[542] in UA Senate
Re: Dining and Student Engagement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Hawkins)
Tue Apr 6 04:30:27 2010
Reply-To: hwkns@MIT.EDU
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 04:30:23 -0400
From: Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@MIT.EDU>
To: UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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I want to thank those of you who contributed to the discussion on this
tonight. I was surprised at how many senators just didn't care. You guys
were more vocal about the MIT EMS money last week than you were about
student engagement. Maybe you should consider joining Finboard instead of
Senate next time around.
-hwkns
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@mit.edu> wrote:
> Attached is a bill, in case we want to pass it tonight.
>
> -hwkns
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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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I want to thank those of you who contributed to the discussion on this toni=
ght.=A0 I was surprised at how many senators just didn't care.=A0 You g=
uys were more vocal about the MIT EMS money last week than you were about s=
tudent engagement.=A0 Maybe you should consider joining Finboard instead of=
Senate next time around.<br>
<br>-hwkns<br><br><br>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Daniel Hawki=
ns <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:hwkns@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank"=
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Attached is a bill, in case we want to pass it tonight.<br><br>-hwkns<div><=
div></div><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:=
53 PM, Daniel Hawkins <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:hwkns@mit.edu=
" target=3D"_blank">hwkns@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 Senate,<br><br=
>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?"=A0 Maybe there is.=A0 While Colombo just wants this to be ove=
r, 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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