[537] in UA Senate
Dining and Student Engagement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Hawkins)
Mon Apr 5 16:53:28 2010
Reply-To: hwkns@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:53:24 -0400
From: Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@MIT.EDU>
To: UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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Hi Senate,
A lot of you have e-mailed me and said something to the effect of, "I agree,
this is totally screwed up, but is there anything we can do at this point?"
Maybe there is. While Colombo just wants this to be over, I think the
higher level administration actually wants to get it right. If we give them
a plan that's doable, they may hold DSL to it.
We need to brainstorm to see if there is a solution that can actually
incorporate student input AND reach a final decision by the second week of
May. I've outlined an idea below that might work, and I encourage you to
reply-all and tell me what you think about it, or come up with your own
idea.
1. Take minutes (not summaries, minutes) at HDAG meetings and make the
minutes public.
2. Involve ALL undergrads. This change affects everyone, and everyone has
ideas. Make a public moira list for discussion, monitor the list
frequently, and respond to questions and concerns raised by students.
3. Set up the Idea Bank NOW. Not by the end of the week, not as soon as you
can make it look as pretty as you want it to. Now.
4. By April 16, publish a document that includes all positively-rated ideas
from the Idea Bank, with detailed comments on each idea explaining whether
you plan to implement it and why or why not.
5. Add the detailed comments from #4 to the ideas in the Idea Bank to which
they apply, and let student input continue.
6. By April 30, publish a document that includes all positively-rated ideas
from the Idea Bank, with detailed comments on each new idea explaining
whether you plan to implement it and why or why not, and with detailed
responses to any feedback on old ideas.
7. By May 14, publish a document that outlines the new dining plan and
includes a summary of student input on each topic and the reasoning behind
the choice that was ultimately made.
-hwkns
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Hi Senate,<br><br>A lot of you have e-mailed me and said something to the e=
ffect of, "I agree, this is totally screwed up, but is there anything =
we can do at this point?"=A0 Maybe there is.=A0 While Colombo just wan=
ts this to be over, I think the higher level administration actually wants =
to get it right.=A0 If we give them a plan that's doable, they may hold=
DSL to it.<br>
<br>We need to brainstorm to see if there is a solution that can actually i=
ncorporate student input AND reach a final decision by the second week of M=
ay.=A0 I've outlined an idea below that might work, and I encourage you=
to reply-all and tell me what you think about it, or come up with your own=
idea.<br>
<br>1. Take minutes (not summaries, minutes) at HDAG meetings and make the =
minutes public.<br>2. Involve ALL undergrads.=A0 This change affects everyo=
ne, and everyone has ideas.=A0 Make a public moira list for discussion, mon=
itor the list frequently, and respond to questions and concerns raised by s=
tudents.<br>
3. Set up the Idea Bank NOW.=A0 Not by the end of the week, not as soon as
you can make it look as pretty as you want it to.=A0 Now.<br>4. By April 1=
6, publish a document that includes all positively-rated ideas from the Ide=
a Bank, with detailed comments on each idea explaining whether you plan to =
implement it and why or why not.<br>
5. Add the detailed comments from #4 to the ideas in the Idea Bank to which=
they apply, and let student input continue.<br>6. By April 30, publish a d=
ocument that includes all positively-rated ideas from the Idea Bank, with d=
etailed comments on each new idea explaining whether you plan to implement =
it and why or why not, and with detailed responses to any feedback on old i=
deas.<br>
7. By May 14, publish a document that outlines the new dining plan and incl=
udes a summary of student input on each topic and the reasoning behind the =
choice that was ultimately made.<br><br>-hwkns<br><div style=3D"display: in=
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