Comments on: Election commission attracts criticism http://thedailycougar.com/2010/03/12/election-commission-atrracts-criticism/ The official student newspaper of the University of Houston Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Disappointed Alum http://thedailycougar.com/2010/03/12/election-commission-atrracts-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Disappointed Alum Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:54:08 +0000 http://thedailycougar.com/?p=8480#comment-504 Keeping up with the SGA election this year through the Daily Cougar and various contacts I still have on campus has been a very huge disappointment. It really irks me how simple things can't get done by the SGA. Miss Ridley (sorry DC but you misspelled her name) was being very nice about her assessment of the current EC and the election. First of all, President Fommunung SHOULD'VE had the EC in place waaaaaaay back in in October...instead he decides to push it off until February...one month before the election. Not a lot of people realize how much goes into the planning, and reviewing of the rules and preparation of the candidates. I would like to hope/think that he has a full plate as a president; but no, as the above poster has stated... HE'S PRIORITIZING OTHER THINGS BEFORE SGA (i.e. his Fraternity...btw I don't give a damn that your Fraternity is having a big party coming up...so STOP SENDING THE MASS INVITES TO YOUR EVENTS via FACEBOOK!) Also, to my understanding, the president was also being VERY wishy-washy on who to put into the commission. Instead of putting people into the commission that were qualified/experienced, he wanted to "diversify" the commission (even at the sake of experience) to make sure it was not all mono-ethnic because of the whole "issue" and "controversy" of alleged "discrimination" that occurred last year (which is a whole different story for another day). I'm all fine with training new blood and giving them a chance to learn on the job...but at least give them the PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME to LEARN... I'd sure as hell take 5 months over 1 month ANY day...even if I HAD the experience. Because of President Fommunung's ineffective leadership and indecisiveness, and misplaced priorities, a lot of students at the University of Houston have missed out on this election in so many ways imaginable... Keeping up with the SGA election this year through the Daily Cougar and various contacts I still have on campus has been a very huge disappointment. It really irks me how simple things can’t get done by the SGA.

Miss Ridley (sorry DC but you misspelled her name) was being very nice about her assessment of the current EC and the election.

First of all, President Fommunung SHOULD’VE had the EC in place waaaaaaay back in in October…instead he decides to push it off until February…one month before the election. Not a lot of people realize how much goes into the planning, and reviewing of the rules and preparation of the candidates.

I would like to hope/think that he has a full plate as a president; but no, as the above poster has stated… HE’S PRIORITIZING OTHER THINGS BEFORE SGA (i.e. his Fraternity…btw I don’t give a damn that your Fraternity is having a big party coming up…so STOP SENDING THE MASS INVITES TO YOUR EVENTS via FACEBOOK!)

Also, to my understanding, the president was also being VERY wishy-washy on who to put into the commission. Instead of putting people into the commission that were qualified/experienced, he wanted to “diversify” the commission (even at the sake of experience) to make sure it was not all mono-ethnic because of the whole “issue” and “controversy” of alleged “discrimination” that occurred last year (which is a whole different story for another day).

I’m all fine with training new blood and giving them a chance to learn on the job…but at least give them the PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME to LEARN… I’d sure as hell take 5 months over 1 month ANY day…even if I HAD the experience. Because of President Fommunung’s ineffective leadership and indecisiveness, and misplaced priorities, a lot of students at the University of Houston have missed out on this election in so many ways imaginable…

]]> By: Phenom Anon http://thedailycougar.com/2010/03/12/election-commission-atrracts-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Phenom Anon Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:37:52 +0000 http://thedailycougar.com/?p=8480#comment-495 Well lets all be honest, the election commission hasn't been doing anything. They recently asked SGA for more money for the election, but again...what are they using it on? They are letting candidates run wild, they have been openly campaigning in the library, but witnesses just dont want to deal with the paper work, and the fact the the election commission doens't KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!!!!! One candidate has nearly 7 strikes against them, and the election comms aren't doing anything about it. Its all very depressing. Maybe next time K. Fommunung has a really important deadline he will stop worrying about all the partying the frat stuff and the title and actually be a good leader. Running for SGA President with ZERO SGA experience isn't ballsy, its stupid, and the university has suffered. Well lets all be honest, the election commission hasn’t been doing anything. They recently asked SGA for more money for the election, but again…what are they using it on? They are letting candidates run wild, they have been openly campaigning in the library, but witnesses just dont want to deal with the paper work, and the fact the the election commission doens’t KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!!!!! One candidate has nearly 7 strikes against them, and the election comms aren’t doing anything about it. Its all very depressing. Maybe next time K. Fommunung has a really important deadline he will stop worrying about all the partying the frat stuff and the title and actually be a good leader. Running for SGA President with ZERO SGA experience isn’t ballsy, its stupid, and the university has suffered.

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