may house meeting sidney graduate community tuesday, may 6 th 2008 pacific
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May House Meeting
SidneyGraduate Community
Tuesday, May 6th 2008
Pacific
AgendaAgenda
• Service Awards
• The New House Council– Role of the House Council– Introductions– Housing
• Bylaw Amendment
• Brunch Logistics
• Upcoming Events
• Service Awards
• The New House Council– Role of the House Council– Introductions– Housing
• Bylaw Amendment
• Brunch Logistics
• Upcoming Events
SP Regalia RentalSP Regalia Rental
• Saturday May 17: Pick up gowns from dry-cleaners
• Saturday May 31: Distribution of gowns
• Saturday, June 7: Return of gowns
• Saturday May 17: Pick up gowns from dry-cleaners
• Saturday May 31: Distribution of gowns
• Saturday, June 7: Return of gowns
• Kai Iamamsung
• Biliana Kaneva
• Jessica Edmonds
• Monica Martinez-Bravo
• Kai Iamamsung
• Biliana Kaneva
• Jessica Edmonds
• Monica Martinez-Bravo
Service AwardsService Awards
CommendationsCommendations
• Christiana Athanasiou • Zenzile Brooks • Jack Chu • Carol Hua • Austin Minnich• Romain Levy • JunJay Tan• Chris Mandy • Rebecca Perry • Zhunping Zhang
• Christiana Athanasiou • Zenzile Brooks • Jack Chu • Carol Hua • Austin Minnich• Romain Levy • JunJay Tan• Chris Mandy • Rebecca Perry • Zhunping Zhang
Thank You (outgoing) SPEC!Thank You (outgoing) SPEC!
• Nan Gu
• Wendy Iskenderian
• Swati Mohan
• Michelle Sander
• Rosaria Chiang
• Nan Gu
• Wendy Iskenderian
• Swati Mohan
• Michelle Sander
• Rosaria Chiang
House Council 2008-2009
Matthew WalkerPresident
Wenhao LiuVP of Information
Hila HashemiVP of Residential Life
Leslie RogersChair of the Halls
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Daniel WellerVP of Resources
• Presenting Sidney-Pacific to other Organizations– Administration– Academia– Student Groups– Community Organizations
• Advocating for residents– Stipend Increases, Dental Plan– Northwest Shuttle
• Organizing Special Interactions– Outreach Opportunities– Scholarly Events– Alumni Dinners
• Presenting Sidney-Pacific to other Organizations– Administration– Academia– Student Groups– Community Organizations
• Advocating for residents– Stipend Increases, Dental Plan– Northwest Shuttle
• Organizing Special Interactions– Outreach Opportunities– Scholarly Events– Alumni Dinners
Office of the PresidentOffice of the President
Matthew WalkerPresident
Outreach
Shamim Nemati
Lauren Culver
Environment
Wendy Gu
GSC Representative
Committee on Scholarly Interaction
Christophe Mandy
• Maintain records and archives• Connect the community with technology• Publicize events
• Main Tools
• Maintain records and archives• Connect the community with technology• Publicize events
• Main Tools
Office of InformationOffice of Information
• Maintain records and archives• Connect the community with technology• Publicize events
• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki
• Maintain records and archives• Connect the community with technology• Publicize events
• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki
Office of InformationOffice of Information
• Maintain records and archives• Connect the community with technology• Publicize events
• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage
• Maintain records and archives• Connect the community with technology• Publicize events
• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage
Office of InformationOffice of Information
• Maintain records and archives• Connect the community with technology• Publicize events
• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design
• Maintain records and archives• Connect the community with technology• Publicize events
• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design
Office of InformationOffice 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
• Maintain records and archives• Connect the community with technology• Publicize events
• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design– SPeaker newsletter
Office of InformationOffice 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
• 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
Office of InformationOffice 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)
• 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)
Office of InformationOffice 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)– Email/Discussion lists
• 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)– Email/Discussion lists
Office of InformationOffice 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)– Email/Discussion lists
• Coming Soon!– Online Forums
• 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)– Email/Discussion lists
• Coming Soon!– Online Forums
Office of InformationOffice 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)– Email/Discussion lists
• Coming Soon!– Online Forums– Unified Publicity Interface
• 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)– Email/Discussion lists
• Coming Soon!– Online Forums– Unified Publicity Interface
Office of InformationOffice of Information
Unified Publicity
PostersSP-Anno
SPTV-Slides Room Reserv.
