[2624] in APO News
The Apocrypha, Volume 86, Issue 7
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (That Jeff Guy)
Thu May 22 20:18:53 1997
To: apoc-dist@MIT.EDU
From: That Jeff Guy <jeffreypu@MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: jefreypu@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 20:10:14 EDT
Sorry about this taking so long, but I have
been so busy these last few weeks.
APOcrypha
Volume 86, Issue 7
Monday, May 5, 1997
Spring 1997
Letter from the Editor
Ah yes. Once again its the apoc. Man can you believe this is the 7th
issue this term? Well, I am having trouble believing it even though I
have so far produced all of them mostly on my own time and energy. The
article turnout hasn't been terribly impressive, but again, I think
it hasn't been all too bad either, considering that there have been
articles for every apoc that has come out so far.
Well, if you can believe it, there will be two more (yes, that's 2)
apoc's coming out before this term is over. I am sure you are probably
sitting there scratching your head wondering where I am going to put
two more apocs. Well, I have thought this trhough, and here is my plan
for the last two. Issue 8 is going to come out next week, and the
only things I expect to have in it are end of term things like the
minutes that haven't come out already and incoming/outgoing officer
reports if officers are efficient and get them written up in time.
The 9th and final issue for my term as Apoc Ed will be the Apocrypha,
Special Edition. If you somehow managed to not hear about this from me
before, here it is again. This will be a compilation of previously
released articles with new special effects and new wordings never seen
before (Again, if you are thinking of parodies and other silly humor
like things, you are on the right track).
I am not necessarily asking for anyone to submit any articles for
this, because in theory at least you will all be studying for
finals. But you are welcome to submit any humor stuff you want plus if
you want to hack on previously released articles (as I plan to), they
are in /mit/jefreypu/apoc/issue where the is the issue
number. Feel free to toy around if you have any free time. Anyhow, I
am planning on just trying to make the last apoc a little something
special and kind of fun. This Apoc of course will be available at I
Banquet, so keep your eyes open for the Apocrypha, Special Edition.
YiLFSubmissions,
Jeffrey
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Candidate Articles
Why I Want To Be ApocEd (maybe) by David Maze
I somehow managed to survive an entire year of MIT on pass/fail. It
was actually kind of fun. But now I'll have to deal with scary things
like grades and actually put some effort into tooling to try to get
actual good grades.
With that in mind, I think being ApocEd would be a good job for me. I
tend to spend too many of my waking hours logged in anyways; having to
assemble an Apoc would give me something productive to do. I have
decent amounts of and clue, and a somewhat minimal but
usable amount of PostScript clue. I was a page editor for my school
newspaper in high school; having layout features besides just articles
one after another in the Apoc would be cool.
How hosed will I be? I'll be taking 6.001, which I'm presently
regarding as relatively trivial, and 6.004, plus 8.01 (yes, freshman
physics) and a HASS, probably STS.011 (American Science: Ethical
Conflicts and Political Choices). I'll also be the E bus
chair and likely an LSC night subdirector. That alone might be enough
to completely hose me; I don't know. Right now, I'm planning on
putting out six Apocs, not so many to kill me but not so few that
people forget they exist.
The bottom line is that I'm not all that sure whether I want to be
ApocEd or not, and whether or not it's a good idea for me to take any
A office this term. I do intend to stay active within the
chapter regardless, but I'm worried that if I try to do too much then
something will have to suffer. I don't know what the best thing for
me to do is. If I do have an office, though, I want to be ApocEd.
YiLFS,
David
Why I really really really want to be AVP by melissa
So most people would begin here with a beautiful heartwarming story of
their reasons for wanting to be AVP...epic tales of desires to serve
one's brotherhood, of being an asset to the chapter, of selflessly
giving of oneself, blah blah blah, blah blah blah.
While these are VERY admirable reasons for serving as AVP, I have
another much more...uh...carnal reason for my desire.
