Student Assembly Elections Committee

Student Assembly Elections Committee
Meeting Minutes � 03 September 2012

I. Introductions

II. Committee Overview & Goals

• a. Everyone in agreement

III. Fall Elections Calendar and Process

• a. Challenge Process
• b. Understood by all

IV. Candidates Forum (Wednesday 5PM, WSH Music Room)

• a. Format
  1. i. Start with brief introductions
     1. 1. Transfers, than freshman
     2. 2. 15 seconds each
  2. ii. Then break the candidates into “focus groups” of 5at a time (2 transfers go into the first group)
     1. 1. Within each focus group, one question from SA member followed one from the community
• a. Community questions will be written on paper and screened/selected by Elections Committee members
• b. Committee will prepare questions on paper to substitute for community questions if necessary

  1. 2. Each of 5 candidates in focus group will have 45 seconds to answer each question
  2. 3. If more than 30 candidates, add on to focus groups to ensure everyone is within the first 6 groups

  1. iii. Following first round of Focus Groups, go through candidates again
     1. 1. Same procedure, but different focus groups (ie. Those who answered about Campus safety in Round 1 now answer about Late night programming)
• a. One question from SA, 30 second responses
  1. iv. Issues (two focus groups for each issue → go through 1 to 3 and then back to 1 again)
     1. 1. Campus safety (Blue lights/shuttles)
     2. 2. Late night programming (Cayuga’s Watchers)
     3. 3. Caring Community (mental health/adjustments)
• b. Participation of Jevan Hutson and Ian Harris (Meinig Family Scholars)
  1. i. Put them in touch with Slope Media
  2. ii. Ask Roneal to talk to office about excusing them
  3. iii. Allow them to provide a 30 second introduction to read aloud
• c. Participation of other no-show candidates
  1. i. Nothing to do for them
• d. Involvement of community and campus media
  1. ii. Same as community

V. Fall Elections voting

• a. Voting booths on North Campus
  1. i. Participation encouraged, wait for Google doc
• b. Brainstorm: other ways to increase voter turnout
  1. !i. T shirts/Rock the Cornell Sun
     1. 1. Deferred to Spring
  2. ii. SA Vote slide
     1. 1. Largest freshman lectures → Dan
     2. 2. Spreadsheet for classes
  3. iii. Facebook event
     1. 1. Will be created by Dan and promoted by committee members