[1049] in UA Senate
Re: Agenda for 42 UAS 9
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Jenks)
Sun Feb 6 12:13:27 2011
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Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 12:13:18 -0500
From: Tim Jenks <tjenks@MIT.EDU>
To: ua-senate-officers <ua-senate-officers@mit.edu>
Cc: ua-senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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Hi guys, has any progress been made on discussion for orientation? After
mulling it over for a while, it seems to me that the big issue is the
squeeze in time between the earliest point that students are allowed to
arrive on campus if they're not participating in an FPOP or a sport, and th=
e
time at which the housing lottery closes. I think a reasonable compromise
would be for the admistration/housing office to keep the arrival date for
all freshman the same (was it Friday last year?). If students think they'l=
l
need the usual 3ish days to figure out where they want to live, then they
will still have the opportunity to arrive earlier than Sunday to walk
around, get to know the dorms, etc. If a frosh is comfortable with where
they're going to live, they can arrive whenever they want during the
weekend, either to explore MIT/Cambridge/Boston if they get here early, or
arrive at the last possible moment before the check-in table closes.
This wouldn't put any additional strain on the housing office/staff that
prepares the dorms, since it wouldn't be a departure from the current
system. If this ends up being the case though, we need to make sure a clea=
r
message is sent to the incoming class that they can arrive whenever they
want during the weekend depending on what they want to do, and avoid giving
them the impression that they shouldn't arrive until convocation.
If you don't move the move-in date but start official orientation events
later, you're just shifting the responsibility of participating in REX to
the incoming freshmen class. If they want it, it is there for them. Its
not forced upon them, and the opportunity is not taken away from them at
all. To me, this embodies the
choose-for-yourself-because-we're-all-grown-up mentality that we strive to
keep at MIT.
--Tim
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Jont=E9 Craighead (UA Speaker) <
ua-speaker@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi, everyone:
>
> Please find linked below the agenda for 42 UAS 9, our first Senate meetin=
g
> of the Spring semester. There is no guest speaker, but we have plenty of
> business to address at Monday's meeting.
>
> http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS42/agendas/2011-02-07.pdf
>
> Elections & confirmation procedures for officers and committee chairs are
> first along with the State of the UA address. Responding to requests from
> Senators over IAP and on the self-evaluation, I will begin requesting tha=
t a
> few committee chairs give short reports on their committee's progress at
> each meeting. This, along with regular Senator participation on committee=
s,
> should help keep Senate in the loop on the work of the committees and ena=
ble
> us to operate in an oversight capacity.
>
> The brief discussion on orientation is an opportunity for us to address
> orientation in an open way before reviewing legislation and making furthe=
r
> decisions about the issue. We can skip this agenda item on Monday if it i=
s
> no longer necessary.
>
> I have not received the legislation for orientation or FinBoard policy ye=
t;
> I will link them once they have been submitted. Any agenda items that hav=
e
> not been submitted by tomorrow (Sunday) at 7:30pm will be removed in the
> interest of transparency.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Thanks,
> Jont=E9 Craighead
>
> Speaker of the Senate
> MIT Undergraduate Association
> Course 1C: Class of 2013
>
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Hi guys, has any progress been made on discussion for orientation?=A0 After=
mulling it over for a while, it seems to me that the big issue is the sque=
eze in time between the earliest point that students are allowed to arrive =
on campus if they're not participating in an FPOP or a sport, and the t=
ime at which the housing lottery closes.=A0 I think a reasonable compromise=
would be for the admistration/housing office to keep the arrival date for =
all freshman the same (was it Friday last year?).=A0 If students think they=
'll need the usual 3ish days to figure out where they want to live, the=
n they will still have the opportunity to arrive earlier than Sunday to wal=
k around, get to know the dorms, etc. If a frosh is comfortable with where =
they're going to live, they can arrive whenever they want during the we=
ekend, either to explore MIT/Cambridge/Boston if they get here early, or ar=
rive at the last possible moment before the check-in table closes.<br>
<br>This wouldn't put any additional strain on the housing office/staff=
that prepares the dorms, since it wouldn't be a departure from the cur=
rent system.=A0 If this ends up being the case though, we need to make sure=
a clear message is sent to the incoming class that they can arrive wheneve=
r they want during the weekend depending on what they want to do, and avoid=
giving them the impression that they shouldn't arrive until convocatio=
n.<br>
<br>If you don't move the move-in date but start official orientation e=
vents later, you're just shifting the responsibility of participating i=
n REX to the incoming freshmen class.=A0 If they want it, it is there for t=
hem.=A0 Its not forced upon them, and the opportunity is not taken away fro=
m them at all.=A0 To me, this embodies the choose-for-yourself-because-we&#=
39;re-all-grown-up mentality that we strive to keep at MIT.<br>
<br>--Tim<br><br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at =
9:54 PM, Jont=E9 Craighead (UA Speaker) <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:ua-speaker@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">ua-speaker@mit.edu</a>></span=
> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; borde=
r-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi, everyone:<br>=
<br>Please find linked below the agenda for 42 UAS 9, our first Senate meet=
ing of the Spring semester. There is no guest speaker, but we have plenty o=
f business to address at Monday's meeting.<br>
<br><a href=3D"http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS42/agendas/2011-02-07.pdf" t=
arget=3D"_blank">http://web.mit.edu/ua/senate/UAS42/agendas/2011-02-07.pdf<=
/a><br>
<br>Elections & confirmation procedures for officers and committee chai=
rs are first along with the State of the UA address. Responding to requests=
from Senators over IAP and on the self-evaluation, I will begin requesting=
that a few committee chairs give short reports on their committee's pr=
ogress at each meeting. This, along with regular Senator participation on c=
ommittees, should help keep Senate in the loop on the work of the committee=
s and enable us to operate in an oversight capacity.<br>
<br>The brief discussion on orientation is an opportunity for us to address=
orientation in an open way before reviewing legislation and making further=
decisions about the issue. We can skip this agenda item on Monday if it is=
no longer necessary.<br>
<br>I have not received the legislation for orientation or FinBoard policy =
yet; I will link them once they have been submitted. Any agenda items that =
have not been submitted by tomorrow (Sunday) at 7:30pm will be removed in t=
he interest of transparency.<br>
<br>Please let me know if you have any questions.<br><br clear=3D"all">Than=
ks,<br>Jont=E9 Craighead<br><br>Speaker of the Senate<br>MIT Undergraduate =
Association<br>Course 1C: Class of 2013<br>
</blockquote></div><br>
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