NVC's Student Election Results: New Officers for 2013-14

By Jose Chavez

The Associated Students of Napa Valley College Executive Board elections on May 2 had the highest amount in recent history of new candidates elected to represent the college's student body.

All registered students have the right to vote in the annual elections. Any student, who has completed five units at NVC, has a GPA of 2.0 or better and is currently enrolled in at least five units and who follows other guidelines set by the ASNVC constitution and bylaws may run for office.

The ASNVC Executive Board holds regular meetings on campus. Students are encourage to attend and voice their opinions on campus and community-related issues.

The ASNVC Executive Board has the responsibility for financing and organizing co-curricular and non-curricular activities, such as lectures and various cultural events. It manages funds derived from the sale of ASNVC ID cards, video games and vending machines; it also receives a portion of the profits from the student bookstore.

“ASNVC has given me so much and helped me grow as a person. I wanted to chair elections to make sure that I leave this board knowing I left it in good hands, ” said Rachel Sturn, Sargent of Arms. “ASNVC can provide a direct connection between the students and the administration as well as many other wonderful programs. You can help to write campus policy, you can create campus wide or community events, the possibilities are endless.”

For the coming year the board will address a myriad of issues on and off campus. Technology has become central to students’ social and academic lives with the introduction of a technology fee a few semesters ago to fund improvements such as campus wide WiFi.

The student activities fee funds major campus events and the board is increasing its efforts to do better outreach to students. A big name bookstore is taking over the activities center and there will be big changes in the coming year.

Sustainability is a major factor.  Dr. Ronald Kraft, NVC's President, has shown great interest in getting such a policy enacted to have NVC become a leader in sustainability on the national stage.

“The profile of ASNVC is out, the momentum is changing,” said Kraft. “Congratulations and thank you for your leadership.”

Here is a summary of the votes cast for next year's ASNVC Board:

Total Ballots cast: 163
Total Discrepancy in cross verification:4

Ballot Count accuracy +/- 4 votes


ASNVC President
Janine Bedon - 96 votes - Winner
Oscar Arias - 51 votes
No Votes - 2 votes
Invalid Votes - 4 votes

Non Contested Positions

Public Relations Officer - Jose De Jesus Chavez - 104 votes
Secretary - Andrew Lindaas - 105 votes
Leg Advisor II - Stephan Nefas - 107 votes
Student Trustee - Ruscal Cayangyang - 105 votes
Senator of Technical Programs - Yuen Wan Lee - 102 votes
Senator of Athletics - Mathew Malcolm - 108 votes
Senator of Entertainment - Jon Thompson - 104 votes

Write In Winners
(Preliminary winners until contacted to verify that they wish to accept the position)

Senator of Special Services - Elizabeth Hall - 3 votes
Senator of Health Oc - Taylor Tildsley - 3 votes
Senator of Natural Sciences - Ventura Vega - 2 votes
Senator of Business - Jessica Berrera - 1 vote
Senator of Admin Justice - Molden Van Osch - 1 vote

Contested Write in
( Contested write in candidates will be contacted to see if they accept the position. If so the run off vote may be voted by the current ASNVC board unless dictated otherwise by the Election committee)

Vice President
Justin Duke, Aaron Pineda, Janet Garcia, David Carosco,

CFO
Oscar Arias, Kevin Payne, Aaron Pineda,

Legislative I
Oscar Arias, Justin Duke, Aaron Pineda,

Senator of Fine Arts
Gabriel Hernandez, Fahad Ahmad, Victor Perez

Vacant Positions
Sergeant at Arms
Senator of Environment
Senator of Upper Valley