I want nothing more that the right to approach my haven on the fifth
floor of the student center...that golden gem on the horizon of my
existence...the CAC office...so that I may lay down on the altar
before those gods among men..er, I mean those CAC desk workers, my
offering of...an orange room reservation form. Ooh! I'm getting
goosebumps just THINKING about it!
While I admit that there is much more to the job of AVP than just
communicating with CAC (BTW, did I mention that I have contacts
there?), I would traverse the broadest desert, take minutes at the
longest meeting, and yes, wrestle with the goddess Athena herself for
the mere hope of making a pilgrimage to my mecca and bowing to Ted
Johnson and Phil Walsh.
I'd type out minutes and keep the office stocked with sign-up lists
and I'd publish a chapter directory et cetera et cetera et cetera ad
nauseum just for chance to be a genuine ASA signatory power.
If you have any questions about my goals as AVP, or if you'd care to
offer your take on "what it means to be AVP" feel free to ask or
e-mail me.
So give my life meaning. Vote for me for AVP. And stuff.
It'll be a blessed awwangement, a dweam, within a dweam... It'll be
better than CATS!
YinLFS,
Melissa
Gina for a Junior Office
Now that I have your attention, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO ANNOUNCE MY CANTIDACY FOR PRESIDENT IN THE YEAR 2000!!! My
justification for such an early announcement is that I need time to
raise the millions of dollars necessary to manage a sucessful
campaign. Please make legal donations to the account of Gina Nicholls
and illeagle contributions to the account of my evil twin, Monique.
Seriously, make ALL checks payable to Gina. Also, remember to vote me
into the office of historian in the fall (hey, my plot to tyrranize
the world needs to start somewhere). I had planned to run for the
office this term, but discovered quickly that I wouldn't have time to
handle the commitment. I'm still as dedicated to the chapter as I was
in the fall, and I believe that I am well prepared to handle an office
next year. I volunteered for ArcCom last term and talked to Charlie
about the role of the historian over IAP. I also intend to get an
updated version from Brian Perrin before next term; please ask me
about this during junior office elections next year.
You might think that this is a little early for junior officer
campaigns, but if I get my two cents in now, it might save me (and
you) a million down the road.
- Gina
Momma? ... Clunk. ... Ow! Bad Pledge!
So why would I want to subject myself to the hosage of being MVP this
upcomig term? Because I'm Susama and masochistic, and enjoy fillng
myschedule to double capacity and going crazy? Actually, no.
Contrary to popular belief I have taken into consideration the amount
of time and energy that this will take, and how it will affect me and
my classes. And I won't be getting into anything any father over my
head than I normally am. I'm not taking anything next term that I
foresee as being exceptionally more time consuming than anything else
MIT seems to offer, as opposed to next year when I will disappear
under the pressures of Junior lab.
I realize that another set back to me being Mommy next term is that
I've only been an active brother for one term. I know what me level
of ignorance is, and intend to grill brothers for advice when I lack
clue and fail to compensate via reckless ingenuity. I would really
like to be able to work with the incoming freshmen though, which is
why I am rashly running this term, instead of waiting, like any normal
person would do.
I believe that a strong, well indoctrinated pledge class can do a lot
for a chapter. This may be because my pledge class was large, and I
felt that we were well prepared, and as a result I enjoyed my pledge
term. I believe strongly in good big little connections and getting
the pledges as involved as is possible. I intend to have big/little
connections set up early in the term, and intend also to keep strong
relations between myself and the pldeges. I hope to be able to
organize several pledge run/oriented service projects/fellowship
events, so that they get a good feel for the chapter by the time they
are elevated.
I may be biting off more than I can handle, or I may have time to do
more than this. None of what I propose here is written in stone. I
hope to be able to do all this, and more (maybe). I would love to get
involved with the chapter in this manner, and I think I can do a good
job at it. I had a very helpful mommy my pledge term, and I would
like to see if I can't practise what I saw and learned.
