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Re: 45UAC12 Detailed Agenda
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan H Varady)
Tue Apr 8 15:21:18 2014
From: Nathan H Varady <nvarady@MIT.EDU>
To: Sidhanth P Rao <sidhanth@mit.edu>
CC: Jessica M Parker <jmparker@mit.edu>, Gregory D Kravit <gkravit@mit.edu>,
Sean R Corcoran <scorcora@mit.edu>, Matthew J Davis <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>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 19:21:14 +0000
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Here is a link (USG Budget) to Princeton USG's budget if anyone has a =
friend who goes there that can access it. It'd be interesting to see =
how much they pay for their bi-annual lawn party artists. One commenter =
on a recent Princetonian article claims it is roughly $50k.
Nathan
On Apr 8, 2014, at 2:55 PM, Sidhanth Rao <sidhanth@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> Hey,
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> We've created a spreadsheet with peer institutions and have added a =
some appendices to the agenda.
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> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Jessica Parker <jmparker@mit.edu> =
wrote:
> Is it really worth spending more on a better artist when they're still =
going to sound awful? Johnson has the acoustics of an old, solid, =
concrete athletic facility--not a concert venue. I realize Johnson is =
really our only on-campus, indoor option. Could it possibly be outside =
on Briggs or even in Killian? It's probably not an option because of =
things like weather, ruining grass, and neighborhood considerations but =
it would sound better.
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> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Gregory D Kravit <gkravit@mit.edu> =
wrote:
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> I was the visiting council member to the events committee last year. A =
few notes:
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> About last year's success, Macklemore was booked early and before his =
album went platinum and before he topped the billboard charts. The =
price for artists are set prices and are usually based on popularity, =
songs on the charts and previous concert prices. In other words, we got =
incredibly lucky that our campus caught onto "Thrift Shop" and "Same =
Love" before the rest of the world. =20
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> So if we wanted to repeat the success of last year, here are several =
possible solutions:
> 1. Get lucky
> 2. Events staff develops and uses predictive models to find rising =
stars based off campus/summer preferences, industry forecasts, etc...
> 3. Increase the budget.
> From: Gregory D Kravit
> Sent: 4/7/2014 14:50
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> To: Sean R Corcoran
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> Cc: Matthew J Davis; ua-officers@mit.edu; ua-exec@mit.edu; =
ua-council@mit.edu; Ryan M Lau
> Subject: RE: 45UAC12 Detailed Agenda
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> =
http://www.tuftsdaily.com/mobile/nelly-to-headline-spring-fling-1.2814892
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> Article on Tufts spring concert last year. =20
> Original Budget:100,000
> Final Budget: 145,000 after student petition to government for more.
> From: Sean Corcoran
> Sent: 4/7/2014 14:43
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> To: Gregory D Kravit
> Cc: Matthew J Davis; ua-officers@mit.edu; ua-exec@mit.edu; =
ua-council@mit.edu; Ryan M Lau
> Subject: RE: 45UAC12 Detailed Agenda
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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
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> 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.
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> Just a place to start.
> From: Ryan Lau
> Sent: 4/7/2014 14:27
> To: Matthew J Davis
> Cc: ua-council@mit.edu; ua-officers@mit.edu; ua-exec@mit.edu
> Subject: Re: 45UAC12 Detailed Agenda
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> 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.
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> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Matthew J Davis <mattjd@mit.edu> =
wrote:
> Dear UA Councilors,
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> Below is a more detailed agenda for the next UA Council Meeting, =
tomorrow, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 7:30PM.
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> 45UAC12 Agenda
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> Order of Business
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> 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
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> Appendix 1
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> Budgets of other schools: really
> big schools (e.g. Ohio State) have $5million budget. They put on =
many events throughout the year, all/most of which are free to students. =
Smaller schools (e.g. Northeastern) put on fewer events, but still have =
a larger budget (probably around the order of
> 200-300k)
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> Example Budget Breakdown: Every
> year, we will have to spend ~35k on production cost and up to 10k for =
the agent fee. That leaves us <100k for the artists. Most schools will =
spend 100k on their headliner. Some examples of artists that cost quite =
a bit more than 100k (in October) are:
> Passion Pit, Jason Mraz, Calvin Harris (250k), Frank Ocean, Kendrick =
Lamar, Arctic Monkeys, Diplo, Ke$ha,
> Krewella, MGMT (175k), Childish Gambino
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> 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
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> Thank you for your time.
