[569] in UA Senate
Re: Dining and Student Engagement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Baranay)
Tue Apr 6 19:47:23 2010
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From: Paul Baranay <pbaranay@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:38:38 -0400
To: Adam Bockelie <bockelie@mit.edu>
Cc: hwkns@mit.edu, UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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Surely I can't be the only one disturbed that the new version of the
IdeaBank doesn't contain any way to "rank" or "thumbs up" or "thumbs down"
the various suggestions...
Sure, people can comment on an idea and give approval, but having actual
STATISTICS on how many people support / don't support ideas would be
awesome. (Kind of like the UA already did once, last semester...)
- Paul
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Adam Bockelie <bockelie@mit.edu> wrote:
> 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. 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
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Adam Bockelie
> 801.209.7233
> <bockelie@mit.edu>
>
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
> Class of 2011
>
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Surely I can't be the only one disturbed that the new version of the Id=
eaBank doesn't contain any way to "rank" or "thumbs up&q=
uot; or "thumbs down" the various suggestions...<div><br></div>
<div>Sure, people can comment on an idea and give approval, but having actu=
al STATISTICS on how many people support / don't support ideas would be=
awesome. =A0(Kind of like the UA already did once, last semester...)<div>
<br></div><div>- Paul<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 6, 2010=
at 7:14 PM, Adam Bockelie <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bockelie=
@mit.edu">bockelie@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le=
ft:1ex;">
For those of you who did have strong opinions...the idea bank is open<br>
and I don't see many of your ideas. =A0Do what you want outside HDAG,<b=
r>
but it doesn't make sense to not use an official input to the<br>
committee as well....<br>
<br>
[<a href=3D"http://ideabank-housedining.mit.edu/ideas" target=3D"_blank">ht=
tp://ideabank-housedining.mit.edu/ideas</a>]<br>
<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Daniel Hawkins <<a href=3D"mailto:hwkns@=
mit.edu">hwkns@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> I want to thank those of you who contributed to the discussion on this=
<br>
> tonight.=A0 I was surprised at how many senators just didn't care.=
=A0 You guys<br>
> were more vocal about the MIT EMS money last week than you were about<=
br>
> student engagement.=A0 Maybe you should consider joining Finboard inst=
ead of<br>
> Senate next time around.<br>
><br>
> -hwkns<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Daniel Hawkins <<a href=3D"mailto:h=
wkns@mit.edu">hwkns@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Attached is a bill, in case we want to pass it tonight.<br>
>><br>
>> -hwkns<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Daniel Hawkins <<a href=3D"mail=
to:hwkns@mit.edu">hwkns@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi Senate,<br>
>>><br>
>>> A lot of you have e-mailed me and said something to the effect=
of, "I<br>
>>> agree, this is totally screwed up, but is there anything we ca=
n do at this<br>
>>> point?"=A0 Maybe there is.=A0 While Colombo just wants th=
is to be over, I think<br>
>>> the higher level administration actually wants to get it right=
.=A0 If we give<br>
>>> 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 a=
ctually<br>
>>> incorporate student input AND reach a final decision by the se=
cond week of<br>
>>> May.=A0 I've outlined an idea below that might work, and I=
encourage you to<br>
>>> reply-all and tell me what you think about it, or come up with=
your own<br>
>>> idea.<br>
>>><br>
>>> 1. Take minutes (not summaries, minutes) at HDAG meetings and =
make the<br>
>>> minutes public.<br>
>>> 2. Involve ALL undergrads.=A0 This change affects everyone, an=
d everyone<br>
>>> has ideas.=A0 Make a public moira list for discussion, monitor=
the list<br>
>>> frequently, and respond to questions and concerns raised by st=
udents.<br>
>>> 3. Set up the Idea Bank NOW.=A0 Not by the end of the week, no=
t as soon as<br>
>>> you can make it look as pretty as you want it to.=A0 Now.<br>
>>> 4. By April 16, publish a document that includes all positivel=
y-rated<br>
>>> ideas from the Idea Bank, with detailed comments on each idea =
explaining<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> which they apply, and let student input continue.<br>
>>> 6. By April 30, publish a document that includes all positivel=
y-rated<br>
>>> ideas from the Idea Bank, with detailed comments on each new i=
dea explaining<br>
>>> whether you plan to implement it and why or why not, and with =
detailed<br>
>>> responses to any feedback on old ideas.<br>
>>> 7. By May 14, publish a document that outlines the new dining =
plan and<br>
>>> includes a summary of student input on each topic and the reas=
oning behind<br>
>>> the choice that was ultimately made.<br>
>>><br>
>>> -hwkns<br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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Adam Bockelie<br>
801.209.7233<br>
<<a href=3D"mailto:bockelie@mit.edu">bockelie@mit.edu</a>><br>
<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering<br>
Class of 2011<br>
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