Monday, February 8, 2010

WTF: elections.sfuo.ca

So, I'm not going to lie and say this year's SFUO elections' website was pretty to look at, well organised  nor will I complement SFUO's webmaster either because, in all honnesty, the site is ugly, is not user friendly and simply lacks information.

If the elections' rules state that every candidate must add the voting days and the SFUO elections' website url on their posters, then the website should in turn actually POST EVERY CANDIDATE'S PLATFORM, PICTURE AND CAMPAIGN VIDEO.

So let me break it down for you:

No campaign video posted: Osama Barrada, Alexandre Chaput, Brandon Bay, Bassam Javed, Andrei Huranchyk (both BOA and Senate sections), Christine Moncrieff, Sarah Jayne King (Senate section) and Matika Lauzon (Senate section).

No campaign video, no picture posted: Hannah Drapper, Eric Hampel, Rosie Fournier, Nick Lendrum, Joy Umoafia and Lynne Lessard.

No platform posted: Emilie Lemieux-Guénard.

No information posted: Chouaib Redouane (both BOA and Senate sections), Hafsa Khan, David Girard, Martin Schoots-McAlpine (Senate section), Mycke Mugashi, Andrew Boozary, Kyle Ryc and Maureen Hasinoff (Senate section).

I realize some of these candidates are running for more than one position and/or some may not have made a campaign video, but the fact that some platforms aren't posted or that NO INFORMATION is available for certain candidates is, in my view, unacceptable. Each and every candidate had to hand in a platform, so at the least every candidate should have that readily available on the SFUO elections' website. I also understand that many of these candidates are also running unopposed. But, it isn't an excuse not to post their platforms or pictures/campaign videos.

4 comments:

  1. did brandon bay do this site?
    I think we should write a letter to the fulcrum.

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  2. Why didn't they just use last years website and update it a bit?

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  3. Didn't notice this post before. Let me clear a couple things up about the website:

    - the candidates provided the elections office with content very late or not at all (some did not provide platforms - why they were still allowed to run, I am not sure)
    - the elections office had very strict times about how and when videos/pictures could be taken, and not everyone (myself included) could attend, hence my lack of video
    - the elections office extended deadlines to try and accommodate some candidates (without informing all of us)
    - consequently, the elections office provided me with content very late
    - beauty is in the eye of the beholder. while I cannot claim aesthetic design credit, I liked the elections website, and find your blog a horrible eyesore. it's subjective. obviously we couldn't please everyone.
    - if you'd emailed me constructive feedback about the "lack of user friendliness", I would've fixed it for you. web@sfuo.ca.

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