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Manifestos for SU Vice President and Treasurer Elections TT
2013:
SU Vice President:
Adam Roberts:
As SU Vice President, my first priority should be to support the
President. Id take ondelegated projects, and support and check up
on other officers to make sure the SUruns smoothly. Thats the core
of being VP: significantly easing Anyas workload, andmanaging the
everyday work of the SU.
The VP also runs SU elections and organises SU meetings. Id like
to encourage awider pool of students to submit motions, make it
easier for anyone who couldntattend hustings to find out what
candidates said, and try persuading more freshers(and others!) to
stand for SU positions.
Ive made the most of opportunities in the SU. I was elected to
the FreshersCommittee, ran campaigns for other officers, and have
proposed and seconded moremotions than any other fresher.
I have experience of governance and student politics. I was a
trustee and director ofCRAE (www.crae.org.uk), was Comms Officer
for a campaign on youth image,facilitated MoJ/UNICEF consultations
with young people, was an MYP, worked asan event steward for
Republic, and was one of the first young representatives to theUN
Committee on the Rights of the Child.
A taste of potential future emails:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWw8eqb0-oI
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SU Treasurer:
Alex Bramham:
Through three years studying here, I have seen a lot of money
wasted on large scaleexpenditures such as the coffee machine, Sky
Sports subscription and transport toprotests e.g. SlutWalk. I would
like to see a fairer distribution of the resourcesintended for the
college student community as a whole, especially the students
whoare too busy to waste their time at SU meetings debating
bureaucratic and ideological
motions. To this end I pledge to:
Better promote sources of funding available for internal
collegesocieties including the money meeting. Using examples of
previous successful
bids in communication e-mails would encourage applications and
lead to amore vibrant college community.
I am passionate about supporting inexpensive projects organized
by the SUofficers such as the communal brunches and Zumba
classes.
Work with Entz officers to seek corporate sponsorship for large
scale eventssuch as Wadstock and Queerfest. I support the use of
company branding ontickets and flyers (when this is possible) as an
additional source of revenue
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and distributive measures such as free Wadstocktickets.
Overall, I promise conservative use of college funds to prevent
a return to the debtcrisis the student union recently faced.
Olivia Allen:
As someone who would love to indulge in more slut-walks and
likes nothing morethan a bit of Oxford Left-wing nonsense I would
like you to consider me as your nextSU Treasurer.
I think that the way things are currently run at Wadham is great
and dont have anybig proposals to make, but if elected I would like
to work with the other SU officers tosee if there are ways that
spending can be made more profitable and if events likeQueerfest
and Wadstock could become cheaper. Apart from that I think most of
the
big decisions about how the SUs money is spent should be decided
by the SU itselfand I would work to make things more transparent
and accountable.
Having spoken to the current Treasurer I think that I have the
necessary skills thatthe role requires. I am well organised,
dedicated and could work well with the otherSU officers. Contrary
to what my posters might suggest, as Treasurer I would notmake off
with all the SUs booty but work hard to ensure that the SU makes
the mostout of its budget and that students feel its full
effects
Sam Rakestrow:
As your Treasurer, Id make sure the SUs money works for you, and
make sure itwent as far as possible in helping you make the most of
your time at Wadham. Ivegot three key priorities;
1. Paying you back for your helpId make sure that you were
reimbursed forany SU expenses as soon as possible, so that working
for the SU costs you nothing
but your time
2. More money for you every year, the pot of funds available at
the MoneyMeeting is not enough, so I would seek to increase the
funds available for people toapply for.
3. More knowledge to youId keep the SU informed on money issues
that affectyou and your money, like rent changes and hardship
funds
I feel Ive got the experience of leadership, negotiation and
support that you need fora good Treasurer, as well as the right
attitude to represent you and your bank
balances when negotiating with the college. If elected, Id make
sure the SUs moneyis used to support you, provide for you, and on
behalf of you.
