[8] in UA Senate
Re: Senate discussion sessions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Baranay)
Sun Jun 7 21:54:20 2009
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:54:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Baranay <pbaranay@MIT.EDU>
To: Sammi Wyman <swyman@mit.edu>
cc: Alex Dehnert <adehnert@mit.edu>, UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1D039AF5-E695-4BBE-AB9F-DB5E13BB7892@mit.edu>
Oh, that's a good idea.
On Sun, 7 Jun 2009, Sammi Wyman wrote:
> I definitely think this is a good idea for over IAP, since it seems unfair to
> have regularly scheduled meetings since many people choose not to be on
> campus for IAP. It would probably still be productive to all get together
> though, so discussion sessions seem to make sense.
> On Jun 6, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Paul Baranay wrote:
>
>> While I'm happy to pitch this idea to next year's Senate, I'm not sure this
>> is necessary. For one thing, Senate will be meeting more or less weekly,
>> and email should suffice in the intervening time. Moreover, I would like to
>> set aside part of each meeting for open discussion - much like the Good of
>> the Order announcements from this past year, but with an emphasis on
>> dialogue.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>> On Sat, 6 Jun 2009, Alex Dehnert wrote:
>>
>>> An old email
>>> (http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/ua-announce/2004-April/000047.html) from
>>> the ua-announce@mit.edu email list has sort of an interesting idea. Would
>>> anyone actually be interested in discussion sessions outside of regular
>>> Senate meetings? Does anyone have any idea if that one was decently
>>> attended?
>>>
>>> ~~Alex
>>>
>
> Sammi Wyman
> MIT Class of 2011
> Course X, Department of Chemical Engineering
> Orientation Coordinator
> UA Senator Representing Burton-Conner
> Vice-Chair, UA Sustainability Committee
> swyman@mit.edu
>
