Secondly, I’d like to comment on how they
perform. Let’s start with Lukas and then we'll take a look at Je. Before that, it’s
worth keeping in mind that when you’re a candidate, you need to make us give
you our sympathy. You need to show the best side of you, your best qualities. I
know it’s too early to judge, but if both do not take this into account, they
could get none of us from class of 2014 vote for them. When there is this gap
of angkatan, you must take it into
account regardless of you, who is one year our junior, having the same age as
ours. Yes we are equal. Some of s may know you well, but this gap inhibits us
to know each other well.
Unfortunately, Lukas did not start off
well. He addressed us as “temen-temen
anak angkatan 14.” It doesn’t
sound really sound good to us. Then Lukas goes on by saying “I’ll make this
fast as our time is limited. Aku juga
laper dan mau istirahat”. This does not sound good. Not at all. He’s the
one who need our sympathy, so he’s the one who has to evoke it. Do not think that we can give it to you freely. This is by no
means a good first-show. The other thing that came to my mind is that Lukas was
nervous and he talked very fast, exactly like how I did last year. This is of
course normal for us first-timers. He simply needs to calm down and practice
delivering his thoughts. This is what I learned from Anwip who kindly evaluate
my performance. Buka-Isi-Tutup. Here,
he had a hard time eliciting our sympathy because of the words he chose to use.
As for the tagline (Dedikasi untuk KOMAHI
and# LukasForKOMAHI1), I think he and his team did just well and they
have to build on it. Lukas did not explain what he means and how he would do
things with Dedikasi. So he still
needs to convince us by elaborating his concept.
As for Je, he started much better with the
more preferable way in addressing us (“kakak-kakak
angkatan 2014”). He then continued by saying that he looks to develop on
the KOMAHI that we left him and he’s sure that professionalism is key. It was
all fine, before we lost interest in him because of the way he said a slight thing.
The class got a bit noisy and he said firmly (instead of humbly and politely) in the middle of his speech: “Can I
have your attention please?” It’s actually okay to say that. He chose the right
question. But not the right manner. No doubt that he’s been influential among
his friends and to class of 2016. Unfortunately, we have not been implied by
his influence as much as the groups that I mentioned. In a way, it appears to
us as arrogance. So he cannot just tell us to give him our attention. Just like Lukas, Je did not succeed in eliciting our sympathy,
not because of the words, but the manner. It may seem the slightest thing of all and not
meaningful, but that’s exactly the impression it had created. However, Je
delivered in some ways. He’s used to public speaking so I saw his charisma and
confidence, and of course the fact that he’s professional.
Unfortunately for
Je, I have to say I disagree with the concept he’s offering. Once again we’re
trapped in the debate of professionalism versus family, just like how Asa and I
were last year.
Sorry, but I need to relate this with a
concept. Let’s say KOMAHI is a society. We, IR students and KOMAHI members, are
individualist going for our own interests. KOMAHI as an organization can be
viewed with Emile Durkheim’s conception of Division of Labour. KOMAHI is built
upon the base of organic society, a society in which every individual is aware
of what they have to do, of what duties are assigned to him. I can say that we
are all professional. This is proven by the fact that KOMAHI does not have to
change or erase any program. So the new administration can start working with
the already established set of programs. They only need to build on these
programs and ameliorate them so that people can benefit from it. We are also
ruled by a law called AD/ART although it does not regulate firmly some things.
In short, the staff members that run KOMAHI from year to year know very well
what to do and how to do things in each division, departments and BSO to be exact. I cannot agree more with Je that program kerja is the core of KOMAHI,
which gets this organization working. But, it has to be taken into account that
this organization is also built upon voluntarism. None of us are getting paid
for doing stuff. We even pay in order to have successful programs. Je explicitly
stated that regardless of which state of personal relations we are in, we have
to uphold professionalism and do things or get things done. Despite of the
campaign posts that mentioned ‘make everyone feel at home,’ the things mentioned earlier were what was
said in the campaign. If it were to be real, we’d have a KOMAHI of robots, not getting
paid but told to put aside their emotions in order to have successful programs.
In such an organic society with such situation, we need to get the features of mechanical society, which is a
sense of belonging, sense of being part of the family. The challenging part is that it is not given. it has to be garnerd throughout the one's service. In exchange of not
paying the staff, the most important thing to do as the head of KOMAHI is to
make people happy. This is not done solely by telling them what to do. This is
very much about considering how they feel about doing things they need to do.
The head of KOMAHI needs to ensure that everyone feels they are cared for, they
are not left behind. They need to be sure that what they are doing is for the
sake of the people the organization serves. It’s actually no simple task to be
the Head of KOMAHI. Afterall, it’s not about being at the top of the pyramid.
It’s about being at the very bottom of it: at the service of everyone. To be the head of KOMAHI is to
serve, to get involved. Comparing KOMAHI with such a professional body is simply wrong, just like how I did last year.
It’s so last year, literally.
It’s not only Je and his team as the
creator of their concept who needs to take this into account. At the same time,
Lukas did not state clearly on how he would do stuff in his service (more
precise word rather than ‘administration’). He only stated he is committed to
this and that but did not elaborate further. The two camps don’t need to take
this into account if they don’t want to. But if any one of them can get a new
debate going other than professionalism versus family, it would show that this
particular candidate knows KOMAHI better than anyone else in FISIPOL.
I know I have not done well during my
service. I have not succeeded. I may talk of concepts but you may have yet to feel the impact. But the
point of succession is to have development, to have bigger things delivered to
the public of KOMAHI UGM. There is still a long way to go. So Lukas and Je had
better work hard to convince us.
#KOMAHIkita
#Kita
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