On May 6, Evans took the debate stage by himself to answer questions and explain his goals as the sole candidate in the VP Administration race.
Evans has repeatedly mentioned his intention, if elected, to get printers for student use in the AMS Nest. When asked how he intends to accomplish this goal and why he believes the project is a good use of AMS funds, Evans said installing Nest printers is something which has already been looked into.
“Working with the [AMS] managing director and getting that set up, I think it should be a fairly simple process,” he said. “I believe the closest printer that's publicly accessible is in the library, so it's a big need for students studying.”
As the current VP policy for UBC’s Environmental Policy Association, Evans said he directly aided a number of wins for students.
“Last year, I was pretty heavily involved in helping with their events, and really putting out some good articles and stuff. And actually, at the end of the year, we won sustainability club of the year.”
Evans lacked detail, however, when he was asked to describe which aspects of ASAP 2026 he specifically wishes to expand. Evans has featured sustainability repeatedly as an important goal on his platform.
“I really want to hone in on the environmental sustainability side of [ASAP 2026], and hopefully looking at sort of reviewing some of the goals there and expanding them there,” he said.
In the face of what former executives have alleged is a poor workplace culture, Evans said his goal was to stay out of the petty politics and focus on hammering home services for clubs and students alike.
“My priority going into this is working for the students. I really couldn't be bothered with the student politics of it.”
Given past AMS executives have alleged their positions required more work than the 40 hours they are paid for, The Ubyssey asked Evans to compare this potential workload to his current one as FUS president. Evans said in his time as FUS president he’s undergone a full governance review, which took a substantial amount of work.
“Doing that on top of being club exec and all the other stuff I do, it sort of adds up to a lot, and so I think I'm pretty well-suited to the role next year,” he said.
On how he plans to streamline the AMS’s system for club room bookings, Evans said he would attempt to implement a more user-friendly interface and standardize response times.
“A part of that is to establish a system where they get a sort of a universal, standardized time frame for when they're going to hear back, and a hard cutoff for when we get those services to them.”
Evans closed out the debate by inviting students to contact him.
“Of course, don't hesitate to reach out, whether you're a student, a club exec [or] part of a constituency. I'm always open to talking, I hope to do some great stuff next year.”
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