Laura's Article for SVP and Fellowship Chair
So, this is short because I want to have time both to finish my
paper and to look at 6.001. I'm running for SVP and for Fellowship
Chair.
So, why would Laura make a good fellowship chair, you may be
wondering. Well, I'll tell you. I like fellowship stuff because it's
fun. And it makes me sad when people aren't around much. And I like
beginning sentences with the word and I like beginning sentences with
the word and...
I'll admit I am a little bit afraid of SVP because I don't like to use
the phone. But I would do it. That reminds me that I have to go call
the idiots who didn't come to inspect our fire exstinguishers at ET.
So I should go now. Bye-bye!
- Laura
A little more on why I want to be MVP
Well, I read a little of an article that Dave sent to me (Requirements
for Officers, by Dave Cho, later in this issue), and I think that Dave
made some very good points (Dave always does. Its too bad that we
don't have him around as much anymore to give us hell like he always
used to :).
To put it simply, Dave points out that we all have really different
things we are good at, and its kind of best to do whatever it is you
do best. Well, I have served a number of offices that I have had
varying degrees of sucess with. Historian, I did ok. But I sometimes
forgot to bring the camera along to things, and there was too much
work for me to do alone. Fellowship Chair, I made sure the fellowship
events things happened, had a number of good study breaks, and had fun
at I Banquet, even when we left the last tray of pasta in the oven too
long. AVP I thought I did pretty well at, except for being mildly
hosed near the end of term. Apoc Ed I have enjoyed a great deal and I
think they have turned out very well, even if the pickings for
articles have been slim at times.
Now I am up for MVP. I am still talking with the people that have been
MVP in previous terms, and I am still thinking over the different
approaches that I might take at handling this job. But I do know a few
things.
I know the chapter well. I have been a brother now since the
spring of 94, a full three years now, and through that time I have had
a lot of experiences with the chapter, and I feel ready to pass on
that info to new pledges. I am only asking for the chance to do it.
I can deal with the time this job requires. I have been through
a number of offices now, and really I have never had a serious problem
furfilling the duties of any office that I was given the duties
of. Although I tend to get hosed just like everyone else, I have
learned the ways to balance my life so that the things that need to
get done do, even if its not by me.
I am very open and willing to listen to other's ideas. I have
never been the kind of person who thinks that I instantly know the
right way and am certain that I know better than others. I often in
fact ask for advice on what to do about things from other people. In
fact, this is the whole basis behind a lot of my closest friendships
with people both inside and outside the chapter.
I am a very reachable person. This may not seem true to
everyone, but I am very approachable, and I enjoy talking to people a
great deal both in person, through zephyr, email, or through the
phone. I also carry a pager, so I am usually pretty reachable even
away from home, and I usually get back to people pretty immediately.
I believe I can do this job. This is to say that I am not just
running for this office because I want to but also because I believe
that if I am elected it will be a job that I will actually put my
efforts into. Sometimes the amount of success that an MVP gets varies
despite how much work they do, but I still feel the desire to try and
put my efforts for a term toward gaining our chapter new membership.
Well, this was just something to add on to what I have written
before. If you haven't read that, there are extra apocs in the office,
or you can of course always talk to me and ask me anything I haven't
really talked about here, which I am sure that there is.
YiLFS,
Jeffrey
Brian for Fellowship Chair
Hi, it's me, Brian (the one from West campus), and I'm running for
Fellowship Chair, and I think it would be really cool if you all
decided to vote for me. Here's why:
1) Fellowship: Well, it is part of being the fellowship chair, so it's
an important one. I intend to maintain chapter fellowship levels by
continuing to hold such age old traditions as Steak Fry, SFF, and
I-Banquet. Also, I'd like to try to reintroduce a few new/unused
ideas, such as picnics after projects, a
Look-There's-Snow-On-The-Ground study break (assuming we get snow
before Christmas), a Look-There's-Hot-Chocolate-Inside study break
(both of these last two stolen from the FC elections last term), a
movie marathon study break, and the continuation of
regular/semi-regular dinner trips.
