Smolke:Meeting Schedule

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General Group Meeting Schedule Date Research Presentation Article Watch / Tech Talk Food 14-Aug Christina (SOL) none Stephanie 21-Aug Leo Travis Andrew 28-Aug Katie Josh Jack / Xin 4-Sep Yvonne Arwen Josh 11-Sep HOLIDAY 18-Sep Josh Win Eric 25-Sep Arwen Leo Kevin 2-Oct HOLIDAY 9-Oct Jack / Xin Stephanie Kristy 16-Oct Eric Kristy Chase 23-Oct Chase Kevin Travis 30-Oct Stephanie / Kristy none Yvonne 6-Nov HOLIDAY 13-Nov HOLIDAY 20-Nov Travis Andrew Katie 27-Nov Win Chase Leo 4-Dec Andrew Yvonne Win 11-Dec Kevin Katie Arwen How It Works Unless indicated group meeting is at 10 am in room 113 Spalding. Research presentations should be on the order of 45-60 minutes. Article watch / tech talks are on the order of 15 minutes and are 'presenter's choice'. It is the responsibility of the research presenter to obtain the projector from Laura's office (Spalding 224) prior to the start of the meeting. Food is the choice of the member assigned for a particular day but should be 'breakfast type' food such as bagels, donuts, pastries, etc. Note, that the initial SOL ('state of the lab') address will be given by the PI to kick off the research year. Time, Food, and Democracy Post here discussion about your preference, and vote by adding your name below your choice. I prefer 10am meetings with bagels 1. Chase I prefer 12pm meetings with catered food Katie Leo Arwen I don't care either way Travis Although I like free lunch, I think that working out a good time is more important (ie even if we have to go at noon w/o food - we can bring our own or whatever). A long standing strategy (see the history below) is finding the balance between effort required when you have to get food and the benefits/deliciousness of the food when someone else gets it. Oh yeah - I'm voting against burger continental. Josh Andrew I can't recall, but I don't think food was the motivating factor behind our switch to 10:00 am meetings. I'm happy with 10. I like having bagels and what not that will last into the week. If we can find a way to get a bunch of dishes (like our social with the Wang group) that will accommodate everyone, I'll be happy with that too. Yvonne Either time is fine, and I'm okay with brining my own lunch to a noon meeting. Given the size of our lab, getting catered food is really quite cumbersome and expensive. Kristy The time doesn't particularly matter to me and we all know I always have my own food. Some choices for 12pm meetings Leo has been looking into are below. Feel free to add your choices to the list and inquire. Saladang (Thai): price as per the menu, 6-8$pp. They can do large trays of the same dish but at the regular price. No delivery. Saladang Song (Thai): same as above plus fancier combination at ~12$pp Burger Continental (Mediterranean): greek salad, hummus, chicken kebab, rice, pita, bakhlava at 6$pp. Also "whatever budget you have we can work something out." 12$ delivery Mahan (Indian): one or two tandoori meat dishes, samosas, naan, salad, rice at ~5$pp. Can deliver. Shanghai Lilly (Chinese): in negotiation :-) Margarita's (Mexian): in negotiation :-) Green Papaya (Thai): in negotiation :-) A brief history of food at lab meeting Back in the old days of the Smolke lab, we had group meeting at 12p, no food, and walked uphill both ways (says Chase) in the snow to the conference room. So we started getting food - since any meeting was only 4-6 of us, we got orders for each person. As the lab grew, this job was more and more cumbersome (getting Togo's to make 12-15 sandwiches +/- various things is harder than it sounds). So we wanted to go towards low-key food (like bagels)... but this precipitated a shift in meeting time (to 10am, which at the time seemed to work for more people). Why not pizza or some easy lunch staple? There was a consensus that we would get sick of pizza every week. And that's where we stand today.