May House Meeting

SidneyGraduate Community

Tuesday, May 1st 2007

Pacific

Agenda• Service Awards• The New House Council– Role of the House Council– Introductions– Housing

• Trustee Nominations• Brunch Logistics• Upcoming Events

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

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

Rosaria ChiangChair of the Halls

Wendy IskenderianVP of Information

Michelle SanderVP of Resources

Nan GuPresident

Swati MohanVP of Residential Life

House Council 2007-2008

Office of the President• Connects Sidney Pacific to other

organizations– Academia– Community– Industry– Alumni– MIT/GSC– KAΘ– Other Dormitories

• What this really means– CoSI Lectures– Housefellow Events– Outreach Opportunities– Alumni Dinners– Advocacy– Collaborations

Ardavan FarjadpourScholarly Interactions

Natalija JovanovicGSC Representative

Yuri LoktionovHousefellows Liaison

Anusha KothandaramanOutreach

Mihir MehtaExternal

Relations/Alumni

Shirin PillayTheta Representative

Rosaria ChiangChair of the Halls

Michelle SanderVP of Resources

Nan GuPresident

Swati MohanVP of Residential Life

Wendy IskenderianVP 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

Office of Information

Wen LiuWeb Chair

Kai IamsumangWeb Co-chair

Biliana KanevaWeb Co-chair

Matthew WalkerNewsletter Chair

James LeePublicity Chair

Jonathan Ragan-KelleyPublicity Co-chair

Karthik Balakrishnan

SPTV Co-chair

Mark BaldesarraSPTV Chair

Jeewoo LimPhotofile Chair

Rosaria ChiangChair of the Halls

Michelle SanderVP of Resources

Nan GuPresident

Swati MohanVP of Residential Life

Wendy IskenderianVP of Information

• 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

Office of Residential Life

Ben RenkoskiSocial Chair

Eric LamSocial Co-chair

Lynne WaldmanOrientation Chair

Johnathan LindseyOrientation Co-chair

Dan WellerCoffee Hour Chair

Christiana Athanasiou

Coffee Hour Co-chair

Kerwin JohnsonBrunch Chair

ZP ZhangBrunch Co-chair

Tara SainathAthletics Chair

Hila HashemiCultural Chair

Jessica EdmondsOuting ChairRosaria Chiang

Chair of the Halls

Nan GuPresident

Swati MohanVP of Residential Life

Michelle SanderVP of Resources

Wendy IskenderianVP of Information

• 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

Office of Resources

Matt AbelA/V Chair

Robin StewartA/V Co-chair

JunJay TanAquarium Co-chair

Romain LevyAquarium Chair

Chia-hung WuController

Nestor Quispez-AsinArts Chair

Vivienne SzeInventory Chair

Tim ChenMusic Chair

Adrienne LiPlants Chair

Daniel MyersBikes Chair

Chris MandyIT Chair

Nan GuPresident

Swati MohanVP of Residential Life

Michelle SanderVP of Resources

Rosaria ChiangChair of the Halls

Wendy IskenderianVP of Information

• 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

Hall Council

Hoda EydgahiFloor 9

Austin MinnichFloor 1

David UnimanFloor 7

Monica Martinez-Bravo

Floor 6

Jack Chu2-North

Vacant2-South

Galen Li3-North

Alex McCauley4-North

Chris Dodd3-South

Carol Hua4-South

Daniel Klein5-North

Chris Chuang5-South

Emily ShenFloor 8

Wendy IskenderianVP of Information

Michelle SanderVP of Resources

Nan GuPresident

Swati MohanVP of Residential Life

Rosaria ChiangChair of the Halls

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

Other Sources of SupportHousemasters:

Roger and Dottie Mark

Associate (and baby) Housemasters:

Roland Tang and Annette Kim

(and Joshua)

House Manager:

Jack Ahern

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

Trustee Nominations• Jane Kim• Alex Lewis

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

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

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

Open Floor• Questions? • Comments?

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