1. I will not hear any bad words re Doug Adams, the man suffered from crippling writer's block, and consequently produced a hell of a lot of quality and very little quantity. 2. "Where is the Sanity?" It was acquired by AOL-Time-Warner in '00. 3. "Dave does that kind of
thing for me very often. That is the act of a friend, and not a clique...The four of us are friends and if it is not a good thing that the central committee are friends, then I have irreconcilable differences in my world view to yours."
Hear Hear. Well said. I think in review of the arguments we will notice that they all came about from misunderstandings and a lack of communication.
I fear that in the new term, we will not all get along so well. Water may conciously be under the bridge but bad blood may still linger.
This is something we're going to have to work very hard on, probably our greatest challenge for the coming year, to be honest. We could call it The Silent Enemy, and smite it with lightsabers and beer and stuff. (In particular, beer)
We decided that the immeadiate goal of the PRO was to increase membership figures. We decided on many tactics, all brilliantly conceived. Possible Events and services include:
I demand that one of these events (in this example the parachute jump) be called The Darragh Sherwin Memorial Parachute Jump. I have recently discovered, much to my surprise, that Darragh has a sense of humour about the whole thing. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Darragh has a sense of humour! ;-) (please note the joke in bad taste but still funny, and the fact that I'm pointing it out, and that any flames should be directed to my arse!)
they will be given a document stating their responsibilites to the University rules, HEANET guidlines, and ultimately the laws of the Irish Republic.
I don't see any point in this, people will not read them, they will bin them.
The document will also state that the photo will be used in future for our websites and so that we can evaluate and judge you. New members will sign the document and date it.
And all complaints should be referred to my arse, written on the back of a $50 note.
These are all suggestions. Possible other suggestion is that we have machines set up to have Quake offs between the "Public" and Phil, who is a very private man. Defeating Phil brings a cash reward and a free membership.
Good idea.
The goal that the PRO and the President decided on was that in the first weeks of the new term, MiNDS> would be the most active and present society on the NUIM Campus. First years in particular will not be able to avoid us, and our dynamic prescence. We aim to not really have to explain what we do to them by the time Fairs Day comes round.
Poster idea: Minds, more than just a chat room. (p.s. we have a chat room) It could be followed up with: Minds, more than just a development environment, it's also got a chat room. (p.s. we have a development environment)
It is my personal opinion, though not the opinion of the society neccesarily, that the NerveCenter project headed by Aidan Delaney, in conjunction with the President and possibly my father, Cian, will be a vital part of MiNDS> future services. To allow decisions to be made quickly, to allow a focus to remain present in the project and to get a fine product at the end, responsibilty should be handed over entirely to them. No meddling from us pe0ns.
Fair nuffski, how do Aid and Cian feel about this?
I, along with Des and Phil, who have explicitly stated such to me, would hope that all this bickering can be left behind in the new term. We are ambitious for this society but it will come to nothing if we don't move together as a team. This committee has worked very well in my opinion, in the most difficult of circumstances, and we should attempt to further the lifetime of this committee as much as is possible while still bringing in new blood.
Amen.
As Pascal, that faithful, noble philophosopher and mathametician once said, "I lay it down as fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world."
Pretty good for a French guy, you have to admit.
And Jon Paul Sartre said that hell was being locked in a room for enternity with your friends, but all their mates were French. Kevin has brought that most glorious of gifts to the table, reason. ===== _________________________________________________________________ Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries! _________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/