Organization Relations

This position is the Board position with which I am most familiar. Its primary role is to assist the four entities/organizations in achieving their goals and missions by relating their needs to the Board of Directors and by providing some oversight to those same entities from the Board level. I've worked under two Directors of Org Relations, and watched a third closely, because of my time working in the Experimental College, the largest of the four entities. The remaining three are Off Campus Housing Affairs, Rainy Dawg Radio, and the ASUW Bike Shop.

Candidates: Rory Raabe (Husky Nation), Jonathan Yan (One Campus), and Nick Booher (Team Legacy).

Current Positions: Rory is currently the Assistant Manager for Rainy Dawg Radio, which means she has had to work closely with the current Director of Org Relations, which means she has a clear leg up in understanding the position and its duties. Her experience at Hollow Earth Radio shows she has a clear passion for the work done by Rainy Dawg, which should translate well into work as Org Relations.

Jonathan is currently serving as Tunny Vann's "associate Director" of Community Relations. The position's duties seem to be assisting the Director in all they do. He is also an ASUW Senator, an IFC representative, and an accounting and marketing major.

Nick currently serves as a supervisor in the Housing and Food Services owned and operated McMahon Hall Nook.

Strengths: Jonathan's strengths include that he has some experience working within the ASUW, both as Tunny's Assoc. Director and as a Senator, and his connections within the Greek community. His majors in accounting and marketing could also be useful.

Nick has experience working within an organization that is primarily student run, so he can relate with the work done by the entities. His previous experiences on campaigns will also be useful during their race for the Board.

Rory is a very strong candidate for this position due to her current position in one of the four entities and the constant contact with the current Director of Org Relations. She knows one of the entities intimately, and has had contact with the current directors of the other entities.

Weaknesses: Nick is weak in that he does not have much demonstrated leadership experience or much experience with ASUW. He will need to show that he can learn the ins and outs of the position while also fulfilling the needs of the entities.

Rory's weakness is that she is a much quieter personality than other campaigners and has an apparently smaller support base (as evidenced by the number of fans on her campaign page). Support can be grown, and with some effort and coaching, a quiet person can come out of their shell.

Jonathan's weakness, as I've made no bones about so far, is that he has precious little experience with the position or duties of Organization Relations. His platform is honestly a very bare bones approach to Organization Relations. He suggests implementing new, and enhancing existing, financial systems, but after speaking with a few people currently serving in the entities, I've not heard he's spoken with any of them about their current systems. It seems quite presumptuous to assume the need to change systems without finding out what the entities think about their own systems. His other positions are mostly fluff. A high def station for Rainy Dawg is not a new idea, nor is using social media and new tech to strengthen the customer relationship... in fact, the Experimental College has been doing so for at least the last three years (to greater or lesser efficacy depending on the current Public Relations person). Were I Jonathan, I would take time to go speak with the current Directors, Assistant Directors, Managers and Assistant Managers in the four entities to find out what their goals and needs are, as well as what they think their challenges are, and then update my platform accordingly.

EDIT: When I say "his other positions are mostly fluff..." I mean the positions on his platform, not other positions he has held in other organizations. I thought that was clear in the context of the sentences around it, but after receiving a question on that point I wanted to clarify.