To both candidates & the entire Caucus, The Hunter College Senate attendance is a very large issue as all of us know but going to departments may not be as successful as one would think because it's not like students hang out in their department's offices. The lack of their being a student body group for the Senate is a hazard to actively reaching out to students so they can get involved. Runako has gone down the road towards building up membership and maintaining a membership connection through the Student Caucus mailing list. To further this, perhaps the new Vice Chair could continue Runako's efforts to set up a club that obtains USG money for funding to advertise. Another suggestion is maintaining close ties with USG to promote them to get involved also and stay in touch with the larger issues within the college discussed at the meetings. Some USG officials are supposed to be going regularly to the meetings so they should be held to that obligation in their job descriptions and perhaps speak to USG about making more positions obligated such as though in the USG Senate so we can have a consistent stream of people who are experienced with Senate matters. As we Senators have witnessed this year and last, students are not educated on the matters & rules of the Senate and there is a high learning curve that is quite frustrating so having as many people within the group as possible that can perpetuate informed behaviour within the Senate on behalf of the student senators as a whole would also be beneficial. The new student government slate Hunter United that dominates the USG next year has many current student senators, current student government advocates from the smaller Brookdale Campus and students experienced from other student governments that profess to want to get reaults at Hunter. I suggest the senate student caucus hold it to them to support this integral part of student involvement in government as a whole at Hunter. Lastly, the Hunter Envoy needs to be held accountable to its status as a college newspaper and be upgraded to fulfill that obligation it has to the students. I encourage the new Senate to work with USG to get this done as a seperate body ofcourse but they both share the same quintessential need to get students involved. Working with USG was something not possible in previous years and there is a chance now. It would benefit the Senate to maintain contact with USG also because it is a USG job to inform and get students involved so they must be educated of Senate information/open seats to increase the Senate's radius of outreach to the students at Hunter College. Hope my suggestions result in something but that is what I want from a prospective candidate for Vice Chair of the Hunter College Senate this new year. Alisha Stephanie Outridge tel 917.439.0376 email [log in to unmask] --- Charles Davi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > To the Student Caucus: > > For those who don’t know me, my name is Charles > Davi, and I am running for Vice Chair of the Hunter > College Senate. Since you should all know something > about me before making a decision concerning my > candidacy for the position, I felt it appropriate to > tell you about myself. I am a Thomas Hunter Honors > and Computer Science major, a National Science > Foundation Scholar, and a member of the Sigma Xi > scientific research society. Even though this, my > junior year, was by far my most hectic and stressful > year at Hunter, I have not missed a single meeting > since I joined the Senate, and have participated > regularly. Next year, my schedule is open, and I > plan on devoting all of my free time to the business > of the senate. > > > > One of my main goals as Vice Chair would be to > increase the number of student senators by going to > the college’s departments in person, meeting with > potential senators, and explaining what it is that > the Senate does to anyone who may be interested. I > am very serious about getting the student body more > involved in the decisions that affect our education. > > > > > In closing, I am a serious student, a self starter, > extremely vocal, and I have no problem with, and in > fact, enjoy taking on large responsibilities. > > > > Charles Davi > > ===== Alisha S. Outridge No one and nothing is perfect but the aspiration to be so should never be lost. Life, like Love, is what you make of it... so make it good! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/