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ASB Officers for the 2008-2009 school year

ASB President: Erik Klingbeil

ASB Vice-President: Helene Zahoudanis

ASB Secretary: Gracie Dulik

ASB Treasurer: Juliet Carnoy

ASB Tech Communications Officer*: Scott Zhuge

ASB School Board Representative*: Chirag Krishna

ASB Spirit Commissioners* Olivia Diamond and Lucy McComas

ASB Athletic Commissioner: Paul Brown

ASB Social Commissioners: Nicole Varveris and Emily Kenyon

Class Officers

Senior Class President: Becky Byler

Senior Class Vice-President: Eliza Stevens

Senior Class Site Council Rep*: Lucas Matze

Junior Class President: Ivan Zhou

Junior Class Vice-President: Charlie Lin

Junior Class Site Council Rep: Alex Freeman

Sophomore Class President: George Brown

Sophomore Class Vice-President: Haley Conner

Sophomore Class Site Council Rep*: Kevin Ward

Freshman Class President: TBD
Vice President: TBD
Site Council Representative*: TBD

Team Representatives TBD

*Appointed Positions
Sophomore Class VP Runoff Election

07-08 Election Notes

Congrats to everyone that ran! Here is the election analysis compiled by the Election Committee:

Candidates were given one week to campaign, and elections occurred over three days, starting from Tuesday May 12 through Thursday May 15. Tuesday was a school day, while wednesday and thursday were STARR testing days. This allowed everyone who was not taking the STARR test to vote the first day, while allowing everyone excluding the seniors (who cannot vote) who did have STARR testing to vote. With each voting day, voter turnout decreased, yet in total, the turnout jumped from last year's 350 to 570, a 60% increase. The last voting day was interrupted by the fire alarm.

Things that went well
Campaigning:
-More candidates running for class positions
-Clean Campaigning
-Voice Coverage (Videos were informative and on time)
-Campaign guidelines mostly adhered to.
-1 Week campaign window good timing

Voting
-Voter turnout much higher
-Visibility of voting booths
-Sign-in system
-Election booths for privacy
-Timing-one all-school day, 2 starr test days.

Things that can be improved:
Campaigning:
-Reports of mudslinging by underclassmen candidates
-Voice coverage- Podcasts were very informative but came out the day before elections
-Poster policy violations by candidates/supporters- Masking tape instead of blue tape used, poster stapled to trees.
-Poster policy violations by administration- Posters that were approved by ASB were taken down due to misunderstanding by administration.
-Poster vandalism (general)

Voting:
-Overlapping highlights on the sign-in sheetsdue to attempts to consolidate the two sign in sheets.
-Underclassmen did not follow voting guidelines- Scantron ballots were marked with X's, in pen, folded.
-Scantron ballots not fully erased-Invalidated by scantron, yet were refilled on new ballots and refed through machine.

07-08 Biographies

Mohammed Abid

Hi, my name is Mohammed Abid. I am a senior and the Student Body President at Paly. I’m looking to improve ASB and Paly in many ways: increase ASB support, reach out to the Paly community, host fun events (dances, rallies, etc.) My hobbies include playing sports, specifically running, basketball and football. I enjoy watching and participating in Paly sports and I am an avid Paly sports fan. Aside from watching TV, I enjoy leisurely reading, listening to music, and hanging out with my friends

Brooke Flohr
Hi, my name is Brooke Flohr and I am your new ASB Vice President. As Vice President, I am able to cover for important jobs when the President is unavailable, and I have the responsibility of being a leader and a contributor to the school. Last year was a very successful year for Paly ASB, but with an extra dance and an amazing prom on the way, we are setting the bar even higher for this school year. A major goal of ASB this year is to increase communication between ASB and the school community, so hopefully you will be hearing more from us than you have in the past. This is the year where you can really get your ideas heard...even freshmen! Just so you know a little about me, I grew up in New York, love pizza, love tennis, and I know I am going to love this school year, and hopefully you will too!

Kristen Witte
I'm Kristen Witte and I am Paly's current ASB Secretary and I take minutes and attendance at meetings.

Bowen Wang
Hey everyone, I am Bowen Wang and I am your ASB Treasurer. As ASB Treasurer, I review all ASB receipts and disbursements with the ASB Bookkeeper (Auditor), prepare monthly reports for the student council on the ASB bank balances and receipts and disbursements to date, keep accurate profit and loss statements of all ASB functions and assist classes and clubs in keeping accurate records, supervise the preparation of the annual ASB budget, update the ASB budget monthly, and sign all ASB check requests and purchase orders. Besides being in ASB, I am in Paly Band and Paly Science Olympiad Team, which has gone to regional, states, and nationals, even though Campy only mentions the negative side of SciOly. Let's have a really cool year!

