general:
- change the application so that sponsored, etc. is explicitly stated

Votes on new groups:

HOMBRES@MIT
0-4-2
just because there's a women's group doesn't mean there needs to be a men's group.

MIT ROTC Association
tabled until we can discuss it with them
- issues about sexual orientation discrimination

BioMatrix
- for HST students, sponsored by HST
- sponsored: not eligible to apply for funding or office space or bulletin board space; still have a separate bank account, can still participate in midway, CPW activities fair, etc.
5-0-1

Sports Technology Club
- want to have speaker events--
- coming out of a research project; advisor has lots of connections
- project category when sustainability is not an issue?
5-0-1

Russian Connection
5-0-1

Sloan Jewish Student Organization
- derecognized earlier this year because they weren't using our resources
- wants to be an umbrella organization for Hillel and Grad Hillel -- is that really necessary?
0-4-2

Graduate Consulting Club
- make sure account is zeroed
- change funding status to grad
- motion to give control of the MIT Consulting Group to the new president and treasurer
5-0-1

Tabletop Roleplaying Society
- Strategic Games Society has a regular group that meets on friday nights; also has a side group (under the table, let's say) that meets plays D&D and contacts the officers to reserve rooms
- another possibility: recognize sponsored group?
0-5-1

MIT Society for Ocean Conservation
- precedent for recognizing fairly specific groups
- is this sustainability group sustainable?
- is it a project group?  shan says no--advocacy group for sustainability
5-0-1

China Development Initiative
- had a conference, 500-1000 people (because Jet Li came and spoke!)
- mission has changed.  old group 
5-0-1

Cheese Club
- buy cheese, eat during meetings
- all they need is money
0-5-1

SEALNet
- met with PSC, Heather supports
- PSC has three levels of groups: incubators, level 2, level 3
- incubators: few people involved
- we told the PSC that they shouldn't just say it's a cool group, will only recommend when they reach the second level
- national chapter--get materials and advising from nationals
- does it help other people? is it a good learning experience?
- PSC only evaluates them on the service aspect; we can consider social aspect
- should not really be an umbrella organization
5-0-1

MIT Science Policy Initiative
- already exist but not as ASA-recognized group
- runs IAP science policy
- sponsored by MIT's washington office
- James: career-type organization
5-0-1

Student Efficiency Team
- runs Dorm Electricity Competition
- electricity is undergrad, recycling is all dorms?
- we shouldn't let the fact that they're a sponsored group mitigate our issues with their sustainability
0-5-1

Flamenco @ MIT
5-0-1

Rock Band for Real Bands
tabled because they did not talk to PSC

Cake Squad
- happens already?
- who would they be cooking for?
- if they cook for parties, shouldn't parties approach them and fund them?
0-4-2

Change constitution requirements so that it only references God clause; fix God clause.
6-0-0