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Clubs and Socs Awards 2009

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 boomboom


    robby^5 wrote: »
    I think what you perceive to be exclusivity is simply due to the awards being quite a small event when compared to say The Clubs and Socs ball, there simply arent tickets to go around.

    But what I'm saying is why isn't it a larger event? In most clubs and societies non-committee members can often be a strong force in what makes the club or soc successful. As was reported in the college view, the event should be bigger this year and thus more inclusive. I'm hoping this will happen.

    I feel that the "exclusivity" element also comes from the fact that the vast majority of students will not hear anything concrete about tickets until tomorrow morning in the Allsoc email, by which time many of the tickets will be gone.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6 Scattery


    boomboom wrote: »
    But what I'm saying is why isn't it a larger event? In most clubs and societies non-committee members can often be a strong force in what makes the club or soc successful. As was reported in the college view, the event should be bigger this year and thus more inclusive. I'm hoping this will happen.

    It's a good point - why isn't it bigger? Surely if it really is all about clubs and societies, more than three members of each club or society should be given the chance to go. Because as it stands, if you are just a ordinary member without a committee position, you stand no chance of going along no matter how involved you are...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭Grudaire


    Scattery wrote: »
    It's a good point - why isn't it bigger? Surely if it really is all about clubs and societies, more than three members of each club or society should be given the chance to go. Because as it stands, if you are just a ordinary member without a committee position, you stand no chance of going along no matter how involved you are...

    Our two individual nominee's aren't on the committee. There'll be one committee member going out of three (I think/hope)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6 Scattery


    Cliste wrote: »
    Our two individual nominee's aren't on the committee. There'll be one committee member going out of three (I think/hope)

    Well that's something good to hear - I know with the society I'm involved with, because of how big we are - it can only really be society members. Maybe for the awards bigger societies should get more tickets. It seems a tad unfair, one would think, that Labour and Drama both get only three tickets...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭Grudaire


    Scattery wrote: »
    Labour

    We have a Labour society? I've never heard of them doing anything...

    It comes down to how the club is run - if there's a bunch of selfish gombeens in power (As with most of the clubs) then nobody'll see those tickets!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33 Slurmsy


    Cliste wrote: »
    We have a Labour society? I've never heard of them doing anything...

    There's like five of them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6 Scattery


    Slurmsy wrote: »
    There's like five of them.

    Have a look in Campus to see them most weeks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭public_enemy


    Cliste wrote: »
    Our two individual nominee's aren't on the committee. There'll be one committee member going out of three (I think/hope)

    In previous years, each society got their one ticket PLUS one ticket for each nominated person. That should mean you'll have 5 tickets this year, not just 3.
    Scattery wrote: »
    It's a good point - why isn't it bigger? Surely if it really is all about clubs and societies, more than three members of each club or society should be given the chance to go. Because as it stands, if you are just a ordinary member without a committee position, you stand no chance of going along no matter how involved you are...

    I imagine the reason that it isn't bigger is because it's entirely paid for by SPC funds and the tickets are given out for free. If it were a bigger event, it would end up costing DCU students a hell of a lot more money.

    Getting more tickets isn't exactly hard anyway. Every club and society gets three this year, but how many clubs and socs actually attend the awards? It's mostly just those who get nominated that turn up, so plenty of people don't claim their tickets at all, leaving a large number to be taken by the societies that want them most. If you're not on a committee and you really want to go, ask the SPC on Tuesday as they may well have some spares.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭Katniss everMean


    Scattery wrote: »
    It's a good point - why isn't it bigger? Surely if it really is all about clubs and societies, more than three members of each club or society should be given the chance to go. Because as it stands, if you are just a ordinary member without a committee position, you stand no chance of going along no matter how involved you are...

    The SPC isn't that rich :) the way its working this year is that three tickets to go the soc / club, tickets to nominated people, these tickets are for the dinner, but (I could be wrong) anyone can go to the helix. The only other way to afford to have anyone that wanted to go go, would be to sell tickets, which I don't think anyone would want.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭lil_cain


    Angelkat7 wrote: »
    The SPC isn't that rich :) the way its working this year is that three tickets to go the soc / club, tickets to nominated people, these tickets are for the dinner, but (I could be wrong) anyone can go to the helix. The only other way to afford to have anyone that wanted to go go, would be to sell tickets, which I don't think anyone would want.
    No. Only nominees get to go to the dinner. We increased the number for the awards themselves by decreasing the number going to the dinner this year.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16 boomboom


    Clubs and Socs awards this year.. WHERE IS THE BUZZ?!? lol. Societies I'm involved in aren't nominated for anything so maybe that's why I'm not feeling it but is anyone else excited? :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭dramabob


    Very much so!

