This is in reply to Aditya's tirade against the MindSpark organisers.
Dear Aditya,
I agree with you about the certificates part. Even we organisers haven't received our certificates yet. And what is really stupid is that people like me who were a part of two events have been told that we get certificates for one event only. So I'd like to take this chance to show the middle finger to all the chief organisers of MindSpark.
But then it is unfair to say that MindSpark shouldn't have taken place. You were lucky in the sense that your dept had a fest of it's own. But what about people like us who had no fests organised by the dept? MindSpark gave us all a chance to organise a grand event and it was something we really wanted to do. Then again, MindSpark, purely as an event was way bigger than Fervor was, despite this being it's inaugural year. The Mech Dept had some sort of monopoly over event organising as Fervor was obviously the biggest of the various fests we had. But MS obviously brought an end to that monopoly which left some of you guys dissatisfied. However, as we know, the end of a monopoly invariably results in something good, and the same applies here. And if you guys can't tolerate the fact that there are people in college who can also do a good or rather a better job of organising events than MESA, then it's too bad. For you I mean.
I would also like to point out that overall, as an event, MS was great. Way better than Fervor ever was. And the fact that it is the college's official joint fest instead of merely being a departmental fest gives it a certain special status. COEP is a big brand, especially in Pune and hence to capitalise on it is very essential. This is the reason why MS got a lot of participation from colleges like IIT-B and various other outstation colleges. These people wouldn't have participated if it was just another departmental event. The other day I was sitting idly in my CAT class (one of the few places where I'm actually quiet most of the time) and I overheard a conversation between a few girls who were discussing engineering college fests. And all of them unanimously agreed that MS was by far the best college fest and that the organisation was great. That shows that MS is a great success and that there is no valid reason for not staging it.
I agree that in some of the minor matters like distribution of certificates etc MS has suffered from a few problems. But then again, this was the first year. Next year's organisers will have a year's experience to help make things better and I'm sure the next MS will be even better. So pointing out small mistakes is all right but it is wrong to question the staging of the whole event which is an undoubted success.
P.S: As to the question of certificates, I loved the manner in which the organisers of Zest handled it. By the time the prize distribution ceremony was over, ALL the certificates - winners, runners up and participants - were ready and so were the cash prizes. And remember, teams in Zest have 15-16 members in their squad and giving out certificates to all of them, before the event is over is quite a big deal. Let's hope MS can take a leaf out of Zest's book and do it better next time.
Thanks,
Aniket
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let me be clear on 1 part, i agree with most of your arguments. To the extent that MS was a quality tech event. But I simply refuse to accept that it was in any form ‘WAY’ better than Fervor ever was. How can you say that? The last Fervor had a budget of almost 3/4th that of MS. A single dept raised that much money. We brought MTV to COEP man! I am not lying, you ask the people who worked for MS publicity….the general reaction MS initially received was…event in COEP…so soon….forget it…we will try next sem in Fervor. People actually had a hard time in digesting the fact that Fervor is no longer there. Fervor was the best event in Maharashtra apart from IIT-B techfest. Now MS is also the 2nd best (and you wont deny it, that it will take ages for MS to reach the level of techfest)…so whats the difference for my dept?? That was the whole point of that post. We were at loss. But as I accepted, only a few like me thought of it that way. And we have moved on. I am not denying the success of MS but my take on MS is going to be like that only. Will try to look at the situation in a more +ve manner. Thats all!
Are you making up the whole "Girls in the cat class" thing?
just sounds a bit improbable..specially so many days after the event
no dude. swear i didn't make up the 'girls in cat class' story. I obviously never mentioned it earlier because the topic of MS never came up, until now that is.
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