[568] in UA Senate
Re: Dining and Student Engagement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Bockelie)
Tue Apr 6 19:14:32 2010
In-Reply-To: <v2s9d4f87ed1004060130u75870c87we2d9557000f6c7bf@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:14:28 -0400
From: Adam Bockelie <bockelie@MIT.EDU>
To: hwkns@mit.edu
Cc: UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
For those of you who did have strong opinions...the idea bank is open
and I don't see many of your ideas. Do what you want outside HDAG,
but it doesn't make sense to not use an official input to the
committee as well....
[http://ideabank-housedining.mit.edu/ideas]
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@mit.edu> wrote:
> I want to thank those of you who contributed to the discussion on this
> tonight.=A0 I was surprised at how many senators just didn't care.=A0 You=
guys
> were more vocal about the MIT EMS money last week than you were about
> student engagement.=A0 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 t=
his
>>> point?"=A0 Maybe there is.=A0 While Colombo just wants this to be over,=
I think
>>> the higher level administration actually wants to get it right.=A0 If w=
e 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.=A0 I've outlined an idea below that might work, and I encourage yo=
u 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.=A0 This change affects everyone, and everyon=
e
>>> has ideas.=A0 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.=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.
>>> 4. By April 16, publish a document that includes all positively-rated
>>> ideas from the Idea Bank, with detailed comments on each idea explainin=
g
>>> 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 expla=
ining
>>> 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 beh=
ind
>>> the choice that was ultimately made.
>>>
>>> -hwkns
>>
>
>
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Adam Bockelie
801.209.7233
<bockelie@mit.edu>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Class of 2011
