WORKING GROUP MEMBERS

Ebraheem Fontaine (ihsan@mit.edu)

Jeannette Garza (garzaj@mit.edu)

Efrain Rodriquez (efrain@mit.edu)

Carl Patten (pin02@mit.edu)

Ernesto Cortez (ecortez@mit.edu)

Denise Vallay (dvallay@mit.edu)

Mary Ross (maryr@mit.edu)

Matt Cain (mcain@mit.edu)

Morgan Sonderegger (smore@mit.edu)

Oskar Bruening (ernst@mit.edu)

Dawn Ash (dmash@mit.edu)

Aaradhana Prajapati (akp@mit.edu)

Rick Gresh (rgresh@mit.edu)

* Ellen Essigmann (emessig@mit.edu)

THEME HOUSE RESIDENCE SELECTION PLAN

The incoming first-year residence selection due date will move a week earlier to June 21 to allow for a week during which Theme Houses can contact/interview applicants. At the end of that week, they will submit a list of individuals who have verified they meet the criteria for membership in the House. At the same time, RLSLP must receive confirmation for the incoming first-year student that they would like to live in the House. Assignments to Theme Houses will be made prior to the running of the lottery to assign incoming first-year residents to all other residence halls.

ADDITIONAL POINTS OF AGREEMENT

• Chocolate City is moving towards being an upperclass-only house. Spring 02 will be a time where they will identify additional members from students on campus. For the first three years, they do plan to house some first-year students, though fewer numbers each year.
• Theme Houses understand that there is flexibility in accommodating their needs, but any plan must fill all beds; RLSLP cannot allow beds to go unfilled.

NEXT STEPS (RSIT, RLSLP, DormCon)

• Matt Cain will talk with Admissions about a process for how potential students can indicate a preference to be housed at a Theme House for Campus Preview Weekend.
• RSIT will clarify which subgroups, etc. Theme Houses should participate in (the Residence Selection Subcommittee will take the lead on this).
• Lottery Working Group will discuss how to ensure that the residence application meets the needs of the Theme Houses (should a Theme House representative to that group be named?). Are there any short answer/essays, etc.?

NEXT STEPS (Theme Houses)

• Theme Houses will determine the collective name for their group ("Theme," "Cultural," etc.) to ensure there is consistent language used in publications, etc.
• Theme Houses will discuss with New House government whether they should be attending room assignment chair meetings directly or work through the New House RAC.
• Theme Houses will name a representative to the Residence Publications Subgroup (Morgan volunteered to be the rep, at least initially). This group will work on Theme House presentation issues in the CD, publications, etc.
• Theme Houses will name a representative to any other subgroups/working groups of RSIT as requested.
• Theme Houses will identify an adequate number of hosts for CPW.
• Theme Houses will collectively consider how to get the most out of CPW, perhaps developing a brochure for distribution at CPW that highlights the concept of Theme Houses and a bit about each House (and perhaps clarify the application process over the summer).

REMAINING ISSUES

• Squatting/removing individuals from Theme Houses if they are not living up to their responsibilities, such as cooking, etc. What is the process for this?