2) Membership Retention: Yes, wonderful ideas on how to keep the
brothers from going away so that at SFF when they show up for 5
minutes all of the new brothers don't look at them and then ask the
older brothers who those odd people are standing off in the corner who
they'd never seen before. We'll start with Shave-The-Pledge-Bald-Day
(no, wait, I can't do that, can I?). OK, instead I'll use the big
brothers mercilessly, bugging them as to the status of their missing
littles and whether so-and-so will be returning later in the term or
just dropping out. Or even better, I'll bug the littles to check up
on their bigs if their bigs start fading away from the chapter.
Basically, this system makes the impossibly huge task of finding all
of the missing brothers and interrogating them to my satisfaction a
somewhat more bearable burden. :)
3) Pledges: I know, it's largely the Mommy's job to trap the
unsuspecting pledges, but every Mommy needs a hand from time to time.
So then I come dashing onto the scene with a Fellowship event. Some
wild and wacky event should be held during the beginning of the term
to draw pledges. And at some point soon after pledging, the
Big-Little study break will have to happen of course.
4) Hosage: Bah, I'll never be hosed. But there are probably some who
doubt the authenticity of my statements. Well, I'll be taking 6.004,
a Hass/Hass-D class, two other classes (as of yet undetermined), and
maybe a seminar type class. That's a total of four real classes. I
don't have any other positions of leadership in other activities, so
there won't be any other huge time conflicts. I will, of course, be
in other activities, but it hasn't overloaded me yet, so it won't be a
problem next term, despite those yucky grade things.
5) Availability: Well, I must admit, I will not be in Boston for most
of the summer. However, I will be around for the first three weeks
afterwards, and I'll be reachable by email while I'm not in Boston.
Also, I plan on coming back early (for R/O), so as to minimize my time
spent not in planning wonderful fellowship-type events. Yes yes.
Yup yup. That's about it. If there's anything else, be sure to ask
me on Wednesday. See you all then!
- Brian
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Misc Articles
Hiho, it's dave, the moldy alum
I have two quick points to make:
1, short apoc articles are good. Not because terseness is a virtue
(it is), but rather, it's a good idea to go back and tighten up your
wording so you don't bore your reader.
2, Jeff said in a previous article (Issue 5):
I already have a shirt that has Service on it, with the number 1 on
it, cause service is the first reason that we are in this fraternity
anyway. If we just wanted leadership and friendship,
Bah -- so you say. I joined APO for the friendship and that's why I'm
still around -- because it's fun. Sure, it was satisfying to do service
and I still help people in my own way (ditto for the leadership angle).
Is service its own reward? No, what a ridiculous idea. The fun, warm,
fuzzy feeling from doing service is its own reward. These statements
should not be confused. People do things because they're fun. It's fun
being a dictatorial president (whoops, now the cat's out of the bag).
Temper your desire for fun with a sense of reality and things will probably
be OK. For instance, it'd be fun for me to ramble on more, but really,
who'd want to read my babbling?
dave
Geez, this article is too long. :)
Requirements for Officers by Dave Cho
Jeff wrote a long article on his interests in officer positions, and
at one point, commented how his personality strengths may not be
sufficient to be President, amongst other offices.
Well.
Officers should be:
Able to command the attention of the room. At the very
least, project their voice sufficiently such that a kangaroo in the
back can hear them. Someone should've told Harry that.
Able to wield subtlety and tact to manage and solve delicate
situations. Someone should've told Charley that.
Very familiar with the chapter. Someone should've told Kevin that after we elected him Prez after, what, 2 terms of hanging around? 3?
Physically attractive. Now, I was going to write "someone
should've told Emily that", but well, I value my life, so I'll
volunteer for this one. :)
Notice a trend?
People have different strengths and weaknesses.
