[2470] in UA Exec
Re: Lean On Me @ MIT and joining ASA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nichole I. Clarke)
Mon May 2 20:04:14 2016
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From: "Nichole I. Clarke" <niclarke@mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 20:03:31 -0400
To: trattner@mit.edu
Cc: "ASA Executive Board (asa-exec@mit.edu)" <asa-exec@mit.edu>,
leanonme-coord <leanonme-coord@mit.edu>, ua-exec@mit.edu
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Hi Andy,
I'm sorry about the delay in getting back to you. It'd be great if you
wanted to join the board. We're currently in the process of updating our
database, so that should hopefully resolve a lot of technical issues at the
moment, but you are still welcome to make additional changes.
You've heard back from us regarding Lean On Me, now, and that delay was in
great part due to only having weekly meetings yet needing to vote on a
large number of groups. If you would be interested in ways to work on
speeding up this process, we would greatly welcome you to join the ASA as
our Groups Chair. I'm not sure if we'll be having anymore meetings this
semester (probably one last one the following week on Thursday at 7:30pm).
However, if you'd still like to join, I can add you to the mailing list.
Just let me know.
Best,
Nichole Clarke
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Andy Trattner <trattner@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi Nichole,
>
> How are you? Hope things are OK. I know the ASA is always understaffed,
> and I have been talking to Gabriel about joining. In particular I would be
> happy to help in automating processes and creating continuous
> infrastructure so that elections each spring are less sad :)
>
> In other news...
>
> We would really like to get Lean On Me @ MIT student group status by the
> end of this semester. We applied back in November and it has been really
> difficult for our 18-student team to not have room reservation abilities.
>
> I understand that there has been some confusion over how our group
> operates, and I just spoke with Jimmy at the MIT I Messed Up event about
> how Lean On Me @ MIT is (like Camp Kesem, Design For America, and many
> other groups) a completely student-run service helping MIT students only.
> The group is self-contained within MIT and literally the definition of a
> student group.
>
> Lean On Me, Inc. as a nonprofit corporation builds and distributes
> software for local college chapters to use. This is no different than the
> chess club using Chess.com to play their games online, dorm governments
> using Facebook to create event pages, or the ASA using gmail. All these
> software providers are separate from the groups and have no bearing on the
> actual use or group activities in which the software is involved.
>
> I understand that you guys are all super busy, so I am truly happy that we
> had the opportunity to meet and discuss earlier in the approval process
> with Jimmy. Please consider that we have helped over 100 distinct users
> through thousands of text messages, and we believe we can continue to do so
> far more effectively within the infrastructure of MIT by being a recognized
> student group as we rightly deserve to be.
>
> Please let me know how I can help with this decision and also with the ASA.
>
> Godspeed,
> Andy
> _____
> *availability*
> <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=andtratt%40gmail.com&ctz=America/New_York>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Andy,<div><br></div><div>I'm sorry about the delay =
in getting back to you.=C2=A0 It'd be great if you wanted to join the b=
oard.=C2=A0 We're currently in the process of updating our database, so=
that should hopefully resolve a lot of technical issues at the moment, but=
you are still welcome to make additional changes.</div><div><br></div><div=
>You've heard back from us regarding Lean On Me, now, and that delay wa=
s in great part due to only having weekly meetings yet needing to vote on a=
large number of groups.=C2=A0 If you would be interested in ways to work o=
n speeding up this process, we would greatly welcome you to join the ASA as=
our Groups Chair.=C2=A0 I'm not sure if we'll be having anymore me=
etings this semester (probably one last one the following week on Thursday =
at 7:30pm).=C2=A0 However, if you'd still like to join, I can add you t=
o the mailing list.=C2=A0 Just let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,<=
/div><div>Nichole Clarke</div><div><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extr=
a"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Andy Tra=
ttner <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:trattner@mit.edu" target=3D"_=
blank">trattner@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">Hi Nichole,<div><br></div><div>How are you? Hope thin=
gs are OK. I know the ASA is always understaffed, and I have been talking t=
o Gabriel about joining. In particular I would be happy to help in automati=
ng processes and creating continuous infrastructure so that elections each =
spring are less sad :)</div><div><br></div><div>In other news...</div><div>=
<br></div><div>We would really like to get Lean On Me @ MIT student group s=
tatus by the end of this semester. We applied back in November and it has b=
een really difficult for our 18-student team to not have room reservation a=
bilities.</div><div><br></div><div>I understand that there has been some co=
nfusion over how our group operates, and I just spoke with Jimmy at the MIT=
I Messed Up event about how Lean On Me @ MIT is (like Camp Kesem, Design F=
or America, and many other groups) a completely student-run service helping=
MIT students only. The group is self-contained within MIT and literally th=
e definition of a student group.</div><div><br></div><div>Lean On Me, Inc. =
as a nonprofit corporation builds and distributes software for local colleg=
e chapters to use. This is no different than the chess club using Chess.com=
to play their games online, dorm governments using Facebook to create even=
t pages, or the ASA using gmail. All these software providers are separate =
from the groups and have no bearing on the actual use or group activities i=
n which the software is involved.</div><div><br></div><div>I understand tha=
t you guys are all super busy, so I am truly happy that we had the opportun=
ity to meet and discuss earlier in the approval process with Jimmy. Please =
consider that we have helped over 100 distinct users through thousands of t=
ext messages, and we believe we can continue to do so far more effectively =
within the infrastructure of MIT by being a recognized student group as we =
rightly deserve to be.</div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know how I ca=
n help with this decision and also with the ASA.</div><div><br></div><div>G=
odspeed,</div><div><div><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"lt=
r"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><font color=3D"#000000">Andy</fon=
t></div><div style=3D"text-align:right"><font color=3D"#000000">_____</font=
></div><div style=3D"text-align:right"><a href=3D"https://calendar.google.c=
om/calendar/embed?src=3Dandtratt%40gmail.com&ctz=3DAmerica/New_York" st=
yle=3D"font-size:12.8px" target=3D"_blank"><font size=3D"1"><i>availability=
</i></font></a><font color=3D"#999999" size=3D"1"><br></font></div></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></=
div></div></div>
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