[5648] in APO Printshop
Re: exec 3/4 minutes (with 30% more report)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Goldstein)
Fri Mar 6 00:31:26 2009
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:32:44 -0500
From: Matthew Goldstein <austein@MIT.EDU>
To: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
CC: apo-printshop-manager@mit.edu, apo-treasurer@mit.edu,
apo-president@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64L.0903052134520.12043@e51-075-1.mit.edu>
Hi Len,
It sounds like things are going well - I'm glad Cat is working on
getting the stock.
As far as I knew, the next step was just waiting on her exam to be over
so the order could be placed. Cat, could you confirm this?
With respect to the account, it sounded like Nicole and you had figured
out the ~$1K balance the press shop should have had coming in to the new
books. Nicole was tasked with cleaning up the books, so if she thinks
she's found the answer to what they should say, we should go with that.
Nicole, what are your thoughts?
--Matt
Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
> hi matt
>
> i have tried each term with each press shop manager to get the press
> paper/card inventory up to usual/historic levels.
> levels that help the shop work better
>
> cat is the first press shop manager to do anything about it, since
> james whiting, and he only got ideal jersey round-corner
> cards re-stocked.
> he never got to reorder the announcement cards and envelopes
>
> now that cat is actually putting an order together,
> AX can't seem to move forward in actually placing it and paying for it
>
> i know how the press shop use to operate, and what i have suggested is
> in line with that, which includes the Chapter's best interests as well
> as the Press Shop.
>
> imo, it is still the right thing to do
>
> any advice on how to proceed, beyond the time to actually review the
> financial records, which i seem to be the only one capable of and
> interested in doing?
>
> if the Shop worked the way it use to, before we had a press shop
> manager, one of the journeyman would have ordered the paper each term.
>
> be a lot less effort and hours for me that way
>
> btw, i have tried each term with each press shop manager to get them
> to work with the treasurer to get the balance in the Press Fund right
>
> right, no one did it
>
> sad
>
> btw, i would prefer that the position of press shop manager be
> eliminated - it works poorly - was a bad idea to start with (but i
> wasn't consulted (though, i wasn't all that active in the shop @ that
> time - i just came by and oiled the press once a week, and answered
> questions when asked)) - consumes large amounts of my time trying to
> teach a complicated technical field to newbies - who don't have the
> knowledge to make the right decisions, even when i spend much time
> trying to teach them - and get very little leadership development out
> of it
>
> most press shop managers do very little, after i've invested time
> working with them
>
> and it would take me far less time to just do the things they do do,
> than it does supporting them in getting anything at all done
>
> i prefer to put those hours into improving the shop and taking care of
> it, and the rest of my life
>
> very sad
>
> we should sit down and talk about this, and a few other things when i
> have more time
>
> yiLFS -len http://www.art.net/~tower/
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:15:43 -0500
> From: Cristen Chinea <cristen@MIT.EDU>
> To: Kristin Kuhn <kkuhn@mit.edu>
> Cc: apo-minutes@mit.edu
> Subject: Re: exec 3/4 minutes (with 30% more report)
>
> (and @? REALLY?)
>
>
> exec minutes
> > 3-4-09
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > svp report:
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > What I have been doing:
> > ---------------------------------
> > 5 new projects in the works!! Dates have not been set yet, but they
> >
> > are:
> > Prison Books (PC: y_lin)
> > Another CRC Project w/ SigEp (PC: kkbrown)
> > Cook-n-Serve w/ CASPAR (PC: swanberg)
> > Cook-n-Serve w/ Pine Street Inn (PC: ejhester)
> > Community Center Closet Cleanout (PC: jenhope)
> >
> > The last one should be coming up v. soon.
> >
> > Went through the SVP drawers and found lots of useful stuff. :)
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > What brothers have been doing:
> > ---------------------------------
> >
> > rkw went to the Braille Press on Saturday! I don't know how it went,
> > but I will find out.
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Upcoming stuff:
> > ---------------------------------
> >
> > Servcomm meeting right after this; feel free to stay!
> >
> > This Saturday is the Hunger Walk Poster Making event, 12-4pm! cristen
> > has the info.
> >
> > If you're not going to that, you can help out with Spark!! You get to
> > feel helpful and important and a free tshirt and maybe sweatpants and
> > a bowler hat!! It's crazy times. They need people all day, but
> > especially at 7am for check-in.
> >
> > On Monday is Retrofit Brigade at 6pm in NE49. We're going to be
> > putting Vending Misers on vending machines, to help save energy.
> > kdrinkwa has more info. :)
> >
> > Next Saturday is Charles River Conservancy project with our AX alums!
> > Meet in the APOffice at 9:45am.
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Need-a-PC:
> > ---------------------------------
> >
> > After-Finals Chapter Weekend - May 23-27
> > Walk for Hunger Breakdown - May 3
> >
> >
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > pvp report:
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > PAM will have to be rescheduled
> > memcomm meeting soon!
> > would like to meet with bigs, probably in email form
> > epower made a neat form for bigs to keep track of
> > will talk about pledge project
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > bvp report:
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>
> We met and actually did more this time. We need people to fill out schedule
> cards so it's easier to organize things like advisor lunches in the future.
> We need a second PC for steak fry (maybe). We're gonna have SFF soon!
> Dumpling fry was good, but alioth had to do too much work. :( We moved pizza
> making to april 11!
> It's in the email sent out. I'm sleep depped so this makes no sense. Also,
> I'm sad we can't go to latke Hamentashen.
>
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > treasurer:
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>
>
> Reg day money has been transferred to us.
> Four pledges have paid pledge fees. I told the pledges that pledge fees were
> due
> Friday. Reinforce this lie if you get the chance.
> I don't know how much money the press is supposed to have. I don't think
> anyone
> actually does. It's not my fault. The press shop budget was $50 because in
> the
> last 7 years, the press has only had $261.39 in total documented expenses.
> Are
> we supposed to budget the press? I have no idea. I don't know how much money
> we
> should let the press shop people spend.
> (turns out no one else knows either)
> Some people spent WAY too much money at Dumpling Fry.(Look meaningfully at
> Amy,
> if she is in the room). Xavier came in second place.
>
>
> > bookex checks are mailable
> > everything left in the office is fair game for charity
> > they are being boxed up and sent to better world books this weekend
> > idea to keep 3.091 and 18.02 books to sell in the fall, and donate
> >
> > proceeds to charity.
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > ac:
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > aw, forgot to send out weekly WUAPO update
> > athena tutorial happening soon
> > still need to reserve future years of bookex space
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > PubDir:
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > no report
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > ApocEd:
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > the new apoc is blue! Am working on a cluefile for future APOcEds.
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > Historian
> > Coke Chair
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > haven't gotten the gallery to work
> > coke run will happen soon
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > Advisors:
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > ellen will come to advisor lunches
> >
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > Bookex:
> > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> > Mailable bookex checks are mailed.
> > All books left in the office are fair game for charity now. I will be
> > boxing/shipping books this weekend.
> > Some people want to donate certain books to other charities. They should
> > take
> > the books they want.
> > Some people want to save books for big classes to sell next semester and
> > then
> > donate the money to charity. I think this is a good idea, especially for
> > things
> > like the 3.091 book, which no one else in the world really needs. By
> > keeping
> > books that are in high demand at MIT and then donating the proceeds, we are
> > serving the MIT community and the community at large. That's like two
> > service
> > pillars at once. Anyways, that's my two bits on that subject.
> >
>
>
