Thank you for your interest (and hopefully, entry) in the AMS Elections VoterMedia contest! To encourage coverage of the January 2012 Alma Mater Society elections, the AMS is sponsoring a $1,000 VoterMedia contest. Any AMS members can enter their blog (or website or other media). The contest will be judged by AMS members voting in the elections. The VoterMedia section of the ballot will enable students to vote each blog a share of the $1,000 pool from this menu: 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%.
1. Society elections shall include a OneTime VoterMedia contest which will allow the voters to award funds to participants in the contest.
2. The OneTime VoterMedia contest shall be open to all individuals and groups, regardless of their standing with the Society, provided they pay the Society an entry fee equal to two percent (2%) of the prize pool by the designated deadline or qualify for free entry based on their standing in the Continuous VoterMedia contest as described in paragraph 12 below. This provision notwithstanding, the contest shall not be open to candidates running in the election associated with the media contest, members of the Elections Committee, members of Council, or officers of Student Court. Once they submit their nomination papers, candidates running in the election associated with the media contest may not be listed as contributors to any media outlet participating in the contest, but may submit letters to the editor of such a media outlet.
3. Participants must register between the time announced by the Elections Committee for the commencement of the contest and a time during the Official Campaign Period to be announced by the Elections Committee.
4. At the time of registration participants must pay the entry fee if required, and must disclose:
(a) the name of the media outlet as it will appear on the ballot;
(b) the name of the person or organization to whom a cheque may be written should they be entitled to receive prize money; and
(c) the name of an Editor, who shall be wholly responsible and liable for all material appearing the media outlet.
5. The designated recipient of prize money for any participant may not be changed once the participant has entered, except at the discretion of the Elections Committee.
6. Participants shall provide any additional information that the Elections Committee requires and shall agree to operate within limitations set by the Elections Committee for the protection of candidates and the integrity of the elections.
7. The Elections Committee shall have control of the funds raised through entry fees and may use these funds for:
(a) the salary of the VoterMedia Administrator,
(b) administrative costs; and/or
(c) publicity related expenses.
8. A central site shall be located on the Society’s elections website listing the participants, who may also choose to submit a brief statement and have links to their respective websites. The Elections Committee shall determine the length and format of participants’ content allowed on the Society’s elections website.
9. Contest procedures
(a) On the ballot, be it paper or electronic, there shall be a section showing the names of all the media contestants, at the top of which the following statement shall appear: “VoterMedia contest: For each media contestant, please select the amount of award you think it deserves.”
(b) The media contestants’ names shall appear on the ballot in the order of their ranking in the Continuous VoterMedia contest, followed by any paid entrants in the order of the date and time they completed their registration for the contest, if possible.
(c) For each media contestant, the ballot shall provide options for award amounts in dollar or percent terms.
10. Prizes shall be awarded by the following sequence of steps:
(a) The votes shall be interpolated to allow for a graduated awards system that can more accurately reflect the relative support of each media contestant.
(b) Award money shall be allocated to the media participants proportionately to their relative levels of voter support.
Voter Media Contest
Thank you for your interest (and hopefully, entry) in the AMS Elections VoterMedia contest! To encourage coverage of the January 2012 Alma Mater Society elections, the AMS is sponsoring a $1,000 VoterMedia contest. Any AMS members can enter their blog (or website or other media). The contest will be judged by AMS members voting in the elections. The VoterMedia section of the ballot will enable students to vote each blog a share of the $1,000 pool from this menu: 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%.
For more information about VoterMedia, please visit http://votermedia.org. In addition, we’d suggest giving the blog of Mark Latham, the founder of VoterMedia, a read at http://votermedia.blogspot.com/.
VRM Entrants
VOTERMEDIA RULES AND REGULATIONS
Article 14. VoterMedia
1. Society elections shall include a OneTime VoterMedia contest which will allow the voters to award funds to participants in the contest.
2. The OneTime VoterMedia contest shall be open to all individuals and groups, regardless of their standing with the Society, provided they pay the Society an entry fee equal to two percent (2%) of the prize pool by the designated deadline or qualify for free entry based on their standing in the Continuous VoterMedia contest as described in paragraph 12 below. This provision notwithstanding, the contest shall not be open to candidates running in the election associated with the media contest, members of the Elections Committee, members of Council, or officers of Student Court. Once they submit their nomination papers, candidates running in the election associated with the media contest may not be listed as contributors to any media outlet participating in the contest, but may submit letters to the editor of such a media outlet.
3. Participants must register between the time announced by the Elections Committee for the commencement of the contest and a time during the Official Campaign Period to be announced by the Elections Committee.
4. At the time of registration participants must pay the entry fee if required, and must disclose:
(a) the name of the media outlet as it will appear on the ballot;
(b) the name of the person or organization to whom a cheque may be written should they be entitled to receive prize money; and
(c) the name of an Editor, who shall be wholly responsible and liable for all material appearing the media outlet.
5. The designated recipient of prize money for any participant may not be changed once the participant has entered, except at the discretion of the Elections Committee.
6. Participants shall provide any additional information that the Elections Committee requires and shall agree to operate within limitations set by the Elections Committee for the protection of candidates and the integrity of the elections.
7. The Elections Committee shall have control of the funds raised through entry fees and may use these funds for:
(a) the salary of the VoterMedia Administrator,
(b) administrative costs; and/or
(c) publicity related expenses.
8. A central site shall be located on the Society’s elections website listing the participants, who may also choose to submit a brief statement and have links to their respective websites. The Elections Committee shall determine the length and format of participants’ content allowed on the Society’s elections website.
9. Contest procedures
(a) On the ballot, be it paper or electronic, there shall be a section showing the names of all the media contestants, at the top of which the following statement shall appear: “VoterMedia contest: For each media contestant, please select the amount of award you think it deserves.”
(b) The media contestants’ names shall appear on the ballot in the order of their ranking in the Continuous VoterMedia contest, followed by any paid entrants in the order of the date and time they completed their registration for the contest, if possible.
(c) For each media contestant, the ballot shall provide options for award amounts in dollar or percent terms.
10. Prizes shall be awarded by the following sequence of steps:
(a) The votes shall be interpolated to allow for a graduated awards system that can more accurately reflect the relative support of each media contestant.
(b) Award money shall be allocated to the media participants proportionately to their relative levels of voter support.