Among other things, being a good officer is knowing what your
strengths are and how to capitalize on them, and knowing what your
weaknesses are and how to minimize them. Remember, Emily is charming,
so that's why no one can remember what she did wrong. :)
dave
A short on Chapter Awards by Kevin Iga
Here at Stanford University (Zeta Chapter) we ran into a problem a few
years back where we wanted to recognize people for contributing in
significant ways to the chapter, but we felt that the DSK was
inappropriate for some of those cases. Our solution: we started other
awards.
Our oldest is the Gordon R. Davis award for the most outstanding
graduating senior (or whatever they are when they're about to
graduate). Later, it was complemented by the Rubber Ducky award, a
rotating trophy in the shape of a rubber ducky, for the active or
pledge who most exemplified APO for the past term.
But we still felt it was too difficult to recognize people, so we made
more.
We've got the energizer bunny award for doing twice the active
requirements,
The "Stan the Stanford Smiling Squirrel" award for the top pledge
(voted by pledges)
Leadership Award (for, guess what?) Friendship Award Service Award
In addition to this, the membership committee comes up with random
awards that the chapter doesn't really vote on, but whatever strikes
their fancy. They're not as serious, but they are also a good way of
recognizing people.
It means spending more time at some meeting (we do it at elections, of
all weeks to pick!) but it's not so bad as it lets people reflect on
how their brothers and pledges have been really cool over the past
year.
- Kevin Iga
Upon A Soapbox -- Glenn Berry
Near the end of each term the chapter undergoes a process to determine
which of the pledges will be elevated. Despite what Nationals seems
to suggest ought to be done, this process involved more than just
recording activity levels and comparing those to numerical
requirements. This is very definitely a conscious choice of the
chapter.
Being a brother is about more than just numbers and being a member.
It is about spirit, fellowship, commitment, integrity, honor, and
other characteristics not (presently) subject to numerical evaluation.
This is why there are interviews for the brothers to talk to the
pledges, this is why the brothers discuss things before voting. This
is why voting occurs outside a meeting format -- so that the brothers
can talk to the pledges if questions exist.
Accordingly, when the current brothers are considering whether or not
to vote in favor of each and every pledge, they should ask themselves
if that pledge meets the non-numerical critera. Are they committed to
service? Do they understand what being a brother means? Will they
demonstrate fellowship? Do they meet our moral and ethical standards?
(These are nowhere clearly stated, but they are closely derived from
the Boy Scout Oath and Law. If you look at APOcrypha issues from the
time Kevin Iga was an undergraduate those are well explained.) If you
can not answer all those questions affirmatively, go talk to the
pledge and learn what the answers are. If you must answer one of them
negatively, think seriously before you vote -- will this pledge be a
good brother? The intabgible questions are far more important than
whether or not numerical requirements are met; far too often we make
our decisions only on the numbers. We don't need to vote to do that,
we could have a computer program do it.
- Glenn
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minutes
Minutes of (Chapter Meeting, April 9, 1997)
Administrative notes:Thanks to David Maze
for taking the minutes
Start:7:05 pm; End:8:05 pm Present:Susama, Lizzie, David, Alexis,
Charley, Michael, Melissa, Ingrid, Richard, Kheather, John Kohl, Cathy,
Matt Elaine, Falling, Grant, Brian Perrin, Joe Kuchta
Officers' reports:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SVP (Lizzie): Boston Urban Gardener (Pc-Daniel) this weekend. Big
Screw setup Sunday, competition is all week. Carnival is 3 week-
ends away. PC something! Project starts at 9 am. Big screw
setup time is on signup sheet
MVP (Michael): Everyone will have a big brother by friday
AVP (Jill): not present
Treasurer (Cathy): Give me money . We made $160 from the steak
fry auction. The DJR order went in and came back (unfilled).
Tell me if you ordered anything; the order wil go back in next
Monday.
