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*SfGS is [[SfGS upcoming events (and other ways to get involved)|hosting a volunteer site]] for Graduate Student Volunteer Day at The Food Project in Roxbury, learning about sustainable urban agriculture. [ | *SfGS is [[SfGS upcoming events (and other ways to get involved)|hosting a volunteer site]] for Graduate Student Volunteer Day at The Food Project in Roxbury, learning about sustainable urban agriculture. [http://gsc.mit.edu/gsvd/ Sign-up] | ||
if you're interested! | |||
==Energy White Paper== | ==Energy White Paper== |
Revision as of 09:11, 30 August 2005
Ideas for next year and funding stuffs
- Speaker Series
- Have one large seminar in the fall, and a few other smaller ones
- Large seminar
- Large Event Funding (deadline = September 1).
- Shan will work with Masa on the application for this.
- Small seminar
- hold every month at same date.
- Use GSC funding (deadline = September 1).
- We will rotate who organizes this
- Masa and Samantha will write up application for this.
- Large seminar
- Shan will set up a wiki page to brainstorm speaker ideas
- Have one large seminar in the fall, and a few other smaller ones
- Mixers with other Sustainability groups
- Host an MIT-wide sustainability mixer. Apply for GSC funding (deadline = Septmeber 1).
- Host a Boston-wide mixer.
- Should we invite many groups at once, or one at a time?
- How can we make it sustainable?
MCAN conference
- Too much grunt work. Don't host it this year, and Tufts will.
- Set up a workshop for the conference?
Activities Midway
- Will occur on September 2 from 4 - 7 PM, at Johnson Arena. Setup is at 3 PM.
- Please sign up to man the booth! Sign-up sheet is at Midway Sign-up Sheet
- Table items:
- Brochure (see below)
- Flier for next meeting (Ari sets)
- Sign-up sheet
- StudioSus
- SfGS poster (must get this from the SAVE room. Must get combo!)
StudioSus update
- Went out on a CD for the frosh mailing (Elke)
Brochures
- Make a new SfGS brochure for distribution at Midway and through LFEE, PSC.
- Hope to have it in time for next week's orientation activities.
- Christine is taking the lead.
GSVD
- SfGS is hosting a volunteer site for Graduate Student Volunteer Day at The Food Project in Roxbury, learning about sustainable urban agriculture. Sign-up
if you're interested!
Energy White Paper
- The MIT Energy Club is writing a white paper to advise Susan Hockfield on future MIT Energy research and initiatives. How should we get involved?
- Elke will organize a meeting about this. Stay tuned.
- Energy Club survey (to be sent to libway at mit dot edu)