meeting minutes

DormCon Meeting Minutes - October 24, 2005

Present: Simmons, Random, EC, MacG, Senior, Next, BC Absent: Baker, Bexley, New, McCormick

David

• ASA meeting Tuesday Nov. 7th, will be representative

Next Meeting

• Next meeting at Pritchett

PanHel Recruitment

Heather, from PanHel

• Panhel interested in doing fall recruitment
• taking into account weather, difficulty recruiting in spring
• wants to know what logistics Panhel needs to work around
• will be four days (Labor Day weekend, same as fraternity Rush)
• will move some recruitment to CPW
• takes away problem of having to disaffiliate PRCs
• not looking to increase number of people living in houses
• looking to make members feel a part of both dorm and Panhel communities
• would take effect fall 2007 (soonest possible date)
• wouldn't take away people from dorm orientations, sisters encouraged to interact with new freshmen at dorms
• possibly hold sorority/dorm combined events
• would help financially to have women pay dues for fall semester
• spring recruitment wouldn't exist in any form
• would increase number of early returns (would be good for dorms, as there would be more upperclassmen around to fill buildings)
• once they recruit women, would be good to support them being involved in the dorm communities
• will keep good records of impact and feedback of move

//DormCon would support if sisters would be willing to work in dorms during Orientation as well

Budget

Shauna

• $15,080 = money from fall house tax

Positions

Harvey

• rex committee, dining committe, i3
• have pizza in W20, talk to people and recruit for committees
• will mail dorms@mit.edu have candidates in two weeks

Meeting Attendance

• New, Bexley, Baker have been to zero meetings, McCormick has only been to request funding
• idea to make funding dependent on attendence
• make people confirm that they can attend or list a proxy

Hockfield

• will be issuing directives about Orientation to deans in near future
• Harvey wants to get policies written down (more effective in directing policies)
• Risk management, GRTs, CPW, Dining, Security, i3, IFC/Panhel relations, administrative relationships, REX, Judcomm
• Harvey will post threads on Wiki
• Risk Management - Chris
• JudComm - Jeff
• CPW - Harvey, Jeff
• i3 - Harvey, Jeff
• REX - Harvey, Jeff
• Dining Martini
• will find someone from BC Shauna
• Gov't relations - Harvey, Milo
• Will help w/GRTs Snaggs
• We think MIT should_____. How MIT can promote this is to _____. This reflects our goal of______.

Dorm Equality

• should rectify inequalities among dorm conditions
• should focus on fixing up dorms that are falling apart, rather than improving ones that are already in good condition
• improvements shouldn't just go to dorms that make the most noise

//Milo will write a request and put on Wiki

Guests

• rep from cultural house

FOC

• take a look at how it's impacting various dorms
• Chris will gauge interest in forum (will pay for out of exec discretionary)