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> Sincerely,
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> 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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> Jessica Parker
> 408 355 3579
> MIT Class of 2015
> Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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> Sidhanth Rao
> UA President 2013-14
> Department of Mechanical Engineering
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2014
> sidhanth@mit.edu | 617-697-2185
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
charset=3Diso-8859-1"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Here =
is a link (<a =
href=3D"https://drive.google.com/a/princeton.edu/#folders/0B6sMUlYrutmHdFJ=
uMUlWRDM5MTQ">USG Budget</a>) to Princeton USG's budget if anyone =
has a friend who goes there that can access it. It'd be =
interesting to see how much they pay for their bi-annual lawn party =
artists. One <a =
href=3D"http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/04/breaking-griz-and-mayer-=
hawthorne-to-headline-lawnparties/#comment-1323253739">commenter</a> =
on a recent Princetonian article claims it is roughly =
$50k.<div><br></div><div>Nathan</div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 8, 2014, =
at 2:55 PM, Sidhanth Rao <<a =
href=3D"mailto:sidhanth@MIT.EDU">sidhanth@MIT.EDU</a>> =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hey,<div><br>We've created a <a =
href=3D"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=3D0ArcU51eTbAAKdE5TWjF=
nSzQ4Vk9JWmxKSkF4endDRFE#gid=3D0">spreadsheet</a> with peer institutions =
and have added a some appendices to the <a =
href=3D"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VVlVFqv7NMxl3BDgNPGvigh7gYIl7b=
OWMNgkqaiQfMU/edit">agenda</a>.</div>
</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On =
Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Jessica Parker <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a =
href=3D"mailto:jmparker@mit.edu" =
target=3D"_blank">jmparker@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Is it =
really worth spending more on a better artist when they're still going =
to sound awful? Johnson has the acoustics of an old, solid, concrete =
athletic facility--not a concert venue. I realize Johnson is really our =
only on-campus, indoor option. Could it possibly be outside on Briggs or =
even in Killian? It's probably not an option because of things like =
weather, ruining grass, and neighborhood considerations but it would =
sound better.<br>
</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div =
class=3D"">On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Gregory D Kravit <span =
dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:gkravit@mit.edu" =
target=3D"_blank">gkravit@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div class=3D"">
<div>
<div style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
I was the visiting council member to the events committee last year. A =
few notes:<br>
<br>
About last year's success, Macklemore was booked early and before his =
album went platinum and before he topped the billboard charts. The =
price for artists are set prices and are usually based on popularity, =
songs on the charts and previous concert prices.
In other words, we got incredibly lucky that our campus caught onto =
"Thrift Shop" and "Same Love" before the rest of the world.
<br>
<br>
So if we wanted to repeat the success of last year, here are several =
possible solutions:<br>
1. Get lucky<br>
2. Events staff develops and uses predictive models to find rising stars =
based off campus/summer preferences, industry forecasts, etc...<br>
3. Increase the budget.</div>
</div>
</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"">
<hr>
<span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">F=
rom:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a =
href=3D"mailto:gkravit@MIT.EDU" target=3D"_blank">Gregory D =
Kravit</a></span><br>
</div><span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">S=
ent:
</span><span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">4/7/2014 =
14:50</span><div class=3D""><br>
<span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">T=
o:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a =
href=3D"mailto:scorcora@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">Sean R =
Corcoran</a></span><div><br>
<span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">C=
c:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a =
href=3D"mailto:mattjd@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">Matthew J Davis</a>;
<a href=3D"mailto:ua-officers@mit.edu" =
target=3D"_blank">ua-officers@mit.edu</a>; <a =
href=3D"mailto:ua-exec@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">
ua-exec@mit.edu</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:ua-council@mit.edu" =
target=3D"_blank">ua-council@mit.edu</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:rlau@mit.edu" =
target=3D"_blank">
Ryan M Lau</a></span><br>
<span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">S=
ubject:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">RE: =
45UAC12 Detailed Agenda</span><br>
<br>
</div></div></div><div>
<div><div class=3D"">
<div>
<div style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a =
href=3D"http://www.tuftsdaily.com/mobile/nelly-to-headline-spring-fling-1.=
2814892" =
target=3D"_blank">http://www.tuftsdaily.com/mobile/nelly-to-headline-sprin=
g-fling-1.2814892</a><br>
<br>
Article on Tufts spring concert last year. <br>
Original Budget:100,000<br>
Final Budget: 145,000 after student petition to government for more.<br>
</div>
</div>
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">
<hr>
<span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">F=
rom:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a =
href=3D"mailto:scorcora@MIT.EDU" target=3D"_blank">Sean =
Corcoran</a></span><br>
<span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">S=
ent:
</span><span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">4/7/2014 =
14:43</span><div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">T=
o:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a =
href=3D"mailto:gkravit@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">Gregory D =
Kravit</a></span><br>
<span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">C=
c:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a =
href=3D"mailto:mattjd@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">Matthew J Davis</a>;
<a href=3D"mailto:ua-officers@mit.edu" =
target=3D"_blank">ua-officers@mit.edu</a>; <a =
href=3D"mailto:ua-exec@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">
ua-exec@mit.edu</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:ua-council@mit.edu" =
target=3D"_blank">ua-council@mit.edu</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:rlau@mit.edu" =
target=3D"_blank">
Ryan M Lau</a></span><br>
<span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">S=
ubject:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">RE: =
45UAC12 Detailed Agenda</span><br>
<br>
</div></div></div><div><div class=3D"h5">
<div><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" =
<<a href=3D"mailto:gkravit@mit.edu" =
