More popular than Wassim? - Frank Appleyard

Editor-in-chief of the Fulcrum Frank Appleyard entered the quadrilateral outside the CHUO broadcasting booth to discuss some big news, and to shoot the breeze.

SFUOblog: We're back with the SFUOblog in I guess CHUO, the basement of Morrisett. The Dungeon, as some people like to call it. And I'm here with Frank Appleyard, the editor-and-chief of the Fulcrum?

Frank Appleyard: Editor and chief.

SFUOblog: So you had a rather momentous event tonight?

Frank Appleyard: It was relatively momentous, yah. It was a big day for the students, I would say. It was the Fulcrum's annual general meeting, and it's not necessarily a Fulcrum event, it's an event for all students that support the Fulcrum, which is of course every member of the SFUO and every member and every member of the graduates students association

SFUOblog: And, specifically, there was a ... formerly controversial that... I will say, was either brought up or defeated depending on how you look at it. You got rid of the boycott, as it were.

Frank Appleyard: The membership did vote to remove the boycott list at tonight's annual general meeting.

SFUOblog: Do you know what precipitated that move?

Frank Appleyard: A lot of it had to do with the economic situation that's currently going on in the country we're in. The Fulcrum did lose a significant amount of money through losing that National Defense boycott last year. And given the downturn and the loss of advertising that's happened this year, the board of directors ultimately put forth this motion to rescind the boycott list, which was accepted by the membership at the meeting tonight.

SFUOblog: Wow. And I'm sure there are... there are... there's a significant faction within the Federation that fought for that last year and I guess they didn't show up tonight.

Frank Appleyard: There was actually... It was a unanimous vote tonight. And this was a meeting that was advertised and promoted according to our policies and by-laws in accordance with what was advertised last year. And it was a unanimous vote amongst students this year.

SFUOblog: On the flip side of things, you guys are also... You just released your elections coverage.

Frank Appleyard: We did.

SFUOblog: A beautiful insert...

Frank Appleyard: Thank you.

SFUOblog: Some people in colour, and some people were in black and white, but I appreciate the effort that you guys did.

Frank Appleyard: Well... I mean if I can speak to that, I mean it's impossible to get everyone in colour for financial reasons and logisitical reasons. It's not possible to do a full cover... or a full colour issue the size that we did. That's the reason that there were some colour and some black and white.

SFUOblog: But on the issue of the elections... How does your position as an independant organization from the Student Federation affect your input into the conversation that is the election for the Federation?

Frank Appleyard: What do you mean "the conversation", sorry?

SFUOblog: Well, you guys contribute a lot to how people see the election and how people see candidates, and you are independant of the Student Federation, you are not controlled by.. well, Dean Haldenby or Julie Seguin in their current roles. You have your independence, which La Rotonde also won early last year.