Pocky Club has discussed the candidates and once again we are ready to announce the people that we support. I thought that posting it here would be easier than posting in each of the department threads.
For President/Chair we support
Valerie "Vallie" Munkres due to her work over the years in various departments and her ability to communicate well with a variety of parties both in the convention and outside of it (and not just because she's my wife).
Her favorite Pocky is Chocolate Dessert Pocky.
For Director of Programming we support
Jaki Hunt. She is running unopposed. We still think that she's the right person for the job. Every problem that has been faced by Programming over the years has seen improvement and we believe that with her leadership the improvements can continue.
Her favorite flavor of Pocky is Men's Pocky.
For Director of Publicity we support
Jeff Tyrrill. He's the only person running for this position and he has done a good job with the department over the last two years. The problems of information dispersal and other departmental duties that the club brought to my attention can be traced to a lack of staff in his department. Hopefully this year the department can get more people to help with publications so that Jeff's time can be dedicated to management and not the creation of the materials themselves.
Jeff likes the chunky Strawberry Pocky.
For Director of Relations we support
Dawn Hewitt. Dawn is now the only one running for this position. We believe that her work this year as Vice Chair has shown her how to do a lot of things in the convention. One of these is how to communicate and coordinate with Industry contacts. We think that her communication skills will help her make a good Relations Director.
Dawn favors the kind of Pocky that she can eat without having an allergic reaction to, I'm sure I'll come up with something.
For Director of Operations we support
Kenton Cook. This was a tough choice because of the number of well qualified candidates and Kenton is not the only candidate we like, he's just the one that is accepted by the most of us.. Kenton earned our support because he has answered the questions in the Ops thread decisively and to our liking. Also, he has been willing to declare the people he would appoint within his department, despite one of them (Rob Trotter) who is running against him. Kenton's attitude when dealing with staff and attendees has always been cooperative and we appreciate the way he has stepped up to act as a staffer even when he was not "on duty".
Of course, if our choice for con chair doesn't get elected then we will fully support Vallie's bid for Operations Director.
Kenton has not declared a favorite flavor of Pocky, claiming that he can't choose just one.
