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RE: 45UAC12 Detailed Agenda
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Corcoran)
Mon Apr 7 14:43:38 2014
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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 14:43:35 -0400
From: Sean Corcoran <scorcora@MIT.EDU>
To: Gregory D Kravit <gkravit@mit.edu>
Cc: mattjd <mattjd@mit.edu>, "ua-officers@mit.edu" <ua-officers@mit.edu>,
"ua-exec@mit.edu" <ua-exec@mit.edu>,
"ua-council@mit.edu" <ua-council@mit.edu>, Ryan M Lau <rlau@mit.edu>
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I just read an article that said Brown's 2012 budget was $204,000, and I
assume they're of similar size
On Apr 7, 2014 2:42 PM, "Gregory D Kravit" <gkravit@mit.edu> wrote:
> I think my freshmen year (Spring 2012) Tufts spent >$200,000 on Lupe
> Fiasco, White Panda, and an alumni founded indie band. Their spring concert
> takes place over an entire Saturday, usually same weekend as ours.
>
> Just a place to start.
> ------------------------------
> From: Ryan Lau <rlau@MIT.EDU>
> Sent: 4/7/2014 14:27
> To: Matthew J Davis <mattjd@mit.edu>
> Cc: ua-council@mit.edu; ua-officers@mit.edu; ua-exec@mit.edu
> Subject: Re: 45UAC12 Detailed Agenda
>
> One quick note regarding the budgets of other schools:
> Northeastern has over 16,000 undergrads (24,000 total) and Ohio State has
> roughly 45,000 undergraduates (60,000 total). It may be advantageous to
> find an example school that is actually close in size to MIT, such as Tufts
> (5,000 undergrads, 10,000 total), Yale (5,000/11,000), or Princeton
> (5000/7500) if you want to compare peer schools.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Matthew J Davis <mattjd@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear UA Councilors,
>>
>> Below is a more detailed agenda for the next UA Council Meeting,
>> tomorrow, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 7:30PM.
>>
>> 45UAC12 Agenda
>>
>> Order of Business
>>
>>
>> -
>>
>> 7:00pm - Food (optional)
>> -
>>
>> 7:30pm - Attendance
>> -
>>
>> 7:35pm - SpringFest (Appendix 1)
>> -
>>
>> Sidhanth Rao, UA President
>> -
>>
>> 7:55pm - UA Events in April
>> -
>>
>> Devin Cornish, UA Vice-President
>> -
>>
>> Haldun Anil, IFC Representative, speaking on the Greek Olympics
>> -
>>
>> 8:10pm - Discussion on Bexley House & Community
>> -
>>
>> Sidhanth Rao, UA President
>> -
>>
>> 8:30pm - Sexual Assault Awareness Month
>> -
>>
>> Emad Taliep, UA Wellness Committee Chair, giving a presentation
>> -
>>
>> 8:40pm - Presentation by Committees on Education and MITx
>> -
>>
>> Anu Sinha, UA Education Committee Chair, giving a presentation
>> -
>>
>> Colin McDonnell, UA MITx Committee Chair, giving a presentation
>> -
>>
>> 9:00pm - Adjournment
>>
>>
>> Appendix 1
>>
>> Budgets of other schools: really big schools (e.g. Ohio State) have
>> $5million budget. They put on many events throughout the year, all/most of
>> which are free to students. Smaller schools (e.g. Northeastern) put on
>> fewer events, but still have a larger budget (probably around the order of
>> 200-300k)
>>
>> Example Budget Breakdown: Every year, we will have to spend ~35k on
>> production cost and up to 10k for the agent fee. That leaves us <100k for
>> the artists. Most schools will spend 100k on their headliner. Some
>> examples of artists that cost quite a bit more than 100k (in October) are:
>>
>> Passion Pit, Jason Mraz, Calvin Harris (250k), Frank Ocean, Kendrick
>> Lamar, Arctic Monkeys, Diplo, Ke$ha, Krewella, MGMT (175k), Childish Gambino
>>
>> What we could do with more money:
>>
>> a) Get bigger and better artists
>>
>> b) Get more artists (and do concerts throughout the weekend)
>>
>> c) Make concert tickets cheaper/free
>>
>> d) Subsidize student groups holding events during SpringFest
>>
>> Thank you for your time.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Matthew Davis
>> Class of 2016
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>>
>
>
>
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> Ryan Lau
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
> rlau@mit.edu || (808) 221-4476
>
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<p dir=3D"ltr">I just read an article that said Brown's 2012 budget was=
$204,000, and I assume they're of similar size</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Apr 7, 2014 2:42 PM, "Gregory D Kravit&q=
uot; <<a href=3D"mailto:gkravit@mit.edu">gkravit@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<=
br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0=
0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
<div style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I think my fre=
shmen year (Spring 2012) Tufts spent >$200,000 on Lupe Fiasco, White Pan=
da, and an alumni founded indie band. Their spring concert takes place over=
an entire Saturday, usually same weekend
as ours.<br>
<br>
Just a place to start.</div>
</div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">
<hr>
<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bo=
ld">From:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a hre=
f=3D"mailto:rlau@MIT.EDU" target=3D"_blank">Ryan Lau</a></span><br>
<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bo=
ld">Sent:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">4/7/20=
14 14:27</span><br>
<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bo=
ld">To:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a hre=
f=3D"mailto:mattjd@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">Matthew J Davis</a></span><br=
>
<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bo=
ld">Cc:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a hre=
f=3D"mailto:ua-council@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">ua-council@mit.edu</a>;
<a href=3D"mailto:ua-officers@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">ua-officers@mit.ed=
u</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:ua-exec@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">
ua-exec@mit.edu</a></span><br>
<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bo=
ld">Subject:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Re: 45=
UAC12 Detailed Agenda</span><br>
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<div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">One quick note regarding the budgets of other schools:
<div>Northeastern has over 16,000 undergrads (24,000 total) and Ohio State =
has roughly 45,000 undergraduates (60,000 total). =A0It may be advantageous=
to find an example school that is actually close in size to MIT, such as T=