FC (Charley): Signups for SFF (may 3, compton room) and I-banquet
(may 16, location TBD). Need food PC's, tell Ari if you can
bring music to SFF. Kebab 'n Curry dinner trip saturday, no
Pc. meet in office at 7:15. bubble wrap study break Wed april
16.
APOcEd (Jeffrey): apocs in office
ASC (Lauren): office cleanup on saturday
PubDir (David): nothing to report
Historian (Brian): nothing to report
Advisory Comm. Chair (Joe): nothing to report
President (Alexis): we're short on drivers for conclave. Nominations
in two weeks
Committee reports:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Service Committee: we met. Evaluation should be tweaked but
nothing new came up. We though about the fourfold program
of service
Carnival: about 4-5 boohts , a couple of performance groups will be
there. we're probably getting money from the provost. things
generally going well.
Big Screw (David): we met. there's a list of candidates. There's
an LSC slide, but other publicity may or may not exist. Matt
wants you to dig up candidates
Old Business:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
none
New Business:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
John Kohl: we're planning a spring reception for graduates and their
families.
Conclave- Ingrid: the people who were going to hold next term's
conclave cannot. we're considering trying to do it in their place.
Cathy: we should be able to use on-campus facilities for most stuff.
There's generally a party; mit catering can do that.
Alexis: we're asking the athletic department to let people sleep on cots
or in sleeping bags in the gym; it'll probably work. close hotels
are too expensive. we need 15 positive votes.
Cathy: we looked into getting a hostel, it'll cost $12 per person per
night and a service project. we could stick a few people in
brother's bouses but that's not a solution.
Alexis: nobody else is considering a bid. It'll be november 14-16.
we've reserved rooms.
voting (from people at the meeting and email responses)
yes: 10 ; no :3; abstain :4 (less than 15 votes)
Ingrid: I abstained for political resason
Cathy: I did as well, plus I'm uneasy about houseing.
Chris Falling: I'll probably be on the cape so I abstained.
Ari: same, plus I've run one before and it can be done with less than
12 people
Matt: I abstained but I'll help
revote- yes:12 ; no: 3 ; abstain:2
Alexis: conclave this weekend. Richard Donovan is running for sec-
tional chair, along with steve miller and jeff carson.
Charley: there will be quorum
David: we need to approve the big screw rules
Ari: we should say what we do with foreign objects; UMOC rules made
them property of AXcoAPO (accepted as a friendly ammend-
ment)
Ingrid: (comment about posting totals)
David: the rules say totlas are "posted". I didn't change it.
voting-
yes: 14 ; no: 0, abstain: 1
Book Exchange-
Cathy: we have about $2500. Some will mail the remaining books to
kentucky, to help a flooded town whose library was destroyed.
we can make lots of little contributions or one big one.
Charley: national braille press or Project Literacy US would work as
would the ADult Reading Foundation.
Cathy: books are going to Falmouth , KY. and Rosies' places. Serv-
comm came up with local libraries/schools as possible donation
recipients. This could be attached to a service project
Ari: the $ doesn't have to be attached to book-related things
(more discussion...cathy will look into more donation sites and report
back at the 4/23 chapter meeting)
(discussion on conclave bid occurs, and it's mentioned that conclave will
hose the chapter, and to wait for confirmed housing before bidding)
Announcements:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cathy: silkscreening class 4/19. talk to me if problems, time TBA
Charley: sign up for stuff. Dinner trip Sat, leaving office at 7:15. I
won't runa CPR class unless more people ask me
David: sign up for big screw
Ari: SFF theme is starlight express
PFTGOTO:
~~~~~~~
Cathy: I'm doing walk for hunger
Ingrid: Toxicology sucks less when you drop it
Richard: toxicology sucks
Susama: steak fry shouldn't have ended at 9
Brian: my printer does postsctipt
Alexis: my computer is a desktop machine. it has a macro virus
Lizzie: I don't want alexis to come to BUG
Ari: my thesis title is too long
Minutes of (Execcomm, April 16)
Administrative notes:the minutes are now
taken on paper, then typed in, so that is
why they take longer to process
Start:7:02 pm; End:7:40 pm Present:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Officers' reports:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SVP (Lizzie): not present
MVP (Michael): pledges have big brothers. no pledge meeting this
week, pledge meeting nest week
AVP (Jill): minutes behind (see administrative note above), wuapo's
behind, there is no room for book exchange next fall. what do
people think about having i-banquet in ashdown?