target=3D"_blank">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 =
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.<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:bold">F=
rom:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a =
href=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:bold">S=
ent:
</span><span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">4/7/2014 =
14:27</span><br>
<span =
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">T=
o:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a =
href=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:bold">C=
c:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a =
href=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.edu</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:bold">S=
ubject:
</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Re: =
45UAC12 Detailed Agenda</span><br>
<br>
</div>
<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). 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.</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>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma"><font>Dear =
UA 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><div 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></div>
<br>
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Order of =
Business</span></div>
<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"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7:=
00pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> =
- Food (optional)</span></div>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7:=
30pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> =
- Attendance</span></div>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7:=
35pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> =
- SpringFest (Appendix 1)</span></div>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
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></div>
</li></ul>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7:=
55pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> =
- UA Events in April</span></div>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
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></div>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Haldun Anil, IFC =
Representative, speaking on the Greek Olympics</span></div>
</li></ul>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8:=
10pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> =
- Discussion on Bexley House & Community</span></div>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
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></div>
</li></ul>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8:=
30pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> =
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month</span></div>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Emad Taliep, UA =
Wellness Committee Chair, giving a presentation</span></div>
</li></ul>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8:=
40pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> =
- Presentation by Committees on
Education and MITx</span></div>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
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></div>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:circle;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Colin McDonnell, =
UA MITx Committee Chair, giving a presentation</span></div>
</li></ul>
</li><li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline"><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">9:=
00pm</span><span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> =
- Adjournment</span></div>
</li></ul>
<br>
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><div =
style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre=
-wrap">Appendix 1</span></div>
<br>
<span style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><div =
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: </span><span =
style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-wrap"=
>really
big schools (e.g. Ohio State) have $5million budget. They put on =
many events throughout the year, all/most of which are free to students. =
Smaller schools (e.g. Northeastern) put on fewer events, but still =
have a larger budget (probably around the order of
200-300k)</span></div>
<br>
<span =
style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-wrap"=
></span><div style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: =
0pt;"><span =
style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-wrap;=
font-weight:bold">Example Budget Breakdown: </span><span =
style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-wrap"=
>Every
year, we will have to spend ~35k on production cost and up to 10k for =
the agent fee. That leaves us <100k for the artists. Most =
schools will spend 100k on their headliner. Some examples of =
artists that cost quite a bit more than 100k (in October) =
are:</span></div><div style=3D"line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; =
margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span =
style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-wrap"=
>Passion Pit, Jason Mraz, Calvin Harris (250k), Frank Ocean, Kendrick =
Lamar, Arctic Monkeys, Diplo, Ke$ha,
Krewella, MGMT (175k), Childish Gambino</span></div>
<br>
<span =
style=3D"vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-wrap"=
></span><div 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></div><div =
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></div><div 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></div><div 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></div><div =
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></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"=
>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>
</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>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
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<div><br>
</div>
-- <br>
<div><span><br>
</span></div>
<span>
<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> || </span><a =
value=3D"+18082214476">(808) 221-4476</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div></div></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">
</font></span></div></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">
</font></span></blockquote></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font =
color=3D"#888888"><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><pre =
cols=3D"72"><font face=3D"courier new, monospace">Jessica Parker
<a href=3D"tel:408%20355%203579" value=3D"+14083553579" =
target=3D"_blank">408 355 3579</a>
MIT Class of 2015
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering</font></pre></div>
</font></span></div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div =
dir=3D"ltr">Sidhanth Rao<div>UA President 2013-14<br><div>Department of =
Mechanical Engineering</div><div>Massachusetts Institute of Technology =
2014</div></div>
<div><a href=3D"mailto:sidhanth@mit.edu" =
target=3D"_blank">sidhanth@mit.edu</a> | 617-697-2185</div></div=
>
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