May House Meeting

1. Sidney Pacific Graduate Community May House Meeting Tuesday, May 1st 2007

2. Agenda • Service Awards • The New House Council • Role of the House Council • Introductions • Housing • Trustee Nominations • Brunch Logistics • Upcoming Events

3. Service Awards • Rosaria Chiang • Nan Gu • Wen Liu • Tara Sainath • Lynne Salameh

4. Thank You (outgoing) SPEC! • Robert Wang • Ben Mares • Matt Eddy • Alex Lewis • Jane Kim

5. Nan Gu President Swati Mohan VP of Residential Life Wendy Iskenderian VP of Information Michelle Sander VP of Resources Rosaria Chiang Chair of the Halls House Council 2007-2008

6. Office of the President • What this really means • CoSI Lectures • Housefellow Events • Outreach Opportunities • Alumni Dinners • Advocacy • Collaborations • Connects Sidney Pacific to other organizations • Academia • Community • Industry • Alumni • MIT/GSC • KAΘ • Other Dormitories

7. Ardavan Farjadpour Scholarly Interactions Yuri Loktionov Housefellows Liaison Nan Gu President Mihir Mehta External Relations/Alumni Swati Mohan VP of Residential Life Natalija Jovanovic GSC Representative Wendy Iskenderian VP of Information Shirin Pillay Theta Representative Anusha Kothandaraman Outreach Michelle Sander VP of Resources Rosaria Chiang Chair of the Halls

8. Office of Information • Maintain records and archives • Connect the community with technology • Publicize events • Main Tools • Officer’s Wiki • SP homepage • Poster printing and design • SPeaker newsletter • Photo archive • SPTV (technical and content) • Bulletin boards • Email/Discussion lists • Coming Soon! • Online Forums • Unified Publicity Interface

9. Mark Baldesarra SPTV Chair James Lee Publicity Chair Karthik Balakrishnan SPTV Co-chair Jonathan Ragan-Kelley Publicity Co-chair Nan Gu President Wendy Iskenderian VP of Information Swati Mohan VP of Residential Life Matthew Walker Newsletter Chair Jeewoo Lim Photofile Chair Michelle Sander VP of Resources Rosaria Chiang Chair of the Halls Biliana Kaneva Web Co-chair Kai Iamsumang Web Co-chair Wen Liu Web Chair

10. Office of Residential Life • Organize residence-wide social activities • Orientation • Outings, Athletics, IM Sports • Brunches, Coffee Hours • Maintain a hub of campus-wide social life • Collaborations with organizations inside and outside of MIT • Dance Parties, BBQs • Steward financial support for events

11. Ben Renkoski Social Chair Lynne Waldman Orientation Chair Eric Lam Social Co-chair Johnathan Lindsey Orientation Co-chair Kerwin Johnson Brunch Chair Dan Weller Coffee Hour Chair Nan Gu President Swati Mohan VP of Residential Life Wendy Iskenderian VP of Information Christiana Athanasiou Coffee Hour Co-chair ZP Zhang Brunch Co-chair Jessica Edmonds Outing Chair Hila Hashemi Cultural Chair Michelle Sander VP of Resources Rosaria Chiang Chair of the Halls Tara Sainath Athletics Chair

12. Office of Resources • Make resources and services available to residents • Procuring/Purchasing • Installation/Inventory • Work with House Manager and vendors on new capital expenses and repairs • Fostering an interest in music and arts • Maintain resources • Inventory database and check-out infrastructure • Guidelines for equipment use • Encouraging community in upkeep of residence • Financial stewardship • Securing funding, establishing budgets, reimbursements

13. Matt Abel A/V Chair Romain Levy Aquarium Chair Robin Stewart A/V Co-chair JunJay Tan Aquarium Co-chair Nestor Quispez-Asin Arts Chair Vivienne Sze Inventory Chair Nan Gu President Swati Mohan VP of Residential Life Wendy Iskenderian VP of Information Tim Chen Music Chair Daniel Myers Bikes Chair Michelle Sander VP of Resources Adrienne Li Plants Chair Chia-hung Wu Controller Rosaria Chiang Chair of the Halls Chris Mandy IT Chair

14. Hall Council • First point of contact for residents • Organize hall events • Represent residents to House Council • Mediation and counseling • Work together to create the community that is S-P

15. Jack Chu 2-North Vacant 2-South Chris Dodd 3-South Galen Li 3-North Austin Minnich Floor 1 Carol Hua 4-South Alex McCauley 4-North Nan Gu President Swati Mohan VP of Residential Life Wendy Iskenderian VP of Information Daniel Klein 5-North Chris Chuang 5-South Monica Martinez-Bravo Floor 6 David Uniman Floor 7 Michelle Sander VP of Resources Rosaria Chiang Chair of the Halls Emily Shen Floor 8 Hoda Eydgahi Floor 9

16. What it means to be an SP officer • Volunteer Government • The people who really care • Friendliest, most active people you’ll meet • Supporting each other • Together, we can do what seems impossible

19. Other Sources of Support Housemasters: Roger and Dottie Mark House Manager: Jack Ahern Associate (and baby) Housemasters: Roland Tang and Annette Kim (and Joshua)

20. Housing • The answers you’ve been looking for… • Who is eligible? • SP residents with renewable housing contracts • Including incoming house officers and 2nd year senior segues • Timeline: • May 6: list of rooms available is made public • May 9: room/roommate preference due • May 15: room assignment posted • All moves MUST be completed by 8/20 • If you want to stay in your room, • YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO ANYTHING

21. Trustee Nominations • Jane Kim • Alex Lewis

22. Transition Brunch • May 5th at the Marriott • 9:30AM: Meet in the Lobby • 10:00AM: Arrive at the Marriott • 10:30AM: Eat while talking with your predecessor/successor • 12:00PM: Brunch Ends

23. Upcoming Events • Saturday, May 5th: Transition Brunch • Friday, May 18th: GSC Acoustic BBQ • Saturday, May 26th: S-P BBQ & Movie • Sunday, June 3rd: S-P Officer Retreat • June: Cultural Festival, NBA Finals, HC BBQ & Movie, Brunch • July: Pool Party, Brunch, Movie

24. GSC Acoustic BBQ • Friday, May 18th 4PM-8PM, Stata Center

25. Open Floor • Questions? • Comments?

26. Office Meetings • Follow your respective SPEC members • Office of the President: Nan • Office of Information: Wendy • Office of Residential Life: Swati • Office of Resources: Michelle • Hall Council: Rosaria