Committee/Commission Chair Elections

Hey guys, sorry I'm a little slow on the update, it's exam/paper time so the blog has been a little neglected lately. We had a very important meeting that lasted 6 hours(!) last Tuesday, and here's the rundown. Here's a description of all the Comms.
Budget Priorities Committee- This is undoubtedly the most powerful committee on MSA, and almost always is the most contentious. However, this term only Perry and Nicole ran for it, and they were elected Chair and Vic-Chair, respectively. No problems from me for either choice, they both have extensive experience allocating money.
Rules and Elections Committee-In a very close vote, Cliff Davidson edged out Rese Fox to become the chair. I think after being lectured by a grad student on how we were not giving grad students enough power it gave Cliff some additional votes, but although I voted for Rese, I have no problem with this selection. Rese was later elected vice-chair.
Communications- Ally Jacobs won uncontested, and I think she'll do a good job because she seems to be very excited to flyer, and I know she never sleeps, which is perfect for this Committee.
External Relations-Ah, my favorite. If you remember my previous posts I got very frustrated at one of my first MSA meetings as a Rep over the party control of the elections. This time, however, there was no such party influence over the votes, which makes me very happy. Stu informed me S4M did not even have a meeting prior to this one to get their candidates elected. It makes me happy enough that I won't have to form my own party next semester, the re-incarnation of The Whig Party to combat Students 4 Michigan. So, I ran for ERC Chair again, thinking I would be unopposed. But at the last second someone nominated Bart Kumor, a Rep. I have a lot of respect for. After passing out my flyer with all my plans, we each gave a 2 minute spiel and were grilled with about 5 questions. I won, and Jesse graciously decided not to read the results, because of the lopsided nature (I won 31-4-1), but Mat Brener insisted he read them, based on Robert's Rules of Order. Tim Wiggins won vice-chair later on, which is great, because I know he will do a tremendous job, and we will have a lot of continuity. So here is an abbreviated version of my plan for the following semester as ERC Chair.
1. Large Lobby Day to Lansing, including other Michigan schools.
2. Usual trips to AMU and ABTS.
3. City Council Monitoring
4. Continued presence at Campus Neighbors meetings.
If anyone has any other ideas, please contact me at mcfo@umich.edu, and I will gladly entertain ideas. Our meetings are probably going to be at 7 pm on Thursdays in MSA.
Other commission of note:
Voice Your Vote-unfortunately, my nomination of Ben Rattner and Rachel Chapin failed, I think some shadiness went on, but I will not go into further detail.
And finally, I thought Jesse ran the meeting very well, despite its incredibly long nature. My only hope is that we get the meetings to move along quicker, especially b/c of all the homework I need to catch up on. Peace.