Elections

Things are heating up for the elections (here at ISB) which are due to happen next week. The GSB President Post elections happen first. The party last night was organized by one of the aspirants. It appears to be a well thought-out campaign process. He has been mailing the entire group very often, and timed the party for the weekend just before the elections. Lets see what the votes say! He seems like a nice guy. But personally, my support is for one of the other candidates who's a little older, little more experienced and is a very charismatic person. I believe that the GSB President is the face of ISB. He/she has to have a presence. Just like Bush visited us last year, we may have other famous people visiting us over the next year. I CANNOT imagine some of the candidates being the first to welcome the celebrities. Most of them are too uni-dimensional and may not be able to even strike up a conversation with the celebs who come in from various fields.
It's funny how all the other posts for Directors of the Admission Commities, Placement Commities, Treasurer, etc come with a list of prerequisites like considerable experience in handling people, considerable experience in finance and accounting (a chartered accountant preferrably), etc. Basically, all the directors are going to be considerably experienced people because of the pre-requisites. But the GSB President's post doesn't come with any such pre-requisites. Hopefully the junta will elect someone who the elected Directors will actually look up to!