AILG Meeting 4/14/04
Introductions

CPW-
Working with IFC & LGC
Sat IFC will have student panel for parents, invited alumni to come 
and answer questions.  Would like a few more alumni.
There will be tours of houses, they would like alumni to be available 
to talk to people as they wait for people to get on vans and to go 
along on the vans for conversation.
Signup sheets passed around at meeting.
Alumnni should meet at PDR4 to receive name badges and get questions 
answered. (New room on 3rd floor of Student Center).

BOB FERRARA
Director of FSILG Alumni Relations
Reports to Alumni Office & Dean of Student Life.  Is to complement 
existing roles, but working with the alumni specifically.
Key initiatives include the operational educational grants process  - 
so alumni can make tax deductible gifts that can go towards 
operational expenses.
He will be part of team implementing recommendations of the Task Force.
Theta Chi alum, co-chair of their 100th anniversary recently.  Class 
of '67, class officer, current Treasurer, MIT Club of Boston, past 
President of same.  Recently of MIT Information Systems.
Been in this role one week.

KIRK KOLENBRANDER
Staffing the Presidential Search Committee.  Requested letter from 
AILG with recommendations, it can be seen on our web site.

CITY INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS
Passed out list of requirements; handout available from Frank Council 
or Chris Rezek.
Cambridge likely to enforce having hearings on the installation of 
new House Manager - each time.  Dan Geer & Susan Woodmansee have more 
information on this.

RA WORKING GROUP
Talking about what the role of the RA is.  What is specifically 
included, excluded, future of program.  Several members of the AILG 
attend, ask any of them for details.

RA CANDIDATES
Applications due today, interviews goingon through next week (with 
FSILG Office) then list of potential candidates will be circulated to 
your houses.  Work with undergraduates to select before June 1st, so 
those not selected can find other housing arrangements.

RICK GRESH -  FRESHMEN SURVEY RESULTS
Has presentation on Freshmen Survey Results - there will be a 
separate meeting where he will present these to interested alumni.

CHRIS REZEK - PRICE COMPETITION ISSUE BETWEEN DORMS & FSILGs
Dorm prices are going up, average annual price will be $5036, prices 
going up at least 5% a year, no food included.  Chris will present

AILG WILL JOIN COOP
Then the coop can order us breakfast and other services in the future.

FSILG AWARDS
May 5th, 5-10pm, rsvp to lmart@mit.edu

ANNUAL DINNER MEETING IN JUNE
Open to date suggestions, likely at least a week after graduation. 
There will be mail about this.
This will be the elections meeting.  There are 2 slots open for 
election, we encourage multiple people to run.

FSILG TASK FORCE DISCUSSION
Looking for info for section on why alumni are involved, eg, why they 
get up in the middle  of the night for meetings like this.
Theme: from a small town, needed this support.
Learned leadership, project management, social skills that could not 
have gotten in the classrooms.


At MIT, students hate MIT, they don't hate each other.
There is much less cooperation at other schools.

HISTORY OF SORORITIES
In the spring of 2004, New York University Press will publish "Bound 
by a Mighty Vow: Sisterhood and Women's Fraternities, 1870 - 1920" 
This is the first totally objective, unbiased, carefully documented 
account of the beginning of women's fraternities.  Kappa Alpha 
Theta's archives served as one of the primary sources for the book.