Jon Shan
Hi everyone, this is Jon Shan, your ASB Tech Communications Officer. I am looking forward to an awesome year serving all of you. My role has included the creation of this website, the creation of the ASB Activities Update Facebook group, the installation of plasma TV in the student center ( no it isn't connected to the outside world unfortunately due to cost, but we will have a movie day every week), publishing the Viking Call (a school newsletter), and much more. My goals for the upcoming school year will be to maintain clear communication between students and the ASB leadership, as well as preventing misperceptions by the school media about the policies and actions carried out by ASB. So, if you have read this far, you are probably wondering why I am a nut about ASB leadership. It is because I believe in change. Everyone elected advocates changes for the better. I was appointed. No incentive to change how things work? nope! I have been the critic of the ASB leadership for a long time, and like you, a cynic that things can be done. That is, until I joined up and made changes myself. I challenge you as my fellow students to do the same, and if not join, participate to make your school, your spirit rallies, your dances, your prom, and your life at Paly the best it can be. Got something you are unsatisfied with? Check out the Contacts page of the website, and shoot me or anyone else an email. Catch me at school, give me a heads up, and I'll make your voice heard in the bureaucracy of it all. I look forward to a great year, and I hope you will too!

Kairen Wong
I'm Kairen Wong and I am Paly's current PAUSD School Board Student Representative. I attend School Board meetings every Tuesday. The agendas for meetings are available at
http://www.pausd.org/community/board/agenda.shtml
If you have opinions on agenda items, feel free to contact me.

Neal Ketchum
Hi I’m Neal Ketchum, I am one of the Spirit Commissioners. I play waterpolo and I swim. I joined the ASB government because I want to voice my opinions and improve the student government at Paly. I look forward to planning events at Paly and meeting students from other ASB governments in the Bay Area. I love Pearl tea.

Morgan Pichinson
Hi! I’m Morgan, I’m a senior at PALY and I am one of your spirit commissioners. I am very involved in spirit at PALY, being in student government and cheerleading. My goal is to unite PALY students, get them more involved in school activities and even more involved in spirit. My favorite food, by far, is pasta. I am a very talkative and outgoing person once you get to know me. If my friends were to describe me in one word it would be creative. I LOVE PALY! Woot Woot!

Dom Powell
I'm Dom Powell, the 2007-08 Athletics Commissioner here at Paly. My job is to discuss and do my best to improve the attendance and spirit at our school sporting events. I'm a new member to the ASB and one thing I want to accomplish this year is to make it the most memorable year ever. Aside from that, I play football, basketball, and I high jump for Paly. I like to cook in my free time and I love French and Italian food.

Helene Zahoudanis
Hey Paly, my name is Helene Zahoudanis. Chris Wycoff and I are your two social commissioners. Our role in ASB is to plan dances and other fun Paly activities and ultimately help Paly to maintain a warmer and friendlier environment. Chris and I, along with the rest of ASB, hope to make everyone’s 07-08 the best it can possibly be. We are thinking of more social activities and planning on becoming more in touch with the student body and trying to fulfill YOUR desires.
Anyway, I’m required to give a little background info on my self so here goes: I play both school and club volleyball, club lacrosse (Tomahawks), and am hoping to have some time to run track this year. We, (the Towahwaks team) are fighting hard to start a lacrosse program here at Paly by spring 08, but we’ll see. I basically LOVE all food, especially fruit. I have to admit though, I’m definitely a softy for chocolate. What else…I basically always laugh and smile- life’s too short, no?

Chris Wycoff
My names Chris Wycoff and I’m 1 of the 2 social commissioners at PALY. My job is to encourage activities that are fun and improve social interaction within students. So basically im in charge of making PALY’s Dance’s and rallies and any other events kick Butt. I’m I7 years old and have lived in Palo Alto for the last 10 years. My hobbies include surfing, running, and magic. I hope to serve PALY to the best of my abilities. I’m sure this year will be full of fun and learning. But mostly fun.

