Network (more left-leaning candidates with strong support from students living off-campus, the safety community and resource groups) and the Radical Beer Faction (the longest-running slate in AMS history). The AMS elections have been characterized by low turnout. A number of initiatives have been undertaken to improve the level of engagement with the student society, and increase turnout levels. Voter Funded Media and the introduction of Condorcet method style voting for executive positions. Turnout in the 2009 election improved to 14.4%. Most recently, a 2013 Elections when the continuation of UPass was put on the referendum, AMS recorded a historic high of voter turnout was 43.9% Student Administrative Commission The Student Administrative Commission (SAC) oversees over 350 student clubs within the AMS. It divides the clubs into 9 categories: Academic/Management, Community Service, Cultural/Identity/Social, Leisure/Hobby/Special Interest, Media/Arts/Performance, Rec/Athletic, Political/Social Action, Science, and Spiritual. The SAC sets out procedures for constituting clubs and manages the space use within the Student Union Building as well as the general operation of AMS Clubs. They have the power to constitute or de-constitute a club, as well as direct a club to take actions in order to ensure rules and regulations are followed accordingly. The SAC is chaired by the Vice President Administration of the AMS. It also has several AMS Directors and member at large sitting in the committee. The Vice Chair of SAC is an appointed student employee of the AMS. Initiatives and services One of the major projects that the AMS has undertaken is the New SUB Project in order to increase available space for student activities by 50% compared to the old Student Union Building. The initiative was approved by referendum in April 2008 and construction is slated to begin in 2012. The building is funded by an incremental increase in student fees, which will supply $80 million for the construction of the building. The building, more commonly referred to as the AMS Nest building, has of space, costing about $108.3 million (with $25 million from the university). The building opened during the summer of 2015. The AMS runs many services for students on the UBC campus, including The Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC), AMS Peer Support, the AMS Advocacy Office, the AMS Food Bank, AMS Tutoring, AMS Housing, AMS Entrepreneurship Hub (eHub), AMS Health and Dental, and Safewalk, a service for escorting students on campus safely. In addition, the AMS lobbies local