Fwd: Hothouse event!
Shriansh Shrivastava
From: Sunil Sahota <ss...@sussex.ac.uk>
Date: Aug 28, 2006 2:22 AM
Subject: Hothouse event!
To: Shriansh Shrivastava <shri...@gmail.com>
hey!!
bout the hothouse! the dj needs to know! hes up for 75pounds which is
wiked, but he needs to know if its all clear! its 12th oct rite?
iv started a usas group on hi5 and the responce from brighton uni is
hugeee! they all wanna cum to this bhangra/hindi/rnb nite! and the
president of Acas told me she will help out and promote it to thier
group! so we can target all asians, blacks and sum white! meaning full
house! ur def gona make a profit!
another thing is i can make the posters and flyers. im up for givin them
out at the brighton freshers fair, also we shud promote it on our
freshers fair aswel! we shud make this bigg!
one final thing, with diwali cuming up...we shud get together with
brightons asian and hindu society and hire out a banqueting suite and do
a proper dinner and dance- tikets shud be about 20 covering cost of food
and place! dj will do it free
hope to hear from u soon
sunny
Reetu Kapila
saw sunny's flyer, think its wicked, looks really professional and
appealing for our target audience - young asains with a high disposable
income - british asians are known to spend as much, and if not more, on
goods as any other ethnic group in the UK. think we need to go for
something like this as opposed to something that looks too asian coz
this will be off putting, ppl cant relate to really indian lookin
posters coz they're not around in the UK. perhaps if everyone takes a
look on his flyer and gives their responses...
think we need to consider our target audience a lot more
effectively.for example, think chai nights excludes a lot of ppl, esp
those like myself who, while i can appreciate it is part of asian
culture and is enjoyed by some at usas, isnt targetin the all members
of usas. it seems a lot of decisions are made in consideration of those
students that study from international countries.while i appreciate we
need to appeal to these students, i certainly feel a lot more needs to
be done to cater for british asains who experience asian culture in a
different way.
perhaps im alone in feeling this or who regards this as an issue with
usas please feel free to discuss this with me anyone who has an opinion
on this. i think usas needs to compromise a lot more in making
decisions by conisdering ALL of its members who may have different
ideas or expectations about what an asian society should offer.
look forward to hearing responses, Reetu : )
Sunil Sahota
thanks for all the emails i got on the views of the flyer!
i agree with Reetu when she says that our target audience needs to be
considerd! If we want to talk numbers, then there are 1500 asians in
Brighton Uni, and 375 in Sussex. a huge number of these, especially in
Brighton uni are Brit Asians! and like Reetu says, and i have learnt in
Media Studies at A-level, British Asians are known as the brown pound
(i.e. they spend the most in terms of Ethnic minorities) and from
expierence in previous years, where i have organised events and gigs
i.e. boat parties on the river themes and other dinner and dances they
are willing to spend up to 30 pounds,(and these are people at college
where most ppl dont even have jobs!) so we need not to be scared in
raising the price on huge events! where it is worth it. When talking to
alot of brit asians on campus, i find they dont like to to join usas
becuase it doesnt cater to their needs.
What we can do is have two sub branches maybe?!, one can deal with
Indian students and organise events for them, and another can deal with
needs of british asians with perhaps more street credibility i.e. urban
events etc! i know alot of ppl at brighton uni are longing for events as
such! hence the huge responce to the hothouse event i am getting!
hopefully tht will go down well and we could make conclusions from that
enjoy the last few weeks for summer! and then we gota get the ball
running for next year! braap!
sunny
Mohammad Paracha
gonna be made here...just defeats the purpose.....with u guys with us
now in the exec, its gonna be a lot easier to attract one of the
target audiences...but one of the whole points is to make the 2 target
audiences to interact as well...so we can revamp the thing to cater to
everyone....mohammad and i had a meeting with the ACAS higher exec as
well as the univeristy union president Dan Glass yesterday...we talked
about a lot of things...including several things concerning british
ethnic minorities....rights issues and things....we will be making
both USAS and ACAS not just about partying and touching culture but
also make awareness about current affairs and what not....dan has an
impressive list of speakers coming round to uni this term....also Love
Music Hate Racism is coming and they need a list of ppl we wod like to
see.....doesnt reall matter how big the artist is....they can get more
or less anyone in britain...i told him bout rishi rich and punjabi
mc....but hey....gimme more names...an ill forward those to him....
