ASG expects bigger turnout for next town hall meeting
Student Government
Tina Korbe
Issue date: 1/16/08 Section: News
Shayne Henry, a UA sophomore who didn't attend the Town Hall meeting, thought it was a formality, he said.
"I think the meeting was about the ASG executives trying to fulfill their campaign promises," he said. "I don't think there was really any substance to it."
Andrew Walchuk, a UA freshman, thought the meeting could have been better, he said.
"I thought the Town Hall meeting was good in its vision," Walchuk said, "but maybe it wasn't publicized enough or there wasn't enough to draw the normal student in because there weren't very many students there."
Walchuk went to the meeting because he was required to go as a member of Fresh H.O.G.S., he said. Fresh H.O.G.S., or Freshmen Helping Our Government Succeed, is a freshman leadership organization focused on educating first-year students about UA student government, according to the ASG Web site.
ASG executives acknowledged that there is room for improvement, Bookhout said.
"The Town Hall Planning Committee is already working to plan the next one," Bookhout said.
The next Town Hall meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 27 in the Union Connections Lounge, according to the ASG Web site.
The No. 1 priority for the meeting has to be to get students there, Bookhout said.
"A town hall meeting could potentially be one of the biggest, most significant events of the year," she said.
Students cited a lack of publicity and scheduling conflicts as reasons for not attending the meeting, Bookhout said.
UA sophomore Ryan Patterson would have attended the meeting if he had known about it, he said.
"If I had advance notice about the Town Hall meeting, and if I had already eaten, I'd have gone," Patterson said.
UA freshman Hannah Henson could not have gone to the meeting if she had wanted to, she said, because she had to attend a mandatory sorority event that night.
Some students may not have come to the Town Hall meeting because they don't see how student government affects them, Bookhout said.
"I think the meeting was about the ASG executives trying to fulfill their campaign promises," he said. "I don't think there was really any substance to it."
Andrew Walchuk, a UA freshman, thought the meeting could have been better, he said.
"I thought the Town Hall meeting was good in its vision," Walchuk said, "but maybe it wasn't publicized enough or there wasn't enough to draw the normal student in because there weren't very many students there."
Walchuk went to the meeting because he was required to go as a member of Fresh H.O.G.S., he said. Fresh H.O.G.S., or Freshmen Helping Our Government Succeed, is a freshman leadership organization focused on educating first-year students about UA student government, according to the ASG Web site.
ASG executives acknowledged that there is room for improvement, Bookhout said.
"The Town Hall Planning Committee is already working to plan the next one," Bookhout said.
The next Town Hall meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 27 in the Union Connections Lounge, according to the ASG Web site.
The No. 1 priority for the meeting has to be to get students there, Bookhout said.
"A town hall meeting could potentially be one of the biggest, most significant events of the year," she said.
Students cited a lack of publicity and scheduling conflicts as reasons for not attending the meeting, Bookhout said.
UA sophomore Ryan Patterson would have attended the meeting if he had known about it, he said.
"If I had advance notice about the Town Hall meeting, and if I had already eaten, I'd have gone," Patterson said.
UA freshman Hannah Henson could not have gone to the meeting if she had wanted to, she said, because she had to attend a mandatory sorority event that night.
Some students may not have come to the Town Hall meeting because they don't see how student government affects them, Bookhout said.
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