Sahar Raz
Hi everyone!
My name is Sahar Raz and I am the current Senior Class President for 07-08. The roles of the senior class president is to lead his or her class during all times, help the other class presidents, promote senior spirit, and organize class events (such as spirit week, baccalaureate, prom, senior picnic, etc.) With the help of my VP and rep, I will lead our class so not only will we be seniors, we'll feel like seniors too! I was Junior Class President last year and enjoyed the changes we had made so much I felt I could go even further with this position. My goals for this year are to provide more interaction and communication between student government and the student body. We were elected by you to make your year positive so the work we put into making these changes are all for you. I would love to have everyone involved and know about everything we do in student government. I am a Paly Cheerleader and extremely dedicated to promoting (even more) spirit at paly. In my extra time I play basketball, volunteer, and spend time with my family. I also love Indian food :)
Have a great year everybody! AND GO SENIORS!! :)

Brook Seaman
My name is Brook Seaman, I am the Senior Class Vice President. I help the President raise class spirit and organize events such as dances, spirit week, and prom. My goal is to make senior year everyone's most memorable and enjoyable year. I look forward to serving the senior class this year and hope it is special for everyone.

Abbie Havern
Hi, my name is Abbie Havern, and I am senior class site council representative. I enjoy collaborating with the class to contribute ideas and make decisions for our student body. I am on the varsity volleyball team and play the piano. I hope that this year we can have an amazing spirit week as well as senior year in general.

Erik Klingbeil

Becky Byler
Hi, my name is Becky Byler and I am this year's Junior Class Vice
President. I'm here to help Erik with junior class activities, from
Spirit week to rallys to class-specific activities. Last year I was
sophomore class representative and freshman year I co-led spirit week.
This year I would like to generate more class spirit and see more
junior participation overall. For Paly, I run Cross Country, play
Soccer and do Track and Field. Outside of school I also play club
soccer and swim on a club swim team. I also volunteer extensively, am
a Senior Girl Scout and am involved with an organization called
AMIGOS. This year I am also co-president of a Paly club: New Global
Citizens. I am looking forward to a great year in ASB- Come find me on
campus and I'd be happy to talk to you about anything!

Jenna Lose
Hey Hey Hey. I'm Jenna and I'm the junior class site council representative. My job is to help the junior class president and vp, and to attend meetings that work to make the students voices heard and strengthen the communication between the administration and the student body. I was a sophomore class representative last year and really enjoyed being a part of the class. My goals for this year are to make students more aware of site council and how it can help them, and to make sure the junior class has the best year possible. Besides being in ASB I am a cheerleader at Paly (Go Vikings!!!!!) and I also rides horses competitively. I pretty much love all food, except stuff with fish in it. ew. That's about it..so I hope to have an awesome year, besides the SAT, and am excited to be in ASB.

Alex Freeman
My name is Alex Freeman and I am the Sophomore Class President. I love to play tennis and soccer, and I am a very social person. I am here to cater to the Sophomore class needs. Any suggestions regarding the Sophomore class are always welcome. Come talk to me about anything!

Charlie Lin
Hello – I’m Charlie Lin and I am the sophomore vice-president this year. I joined ASB in hopes of giving everyone in the Paly community the chance to have their say in student government, and I hope contribute to ASB in a way that will lead to the most successful year yet. If I have free time, I enjoy playing basketball, hanging out with friends, reading, eating, sleeping, Facebooking, juggling (I’m working on four right now), and Rubik’s cubing (that was more last year…I haven’t touched mine for a few weeks now).

I’m on the Paly Debate team and I have a ton of other extra-curricular to ensure I’m always sleep-deprived. Feel free to approach me with any ideas you may have regarding ASB, and I’ll make sure your voice is heard.

Olivia Diamond
I'm Olivia Diamond and I'm sophomore site council representative. As sophomore site council rep my duties are to help the sophomore class president and vp and to attend twice monthly site council meetings. I plan to try and bring spirit club and ASB closer and gain more school spirit and rallies. I also play Paly tennis and diving and I'm looking forward to this year on ASB.

Chirag Krishna
Hi everyone, I’m Chirag Krishna, and I am freshman class president here at Paly. The main reason I joined Paly ASB was to ensure that we all have a great time this year and also to help maintain Paly’s strong sense of pride, by doing things such as planning various activities. In my free time, I love to play guitar (I’m in a band, you might catch us around campus), read, play tennis, and hang out with friends. I’ve had prior experience with student government at Jordan Middle, including being student body president. Also, feel free to come up to me with suggestions or ideas to help out the campus. Overall, I hope to make this year a great one, so GO VIKINGS!

Dennis Chen
Hi! I’m Dennis Chen and I’m currently the Freshman ASB Vice president. I love to play basketball, badminton, ping pong, and other sports. I play Cello in the ECYS and I also play basketball in NJB. I love to game on various consoles.