32nd INTIMA: Semester start --> INTIMA Week

I just remembered that last week during the INTIMA Week, 2 whole boards were empty. I wonder if those were assigned for clubs that had failed to put up their board, or if they were there by mistake.

But it does reinforce my dislike for this time's INTIMA. Especially because they allocated my club to a half-board's space from our usual full board. Should those 2 boards get filled up, 4 clubs will benefit from having full boards.

But maybe those two empty spaces weren't supposed to be assigned to anyone. Maybe the clubs themselves messed up and subsequently caused 2 extra spaces to be created. But if so, it still doesn't show that the INTIMA Exco was meticulous and responsible in arranging this time's INTIMA Week anyway.

They hadn't done well with the earlier orientation day as well. The program started at 9am and ended at 1pm. They had asked the councils to present themselves at 8am, an hour before the program starts. Those who did present themselves at 8am wasted about an hour waiting for the clock to strike 9. There was a briefing but it took only 5 minutes.

That doesn't justify their wasting of everyone's time. They may have done it as a precaution to councils who will arrive late, but that still doesn't justify their wasting of everyone's time. It is as if the Exco's are treating the Councils as their inferiors when we are essentially all equals.

8am to 1pm is 5 hours apart. No break nor food was provided throughout the schedule. People who had had breakfast earlier may save themselves from some hunger, but what about those who did not? When I raised this at the subsequent meeting, the response I received was that food was not provided because drawing from past experiences, no one took any. I thought that this was not a bad argument but nevertheless still inconsiderate.

What angers me the most however is how the president had dared to force councils to attend that day (orientation) by threatening to suspend approval of any of their club's activities throughout the semester. It really does show that he does not treat the councils as his equals. But worse than that, no one raised a single voice when the president raised that threat (I was absent for the meeting when he made this threat and had only known it through the meeting minutes).

You really can't expect Malaysian students to raise any voices can you?