Treasurer (Cathy): not present
FC (Charley): not present
APOcEd (Jeffrey): deadline saturday. people who went to conclave
should write me articles, and I would like more on ideas for the
conclave we might be hosting and such. Also, more articles for
Lf&S would be cool. Please submit articles.
ASC (Lauren): please don't leave papers that look like work-I won't
throw them out and so they just accumulate
PubDir (David): ordered three rolls of paper today (administrative
note: they have already come in), and I will go shopping soon
Historian (Brian): no more film
Advisory Comm. Chair (Joe): nothing to report
President (Alexis): conclave was cool. yay! no bids at the conclave
(for the fall conclave). there was a motion: hosting next fall's
conclave is tabled to sectional chairs (sparky (newly elected,
congratulations!) and john grossi). bids are to be sent to them.
whoever makes a bid can determine when the conclave is (there
was some confusion over when we (AX) thought the conclave
was and when the rest of the section thought the conclave was).
If a bid isn't sent by august first, then there will be no conclave.
we only need one a year, so it won't be catastrophic if we don't
have one, but it would be really cool to have one. also, at the
conclave, John Grossi got a sectional DSK.
Committee reports:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Carnival: the program board, provost, and the UA should be giving
us money. we have five groups doing booths. 4 rented carnival
things: velcro wall, moon bounce, bungee run, and sea of balls.
food may or may not be sold by us. (we need volunteers for
food!). we have a booth in lobby 10. current publicity ideas:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kazoos, bubbles, and balloons.
Jeffrey: committee size is down, WE NEED HELP NOW!!! the cur-
rent limiting factor is what we can organize
Big Screw (David): we raised around $120. there were lots of candi-
dates, and neil dorow won. there was lots of apathy among the
candidates this year. all the booth shifts were filled.
Ari: for the record, when pipa painted the ic poster, she was doing
what she was told to do.
Old Business:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
none
New Business:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
conclave-already discussed. everyone needs to help Alexis: next term's
officers, you still have to help
Announcements:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alexis: no projects this weekend. bubble wrpa study break coming up
sign up!!!
David: I need blurbs for publicity
PFTGOTO:
~~~~~~~
Charley: thesis sucks
Kheather: I'm not michelle
David: holding your shirt in hand is the same as wearing it, by
kheather's logic
Minutes of Chapter Meeting (April 23, 1997)
Start: 7:09 pm; End: 8:25 pm Present: Alexis, Lizzie, Michael, Charley,
Grant, Laura, Cathy, Harry, David, Carolyn, Sparky, Ezra, Ira, Joe
Kuchta, Melissa, Ari, Susama, Ingrid, Richard, Kheather, Daniel
Administrative Notes: thanks to Michael Spitznagel for taking and typing the
minutes.
Officers' reports:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SVP (Lizzie): We had Big Screw last week _ it went well. Boston
Marathon was Monday. Cathy was in charge of our volunteers,
and has an orange jacket. Carnival is this Saturday afternoon,
and during the week we will be giving out free publicity trinkets
in Lobby 10. Sign up. Talk to Emily if you have any questions.
MVP (Michael): (taking minutes) There is a pledge meeting this
Thursday at 6 pm in the office, covering drop poster sales.
PTRM is May 10th at 7 pm in Twenty Chimneys. End-of-term
pledge interviews will happen in the week before that.
AVP (Jill): [in absentia] Minutes are behind schedule. If you are
graduating this term and you know where you will be next term,
tell me.
Treasurer (Cathy): Pay your debt$.
