After a strong first semester, VP Clubs and Services Samantha Cook seemed to run out of steam in the new year. Granted, part of her slowdown could be attributed to the nature of the portfolio-most of the workload is concentrated in the fall semester-but Cook seemed to lose interest in the large-scale aspects of the job as the year progressed.
Cook handles the day-to-day aspects of the job quite well, and is approachable for both clubs and services, but she didn't accomplish much of note in the second semester. Aside from working with the McGill Outdoors Club to secure the purchase of their house in Prévost from McGill, and helping with the transfer of SSMU's indoor and outdoor parking to the university, Cook's accomplishments have been minimal.
We would have liked to see some tangible progress on a large-scale issue-like Cook's campaign promise to create a better system for club websites-in the last four months. The Tribune would also have liked to see Cook keep more regular office hours, since students cannot access the SSMU office after 5 p.m.
That being said, we were impressed that Cook picked up administrative duties for Gert's from the defunct VP finance portfolio. Although she wasn't as vocal as we would have liked during the Choose Life debate, she handled the club's application maturely. Overall, Cook did a solid job with the portfolio, but we wish she had shown more initiative towards the end of the year.
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