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The GSG has held general elections for its seven officer positions: Chair, Parliamentary Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Press Secretary, Treasurer, and Social Chair.

The election results are posted below.

• Read the candidate statements.
• Read about the duties of each of the positions.
• Read about the housing and parking incentives for holding a GSG office.
• Read the information for nominees.
• Read the full election plan.
• Read the Election Committee's final report.
• After voting, voters had the option of taking a survey. The results of that survey can be found, in various formats, here.

The 2009 Election Committee has been dissolved. If you have any questions, please email gsg@princeton.edu. Information regarding the 2010 GSG Officer Elections should be available by January 2010.

The results of the 2009 GSG officer elections are as follows:

• Giri Parameswaran was elected as Chair;
• Aurelien Fraisse was approved as Corresponding Secretary;
• Anne Twitty was re-elected as Press Secretary;
• Marina Paul was re-elected as Recording Secretary;
• Raghuveer K Vinukollu was elected as Treasurer; and
• Raja "Jasdave" Chahal was elected as Social Chair.

There were no candidates for Parliamentary Secretary.

The full vote count can be found along with the Election Committee's Final Report.

General Notes on Offices

• While Officers are expected to bring new ideas to the GSG, they are elected to serve the GSG Assembly, not to pursue a personal agenda.
• The typical time-commitment of an office is 3~6 hours per week, depending on the office.
• No prior involvement in the GSG is required to hold an Officer position, and the Election Committee encourages all interested students to run for a position or get involved in other ways.
• All full-time enrolled Princeton graduate students (regularly enrolled and DCE), including degree students, non-degree students, and leave-of-absence students who were enrolled the previous year are eligible to run for a position. Also, ETDCC students can generally pay the GSG dues and become eligible to run.

Officer Duties

• All Officers are required to attend the monthly GSG Assembly meetings.
• Historically, all Officers have worked collectively to perform the administrative and advocacy work of the GSG; this typically includes a weekly meeting with the other Officers and occasional meetings with University administrators.
• Each Officer has office-specific duties, which are outlined below:
  • The Chair is the leader of the GSG. You are usually the first person the administration and the graduate student body will email with questions. You will also be asked to represent graduate students at University events, on various committees, and to Princeton alumni.
  • The Parliamentary Secretary keeps the GSG meetings running smoothly. You are responsible for making sure each department/program sends representatives to Assembly.
  • The Corresponding Secretary manages communication among the GSG, the administration, and the graduate student body. You are responsible for updating the GSG website and responding to emails sent to our gsg@ email.
  • The Press Secretary maintains contact with campus and local media.
  • The Recording Secretary maintains the records of the GSG, which mainly means taking minutes at our monthly Assembly meetings.
  • The Treasurer maintains the financial records and the budget. You will also chair the GSG Events Board, which provides funds to independent student groups.
  • The Social Chair coordinates and organizes GSG social events.
• For more information on the offices, please see the GSG Constitution Article V and By-Laws Article III or speak with the current Officers.

Housing Incentive

The Graduate School and the Housing office provide priority in the housing draw for the seven (7) GSG Officers. The Officers will be given priority just below the residential committees (Butler Committee, Lawrence Committee, GC House Committee, etc.) and before other students. This will ensure that, as an enrolled student (including students in DCE), you will be successful in housing and will have a higher lottery number for getting a room/apartment assignment.

Parking Incentive

The Parking Office provides special on-campus parking privileges for GSG Executive Committee officers and GSG committee chairs (Academic Affairs, Facilities, Health & Life, Campus Relations). The GSG permit allows these students to park on-campus during the day in lot 7, lot 3 and the regular graduate lots without a hangtag. This serves as an incentive for the student volunteers and assists them when traveling between their offices/labs and on-campus meetings to represent graduate students.

Note: These incentives serve both as a reward for serving the graduate student body and to assist officers in performing their duties (easier travel to meetings, living with other student in campus housing, etc). They come with the expectation that you will perform all the duties of your elected role and participate fully in the GSG. Any officer who is not adequately performing their duties risks being removed from office or having the privileges taken away. These incentives may change from year to year at the discretion of the GSG, Graduate School, Housing Office, and/or Parking Office.

The following is a summary of the 2009 election process. All times are Eastern Time. For more information, see the 2009 Election Plan.

• January 31 (Saturday), 5pm: Deadline for students to make nominations.
• Nominees will be contacted to confirm their interest and asked to submit candidate statements.
• February 9 (Monday), 5pm: Deadline for candidates to submit candidate statements.
• This is also the deadline for nominees to accept a nomination and become a candidate.
• February 13 (Friday), 5pm: Deadline for candidates to submit follow-up statements.
• The follow-up statements give candidates an opportunity to respond to the other candidates.
• February 18 (Wednesday), 6pm: Meet-the-Candidates forum.
• The forum will be held in Friend Center 101+Atrium.
• February 25 (Wednesday), 5pm: Polls open.
• March 4 (Wednesday), 5pm: Polls close.