[ivfdf-news] Re: YES 2007 - Who? What? Where? When?

[jbh2 at st-andrews.ac.uk]

Quoting Andrew Swaine <andrew-ivfdfnews at swaine.me.uk>:
Correct me if i am wrong, but at last year's reps meeting, didn't durham offer
to host it in 2007, or was that 2008?

Jonathan Hall.
* At 17:38 11/02/2005  Friday, Stephen Brockbank wrote:
* >IN response to Andrew's request for what society positions are for 
* >organising IVFDF 2007.
* >There are people in Edinburgh who are currently doing a feasibility study 
* >into running the festival in the Capital of Scotland.
* >
* >Stephen Brockbank
* >(Nominally New Scotland)
* 
* I have had some responses off-list:
* 
* * Andy Anderson, formerly of Southampton Red Stags, has pointed out that 
* Southhampton does not have a society any more, and couldn't use the union 
* if it did.
* * Glasgow have stated that it is impossible due to the strength of their 
* society.
* * More tales of woe regarding the strength of Scottish societies.
* 
* No-one has yet said they would be happy to run it, and no-one other than 
* Stephen has said they're even looking into it.
* 
* It seems that, pending an offer, the options are fairly narrow:
* * Arm-twist someone like Sheffield or Exeter who have had it very recently 
* and haven't completely got over the last one yet.
* * Arm-twist a weak society into holding it, and risk killing that society
* off.
* * Put together a bid with one person on the ground at a university, but 
* with the majority of the organisation done by people elsewhere (taking 
* account of the difficulties people have had when this has been tried in the 
* past).
* * Get a non-university bid together, and risk IVFDF losing its student 
* focus (although this would be better than it not happening).
* 
* In some ways, I am glad I don't get a vote any more, that's not an easy one 
* to call.  One principle I would like to suggest is that we shouldn't force 
* a society to hold the festival that doesn't have sufficient manpower to 
* have separate people running the Society itself in parallel.
* 
* The key to the survival of IVFDF is the survival of the university 
* societies (which is of course more important).  Ultimately societies come 
* and go, but, established or emergent, they shouldn't go without the IVFDF 
* community having tried to help first.  Is there anything else IVFDF could 
* be doing to support emergent societies and societies in distress?  For
* example:
* 
* * Formally identifying them as in need of help?
* * Providing extra help for those societies running an IVFDF?
* * Organising more inter-University events, band tours, etc.?
* * Provide direct organisational assistance?
* * Pay for halls, bands, advertising costs, etc. where appropriate, out of 
* money from EFDSS or elsewhere?  I believe that if we have the case, the 
* money will be available from somewhere.
* * Produce some "how to run a society" guidance?  (Are people making common 
* mistakes?)
* 
* Do we need to have another national gathering of organisers, to discuss 
* these issues with each other and the societies in need of help?
* 
* Apologies to Aisling if we're doing some of these things already and, being 
* from a stronger society, I'm not aware of it.
* 
* Andrew.
* 
* 
* NOTE: Acting individually.  I haven't been a student since 1999 so I am 
* quite prepared for current students to tell me to mind my own business :-)
* 
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