May House Meeting

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


• Main Tools

Office of InformationOffice of Information


• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki


• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki



• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage


• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage



• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design


• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design



• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design– SPeaker newsletter


• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design– SPeaker newsletter



• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design– SPeaker newsletter– Photo archive


• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design– SPeaker newsletter– Photo archive



• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design– SPeaker newsletter– Photo archive– SPTV (technical and content)


• Main Tools– Officer’s Wiki– SP homepage– Poster printing and design– SPeaker newsletter– Photo archive– SPTV (technical and content)



• 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



• Coming Soon!– Online Forums




• Coming Soon!– Online Forums– Unified Publicity Interface



• Coming Soon!– Online Forums– Unified Publicity Interface


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

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• 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



Jason Chang3-North

Nadia Cheng4-North



VacantFloor 6

Mark Seifter2-South



Danielle Issa5-South



Siddharth Bhardwaj5-North

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Po-Ru Loh3-South



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Talieh RohaniFloor 9



Leslie RogersChair of the Halls



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!

May House Meeting

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