Referendum -> Flyering!

Following our week of door-knocking, our Rangers began to focus on campaigning on the campus itself.

Voting was now open online so flyering was essential and we had a great turnout from the Rangers!

Even the torrential rainstorms didn't halt our morale (see left) but our box of flyers suffered quite badly!

Referendum -> Door-knocking

After a weekend of banner-painting, we began door-knocking in Selly Oak.

Each day of Week 4 saw us tick off a couple more roads and by the end of the week we had covered Bournbrook, Alton, Rookery, Harrow, Selly Hill, Dawlish, Tiverton and Hubert.

Some days were rainy, one day was snowy and all days were cold - but it was worth it.

Once again, a big thank you to all of those Rangers who helped us in our campaign. It was a great week of building up enthusiasm before voting opened...

Referendum -> Banner Painting!

Following on from the Rangers meeting on Friday 25th, we spent the weekend banner painting.

Myself, Rhea, Naush, Sean and some of our eager Rangers flexed our arts & crafts skills and painted some awesome greeny-blue banners.

These banners were quite important, as they would become some of the only items of campaign material that would feature the word 'YES' on them.

We later hung these banners on the Grange Road Gate, South Gate and the wall of the Basement to spread the R-word further across campus.

Fun. Arty. Messy. Love it.

Blogs?

You may have noticed that I've not posted on my blog for about two weeks.

Most of my activities have been sidelined by the Referendum but it was totally worth it, as we recieved 4,010 votes and 93% of them were YES to the Guild transition! Woo!

But anyway... the next few posts will be a nice little flashback and provide insight into what I've been doing these past two weeks.

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I photographed the entire Road to Referendum so all is not lost...

Go, Go, Referendum Rangers!

Fantastic!

The Referendum Rangers campaign meeting today was a huge success and thank you to all of the Rangers who attended.

It was great to have the opportunity to provide you with all of the relevant information and also answer your questions. Your suggestions were very useful and will contribute to our campaigning techniques. Plus, I hope you're all wearing your Referendum Ranger t-shirts as you sit reading this!

And above all else, it's always nice to have an excuse to order Subway :)

We will compile a mailing list from the blue forms you filled in and will regularly contact you by e-mail to keep you updated on our campaigning progress.

Remember, banner painting is tomorrow 11am - 4pm in the Guild and Sunday 11am-4pm. Meet at Reception.

Thank you once again, Rangers! We are all one step closer to Saving the Guild!

E-Voting: Future or Farce

Great success!

The research document that I compiled last August titled E-Voting: Future or Farce has been used as the basis for an NUS Report of the same name.

The report went online early last week and features the pros & cons of the transition to e-voting, featuring quotes from Sabbs all around the country which I obtained in my original research.

The report can be found at the link below and is definately worth reading.

And yes, they missed the 's' off the end of my name on the front cover :(

But it's nice to help out the NUS and give something back.

"Credit where credit's due!" Nick Smith, Higher Education Union Development Officer.

http://resource.nusonline.co.uk/media/resource/Evoting0907.pdf

The World Was Changed!

Yesterday, the Guild of Students held its first Change Your World Fair.

It was great to see so many student groups getting together to share campaigns and shout about all the positive work they do, either locally, nationally or internationally.

I set up a Flickr album with shots of the society stalls (and they all looked great!) and you might even get a glimpse of the giant inflatable VOTE. You can check out the photos at the link below.

Thank you to those who attended and we plan to use your feedback to create a bigger and better Change Your World Fair in Welcome Week next year (we aim to increase footfall by hosting it between 12pm and 6pm so we start during the lunchtime rush!)

Keep changing the world people!

To quote our mate Phil Collins (left): "The world is in your hands, now use it."

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23084847@N06/sets/72157603775290133/