[327] in UA Senate
Re: Follow up on Dining Discussion today
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Hawkins)
Mon Nov 30 22:47:11 2009
Reply-To: hwkns@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <345fee000911301904r67e6e1b5t61739cc5e4c0d368@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:46:50 -0500
From: Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@MIT.EDU>
To: Maggie Delano <maggied@mit.edu>
Cc: UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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Something else that might be helpful is a list of ideas that people have had
and why they're not going to be carried out. Colombo has a habit of just
dismissing things or ignoring them if he doesn't like them. If he had to
come up with reasons for his decisions, it might force him to be a little
more thorough.
-hwkns
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Maggie Delano <maggied@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi Senate,
>
> I was speaking with a few Senators after the meeting today about how to
> move forward with some of the concerns on the dining issue. Specifically,
> people are starting to get nervous about the level of transparency as Dean
> Colombo begins to investigate dining changes. Bennie and I have our weekly
> meeting with Dean Colombo on Wednesday, and a few of us thought it would be
> helpful if Senate could respond over email with a few things they think
> they'd like to see from the dean. We can discuss these items with him on
> Wednesday, and then based on how those discussions go, Senate can decide if
> they'd like to draft legislation for the December 7th meeting.
>
> So if there is anything you'd like us to ask Dean Colombo about, please
> email ua-admin (or feel free to start a discussion on this list). Some ideas
> that were discussed included a timeline, list of those involved in decision
> making, and maybe even a report similar to the BRDC report with specific
> implementation details.
>
> Thanks,
> -Maggie
>
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Something else that might be helpful is a list of ideas that people have ha=
d and why they're not going to be carried out.=A0 Colombo has a habit o=
f just dismissing things or ignoring them if he doesn't like them.=A0 I=
f he had to come up with reasons for his decisions, it might force him to b=
e a little more thorough.<br>
<br>-hwkns<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:04 =
PM, Maggie Delano <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:maggied@mit.edu">=
maggied@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8=
ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Senate,<br><br>I was speaking with a few Senators after the meeting toda=
y about how to move forward with some of the concerns on the dining issue. =
Specifically, people are starting to get nervous about the level of transpa=
rency as Dean Colombo begins to investigate dining changes. Bennie and I ha=
ve our weekly meeting with Dean Colombo on Wednesday, and a few of us thoug=
ht it would be helpful if Senate could respond over email with a few things=
they think they'd like to see from the dean. We can discuss these item=
s with him on Wednesday, and then based on how those discussions go, Senate=
can decide if they'd like to draft legislation for the December 7th me=
eting.<br>
<br>So if there is anything you'd like us to ask Dean Colombo about, pl=
ease email ua-admin (or feel free to start a discussion on this list). Some=
ideas that were discussed included a timeline, list of those involved in d=
ecision making, and maybe even a report similar to the BRDC report with spe=
cific implementation details.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br clear=3D"all"><font color=3D"#888888">-Maggie<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>
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