http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/Itemid,336/task,listcat/catid,172/ upsu.net/forums to get chatting with the rest of the student community.]]> en-gb Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:47:13 GMT Copyright: (C) 2008 UPSU.net - Portsmouth Students' Union online. Please visit www.upsu.net/conditions for conditions of use. admin [at] upsu.net http://www.upsu.net/rss/about 60 http://www.upsu.net/templates/forums/images/forumimages/forums.jpg http://www.upsu.net/forums http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4848.htm#4848 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4848.htm#4848 pete_williams Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:47:13 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4697.htm#4697 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4697.htm#4697 babyvengeance Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:00:00 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4681.htm#4681 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4681.htm#4681 SweetSugarHigh Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:24:36 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4680.htm#4680
Once a year all of the Union's societies takeover Ravelin Park and host an afternoon carnival event. There are marquees filled with stalls, activities, sometimes food too, plus a stage where societies can showcase their talents. The event goes on into the evening and although there is no procession (like many people associate with the word "carnival"), the atmosphere is one that is truly unforgettable!!!

But, what I have failed to mention is that the event is whatever you want it to be! It's not run by any big-bods - it's run by the students, for the students (and as cliche as that may sound, it's true!)

This year will be the 3rd year the carnival has run and it's set to be the biggest and best yet! I see you're a member of UPGS - I urge you to come to the next Societies Council meeting (email Ben.Norman@port.ac.uk our SADO for more info, dates etc) where the societies will discuss what they want to do at the event. But until then feel free to pop down any ideas in this thread :)

Luv Jen -x- ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4680.htm#4680 babyvengeance Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:29:07 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4675.htm#4675 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4675.htm#4675 Ben_Norman Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:58:44 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4673.htm#4673
UPGS LAN FTW!!!

More info@upgs.co.uk

Message edited by: SweetSugarHigh at: 27/03/2008 10:05 ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4673.htm#4673 SweetSugarHigh Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:02:21 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4672.htm#4672
This fourm needs more members....... ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4672.htm#4672 SweetSugarHigh Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:58:08 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4655.htm#4655
On 2nd May 2008 the Societies Carnival will be hitting Ravelin Park and will be bigger and better than ever before!!!

The Societies Exec have some very exciting ideas already and the last Societies Council meeting also provided some promising ideas too. However, what do YOU want to see?

This event traditionally celebrates the diversity of all our societies at Pompey so let's make it the most diverse ever and get all of our amazing societies involved.

If you have any ideas/comments/reflections etc then pop them down on here or contact our amazing SADO Ben Norman on ben.norman@port.ac.uk

Look forward to hearing your ideas,

Love all the Societies Exec Committee 2007/2008 -x- :) ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4655.htm#4655 babyvengeance Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:53:12 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4654.htm#4654
Message edited by: thegumqueen at: 16/03/2008 10:49 ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4654.htm#4654 thegumqueen Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:35:26 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4653.htm#4653
These were amazing events that were extremely well attended!

They were testament to the fact that our societies really are the key to building a better Union; one that embraces the diversity of the students here in Portsmouth: those students that found the events relevant to them, or took an interest in what our students do, knew they were going on, and that's what mattered.

All I was trying to say in my first post, was: let's hope that this is the direction in which our Union continues to grow. ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4653.htm#4653 thegumqueen Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:35:20 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4652.htm#4652
I'm pretty sure that should Alex have had the information to go on-line, it would have gone on-line. However if he was told there was an event happening at a certain time it wouldn't necessarily be his fault that there is no further information.

I wonder if further training so that Sabbs and full-time/part-time members of staff can up-date the events themselves as I'm sure the SADO for example would know more about the event than the MAPO ?

Again, a key example of TRAINING from my manifesto ;) ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4652.htm#4652 tomworman Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:33:23 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4649.htm#4649
Shame I, along with, i'm sure around 95% of the Students in Portsmouth knew nothing about any of the events mentioned.

Especially the event last week.

I see the 'Hindu Society's Kalaa' Event, listed on UPSU.net (http://www.upsu.net/diary/event/713.htm) however no mention about what it actually is!!

Maybe this is what the Union should be about, but I think a little better communication to Students about what is on might help.

I'm going to put Alex's, Tom's, or any one else from the Media and Pubs reps place in here before they get a chance to...

Fred, Communicating to in excess of 20,000 students is a difficult task. Many of them would be interested in an event at the Union and just as many of them would not! And Email might have gone around in the 'Social Life' newsletter. But there is the arguement that those who do sign up to it, don't read it, and of course not everyone signs up to it.

You may then suggest a a group email. However there is a fine line between sending an email to let people know there is a honest good event happening in the Union, to ... SPAM! You can find more about these rules that we have here (http://www.upsu.net/directory/privacy#emails)

As always there are ways that we could possibly improve our way of communicating all the bits of information we get to our members. This year we have concentrated heavily the Facebook side of things. We have many facebook groups and even a Facebook Page, where information goes up about events at the Union.

(you can find more about our Facebook Groups here)

Regards,



Well - After looking thru the facebook groups I see no mention of Hindu event, yet along this other event in Via Lattea that Sarah talks about!

Mr Worman has a big job on his hands if he is to get all this right! ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4649.htm#4649 fred.bradley Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:30:34 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4643.htm#4643
After that, we all went up to CO2, where the Greek and Hellenic Society were just getting underway with a party that went on til 4am! What an amazing night! Everybody was dressed up - the Spice Girls (and boys!!) were there, some students had made some amazing sumo wrestling suits, and their fantastic president, Demitri was a very convincing hippy!

Then last night, we were invited along the the Hindu Society's Kalaa event, which was a feast for the eyes, the ears, and the stomach! With some amazing dancing, a comedy sketch, Devinder Singh of the Sikh Society spinning his swords again and a bangra show, not to mention some of the best samosas in Portsmouth...

This really is what the Union should be about!!! ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4643.htm#4643 thegumqueen Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:06:08 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4474.htm#4474
101 Things Society has booked out Playzone for Friday 22nd February.

Anyone else wanna come along?

It'll cost £8 and we'll have the place to ourselves, but you'll need to arrange transport up there - I'm assured a taxi is only around £7/8 each way, so there and back would only be about 4 quid each between 4 of you.

If you want to come along, send me an email (sarah.blatchford@gmail.com) or send me a message on facebook http://port.facebook.com/profile.php?id=800180081

Ooh, and don't worry if you're not a member, you're still welcome, but if you are a member, you'll get FREE transport!

Message edited by: thegumqueen at: 14/02/2008 21:56 ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,172,4474.htm#4474 thegumqueen Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:55:05 GMT Get Involved: clubs, societies, democracy, volunteering, RAG, and more... > Societies http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,171,4453.htm#4453 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,171,4453.htm#4453 DeadFlames Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:10:40 GMT Societies > Creative Writing