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May House Meeting

Sidney. Pacific. Graduate Community. May House Meeting. Tuesday, May 6 th 2008. Agenda. Service Awards The New House Council Role of the House Council Introductions Housing Bylaw Amendment Brunch Logistics Upcoming Events. SP Regalia Rental.

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May House Meeting

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  1. Sidney Pacific Graduate Community May House Meeting Tuesday, May 6th 2008

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

  3. SP Regalia Rental • Saturday May 17: Pick up gowns from dry-cleaners • Saturday May 31: Distribution of gowns • Saturday, June 7: Return of gowns

  4. Service Awards • Kai Iamamsung • Biliana Kaneva • Jessica Edmonds • Monica Martinez-Bravo

  5. Commendations • Christiana Athanasiou • Zenzile Brooks • Jack Chu • Carol Hua • Austin Minnich • Romain Levy • JunJay Tan • Chris Mandy • Rebecca Perry • Zhunping Zhang

  6. Thank You (outgoing) SPEC! • Nan Gu • Wendy Iskenderian • Swati Mohan • Michelle Sander • Rosaria Chiang

  7. Daniel Weller VP of Resources Leslie Rogers Chair of the Halls House Council 2008-2009 Matthew Walker President Hila Hashemi VP of Residential Life Wenhao Liu VP of Information

  8. Office of the President • 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

  9. Outreach Committee on Scholarly Interaction Shamim Nemati Christophe Mandy GSC Representative Environment Matthew Walker President Lauren Culver Wendy Gu

  10. Maintain records and archives Connect the community with technology Publicize events Main Tools Office of Information

  11. Maintain records and archives Connect the community with technology Publicize events Main Tools Officer’s Wiki Office of Information

  12. Maintain records and archives Connect the community with technology Publicize events Main Tools Officer’s Wiki SP homepage Office of Information

  13. Maintain records and archives Connect the community with technology Publicize events Main Tools Officer’s Wiki SP homepage Poster printing and design Office of Information

  14. 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 Information

  15. 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 Information

  16. 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 Information

  17. 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 Information

  18. 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 Information

  19. 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 Information Unified Publicity

  20. SP-Anno Unified Publicity Posters Live feedback SPTV-Slides Room Reserv.

  21. Web-Chairs SPTV Karthik Balakrishnan Michael Eilenberg Publicity Wanted! Yuxi Zhang Wenhao Liu VP of Information Kai Iamsumang Newsletter Photofile Rebecca Perry Alex H. Chan Biliana Kaneva

  22. Office 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)

  23. 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.

  24. Zenzile Brooks Brunch co-chair Adrienne Li Coffee co-chair Office of Residential Life Kerwin Johnson Brunch Chair Alexander P. McCauley Coffee Chair Craig Bonnoit Athletics Chair Hila Hashemi VP of Reslife Laura Escudero Social Co-Chair Lynne Waldman Orientation chair William Loh Social Chair Irina Ostrovskaya Social Co-Chair Christine Hsieh Outing Chair James Hong Cultural Chair

  25. Office of Resources • 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

  26. Christiana Athanasiou Controller Ioannis Zervantonakis A/V Chair John Sun Inventory Chair Michael Georgas A/V Co-chair Jonathan Cox Aquarium Chair Cong Shi IT Chair Alex Bruccoleri Aquarium Co-chair Dan Weller VP of Resources Martin Cuyegkeng Music Chair Charles Lin Arts Chair Himanshu Dhamankar Plants Chair Mohamed Raafat Bikes Chair Office of Resources

  27. Hall 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

  28. Jack Chu 2-North Mark Seifter 2-South Jason Chang 3-North Po-Ru Loh 3-South Freddy Bafuka Floor 1 Nadia Cheng 4-North Carol Hua 4-South Siddharth Bhardwaj 5-North Danielle Issa 5-South Leslie Rogers Chair of the Halls Vacant Floor 6 Qiang Han Floor 7 Talieh Rohani Floor 9 Emily Shen Floor 8

  29. What 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

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

  31. SP 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!

  32. Bylaw Amendment • In the Office of the President: • Deletion of the Kappa Alpha Theta Committee

  33. 6th 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

  34. Transition 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

  35. Upcoming 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

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

  37. Open Floor • Questions? • Comments?

  38. Office 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!

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