Chris Dietrich

Chris Dietrich is the ASUCD Vice President under President Joe Chatham. They won in the Winter 2009 ASUCD Election. He also is an ASUCD Senator who was initially elected with the GO slate in the Winter 2008 ASUCD election. He is currently a Junior majoring in Political Science and minoring in Religious Studies. In October of 2008 the GO slate disbanded and Chris became an independent Senator.

Winter 2009 Executive Campaign Candidate's Statement

Dear Fellow Students,

My name is Joe Chatham and I am your Independent Candidate for ASUCD President with Chris Dietrich as my Vice-President. We are running because we believe Student Government is capable of making far more positive change in student lives than it has under years of “slate” control and we have a plan to do it.
ASUCD is a big organization. It is the largest student employer on campus, it has a $10m annual budget, which includes units such as Unitrans, The Coffee House and the Bike Barn, it funds student projects and helps promote campus community and school spirit. Student Government is also is the voice of UC Davis undergraduates to the Administration, the Davis City Council and the State Capital. Yet most students don’t know what ASUCD is, how it operates, who runs it, or how to connect to the many resources it has to offer. This needs to change.

We deserve a student government that represents us. We deserve a student government with real leadership that gives us the tools we need to unlock our innovation and bring UC Davis to the next level. We deserve a student government that actually accomplishes stuff and helps us turn our ideas, our dreams, and our ambitions into realities. We deserve a student government that is accountable and we deserve it now.

If Chris and I are elected, we will bring this student government to you. We will connect the student body with the opportunities and resources that we all pay $42 per quarter for ASUCD to provide. We will make sure that the student voice is heard at every possible opportunity in Mrak Hall, in the Davis City Council, and at the State Capital. We will strive to make UC Davis more sustainable and a national leader in the battle against global warming. We will fight for campus wide wireless internet, more bike parking, better entertainment and a strong connection between the student body and student government.

So vote Joe, vote Chris, and vote for your independent candidates to bring ASUCD back to the students of UC Davis. Upgrade to ASUCD 2.0 today.

Sincerely,

Joe Chatham and Chris Dietrich

Joe and Chris are both experienced ASUCD Senators and have successfully accomplished many projects including, wireless internet in Wellman Hall, getting The Green Initiative Fund on the ballot for students to vote on, connecting students to ASUCD with a box on undergraduate MyUCDavis homepages, establishing testing material vending machines and much more.
For more detail on our platform and qualifications please visit http://www.votejoechris.com

Winter 2009 Platform

CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE
- Campus Wide Wireless Internet
- Work for the ability to video podcast lectures
- Enhance cell phone coverage.
- Improve campus bike infrastructure

CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY
- Give students the power to fund their sustainable ideas
- Vote yes on The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) to build a culture of sustainability
- Prioritize solar, wind and other alternative energy on campus.
- Make UCD a national leader in sustainability.

CAMPUS COMMUNITY
- Work with the Entertainment Council to bring cheaper and bigger concerts to campus through external promoters.
- ASUCD sponsored community BBQs in spring quarter to bring students together and liven up the campus.
- Establish a student health worker program to bring more counseling options to UC Davis Students.
- Foster and promote greater collaboration between ASUCD and Aggie Pack.

ASUCD ACCOUNTABILITY
- Connect students to ASUCD resources by using new G-mail and Smartsite tools.
- Assure the ASUCD Senate passes a balanced and responsible ASUCD Budget.
-Work with ASUCD Lobby Corp to sponser ASUCD Lobby Month and participate in a large coordinated budget advocacy campaign to fight against cuts to student services.

Current Projects

• Getting vending machines that sell test taking supplies on Campus.
  

• Creating an ASUCD Housing Guide with Student Ratings
  

• Getting more group study rooms on campus.
  

• Getting a covered bike parking structure by the MU.

Senate Stuff

Winter 2009 Office Hours

• Tuesday 9am-11am at the Silo
  

• Thursday 9am-11am at the Co-ho Bakery
  

• By appointment

Contact Information

• email: cwdietrich@ucdavis.edu

My passion is working hard to be open and available to all UC Davis students, so if you want to talk to me about a specific issue, learn more about ASUCD, or campus in general, I would love to be here for you. So please come to my office hours listed above, or email me to get in touch with me, I am here to serve you.

