If you could change three things about the Union...

[theshadowhost]

lame :'(

[Haunted]

Knock it down, begin again, extend out the back onto the wasted grass.

[Duggeh]

1) Bring back Tennents Velvet.

[pyro soc....]

1. Review the insurance.

2. Invite a bunch of pyromaniacs to come for a week.

3. Rebuild...

[Bizarre Atheist]

1. Eject the Travel Service. Use the space for something, ANYTHING, more worthwhile.

2. Redevelop or just simply redecorate all of the rooms on the first and second floors, particularly the atrocious mural in the Salad Bowl and the absurdly large and almost-never-used space taken up by the Venue2 kitchen. The office layout on the first floor has always seemed absurd to me, too.

3. Bring back karaoke.

[Owen Wilton]

...the atrocious mural in the Salad Bowl...

It's like something from the Director's Cut of The Shining.

We should have a sponsored paint-a-thon to raise money for the Charities Campaign. (Just to paint over it.) Then, we should have a competition to replace it with something interesting. I've heard it's worth money but it can't be worth THAT much money.

We should submit THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF CHANGING IT as an entry to the Turner Prize, and use the inevitable prize money to fund the redecoration.

[Owen Wilton]

I bet you could auction off positions on the paintover team. There are so many people craving the satisfaction of ruining it.

I'm bringing this to SSC.

[Al]

You leave that mural alone.

[The Kinky Monkey]

I always wanted the Union to totally soundproof venue 2. When I was there that's where all the complaints came from as three walls were adjacent to the outside. Apparently it costs the earth to do it properly though. You could do it with egg boxes and mattresses for that totally budget feel.

Anyway it would be a great size for live music events, as Venue 1 is too big for smaller bands and the Beer Bar is ok but maybe a little small at times.

[Bizarre Atheist]

I'm bringing this to SSC.

Excellent. Tell them I said hi.

[Duggeh]

3. Bring back karaoke.

Fuck. No.


I did hate the times I went-a-wondering into the union of a night, caught ear of somebody running "Holding Out For A Hero" through a rusty mincer and, smoothly upon one foot, 180-ed right back out the door.

[Fawksie]

I always wanted the Union to totally soundproof venue 2.

You'd also have to lightproof it. Venue 2 does not leak a significant amount of noise, it's the sight of people using the room that triggers the busybodies across the road to complain.

[munchingfoo]

I always wanted the Union to totally soundproof venue 2.

You'd also have to lightproof it. Venue 2 does not leak a significant amount of noise, it's the sight of people using the room that triggers the busybodies across the road to complain.

Why don't we then? You could probably make a much better venue by boarding up the windows and insulating it.

[orudge]

It'd make it a bit more depressing during the day though, probably, when it is used for general functions and so on. A better form of curtain/blind that blocks as much of the light as possible may be more useful.

[schmod]

From a purely functional point of view, the Union could really use more storage space so that we don't have to use the Billiards Room or the V2 Kitchen (yes, it has a full kitchen!).

The building would also look much nicer without two rusting storage containers sitting out front.

V1 actually can currently be split in two by hanging a black cloth across the middle of the room. It makes the venue considerably more intimate for small events (though the rear half can't be used for anything). Also consider that virtually nothing in V1 is actually nailed down, and could potentially be reconfigured as such. Bruce has also had a pipe dream of adding a mezzanine for quite some time.

You could probably get people to climb the stairs as long as there were consistently scheduled events open to the public on the 3rd floor. As it stands, AltSoc and Darkroom both tend to be well-attended. Renaming the rooms up there might be a good idea at some point in the future (as would removing the 'CLOAKROOM' sign outside of Off-Sales).

[Jono]

...the atrocious mural in the Salad Bowl...

It's like something from the Director's Cut of The Shining.

We should have a sponsored paint-a-thon to raise money for the Charities Campaign. (Just to paint over it.) Then, we should have a competition to replace it with something interesting. I've heard it's worth money but it can't be worth THAT much money.

We should submit THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF CHANGING IT as an entry to the Turner Prize, and use the inevitable prize money to fund the redecoration.

I'm in favour of painting over the mural, provided that it's for a good reason, and/or we have something better to replace it with. last year the idea was proposed on the ludicrous pretext that the naked people distracted the Thesps during their rehearsals (oh petal!). If Juggle-soc can manage in the salad bowl, so can anyone! Personally, I think it gives the room character, or at least more character than it would have were the wall painted over in magnolia (which will inevitably happen).

[Jono]

It'd make it a bit more depressing during the day though, probably, when it is used for general functions and so on. A better form of curtain/blind that blocks as much of the light as possible may be more useful.

What functions would those be? V2 is even more under-used during the day than anywhere else (makes quite a peaceful impromptu study-room actually).

[RandomMusings]

What Venue 2 may well need, would be dividers, as are in existance in the salad bowl, so that room space would be less of a premium.

[orudge]

What functions would those be? V2 is even more under-used during the day than anywhere else (makes quite a peaceful impromptu study-room actually).

Certainly some of the time I've been up there, there seems to have been a never-ending stream of rehearsals and the like in there. Plus things like Ents meetings on Wednesdays. I daresay there are other uses. Venue 2 does seem to go through phases of being very busy, and being relatively empty though, so I guess it depends what time of year you hit it!

[Owen Wilton]

CHANGE THE MURAL.