Day 1: Ready to roll

Early this morning around 12:15AM we recieved word that we had won the UGBC Presidential election with 2665 votes and 67% of the total vote. This was very exciting news and a great way to cap off a fun, energetic and dedicated campaign season. While we were able to enjoy the news and let it sink it, we were also very aware of the short turn around time that we had in terms of preparing for the new year. 

In addition, we also were aware of other commitments that we had, such as our current UGBC positions, other activities, and uh..schoolwork? For that reason, we began working at 9 AM on Saturday morning as we began our work towards our next Administration.

9:00 AM- Rise and shine! The sun is up and so are we (barely.) As promised, we began working post election on the UGBC transition process. The day began with lots of emails to answer. These were emails from friends abroad, family, Administrators, professors and our other campus organizations such as The Heights. After finally getting into the swing of things, Alex and I both had separate phone calls with Alexi Chi, the Editor in Chief from The Heights. Alexi was responsible for writing the breaking news alert of the election and spent a few minutes on the phone with each of us getting some information and quotes for her article. You can view it here.

We've worked with Alexi a bit in the past and we hope to continue a great working relationship throughout the year.

After answering e-mails, we began to plot out our time over the next few weeks. There are a few things that we need to do. Some of these things are:

1. Analyze the current structure of UGBC and finalize Cabinet positions for the 2009-2010 UGBC.

2. Create job descriptions for the UGBC Cabinet positions

3. Create an application and design an application process for prospective UGBC'ers

The focus of today was primarily on how to spend the next few weeks and specifically on the application process. With spring break just around the corner we must work dilgiently to put the process in place and to give students enough time to apply. We hope to have this process released this week.

We also spent part of today setting up meetings with Administrators on campus. Many of our initiatives will require cooperation with many organizations and Administrators and it is important to ensure proper communication in order to collaborate on these issues. We hope to utilize and maximize the most out of each and every day that we have.

Finally, we also realized that we needed to have some fun, and we did just that. I went off to the women's hockey game to watch their Senior Day and Alex, well he decided to catch up on some sleep. Overall, a productive first day! Look for more to come!