Dear all When the West Basement was refurbished, we were assured that people would get access to the rooms they needed through their IC college cards. This has NOT happened, and instead each media society has a single key card they log out of the porter's lodge. While that works for the Radio Studio, it means no-one has access e.g. to the media hub to download music on Rivendell while the studio is in use, which is deeply frustrating. If you have experienced any problems at all in the past, we have been asked by Henry, Head of Media, to send him emails (media.chair@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:media.chair@imperial.ac.uk>) asking for better access by this Tuesday 20th Oct, as he has a meeting about it, and is repeatedly told that no-one else is complaining! In case it helps, I have pasted a general email below that you could use or adapt, or just send your own. We need to change this now, to make the year easier, and this is your chance - it will only take a few seconds! If you belong to >1 media club, please mention those too and issues you've experienced. Thanking you for your support Neil (on behalf of the Radio Exec) _________________ (Subject) Lack of access to Media Hub in West Basement is disruptive to IC Radio's activities Dear Henry I am e-mailing you to inform you that I have been inconvenienced by the key card system used to enter the West Basement in the following way. IC Radio members need access to other rooms, in particular the Media Hub and the store room, while the key card is held by the occupant of the Radio Studio, and this is currently not possible unless someone else happens to be in the hub. I understand that it is actually possible to set up a system that allows me to enter the West Basement with my normal uni key card, just as we have differential access throughout the rest of college. This would be both easier for us, and more secure, and I would like to know why it has not been implemented yet. Thank you & best regards, [Your name]