath appears to be supportive while Greenway and Goldsmith appear to be on the fence. It will be interesting to see how the tickets positions themselves on it.

That's all for this week! Stay tuned to NISGElections.com for more updates!