Unified Proposal for an MIT Residence System

Documents

Note: This page is now out of date. Please follow the above link to see the latest version of our report, which is linked off of our homepage. The information below does chronicle the early drafting process, if you are interested. Our report continues to grow and change. Thanks for your interest!

Unified Proposal for an MIT Residence System

View the entire draft report (as of 10/1) in plain text. Thanks to Jeremy Brown for formatting this.
View the list of who's working on what for the next revision.

Section Outline Meeting Minutes, Notes, and Old Drafts Current Draft
One Introduction

Motivation
Methodology
Objectives
(See "Report Creation Process" below.)
First draft - added 10/1
Second draft - added 10/4

Two Executive Summary (See minutes in individual sections.)
First draft - added 10/1
Flyer version distributed on campus on October 1, 1999 (PostScript format)

Three Objectives of the Residential System

House
Home
Community

Sept. 21 meeting
Notes on goals - added 9/29

First draft - added 10/1
Partial second draft - added 10/5

Four Community Interaction and Student Support

Faculty-Student Interaction
Student Support and Development
Community Events

Sept. 17 meeting
Section notes - added 9/29

Rough draft - added 10/1
Addendum to rough draft - added 10/3
Partial second draft - added 10/5

Five Capital Expenditures

Renovations to Residence Halls
Renovations to and Retention of FSILG Facilities
Additional MIT-Owned Residence Halls
Renovations to Dining Facilities and Walker Memorial

Sept. 15 meeting

First draft - added 10/1
Second draft - added 10/4

Six Governance and Management

Division of Responsibilities
The Student Life Council
System Assessment
Performance Management
Process Management

Rough draft

Second draft - added 10/1
Partial third draft - added 10/5
Fourth draft - added 10/8

Seven Orientation and Residence Selection

Strengths & Needs
Residence Hall and Room Selection
Orientation
Theme Houses
Member Recruitment and Selection for FSILGs
Fall and Spring Dormitory Lotteries
Housing Guarantee
Financial Support for FSILGs
Graduate Students in FSILGs

Sept. 18 meeting
Sept. 20 meeting

First draft - added 10/1

Eight System Implementation

Implementation Schedule
Budget
(Based on conclusions of other sections.) Coming soon.

Nine Reconciliation of Objectives and Policies (Based on conclusions, judged against the ideals of section 3.) Coming soon.

Report Creation Process

Preliminary work breakdown structure
Minutes from Sept. 14 SAC meeting
Group assignments and group meeting schedule created
Members list created
Comments from John Hollywood on Orientation and Residence Selection
Minutes from a meeting with the MacGregor housemasters.
Comments from Luis Ortiz on Orientation. We're looking at our Orientation schedule to try to address the problem Luis points out.
Comments from Tanya Burka on "the residence foxtrot"
Comments from Brad Ito on a variety of subjects
Comments from Jeff Roberts on the unity and structure of our report. Jeff later drafted our Objectives section for us.
Minutes from Sept. 21 SAC meeting - all feedback received to date was discussed.
Minutes from a meeting with Charles Stewart, a political science professor and McCormick housemaster.
Agenda and minutes from Sept. 28 SAC meeting
Digest of community feedback and changes suggested by web visitors and committee members.
Question from Kris Schnee on the ORS section, and our replies. Note that even though the proposed Orientation schedule might not make it clear, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday evenings are devoted to dormitory open houses.
Questions Abbe Cohen on the ORS section. Abbe's questions were echoed by several other people; we'll be including a more thorough explanation of our decisions regarding squatting and upperclassmen-chosing-frosh in the next version of the ORS section.

Related Documents

RSSC's collection of proposals
Paul-Gabriel Wiener's proposal (plain text).
Jeremy Brown's SEORT proposal, available as PostScript, PDF, raw LaTeX, or from a local mirror in plain text.
Chocolate City's response to the RSSC Phase III Report, available in HTML, plain text, or MS-Word formats.

Unified Proposal for an MIT Residence System
View the entire draft report (as of 10/1) in plain text. Thanks to Jeremy Brown for formatting this. View the list of who's working on what for the next revision.
Section	Outline	Meeting Minutes, Notes, and Old Drafts	Current Draft
One	Introduction Motivation Methodology Objectives	(See "Report Creation Process" below.)	First draft - added 10/1 Second draft - added 10/4
Two	Executive Summary	(See minutes in individual sections.)	First draft - added 10/1 Flyer version distributed on campus on October 1, 1999 (PostScript format)
Three	Objectives of the Residential System House Home Community	Sept. 21 meeting Notes on goals - added 9/29	First draft - added 10/1 Partial second draft - added 10/5
Four	Community Interaction and Student Support Faculty-Student Interaction Student Support and Development Community Events	Sept. 17 meeting Section notes - added 9/29	Rough draft - added 10/1 Addendum to rough draft - added 10/3 Partial second draft - added 10/5
Five	Capital Expenditures Renovations to Residence Halls Renovations to and Retention of FSILG Facilities Additional MIT-Owned Residence Halls Renovations to Dining Facilities and Walker Memorial	Sept. 15 meeting	First draft - added 10/1 Second draft - added 10/4
Six	Governance and Management Division of Responsibilities The Student Life Council System Assessment Performance Management Process Management	Rough draft	Second draft - added 10/1 Partial third draft - added 10/5 Fourth draft - added 10/8
Seven	Orientation and Residence Selection Strengths & Needs Residence Hall and Room Selection Orientation Theme Houses Member Recruitment and Selection for FSILGs Fall and Spring Dormitory Lotteries Housing Guarantee Financial Support for FSILGs Graduate Students in FSILGs	Sept. 18 meeting Sept. 20 meeting	First draft - added 10/1
Eight	System Implementation Implementation Schedule Budget	(Based on conclusions of other sections.)	Coming soon.
Nine	Reconciliation of Objectives and Policies	(Based on conclusions, judged against the ideals of section 3.)	Coming soon.