ufts (5,000 undergrads, 10,000 total),
Yale (5,000/11,000), or Princeton (5000/7500) if you want to compare peer =
schools.</div>
</div>
<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br>
<br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Matthew J Davis =
<span dir=3D"ltr">
<<a href=3D"mailto:mattjd@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">mattjd@mit.edu</a>&=
gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma"><font>Dear U=
A Councilors,</font>
<div><font><br>
</font></div>
<div><font>Below is a more detailed agenda for the next UA Council Meeting,=
tomorrow, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 7:30PM.</font></div>
<div><font><br>
</font></div>
<div><span><font>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">45UAC12 Agenda=
</span></p>
<br>
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Order of Busin=
ess</span></p>
<br>
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra=
p">7:00pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap=
"> - Food (optional)</span></p>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"=
>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra=
p">7:30pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap=
"> - Attendance</span></p>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"=
>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra=
p">7:35pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap=
"> - SpringFest (Appendix 1)</span></p>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sidhanth Rao, =
UA President</span></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"=
>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra=
p">7:55pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap=
"> - UA Events in April</span></p>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Devin Cornish,=
UA Vice-President</span></p>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baselin=
e">
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Haldun Anil, I=
FC Representative, speaking on the Greek Olympics</span></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"=
>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra=
p">8:10pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap=
"> - Discussion on Bexley House & Community</span></p>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sidhanth Rao, =
UA President</span></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"=
>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra=
p">8:30pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap=
"> - Sexual Assault Awareness Month</span></p>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Emad Taliep, U=
A Wellness Committee Chair, giving a presentation</span></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"=
>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra=
p">8:40pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap=
"> - Presentation by Committees on
Education and MITx</span></p>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anu Sinha, UA =
Education Committee Chair, giving a presentation</span></p>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baselin=
e">
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Colin McDonnel=
l, UA MITx Committee Chair, giving a presentation</span></p>
</li></ul>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"=
>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra=
p">9:00pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap=
"> - Adjournment</span></p>
</li></ul>
<br>
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-spac=
e:pre-wrap">Appendix 1</span></p>
<br>
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-=
wrap;font-weight:bold">Budgets of other schools: =A0</span><span style=3D"v=
ertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-wrap">really
big schools (e.g. Ohio State) have $5million budget. =A0They put on many e=
vents throughout the year, all/most of which are free to students. =A0Small=
er schools (e.g. Northeastern) put on fewer events, but still have a larger=
budget (probably around the order of
200-300k)</span></p>
<br>
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-=
wrap"></span>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-=
wrap;font-weight:bold">Example Budget Breakdown: =A0</span><span style=3D"v=
ertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-wrap">Every
year, we will have to spend ~35k on production cost and up to 10k for the =
agent fee. =A0That leaves us <100k for the artists. =A0Most schools will=
spend 100k on their headliner. =A0Some examples of artists that cost quite=
a bit more than 100k (in October) are:</span></p>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-=
wrap">Passion Pit, Jason Mraz, Calvin Harris (250k), Frank Ocean, Kendrick =
Lamar, Arctic Monkeys, Diplo, Ke$ha,
Krewella, MGMT (175k), Childish Gambino</span></p>
<br>
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-=
wrap"></span>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-=
wrap;font-weight:bold">What we could do with more money:</span></p>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-=
wrap">a) Get bigger and better artists</span></p>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-=
wrap">b) Get more artists (and do concerts throughout the weekend)</span></=
p>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-=
wrap">c) Make concert tickets cheaper/free</span></p>
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-=
wrap">d) Subsidize student groups holding events during SpringFest</span></=
p>
<div><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space=
:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space=
:pre-wrap">Thank you for your time.</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space=
:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space=
:pre-wrap">Sincerely,</span></div>
</font></span>
<div><font><br>
</font>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div><font>Matthew Davis </font></div>
<div><font>Class of 2016</font></div>
<div><font>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</font></div>
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<div>Ryan Lau</div>
</span><span>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><br>
<span>Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science</span><br>
<a href=3D"mailto:rlau@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">rlau@mit.edu</a><span>=A0=
||=A0</span><a value=3D"+18082214476">(808) 221-4476</a>
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