Winter 2008 Senate Candidate Statement

Hello, my name is Chris Dietrich and I am running for ASUCD Senate under the GO slate. Ever since I have come to UC Davis it has been my dream to be an ASUCD Senator. The reason for this is that I believe that through ASUCD and its $10.5 million budget there is a great opportunity to make positive changes on campus. But most students don’t even vote in the ASUCD elections and even fewer are involved in ASUCD government beyond that. This is something that I care a great deal about. I believe that students should be engaged in what is happening with their government. In addition to my passion of increasing student engagement in ASUCD politics there are a few changes that I would like to make on campus that can help make our lives as students better. The first is creating an ASUCD Housing Guide to help students in their search for an apartment by giving them student ratings of apartments, and other resources and tips to make sure their search goes smoothly. I also want to work to create a covered bike parking structure by the MU for those rainy Davis days. And lastly, I want to try to get more designated group study rooms throughout campus so people have a place to work on group projects. But these are just the beginning of what I seek to do on campus, my real passion is making ASUCD truly representative of what the students want, and I will begin that right now. If anybody reading this has any suggestions on how to improve campus life here at UC Davis I will gladly hear it, because I am here for you, the students. I promise to work tirelessly to represent the students of UC Davis and make positive changes on campus all throughout my term in office.

Sincerely,

Chris Dietrich

Winter 2008 Senate Platform Issues

1. WORK TO CREATE AN ASUCD HOUSING GUIDE
This guide would include student ratings of all apartments in Davis and would give other helpful tips to help students in their search for an apartment.

2. WORK TO GET A COVERED BIKE PARKING STRUCTURE BY THE MU
The rainy winter weather in Davis often leads to wet bike seats for all Davis students. I will work to get a covered bike parking overhang by the MU that would help keep our bike seats and pants dry. Also, if possible I would like to see solar panels on top of this overhang to help offset campus energy costs and save the environment.

3. WORK WITH CEVS TO GET MORE DESIGNATED GROUP STUDY ROOMS ON CAMPUS
When you want to work on a group project or study for a test in a group it is often quite difficult to find a place to do so on campus because of the insufficent number of group study rooms in the library. I want to work to get rooms on campus in class buildings set aside at certain times of the day for group studying and projects.

Experience

On Campus Involvement

• Orientation Leader Summer 2007
  

• Leader in College Life Christian Fellowship
  

• President of Veritas Forum Planning Team
  

• GO Since Summer 2007

Employment

• City of Davis Facility Attendant Since June 2007
  

• Tandem Properties Winter 2007

Volunteer Work

• Planned Travel to Mexico Over Spring Break to Build Houses
  

• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
  

• A.S.P.C.A
  

• Families First
  

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2008-02-14 19:22:14   Chris is a great candidate and is from Davis. With the departure of Molly Sundstrom should come a new ASUCD Senator from Davis. I think it's healthy but regardless, Chris is motivated and has a legitimate platform that I believe he can accomplish. —GregWebb

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2008-02-15 09:42:36   For your first platform issue, I would connect with the Davis Chamber of Commerce, Tandem properties, and a couple of other large property companies about funding the guide. We had a guide in the past which featured evaluations, pictures of the rentals, and advertisements. If ASUCD were to pay for it you would have to guarantee advertising money which is really difficult and time intensive. So you best bet would be to get the above entities to make one. Bring this idea to the City-Student Liaison Commission via Steven D Lee and see if you can drum up any help. Your second one, is simple but again time consuming. You have to keep pressing the administration about it to pay for, I would start with an ASUCD resolution in support of the idea which would pressure them to approve and fund it.
The third platforum issue should have been compeleted years ago. The University was suppose to build a new Student Resource Center which would feature study rooms....this was suppose to be built around the time the ARC was built. You should talk to Mark Champagne in ASUCD student services to see how far along the SRC is in being built. —JamesSchwab

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2008-02-15 11:41:07   The SRC is still in the planning phase, I'm afraid. They waited so long to build it that construction costs have gone up dramatically, so it will be less than half the size it was originally intended to be. —BrentLaabs

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2008-02-23 16:43:07   so...somehow I won this election... —ChrisDietrich

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2009-02-20 18:54:45   Has the elections committee certified the election and issued certificates of election? If not, the count is unofficial (although I don't expect it to change). —WilliamLewis

- The Elections committee certified the elections earlier and they issue certificates of election upon admission of the oath of office. -Chris