when i said hothouse will be booked on monday, i said ON monday not
FOR monday.....it will be booked on monday for tuesday...lol...and the
flyer....i dint mean 'indian lookin poster"....i just meant hot
chick..lol...
i seriously think a meeting is needed soon....where and when can we
all meet...need suggestions....
cya...
Reetu Kapila
mohammed, appreciate ur feedback on the need to target both
audiences..sounds promising!
im available for a meeting at weekends in london.cant really do week
days coz im working.
hot chick sounds more like it..perhaps sunny could add a suitable image?
that rasicm event sounds good, perhaps jay sean cud be added on that
list, and jazzy b?
Reetu..
Sunil Sahota
as iv stated before iv already contacted Jazzy B earlier kast month, he
was willing to perform cheaper than his usual price....theres also
ominous dj's (well known mainstream bhangra artists from my old school),
Jinx, Punjabi Hit Squad, Talvin Singh....list goes on!
sunny
Muhammed Ansari
i totally aagree with ali we can not afford to split up people
remeber unity is power .besdides that some good news hothouse bookin
has been confrimed for th 10th besides tht we have the meeting house
for every wednesday knw for oct and nov we can have ur meetings and
can even screen movies there .We are thinking along the lines of
making a USAS introduction booklet union has showen there support and
they would be interested in helping us with the priniting of the
booklet.I was wondering shriansh if its possible to ask sindy to write
an article related to desi life in brighton for udergradtes and maybe
we can ask a post grad to write abt there experiences can u get
intouch with Joy and ask him to do tht
Muhammed Ansari
Mohammad Paracha
ok first reetu....when it says mohammad paracha...its me ali....just a
wierd sussex thing...they're idiots!....muhammed ansari is
mohammad...lol...
and sunny.....its really cool that u got in touch with jazzy b....its
a good thing to know about rates for these dudes for events....for
freshers tho....its gonna be part of the freshers ball organized by
the union where the group love music hate racism will be paying for
the artists...so to us they are absolutely free!....yay!...lol...
take care..
ali
Sunil Sahota
be sik!! lol they mix both english and punjabi so its all good for us
desi's and all good for black ppl coz its urban, and goreh who like tht
shit aswel!!!
wiked but the hothouse!! this is gona b wiked!
also im trying to sort out a diwali/eid thing
theres two/three options
1) we could hire a banquiting suit in brighton, my indian friend owns a
resturant, we could sort out cheap food and dj wud be free!. if 80
prople come and pay 20 pounds we would have 1600 pounds. and 80 people
are easy to find...remember 370 asians in sussex, and 1500 in brighton
uni and a few at city college!
BUT, another thing we cud do is hire a coach, lets say it holds 50
people- and everyone pays 5 pounds towards the coach and another 15 for
a dinner and dance in london! theres loads of places like monsoon,
baylis house, vikrams, which all charge 12-15 pounds, sheraton hotel(one
of the best) charges 15 for guys and free for girls! all offer an
all-you-can-eat 3 course buffet and bar with cheap drinks and a massive
dance floor and obviously becuase its in london, some of the best asian
dj's around. if we go sheraton, we split the costs between the girls and
guys so if 25 girls and 25 guys come each would pay 12.50, thats a coach
there, back and food and dance! wiked dont you guys think??
let me know any other ideas if anyone has them
also becuase we save alot of money from the shisha night (since its all
cheap, and we get like 60 pounds funding) we cud use some of the money
to promote the hothouse- i mean get the flyers printed by pro's and nice
glossy posters?! i know kavita has links in brighton...
sunny
Sunil Sahota
thought i reconised you....but cudnt exacly cum up n say hi in the exam:S
lol peace