Fall 2010 Hampedia Board of Trustees Elections

Hampedia is your space to share the content that constitutes Hampshire College. The Hampedia Board of Trustees oversees Hampedia’s content structure, technological development, and is in charge of making policy decisions.

Open Slots
We will be running elections for two open student slots, and one open staff/faculty slot.

Candidates
Student Candidates:

Kwaku Yeboah Antwi https://hampedia.org/wiki/Kwaku_Yeboah_Antwi

Hello, my name is Kwaku and you might know my from the Hydra Project or various Student government bodies. I am a 3rd year student, concentrating in mainly computer science and very involved in providing numerous computing services/platforms to the Hampshire community. I am a signer and admin of the Hydra Project and also a signer of the GNU+Linux User Group and also very involved in the push for a creation of a student server room. I believe Hampedia as a platform has a lot of potential to grow and would like to participate in the process of helping the Hampedia Project move further forward and be further integrated into the fabric of the Hampshire Community. With my expertise working on similar projects and my technical background, I believe I can be bring some more technical expertise and help to the Hampedia Project. As a student deeply invested in the dream of a campus wholly subscribed to the principles of freedom of information, I believe, I am perfectly suited for this position since the Hampedia Project is based on such tenets. So, unhh, vote for me ;)

Fred Concklin https://hampedia.org/wiki/Fred_concklin

I have been with the Hampedia project for two years now and would like to continue involvement. I primarily provide tech support and feature enhancement to the platform.

Nelson Hernandez https://hampedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Hernandez

Hampedia is a remarkable website. I find myself going through it everyday, adding to any pages that I think seem to be underdeveloped. In fact, while contemplating whether or not to apply to this position, I was updating the pages of two of my prospective committee members. That's when I realized that I shouldn't be the one doing this and I began looking through other professors' pages of Hampedia. I was disappointed to see so few pages with anything more than copy of what's on their Hampshire.edu faculty webpages. I've had a lot of experience in non-Hampshire versions of governance. I transfered from a Palm Beach State College in South Florida, where I was the head of a leadership club, and served on several student activities committees. Also, there are very few computer-related problems that I can't learn to handle. Therefore, I think I would make a fantastic candidate for the Hampedia Board of Trustees.

Brittany Williams https://hampedia.org/wiki/Brittany_Williams

Brittany Williams has played an indispensable role in the Hampshire community since arriving here at Hampshire. Her second semester she took on the role of signer for her scholars group, The James Baldwin Scholars. Brittany has since remained a signer for the group and is an active member of COCA, Umoja, The Urban Word, and Trggr Radio out of UMASS to name a few. Brittany has consistently worked hard to raise money for causes beyond the walls of Hampshire through participating in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl-A-Thons every spring and the Umoja Fashion Show to raise money for Haiti. As a signer and member of COCA Brittany has given out advice to many other signers making their transitions into signing easier. Her second year, Brittany served as the SOURCE-Rep for Community Council only resigning because she needed a course that met during the Council's meeting times. It is my belief that Brittany would accurately represent Hampshire because she has been kind and caring Intern in Dakin, since the start of her third year, who works her best to support each and every one of her residents and other members of the Hampshire Community alike. Brittany is one of the most responsible students at Hampshire College, who takes not only her personal interests serious but those of others as well.

Staff/Faculty Candidates:

Sarah Ryder https://hampedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Ryder

As a member of the IT web staff I am interested in serving on the Hampedia Board of Trustees and acting as a bridge between the two. I am an advocate of open-source software and freedom of information. As long as the people involved with this project, as they have been so far, are passionate about its success, then I believe it will continue to be a valuable tool for the Hampshire community. I would love to help make that happen.

Nominations

 * This was the nomination form: here!

Voting

 * This was the voting form: https://intranet.hampshire.edu/forms/viewForm.php?id=897

Results
Students:


 * Kwaku Yeboah Antwi: 78 votes - elected
 * Fred Concklin: 26 votes
 * Nelson Hernandez: 53 votes - elected
 * Brittany Williams: 25 votes

Staff/Faculty:


 * Sarah Ryder: 95 votes - elected

Detailed Results:


 * Download the full results and see for yourself: [[Image:2010HampediaElectionresults.ods]]

Timeline

 * 1) Nominations are due by Friday, October 30nd, at Midnight. Any nominated third parties will be contacted, and have until Monday, November 1st to accept the nomination.
 * 2) Voting opens Thursday, November 4th.
 * 3) Voting closes Wednesday, November 10th, at Midnight.
 * 4) Results will be posted to the Hampshire community, and elected Board members will be expected to attend a Board meeting shortly thereafter.