Why is that people always complain so much about ISA and it's events?
Is it because it is genuinely bad?
Is it because it's always in us to find faults?
Is it because we are jealous of what they(five or six students who are also in the same level as us) have done and that we cannot do?
Is it because our expectations of such events are really really different?
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Is it because people complain because of genuine interest....so that ISA will improve the next year?
ISA is a small organization whose decision making body is just 5-6 students whose real goal is to make the manhattan indian community a more compact unit.
They DO work hard!!!!Either it may be because they(ISA) are so caring about the community or it may be because they just want to prove a point--"we are/were better than the past ISA committee"....
I was in the executive committee........
We brought in some new things which we thought would be better than the previous year's events, so that more number of people will turn up for the event....most of the times it was a huge success...sometimes it was a colossal failure!!!
Not always the events that ISA organizes may be a good event...some are 'super hits' while some are 'flops'. Its all a part of ISA's growing up process..
Do you think that ISA's executive committee want to organize an event if they think it won't be successful? I don't think so!!! After some research...lots of arguments...lots of time spent in the union foodcourt, ISA decides that the particular event can be organized (hoping that it will attract lots of people). They sponser the event...wait for the people to turn up...If they did, good. If they didnt, it's a lesson for the next committee to make some changes to make it successful.
The next committee after our term was headed by Satya. I saw that some of the mistakes that we did during our term was corrected. They in turn made some mistakes, which was corrected by this year's term. The process will continue.......
What people see on stage is no where near to what happens backstage. People work a lot for the event to be a success. When I say "people", it's not only the committee but a lot of volunteers who help the big 6. So its important for us to give them a little credit for what they have done for the community!!!
"So, Do you mean, ISA is always right and we are always criticizing them?"
"No"
ISA makes mistakes too (It's organized by some people who are only as experienced as we are!!!)...Some people say that if ISA puts in some genuine effort and organizes some interesting events then they deserve some appreciation. But sometimes the way certain events are organized..it looks as if it was done in a haste..then why organize?? Its not a rule that there should be a certain number of events in a year...so if ISA thinks they are not prepared then it should not organize the event. Then the main question arises: who can judge whether ISA is ready or not? Not the committee (they organize it!!!), not the people (they have to experience it on the event day!!!)...then who?
I donno!!!
First thing is, ISA should gain respect among people. The only way they can earn respect is by sponsoring good events. They should continously try to improve. If they let the people think that they are bad...then its very difficult for ISA to bounce back. All we have in a year is 4- 5 events...so ISA cannot risk spoiling an event and then trying hard to attract people for the rest.
This year, the annual function was good. Dinner was the best in the last three years. Again, its my personal opinion. Congrats ISA!!! I cannot comment on the function because I wasn't there. There will be lots of complaints after the function. Infact it will be more than the congratulatory messages. ISA should take those criticisms positively. ISA should use those comments as stepping ladder to improve next year.
And more importantly ISA should volunteer themselves in collecting people's responses after an event. I may not criticize today, but I will never attend an ISA function again. But if someone from the committee asks me how the function was or how the dinner was, then I will say that the naan was bad!!! Its all about communicating.....
But anyways, Thanks ISA for organizing the event...It was good!!!
P.S: I think the Answer to the first question is that people really want ISA to improve and hence those bad comments!!!( atleast this is what I wanted to believe)
Secondly, ISA should not always complain that people are not responding to their calls. If it's really really good, then people will be there...Screen RDB...Screen a boring movie...You can see the difference...
You know what I mean!!!!
4 comments:
Well, u seemed to have picked up quite a contentious topic when u talk about the present ISA's doings. I'm not even sure if at the end of it we would arrive at a conclusion or find the "so called" RIGHT answer but nevertheless i assume that i won't lose much in giving my 2 cents worth.
I'm not sure if i know the answer to the question u have posed (n tried to reason out) about "Why is that people always complain so much about ISA and it's events?" . First of all how sure are u that people complain about the ISA events and to what extent? I'm not saying that they don't (Hell! people complain about EVERYTHING and ALL THE TIME). How can we know for sure what the majority fo the people in the community think about the ISA and its events?
I have always maintianed that the first n foremost thing the present ISA committee has/had to do was create a platform where the 2 C's (Community and Committee) can interact directly. A platform, which could be a forum or a blog, through which any comments/criticism/opinions/suggestions can be exchanged transparently (the censors and brokers could be excused here). I wonder how the present ISA committee members get feedback from the community regarding the various events the ISA plans? It would be interesting to hear the answer from the horse's mouth.
All said and done i understand that each of us can come up with different ideas and opinions about how the ISA could be run better but its not possible to incorporate all those ideas and suggestions and more importantly i don't think anyone here in manhattan has the time to sit through all those ideas (unless he's a varun or a sushanth.....or a satya, who have nothing better to do than browse the internet ALL THE TIME!!!)
PS: Looks like these days EVEYONE is picking on the ISA for its faults (its becoming a hobby, i guess). Its so much easier to find faults than to try and do a job properly. Why don't we give those poor chaps a little break and let them do what they think is right.
This committee is doing a very commendable job. You are right Varun, they are definitely working on the mistakes we made. Harshit was there with us and was very involved and knew exactly where we could have done better. The exhibition I felt was very good this time. I'm unable to give a comparison with last year's as I was not able to go through the courtyard even once. I'm most satisfied with the food part. Especially last year I was so disheartened after the long day we were not able to give enough food to everyone. Forget about people; eating at the end of the dinner I was so hungry and all I could get was plain rice and felt very bad. They have learnt from it and no scarcity of food, so absolutely two thumbs up from me for the food part. About the flaws, there will definitely be some, no matter how good is the event. But I'm a pro-ISA guy. I would like to give my criticism to the executive committee than writting for the public viewing.
I would definitely like the forum to be active. Out of the two suggested mediums of interaction by Sushanth, forum is my preferred one. Good job Varun.
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