During the Great Debate, unchallenged incumbent Jeanie Malone and newcomer Jakob Gattinger got the chance to bring up their key concerns with the portfolio and the coming year.
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The Great Debate saw a heated clash between remaining VP Finance candidates Adam Forsgren and Kuol Akbeucheny over the AMS businesses, the investment portfolio and the controversial endorsements of the Inter-Fraternity Council.
Lone AMS VP academic candidate Max Holmes’s rejection[link] of the Inter-Fraternity Council’s (IFC) endorsement set off a wave of anger online, leading some candidates to conditionally reject their endorsements as well.
With sole candidate Max Holmes at the helm, the Tuesday debate for the VP Academic and University Affairs race was more of a relaxed Q&A than a heated competition.
VP Finance candidate Linda Huang has announced that she is officially withdrawing from the race, leaving Kuol Akuechbeny and Adam Forsgren as the two remaining contenders for the position.
VP Finance candidate Linda Huang has been given a penalty by the Elections Committee for using an address list of AMS club treasurers, which she has special access to because of her role as Associate VP Finance, to solicit support.
AMS VP Administration candidates Chris Hakim and Aaron Verones went head-to-head Tuesday evening in the second elections debate. They have both been highly involved in the AMS, with Hakim currently serving as an AMS councillor and Verones previously working as assistant to former AMS President Ava Nasiri.
Tuesday, two of the candidates for VP External — Cristina Ilnitchi and Mishal Tahir — faced off in the second debate of this year’s 2018 AMS elections, discussing issues ranging from the upcoming Vancouver municipal elections, to rent caps for on-campus housing, to advocacy for international students.
The second AMS debate of 2018 is in the books, and all 10 people who showed up were thoroughly enraptured. Luckily for them (and you), The Ubyssey has picked out a few statements made that we think require a second look — so you can relive the whole thing again.
With the knowledge that the race is uncontested, the Board of Governors debate — with incumbent Jeanie Malone and newcomer Jakob Gattinger — was relatively laidback.
While each candidate emphasized making AMS credit cards more accessible to clubs, updating AMS’s tech infrastructure and financial accountability, they differ substantially in how they plan to do it.
UBC President Santa Ono has funded a $25,000 investment in the new AMS eHub student service, an entrepreneurship resource centre that caters towards students at all stages of their entrepreneurial development. Since its launch in January, the service has engaged with 54 different idea ventures.
The first debate of the 2018 AMS elections season is in the books. This one saw the candidates for the Student Legal Fund Society (SLFS), AMS president and UBC Senate square off in a contest that remained mostly respectful, save for a couple flare-ups.
VP Finance candidate Adam Forsgren has been given a warning by the AMS elections committee for a conflict of interest regarding his use of AMS office space.
The candidates’ opening statements generally revolved around typical themes: affordability, mental health and improved academic accommodations for students. Many candidates also discussed interest in diversity and equity, which will be tackled in the Senate’s upcoming ad hoc committee for Equity and Inclusion.