Wednesday, December 21, 2005 :::
i just don't understand.
i really don't know what exactly they are looking for. but what i know is that what i tendered in was pretty good. and i know what it feels like to see my efforts, my time and my fruits go POOF!
it's philo essay again isn't it? the same emotion, just that it's a hundred times more painful. i can't keep count how much time i've spent on it. would you believe me if i said i joined MC solely because i wanted to do arts camp? and would you believe me if i said that i was already taking notes and thinking about arts camp before i was even officially a MC member ? recalling whatever i can about artstasy, all the aspects that makes it work, building up from scratch, way before the first time i ever saw how a proposal was done.
i feel strongly about, anyone, desiring to be a PD, for any project, should be very clear on the vision, aims and objectives, of the project. how else does he expect not to be swayed by other opinions and be distracted by unnecessary stuff? also, on his committee structure and committee roles, how else does he expect to know what he can expect out of his committee unless he's absolutely sure where exactly each responsibility lay? that's why i feel that wholesale cut and paste jobs are clear signs that he or she is not geniunely interested and that it is merely just another generic project.
and so i came up with a whole new committee structure, taking into account all that i've noted during artstasy, past arts club projects, and visualising the scale of the arts camp that i want. i thought clearly what each committee member should be in charge of, to whom each are accountable to, how closely they can work with other members whom are under a different DPD, without having to go through internal red-tape, and making sure if there are enough checks, that no one neglects, and no one does too much.
i thought of what arts camp will entail; how aggressive publicity should be at what time, how marketing should be done, how to align, without compromising the vision, the programmes and activities to ensure maximum marketing opportunities. i thought about how taxing it will be on the publicity executive during the period just before the camp, and how tiring it will be for the logistics team during the camp, and if alternatives can be found to tackle this problem. i thought about how the programmes should progress, how to plan the activites so that the atmosphere and energy levels flow during the whole duration of the camp, and about how to split the gargantuan logistics aspect amongst the different executives and teams, so that their workload is even and gradual as the camp progresses. i even thought of how to arrange the clubroom during the arts camp period so that the place can maximised and be readily accessible and condusive for camp preparations.
with all this in mind, i started on my proposal weeks before the deadline. some of this points i managed to include in my proposal; some i could'nt find a place to fit in. it took me so much time and effort thinking through this stuff, how to put it across in a succint and concise manner, and then re-reading, re-conceptualising and amending throughout the weeks. even until the last minute, i was reading through and making sure that everything i could think of was covered. i wasn't late in submitting the proposal in accordance to the deadline set. and there are proposals that are done in half a day, with half of it lifted from somewhere, which are late, that are accepted.
what's the point of it all anyway? do they even read the proposals? or do they first turn to the page where it states whose proposal it was? if they already pre-decided the outcome, why then give us false hopes and waste our time?
why then?
i just don't understand.
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::: posted by Richard Wan at 4:35 AM
Friday, December 09, 2005 :::
i'm already stressed and busy over these proposals and so many other things to do, and there she is, running around in my mind.
i can't think straight.
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::: posted by Richard Wan at 1:33 AM
Thursday, December 08, 2005 :::
i disagree with the method of the thrashing out session.
i reiterate my stand - i do not discuss the negative aspects of a person or his/her flaws in front of other people and/or in public, without the person being there.
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::: posted by Richard Wan at 2:49 AM
