In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.961022124412.24067A-100000@>,
jacquie@ says...
As I am sure some of you know, the last time books were stored in halls a
whole trunk full of books went missing and have still not been found
Erm. When was that exactly? Not while I was at college anyway...
yet! We are sorting the
library out with the SU and are doing our best.
While I appreciate all suggestions, there is one slight problem - moving
the books out the SU will probably cause problems for
IFIS with the SU
I must admit that I can't imagine any more problems that the SU *could* cause
the society. Hell - what more are they going to do, hide the photocopier key?
and I would like this year to run relatively smoothly.
And we all know how important that is...
This is the first time I've spent some time to look at the list, and the
library discussion in particular. I don't know if I'm missing something here
but as far as I can see it's a fairly black and white issue. Either I can go
*somewhere* now and borrow an
IFIS book or I can't. At the moment I can't. End
of story. Until I *can*, the people in charge aren't doing their job. When it
comes down to it,
IFIS doesn't actually do an awful lot. I'm sure that
puritanical
IFIS veterans will string me up (and it may have been different
back then) but as far as I can tell
IFIS has a weekly social, some video
evenings, a Christmas meal maybe and that's it. I could show you societies with
events lists as long as your arm. That's ot to say that that's the anyone's
fault - I must admit that I can't think of an awful lot that a Sci-Fi
society *can* do. The one real saving grace for
IFIS is its rather nifty
library. It is something that can sell the society to students on its own and
indeed it has. It doesn't need an awful lot of maintenance (once it's set up).
Althjough I haven't liased with this year's (or last's) sabaticals, I was a
society Chairman for two years so I do understand the notion of the Clubs &
Societies Officer letting you down. However, there comes a point when you've
got to put your foot down and decide that the
library will be moved, come what
may, on X date unless it is fully housed in the Union by then. Before people
complain about insurance, it's been checked, and it amounts to peanuts (little
enough that people have already agreed to foot the bill personally). And when
it comes to it, is it better to have an insured
library stuck under a pile of
chairs (or wherever they're currently rotting) where no-one can read them, or
free and available and be damned? Vote anyone? When it comes to it, if they're
in our house, burglars are more likely to go for the 8 computers than 85 feet
of books.
So, would anyone in authority like to make a statement that the
library will be
in situ by a certain date? We're waiting... still...
Richard
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"A Smith & Wesson beats four aces"
richard@
