The Skyline View

Date created: 4/18/05 Section: NEWS

ASSC Election Board meeting of April 12, in the faculty lounge building 2, Skyline College. From left: ASSC President Ilka Barcala, Election Board member Bivett Thompson, ASSC Adviser Amory Cariadus.

In the upcoming weeks, Associated Students of Skyline College will conduct events leading to the election of new student body officers to serve on ASSC's governing council during the 2005-2006 school year.

Officers of the ASSC hold office for one term, which is a full school year including fall and spring semesters, according to ASSC advisor Amory Cariadus. Now that it is close to the end of the spring semester, it's that time of year where the student body elects their new representatives.

In the first election board meeting on April 12, board members discussed possible ways to get students to vote and how the election process should be planned.

At this time, with the election scheduled for May 3 and 4, there are no definite candidates yet.

"No one is running for the office they hold, but they might surprise me," explained Cariadus.

However, there will be some members of office that will run, like Melchie Cabrigas, who currently holds position of vice president of ASSC. Cabrigas, who is not part of the election board, said that she will run for the presidential seat for the upcoming 2005-2006 school year.

"ASSC officers are allowed to run as long as they are not a part of the election board," Cariadus said before the April 12 meeting officially started.

Candidacy applications will be available April 18, the date agreed upon by Election Board members. Acquiring and filling out the application is the first step in becoming a candidate.

"What an individual has to do is fill out a candidate application and the candidate application asks them what position or positions they are applying for, which describes the specific duties," Cariadus said. "They are also asked to write a statement on why they want the position that they are running for."

There are campaigning procedures which candidates must follow. However, those who wish to be candidates cannot campaign until their applications are looked over and approved by the election board.

"It is important to get a lot of different people to run this year. A person can still advertise the day of the election as long as they are over 100 feet away from the polling area," said Bivett Thompson, election board member.

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