Unified Publicity
Live feedback
Wenhao LiuVP of Information
Biliana Kaneva
Web-Chairs
Kai Iamsumang
Karthik Balakrishnan
Michael Eilenberg
Newsletter
Rebecca Perry
Photofile
SPTV
Publicity
Yuxi Zhang
Alex H. Chan
Wanted!
Office of Residential LifeOffice of Residential Life Aims to create and increase social interaction and cultural
awareness in the SP community and throughout the campus through different events and programs:
• Organizes SP social events and activities: -weekly coffee hours -Monthly brunches -Outings -Athletic activities and outings - Cultural coffee hours and dinner series
• Organizes and runs the orientation events some of which are with collaboration with GSC and other dormitories.
• Organizes some of the campus-wide or cross-campus social events:
- campus-wide dance parties - campus-wide BBQ’s and movie screenings. - Harvard-MIT dance parties (every other year)
Aims to create and increase social interaction and cultural awareness in the SP community and throughout the campus through different events and programs:
• Organizes SP social events and activities: -weekly coffee hours -Monthly brunches -Outings -Athletic activities and outings - Cultural coffee hours and dinner series
• Organizes and runs the orientation events some of which are with collaboration with GSC and other dormitories.
• Organizes some of the campus-wide or cross-campus social events:
- campus-wide dance parties - campus-wide BBQ’s and movie screenings. - Harvard-MIT dance parties (every other year)
New initiatives:• Work on building a stable relationship with
the new Ashdown
• Create and work on IM sports
• Increase the number of smaller social events and programs that target residents with common interest via collaboration with different offices and committees: athletics, music, CoSI, etc.
New initiatives:• Work on building a stable relationship with
the new Ashdown
• Create and work on IM sports
• Increase the number of smaller social events and programs that target residents with common interest via collaboration with different offices and committees: athletics, music, CoSI, etc.
Alexander P. McCauleyCoffee Chair
Adrienne LiCoffee co-chair
William LohSocial Chair
Office of Residential Life
Irina Ostrovskaya Social Co-Chair
Hila HashemiVP of Reslife
Kerwin JohnsonBrunch Chair
Zenzile BrooksBrunch co-chair
Lynne WaldmanOrientation chair
Craig BonnoitAthletics Chair
James HongCultural Chair
Laura Escudero Social Co-Chair
Christine HsiehOuting Chair
• Promoting all the resources and facilities Sidney-Pacific has to offer– Purchasing new equipment and inventory– Repairing and upgrading existing resources– Making equipment and facilities more useful and user-friendly– Supporting government and community use of resources
• Building community– Maintaining a positive, constructive environment for living and
learning– Fostering resident interest and involvement in music and the arts– Engaging the community in maintaining and improving our
resources• Managing government finances
– Securing funding, allocating budgets, processing reimbursements
• Promoting all the resources and facilities Sidney-Pacific has to offer– Purchasing new equipment and inventory– Repairing and upgrading existing resources– Making equipment and facilities more useful and user-friendly– Supporting government and community use of resources
• Building community– Maintaining a positive, constructive environment for living and
learning– Fostering resident interest and involvement in music and the arts– Engaging the community in maintaining and improving our
resources• Managing government finances
– Securing funding, allocating budgets, processing reimbursements
Office of ResourcesOffice of Resources
Office of ResourcesOffice of ResourcesIoannis ZervantonakisA/V Chair
Michael GeorgasA/V Co-chair
Jonathan CoxAquarium Chair
Alex BruccoleriAquarium Co-chair
Charles Lin Arts Chair
Mohamed RaafatBikes Chair
Christiana Athanasiou Controller
John Sun Inventory Chair
Cong ShiIT Chair
Martin Cuyegkeng Music Chair
Himanshu DhamankarPlants Chair
Dan WellerVP of Resources
Hall CouncilHall Council• Represents the residents
– The democratic branch of the house government– Each hall councilor vote is weighted double that of an
appointed officer
• Nurtures a hall community– Organizes hall events– Spends hall funds
• First point of contact with the residents– A source of information– Mediation and counseling– A friendly face
• Represents the residents– The democratic branch of the house government– Each hall councilor vote is weighted double that of an
