Elections are awesome!

[yesletsdothat]

I got elected to an officer position in the Bothell chapter of ACM (one of the world's two major scientific computing societies). All I did was place my name on the ballot (which I didn't even vote in). I've never been to a meeting, and have never met any of the members in the chapter. I became an ACM member about 2 hours before submitting my name

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[pvt_penguin]

I'll vote for you. I have no idea who your competition is, but I'm pretty sure you'd be better.

[yesletsdothat]

Haha, well thank you, if you had a baby, I'd kiss it.

However my social experiment would rely on people voting for me through sheer advertisement/luck rather than knowing my person.

I'm beginning to realize school elections are bogus, only a few number of students know who it is they're voting for. It's like we have a voting system for the sake of being democratic, where as another system may produce better officers.

How about this: a commission of students/teachers (to which anyone is allowed to join, provided they agree to come to the meetings) who's sole purpose is to analyze applications for these positions, talk to the applicants, and then make an educated appointment to the position. That might produce better officers.

(p.s. I said ASUW but I meant that only for the Bothell campus, which I guess would make it ASUWB)