SPC Political Agenda

robby^5

From an allsoc mail sent today:

Enda Kenny visits DCU tomorrow!

DCU Young Fine Gael are delighted to announce that the Leader of Fine Gael Enda Kenny TD is to visit DCU to give a very special talk and to also meet with students.

Enda Kenny will be speaking about his plans as Taoiseach and how he will the change the Ireland we live in for the better. This will include building a new health service, transforming our political system and re-building our economy along with tackling issues such as youth emmigration and unemployment.

This is an excellent opportunity to meet your next Taoiseach and Enda looks forward to meeting as many people as possible.

You will also have your chance to voice your concerns and views on what type of an Ireland you want to live in so make sure you make the most of this rare opportunity!!

Wednesday 21st April (tomorrow) @ 1pm sharp- in the VENUE*(Hub).*Note location change.
There will also be refreshments served prior to Enda Kenny's arrival so everyone is urged to attend well before 1pm.

Does anyone else think the SPC is way out of line in clearly pushing a pro-Fine Gael agenda? The tone of the email reads as if Enda Kenny is already Toaiseach-elect.

They should be informing us of the event without being clearly biased in favour of Enda Kenny, I think it's completely out of order for a student organisation to act in such a manner...and this email was from next years SPC Chair.

I wonder how the political societies in DCU feel about this.

*EDIT - I was mistaken, see below*

MonaghanPenguin

Funnily it was sent from someone who wouldn't be pro FG at all at all. I would imagine like most all socs mails that YFG wrote the email and forwarded it to the SPC asking them to send it out. A slight lapse in judgement considering the nature of the society in question but nothing worth getting too het up about.

public_enemy

The mail should should probably have stated that it's on behalf of Young Fine Gael, but it's not a big deal. I don't think anyone will really misinterpret it as being part of an SPC agenda.

The stretched out image of Enda with the clouds behind him actually looks quite funny.

Fiftysix

public_enemy wrote: »

The mail should should probably have stated that it's on behalf of Young Fine Gael, but it's not a big deal. I don't think anyone will really misinterpret it as being part of an SPC agenda.

The stretched out image of Enda with the clouds behind him actually looks quite funny.

"DCU Young Fine Gael are delighted to announce that the Leader of Fine Gael Enda Kenny TD "

Carri

Why is the allsoc being sent in the middle of the week?

I was under the impression the allsoc was only able to be sent once a week...

Fiftysix

You are actually kidding if this was any other society nobody would have a problem.

Carri

Fiftysix wrote: »

You are actually kidding if this was any other society nobody would have a problem.

My query still stands. ¬___¬

Fiftysix

Carri wrote: »

My query still stands. ¬___¬

I'll query your stand. * Shakes Fist *

Landa2

Firstly LOL..

Secondly, i think some unlucky YFG Secretary saw that both Labour and Sinn Fein were both advertising their events this week in the allsoc where YFG never bothered submitting anything.. might also have to do with the Venue change from whats on the hundreds of posters around campus

***hundreds may be an exaggeration :P

Insulting_Bitch

I am stunned at how people will make an issue out of nothing.

It is an email about a society event and nothing more. Fair enough it should have been included in the email at the start of the week but it wasn't.

The same argument can be made for this email sent by the same person!

Ed Leamy to allsoc
show details 3 Apr
Hi Folks,
Its that time of the year again when DCU stages its annual musical in the Helix. Building on the success of "RENT" in the Helix and the Olympia in 2009, which was nominated for best show in Ireland, this year's show "HAIR" is not one to be missed!
The show is on in the Helix next week on Tuesday 6th (8pm), Wednesday 7th (3.30pm & 8pm), Thursday 8th (8pm) and Friday 9th (8pm)
Student special: Tickets fot the Wednesday 3.30 show are just €10!
book your seat now to avoid disapointment!
Tickets are availible online at thehelix.ie or through the box office on 01 700 7000.
Check out hairdcu.com for all the details!
DCU Presents: "HAIR" the Musical
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, James Rado and Gerome Ragni’s tale of beads, flowers, freedom, happiness, and the Vietnam War is back with a bang and coming to The Helix in early April!
After over twenty hugely successful professional productions worldwide, including a four-year run on Broadway, and a Tony Award-winning Broadway revival in 2009, Ireland’s Biggest Professional Venue Performance Ever will take place at The Helix on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th of April for five performances.
DCU received critical acclaim, throughout our sell-out runs of RENT in The Helix and The Olympia in 2009, with five-star reviews and numerous AIMS Award Nominations (including Best Director and Best Show).
HAIR will be performed in association with CAMARA, with a percentage of all profits will be donated to CAMARA to help develop technology in third-world countries.
Tickets are on sale now, priced at €20 and €15 for students, and available from:
www.hairdcu.com
The Helix Box Office (01) 700 7000
Special Rate for Wednesday 3.30pm Matinee: All €20 tickets are Buy One, Get one FREE, all student tickets are just €10!
Tuesday, 6th April: 8pm
Wednesday, 7th April: 3.30pm
Wednesday, 7th April: 8pm
Thursday, 8th April: 8pm
Friday, 9th April: 8pm
Let your HAIR down, and book now!

I know politics is a contentious issue for many people but I hate musicals!

robby^5

Ah fair enough so I was mistaken.

It's just a badly worded email, no indication before the actual text itself to indicate whether it was omitted or was an update to the allsocs mail. A simple "This is an update to the allsocs mail on behalf of Young Fine Gael" would have avoided any confusion. Not knowing the SPC PRO, to me it looked like it was written on behalf of young fine gael which I mistook for political bias and as the poster above highlighted individual socs have been pimped via allsocs before purportedly written by the SPC PRO themselves.

If that was the case with this email I'd be annoyed, but turns out that it's not so carry on, nothing to see here

public_enemy

Fiftysix wrote: »

"DCU Young Fine Gael are delighted to announce that the Leader of Fine Gael Enda Kenny TD "

Indeed, but it doesn't dissociate itself from the SPC just by saying that. It's not clearly just a society event.

I'm not saying you can't infer that it's on behalf of the soc, but it should be more clearly stated. As it is the entire mail is just their blurb and it could easily be seen as from the SPC too. Which isn't to say that I see it that way or that anyone should really take issue with it, it's just that the mail could definitely have been written better.

af666x

This is an excellent opportunity to meet your next Taoiseach

If this actually happens, I'll lick my own elbow...

robby^5

af666x wrote: »

If this actually happens, I'll lick my own elbow...

But that's not possi-oh wait I see what you did there!