[1050] in UA Senate
Re: Agenda for 42 UAS 9
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Hawkins)
Sun Feb 6 12:30:55 2011
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Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 12:30:51 -0500
From: Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@MIT.EDU>
To: Tim Jenks <tjenks@mit.edu>
Cc: ua-senate-officers <ua-senate-officers@mit.edu>,
ua-senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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What about FPOP kids? How much REX time do they get in this scenario?
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Tim Jenks <tjenks@mit.edu> wrote:
> 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 =
the
> time at which the housing lottery closes. I think a reasonable compromis=
e
> 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=
'll
> 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, o=
r
> 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 cl=
ear
> 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 givi=
ng
> 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 t=
o
> 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 meeti=
ng
>> 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 ar=
e
>> first along with the State of the UA address. Responding to requests fro=
m
>> Senators over IAP and on the self-evaluation, I will begin requesting th=
at a
>> few committee chairs give short reports on their committee's progress at
>> each meeting. This, along with regular Senator participation on committe=
es,
>> should help keep Senate in the loop on the work of the committees and en=
able
>> 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 furth=
er
>> decisions about the issue. We can skip this agenda item on Monday if it =
is
>> no longer necessary.
>>
>> I have not received the legislation for orientation or FinBoard policy
>> yet; I will link them once they have been submitted. Any agenda items th=
at
>> have not been submitted by tomorrow (Sunday) at 7:30pm will be removed i=
n
>> 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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What about FPOP kids?=A0 How much REX time do they get in this scenario?<br=
><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Tim Je=
nks <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:tjenks@mit.edu">tjenks@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 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 squeeze in time betwe=
en the earliest point that students are allowed to arrive on campus if they=
're not participating in an FPOP or a sport, and the time 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, 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.<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>
<font color=3D"#888888">
<br>--Tim</font><div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br><br><br><br><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Jont=E9 Craighead (UA Spe=
aker) <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto: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>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>
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