Comments on: An Open Letter from Nick Kelly on VUWSA’s Change Proposal

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:27:09 +0000

Seems tit for tat.

By: Electrum Stardust

Electrum Stardust — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:22:29 +0000

Handing over “administration” or “control” or whatever… that’s not really important here. It’s about loss of POWER, one way or another.

And power needs to be constrained, lest it turns on and trample upon the weak. Will all problems be solved by making what’s already a powerful organisation, ie. the University, even more powerful than before?

More specifically, were all the problems caused by the CLUBS in the first place? If not, will making the clubs less empowered resolve anything?

And it’ not just the clubs that are disempowered – VOTERS should remind themselves that they will have much less ability to influence how things are run in the future, IF the ‘Proposal’ is adopted.

By: Mr Magoo

Mr Magoo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:09:25 +0000

He comments while driving the bus. Watch out!

By: Tickidy Boo

Tickidy Boo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:14:44 +0000

Ncik don’t you have a day job to be doing, instead of handing out smear leaflets on campus against a certain presidential candidate.

Your attempt of smear is as laughable as your whining, the flyer does not even contain any thing shocking.

By: Gibbon

Gibbon — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:42:49 +0000

Fickleness? Loyalty?
Ah, okay. I thought my question was perfectly valid – and I did read the post, yes.
The problem is that Nick Kelly is not a student, and that he, like a bad smell, just won’t go away. He is openly supporting his WP chums, but avoiding going into much detail about his relationship to them.
I find it odd, that’s all.

By: Jackson Wood

Jackson Wood — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:37:19 +0000

Gibbon, you have proven the fickleness of your loyalty to this website. If you had been an avid fan you would have read this post from Tristan. It explains what is happening and why we’re putting this stuff up. I would hazard a guess that we published Nick’s comments because he is an ex president of VUWSA and so has some experience in what VUWSA does yadda yadda yadda.

I dear say that if you were willing to put your actual name (in the interests of “open information” and to stop the circle jerk of pseudonyms hiding behind their nom -de-plumes”) to the piece, or at least if the piece was a decent one we may put it up. Send it through to Tristan or me (tristan@salient.org.nz or jackson@salient.org.nz)

By: Nik is Mad

Nik is Mad — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:51:04 +0000

Nick Kelly, fuck off.

You have no right to meddle with student politics as you ARE NO LONGER A STUDENT.
Please peddle your crazy some place else.

I’m sick of socialist/worker’s party people pushing their politics on to VUWSA. Is it too much to ask that we get a non political exec for once? Or at least, one that knows a time and a place for their politics?

By: Mr Magoo

Mr Magoo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:28:46 +0000

OMFG can we have a Salient nom-de-plumes party?
Go on!

By: Gibbon

Gibbon — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:27:25 +0000

I’d be interested to hear why Salient published this piece. Why is Nick Kelly’s opinion more relevant than anything else?
Could I, for example, write a piece like this and have it published online?

By: Mr Magoo

Mr Magoo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:55:06 +0000

They’re in L.U.V