    ...and I graduated last month! It's hard not to be excited about the Clubs & Socs Awards - it's invariably such a good night out :)

    I work for DIT now and was at their Socs Awards last week (they have separate Clubs Awards) in the Burlington, and twas a very good night indeed - a different vibe to the DCU ones tho - there tends to be a lot of North Side vs. South Side slagging going on... good craic tho!

    As for predictions, I dunno - I've been off-campus for too long to know who's doing what well and who isn't. Either way, I'll see the winners at BICS next week - I'm judging for DIT :D

    Anyhoo, bring it on - see y'all tomorrow night!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 418 ✭✭Alanthroneus


    I know the winners.. i know the winners :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,448 ✭✭✭Garseys


    I know the winners.. i know the winners :P

    I'd be very suprised if you didn't!

    Really looking forward to tonight, whether we win or not!:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭dramabob


    ...and the results are in!

    Best Soc: Games Soc
    Most Improved: Dance Soc
    Best New: Japanese Soc
    Best Event: RENT, DCU Drama

    First 5:

    Alan Keegan, Comic Soc
    Melanie Farrell, Style Soc
    Declan Traynor, DCU Debate
    Max Rantz-McDonald, E&S
    Eimear Fitzmaurice, Juggle Soc

    Best Fresher: Jackie Fox, Art Soc

    A great night all round, woop!

    EDIT: I'll let someone more familiar with DCU's clubs post who won what in that respect...


  • Posts: 420 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    dramabob wrote: »
    ...and the results are in!

    Best Soc: Games Soc
    Most Improved: Dance Soc
    Best New: Japanese Soc
    Best Event: RENT, DCU Drama

    First 5:

    Alan Keegan, Comic Soc
    Melanie Farrell, Style Soc
    Declan Traynor, DCU Debate
    Max Rantz-McDonald, E&S
    Eimear Fitzmaurice, Juggle Soc

    Best Fresher: Jackie Fox, Art Soc

    A great night all round, woop!
    Is there club awards for the same categories aswell?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭dramabob


    Similar, but different.

    They have a separate award for Best Event and Best Performance (or at least did this year).

    They don't have a Best New Club, unless there are sufficient amounts of new clubs to be taken into consideration AFAIK.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,405 ✭✭✭gizmo


    w00t! Go'wan Games Soc! Delighted to see them finally get the award, the soc have been going from strength to strength in recent years and it's great to see some of the same lads are still on the committee and finally getting the credit they deserve. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,969 ✭✭✭robby^5


    gizmo wrote: »
    w00t! Go'wan Games Soc! Delighted to see them finally get the award, the soc have been going from strength to strength in recent years and it's great to see some of the same lads are still on the committee and finally getting the credit they deserve. :D

    This is most definitely you're award too! It's been said many times tonight, this award was 3 years in the making.

    Fantastic evening, this has really meant a lot to us at GamesSoc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    Best Club was Mens' Rugby
    Most Improved was Womens' Rugby
    Best Sporting Performance was Ladies' GAA for their O'Connor Cup win.


    Can't remember who won anything else!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 Korvuss


    big grats to the gamessoc lads well deserved after all these years!!! come on the bics >_<


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,448 ✭✭✭Garseys


    gizmo wrote: »
    w00t! Go'wan Games Soc! Delighted to see them finally get the award, the soc have been going from strength to strength in recent years and it's great to see some of the same lads are still on the committee and finally getting the credit they deserve. :D

    huzzah!
    robby^5 wrote: »
    This is most definitely you're award too! It's been said many times tonight, this award was 3 years in the making.

    Fantastic evening, this has really meant a lot to us at GamesSoc.

    the best was, I pretty sure most people would have dismissed gamessoc winning last night before the awards.

    It was a great night bring on BICS!:D


  • Posts: 758 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    GAMES SOC

    \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ << committee (yeah, I wasn't at the awards... so?)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭Winters


    Congratulations to GamesSoc for winning the Best Society award of which they had been most deserving for many years now.

    C&S awards always prove to be good fun :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭legendal


    Woot! G'wan Gamesoc!

    Methinks I'll have to buy a suit and go to the awards next year, sounds like a laugh :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,385 ✭✭✭Attol


    Well done Games soc!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭Warmaster


    gamessoc ftw yo


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭goodgodholmes


    RENT won Best Event! Whooop!

    :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,969 ✭✭✭robby^5


    Bring on the BICS!

    Cant I get a DCU! DCU! DCU! DCU!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭D3UC3 J3


    Well done lads.

    The rest of us will have to try and give you a bit more competition next year!

    Good luck in BICS. :)


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