[586] in UA Senate
Re: Dining Idea Bank
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Youchak)
Thu Apr 8 02:17:09 2010
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:17:05 -0400
From: Paul Youchak <youchakp@MIT.EDU>
To: Ted Hilk <thilk@mit.edu>
CC: hwkns@mit.edu, Alexandra Jordan <amjordan@mit.edu>,
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jont=E9_Craighead?= <jontec@mit.edu>,
Adam Bockelie <bockelie@mit.edu>, Austen W McRae <amcrae@mit.edu>,
UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <i2x6ed15f041004072315vd469a5f5hfebce455aeb022b2@mail.gmail.com>
Again, this was somewhat of a question. I thought I heard something on
those lines but was not sure.
Ted Hilk wrote:
> So according to Bennie that isn't happening?
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Paul Youchak <youchakp@mit.edu
> <mailto:youchakp@mit.edu>> wrote:
>
> Sorry, the financial aid issue, the reduction for students not
> involved in the meals plans. I may be wrong, just asking a question.
>
> Paul
>
> Daniel Hawkins wrote:
>
> What financial thing, what claims, what won't happen?
>
> -hwkns
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Paul Youchak <youchakp@mit.edu
> <mailto:youchakp@mit.edu> <mailto:youchakp@mit.edu
> <mailto:youchakp@mit.edu>>> wrote:
>
> I was under the impression we had the whole financial thing
> cleared up during the last Senate Meeting. Did Bennie not say
> those claims are false and it will not happen?
>
> Paul
>
> Alexandra Jordan wrote:
>
> Senate,
>
> I will probably keep reminding you all every 24 hours
> or so to
> go check out the idea bank, even if it's simply to
> comment on
> someone else's whacky solutions.
>
> This is important to ALL of your constituencies,
> whether the
> decisions that come out of HDAG impact them directly or
> not.
> As representatives of your living groups and the
> student body
> at large, you have a responsibility to get involved
> with this
> issue--especially when the admin makes it so easy to
> put your
> ideas out there.
> I know you're not investing four years and $200,000 at MIT
> because you're incapable of independent thought, so
> please go
> do your jobs and tell HDAG what students want.
>
> Alex Jordan
>
>
> On Apr 6, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Jonté Craighead wrote:
>
> Addressed to the list in general:
> <jargon>
> Someone <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You> should
> make a
> JS-enabled frameset and host it on the UA website
> if the
> staff for the site is not too excited about adding a
> ranking system; essentially you have an upper frame
> (10%
> of the screen) with stars/rating system, the lower
> frame
> (90%) shows the IdeaBank site. You should always be
> able
> to find the current url of the lower frame and
> reading the
> links on that page gives you the user that's currently
> logged in (i.e. mouse-over "My Account"). Store the
> ratings in a database and you've got yourself some
> statistics. The only issue would be advertising the
> site
> so that people can use it.
>
> </jargon>
> Disclaimer: This is a proof of concept and a last
> resort
> to be weighed against the potential political fallout.
> Also, I don't actually have the time to do this.
> Update: I am glad Adam has already asked about this.
>
> *geofft posted his request on the IdeaBank *[link
>
> <https://ideabank-housedining.mit.edu/ideas/geofftmitedu/implement-dining-proposal-committee-recommendations>]
> (concerning the DPC Report) and then e-mailed
> next-forum
> about his "idea" and the IdeaBank itself,
> encouraging us
> to take a look. If there was ever an appropriate
> use for a
> (house)-forum list... this is it.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jonté Craighead
> Concerned Undergrad from Next House
>
> On Apr 6, 2010, at 8:31 PM, Adam Bockelie wrote:
>
> RE Rating System. From Tom Gearty: "
> I will email IS&T to find out and let you know
> as soon
> as I hear back."
>
> I'll ask about it Thurs night if I haven't heard
> anything by then.
>
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Austen McRae
> <amcrae@mit.edu <mailto:amcrae@mit.edu>
> <mailto:amcrae@mit.edu <mailto:amcrae@mit.edu>>
> <mailto:amcrae@mit.edu <mailto:amcrae@mit.edu>
> <mailto:amcrae@mit.edu <mailto:amcrae@mit.edu>>>> wrote:
>
> Stars are for kirby and mario. On the
> other hand,
> why they don't have
> master chiefs, I have no idea.
>
> -"you are the weakest link" *splat*
>
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Daniel Hawkins
> <hwkns@mit.edu <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>>>> wrote:
>
>
> It's been out for a matter of hours. Don't
> worry, my ideas will make it
> up there soon. I also plan on making sure
> everything relevant from the DPC
> report makes it on there in idea form,
> since
> they apparently want to avoid
> mentioning it.
>
> I'm with Paul - this is the same site they
> used for the task force report
> (why the eff did it take so long to get
> in up
> and running?), and those ideas
> could be rated with 1-5 stars. That
> seems to
> me like a very important
> feature that is currently missing.
>
> -hwkns
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Adam
> Bockelie
> <bockelie@mit.edu
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu>>
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu>
>
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>
>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>
>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto: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 <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu>
>
> <mailto:hwkns@mit.edu
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu>
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu>>
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu>
>
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu>>>>
>
>
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Department of Civil and Environmental
> Engineering
> Class of 2011
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- Adam Bockelie
> 801.209.7233
> <bockelie@mit.edu <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu>
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu>>
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu
> <mailto:bockelie@mit.edu>>>>
>
>
>
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
> Class of 2011
>
>
>
> __________________________________
> Alexandra Jordan
>
> MIT 2011
> Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science
> Political Science
>
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> --
> Theodore Hilk
> MIT '13 | thilk@mit.edu <mailto:thilk@mit.edu> | 913.375.6503
> Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
> Sloan School of Management
