Undergraduate BE Board:Minutes - 1/24/08 Minutes
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BE UG Board Meeting
January 24, 2008
4:00pm 56-402
Attendance: Sasha, Bernice, Dawn, Emilienne, Iny, Mike, Marta
- T-shirts
- Must be put in vector form – ask creator (Mike) if he can do it
- Style: Girly Fine Jersey and Unisex Fine Jersey (for men)
- Order form QRST : ~$10 per person,+ $30 pattern fee (expect BE dept to pay extra costs)
- Extras: Men – 1S, 4M, 4L, 1XL, Women – 2S, 5M, 3L, 0XL
- Mission Statement
- Cool with Current Goals on the wiki (and perhaps tweak the word ‘disseminate’):
- To represent the undergraduate's interests to the BE faculty
- To create a community of students within the major
- To organize social and academic events for BE undergrads
- To identify and disseminate resources for choosing courses, finding UROPs, and learning about life (careers/grad school/med school) after MIT
- Cool with Current Goals on the wiki (and perhaps tweak the word ‘disseminate’):
- Elections
- February 12th 2008 7:30pm 56-614
- Mike send out email saying that:
- anyone can run (we’re not elitist)
- it’s a great way to learn what the board is all about
- platform should include: name, year, why chose BE, why want position
- No speeches, instead have candidates stand and say name and position running for
- Food = subway + cake
- Email professors to hype up in 20.109, 310, 330, 380 (who?)
- Ballots:
- alphabetical candidates
- rank candidates 1 & 2 (in case of ties)
- space at bottom for BE ideas/comments
- For future board meetings, people that come regularly perhaps have:
- board members at large?
- committees?
- semester long positions?
- BE UG Curriculum positions (appoint one 10, 09, 08) [ahem Emilienne ahem]
- BE UG Curriculum Board
- Linda Griffith wants 2-3 people so that at least 1 is at every meeting
- 1 soph, 1 junior, 1 senior – BE UG Board appoint, email out ask if people interested
- Fill spots with preferably board members rather than exec
- Become “Member at Large” must attend BE Board meetings and BE Curric Meetings
- Emilienne ask Linda when first meeting is, and for schedule of meetings thereafter
- Linda Griffith wants 2-3 people so that at least 1 is at every meeting