Dear members of the Graduate Student Society: the current gss executive election has been termed by one member of the election committee a "Boondoggle". No doubt this is a fair, if lightly worded, criticism. We will not be able to seat a president of gss in this election since the only two nominees pulled out after voting started. On Feb. 15th gss council will decide whether to open another election for president or to appoint an interim pres. Fortunately we have one excellent nominee for each vp position. However, it will still be up to you to elect them, you may cast your vote for "reopen nominations" as well. Please go to the gss website at http://www.gss.ubc.ca/election.html for info on the nominees, or go directly to webvote on the Student Service Centre at http://students.ubc.ca/ssc to cast your vote - there is a link back to the gss website there for view of the candidate's profiles. Polling closes on Feb. 12th at noon."
So... what's a "boondoggle?" Dictionary.com to the rescue!
| "1. | a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout. |
| 2. | work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy. |
| 3. | a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation." |
- http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/boondoggle
Analysis of the option for the meaning of boondoggle in this case:
1. Quaint but makes no sense, whatsoever.
2. Petter votes for this definition. It's probably this.
3. The most intriguing meaning, especially if you throw in "typically involves political patronage and graft" according to my dashboard widget.
Maybe I have been influenced too much by the Battlestar Galactica episode I saw last night - the season two finale.
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