I am a candidate with a vision for the Junior State of America. The details of the vision are discussed in my five programs. You may not agree with all five, but the broader vision is something that we can all agree on: I believe that JSA needs to be made better, in every way. We can have more members, more attendance, we can build better debaters and moderators, and we can have more productive conventions. Philosophy tells us that the human form and the creations of the human form, such as JSA, cannot achieve perfection. But it is something we can strive for, and if elected governor, I promise to never stop striving for it.
I am the candidate who is best suited to instituting the kind of improvements we all want to see in JSA. I’m a leader and I’m a reformer. I’m also a hard worker who understands that an organization develops based on what its leadership and its membership put in to it. If you want to see reforms of any type instituted, I’m the best man for the job.
I am President of my school chapter. I took over the chapter because I was known to be a good leader and manager, not because of any great experience in JSA. But since I’ve taken over, we went from a chapter that was in slow decline after losing its founding membership to one that attends conventions, holds debate parties, recruits new members effectively, and forms other chapters.
If you ask anyone at my school about a club, they will probably direct your question to me. Besides being President of JSA, I’m also President of Model United Nations. Model UN lost our teacher advisor last year, but I reorganized the club based on my ideas and my chapter membership can attest that MUN is more prepared than ever before and more fun than ever before, feel free to ask our JSA membership, many of whom joined MUN for the first time after hearing how great it now is. I’m also one of if not the strongest player on our Scholar Bowl and Academic Worldquest teams, and bring my extensive knowledge of history and international affairs to the Governor’s office, a knowledge that will allow me to constantly draw on historical solutions for solutions to all types of problems.
Most of you who know me well probably associate me with the military. I plan on going into the Marines after attending Annapolis, and I’m a JROTC cadet, I’m a Cadet First Lieutenant, a Company Commander and Color Guard commander. Next year I will be the Battalion Commander, tasked with managing a very active battalion of nearly 200 cadets. Military leadership style, which is very dictatorial, does not work outside of military structures. I understand this, and will not treat JSAers like soldiers. Nevertheless, the basics of leadership are the same in any situation and my JROTC experience is a valuable one. I will bring my extensive leadership and management experience, of a type that no other candidate can bring, to the Governor’s office.
All of this talk of my leadership abilities begs the question of what I plan to lead you in to. This question will not go unanswered. If elected governor, I will institute a series of new programs designed to expand and improve the Southeast Territory of the Junior State of America. These programs will be supported through guides, instructional videos, and other methods as discussed in the program’s individual sections.
Elements of all of the programs are designed to enhance one another, in order to create a better JSA experience. Two programs, Expansion and Improvement (program one) and Convention Preparedness (program four) can be considered “goals” by themselves. These programs are both supported in some way by at least two other programs. All programs are supported by at least two other programs. The other three programs are not only supported by other programs but all support at least two other programs. For a breakdown of how this works, see the attached chart. The programs are also designed to stand effectively if they are implemented without any support from other programs, although they will be more effective as a group.
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