Who I am:
4th year graduate student, in Al Oppenheim's group (RLE)

Previous relevant experience:
Treasurer, MIT EECS GSA
2-semester TA for 6.341, 1-semester TA for 6.011
President, HKN, Tufts University
Music Director, The Tufts Amalgamates (yep, an a cappella group :)

Why I'd like to be president:

In its few years of existence, the EECS GSA has made some dramatic 
improvements around the department.  Some of these have come in the form 
of social gatherings and the organization of intramural sports teams, 
while others (like the discussion of a pass/D/fail option) have had a more 
administrative focus.  It's clear that the GSA gives students plenty of 
opportunities to socialize, relax, and facilitate change within EECS.

Still, with some 800 graduate students in the department, the GSA hasn't 
achieved the degree of visibility that it could.  The lab-oriented 
environment in EECS, I think, tends to isolate students from 
department-wide resources such as the GSA.  Probably the biggest question 
facing the organization is: "How do we make the GSA a resource that is 
truly central to EECS student life?"  This is the main question I'd like 
to address as president.  Feel free to talk to me about specific ideas I 
have for answering this.

-Tom