For example , Joe Giambrone , the NJCL Parliamentarian from 2022- 2023 , famously ran on a platform of creating a constitution podcast and creating something called the “ amendments forum ” to discuss new amendments with the general public . You want to come up with 3-4 of these ideas at least so that you have a lot to talk about and run on . When first thinking about your platform think about issues that have personally aggravated you in the VJCL related to the office you ’ re running for , and think of how you can improve / fix those issues . For example , I was a little annoyed while running for office that there weren ’ t many examples of past campaign materials I could base my materials on , and then made a large part of my campaign about creating a publicly available folder with past speeches and campaign materials available to all candidates ( be on the lookout for that !).
Furthermore , you can try to think of what you wish the VJCL would do in a perfectly ideal world , then try to think of pragmatic solutions or new initiatives that would make the VJCL more ideal . I ’ d also recommend having one specific issue you are more passionate about than the others so that when in doubt you can talk about it to no end For me , this was the Nom-Com amendment , and it plus its associated initiatives have made up a large part of my legislative agenda while in office .