Rather than being a disadvantage, having a diverse group of students across a number of different universities will help us to spread the AMSA message even further. It makes us more representative of the breadth of students across Australia, and their differing views and opinions.

However, regular meetings and face to face contact are clearly needed to effectively run the organisation, and individual members on our team have made the commitment to be a part of this executive bid recognising the need for periodic travel, at their expense. AMSA already uses a range of video-conferencing and Skype communication methods and we continue to use these as they are needed. We will also bundle our phone plans to a carrier with free network-to-network calls.

Being at a smaller or regional university should not preclude students from being involved in AMSA or being involved in an executive bid, and though there are some logistical issues involved, we have the right plans in place to make it work.