appointed officer
• Nurtures a hall community– Organizes hall events– Spends hall funds
• First point of contact with the residents– A source of information– Mediation and counseling– A friendly face
Jack Chu2-North
Freddy BafukaFloor 1
Carol Hua4-South
Emily ShenFloor 8
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Jason Chang3-North
Nadia Cheng4-North
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VacantFloor 6
Mark Seifter2-South
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Danielle Issa5-South
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Siddharth Bhardwaj5-North
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Po-Ru Loh3-South
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Qiang HanFloor 7QuickTime™ and a
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Talieh RohaniFloor 9
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Leslie RogersChair of the Halls
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What it means to be an SP officerWhat it means to be an SP officer
• Volunteer Government– Residents committed to improving SP
community– Friendliest, most active people you’ll meet
• Supporting each other– Together, we can do what seems
impossible
• Volunteer Government– Residents committed to improving SP
community– Friendliest, most active people you’ll meet
• Supporting each other– Together, we can do what seems
impossible
Other Sources of SupportOther Sources of SupportHousemasters:
Roger and Dottie Mark
Associate (and baby) Housemasters:
Roland Tang and Annette Kim
(and Joshua)
House Manager:
Jack Ahern
SP Internal Housing LotterySP Internal Housing Lottery• Who is eligible?
– SP residents with renewable housing contracts– Incoming house officers
• Timeline:– May 5: Lottery opens, the list of rooms available is made public– May 9: Room/roommate preferences are due at 11:59 pm– May 13: Room assignments are posted
• All moves MUST be completed by August 20th
• If you want to stay in your room, YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO ANYTHING!
• Who is eligible?– SP residents with renewable housing contracts– Incoming house officers
• Timeline:– May 5: Lottery opens, the list of rooms available is made public– May 9: Room/roommate preferences are due at 11:59 pm– May 13: Room assignments are posted
• All moves MUST be completed by August 20th
• If you want to stay in your room, YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO ANYTHING!
Bylaw AmendmentBylaw Amendment
• In the Office of the President:– Deletion of the Kappa Alpha Theta
Committee
• In the Office of the President:– Deletion of the Kappa Alpha Theta
Committee
6th Floor Hall Councilor6th Floor Hall Councilor
• All SP residents are eligible, but must move to 6th floor
• Guaranteed Housing for 2008-2009 officer term
• Deadline to apply is May 13
• Meet the Candidates on May 12 at 9pm
• Online Voting May 12 to May 15
• All SP residents are eligible, but must move to 6th floor
• Guaranteed Housing for 2008-2009 officer term
• Deadline to apply is May 13
• Meet the Candidates on May 12 at 9pm
• Online Voting May 12 to May 15
Transition BrunchTransition Brunch
• May 10th 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
• May 10th 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
Upcoming EventsUpcoming Events
• Saturday, May 10th: Transition Brunch• Friday, May 16h: GSC Acoustic BBQ• Sunday, May 18h: May Brunch• Friday, May 23th: S-P BBQ & Movie• Sunday, June 1st: S-P Officer Retreat• June: Cultural Festival, Alumni Dinner, HC
BBQ & Movie, Brunch• July: Summer Party, Brunch, Movie
• Saturday, May 10th: Transition Brunch• Friday, May 16h: GSC Acoustic BBQ• Sunday, May 18h: May Brunch• Friday, May 23th: S-P BBQ & Movie• Sunday, June 1st: S-P Officer Retreat• June: Cultural Festival, Alumni Dinner, HC
BBQ & Movie, Brunch• July: Summer Party, Brunch, Movie
GSC Acoustic BBQGSC Acoustic BBQ
• Friday, May 18th 4PM-8PM, Stata Center• Friday, May 18th 4PM-8PM, Stata Center
Open FloorOpen Floor
• Questions?
• Comments?
• Questions?
• Comments?
Office MeetingsOffice Meetings
• Follow your respective SPEC members– Office of the President: Matt– Office of Information: Wen– Office of Residential Life: Hila– Office of Resources: Dan– Hall Council: Leslie
• Stick around for a reception!
• Follow your respective SPEC members– Office of the President: Matt– Office of Information: Wen– Office of Residential Life: Hila– Office of Resources: Dan– Hall Council: Leslie
• Stick around for a reception!