FC (Charley): There will be a dinner trip Saturday night after Car-
nival _ location TBA. The Bubble Wrap study break was suc-
cessful. We were thrown out of Lobby Six. Many thanks to
Falling, the PC. SFF will happen on May 3rd, the Saturday of
next week.
APOcEd (Jeffrey): [in absentia] Apocs are in the office.
PubDir (David): I got various things, including an order of more
paper, four gallons of poster paint from Pearl, and twenty-five
brushes.
ASC (Lauren): [not present]
Historian (Brian): Nothing to report.
Advisory Comm. Chair (Joe): Nothing to report.
President (Alexis): Nominations and DSKs will happen this meeting.
Bob Rose is willing to sponsor Conclave. The letter about using
the gym was sent to the Athletic Department one week ago.
There has been no response yet.
Committee reports:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Carnival: We need carnival workers to show up at 9 am. The actual
event will last from 12 pm to 6 pm. All departments are on track.
We currently have four booths, four large items, the Muses, and
Alpha Phi. Monetarily we can make no predictions. We stand
to gain or lose $500.
Big Screw (David): Neal Dorow won the Screw. We had candi-
dates, and raised about $330. Prizes will be chased down and
distributed. Press releases and such will be sent out.
Old Business:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[No old business]
New Business:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nominations
[Nominations are opened; the following nominations are made and ac-
cepted.]
President Cathy, Lizzie
SVP Melissa, Laura, Grant
MVP Jill, Susama, Grant, Jeff
AVP Brian, Melissa
Fellowship Chair Brian, Laura
Treasurer Lizzie, Melissa
APOcEd David
DSKs
[The meeting is closed.]
[The meeting is opened.]
Alexis: Voting will begin Thursday at 9 am. You are eligible to vote
if you were present during the discussion, although you may for
anyone you wish. Voting will stop April 30th at 7 pm.
Conclave Report
David: Mike Repeta resigned as Section 96 chair. AX nominated
Richard Donovan, (Sparky) who won. At the 94/96 meeting, the
chapter at the University of Vermont announced that it could
not hold the next conclave. We made a motion to allow the
section chair to accept a conclave bid made in the summer. The
understanding is that if we want it, it's ours. No one else will do
it. The Spring Conclave will be at Maine Maritime Academy.
There was a yummy banquet, and that's all.
Alexis: There will be a CPW July 25th at Orono.
Sparky: Another one is at RPI.
David: The Section 96 picnic at on June 28th at Douglas Park. (Lo-
cated at the intersection of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island.)
Announcements:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cathy: The silkscreening class has been postponed to a later date.
Sparky: I will try to find a permanent sectional representative for you.
Tell me or your officers what you are looking for so you don't
get a loser.
Ari: SFF is May 3rd. The Theme: "Starlight Express." Please offer
music, unless you want to hear "Transformers" music all night.
Charley: Four people are interested in CPR. The class would be after
finals.
Ari: If you do something weird with drop poster sales, be sure to write
it down and put your name near it.
David: Make sure that brushes come back clean.
PFTGOTO:
~~~~~~~
Charley: BU is saying "maybe" about SFF.
Sparky: BU has their I-Banquet at 6 pm that night. I will try to bring
as many of them as I can.
David: No modem adapter will make the VT320 I picked up in building
18 work.1
Ingrid: Concert choir concert is May 2nd. We're doing "Come Ye
Sons of Art" by Purcell, "Cantata Academica" by Britten, and
Vaughan William's "Serenade to Music."
[Meeting adjourns.]
Jeffrey
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Jeffrey Scott Poore Home Phone: (617)225-8868
500 Memorial Drive #518 APO Office: (617)253-3788
Cambridge, MA 02139 My Pager #: (617)675-7258
jefreypu@mit.edu http://the-dark-side.mit.edu/
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brother and Editor of the Newsletter of the Alpha Chi
Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, the National Service Fraternity
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
