SidneyPacific Graduate Community House Meeting Tuesday, April 5 th 2011
SPEC Elections Agenda Welcome New Officer! Service Awards Upcoming Events House Council Renewal Open Floor
SPEC Elections
SPEC 2011-12 Election Elections Statements: Up to 5 minutes for remarks per candidate Q&A for all candidates 20 minutes max Voting Voting for all 5 positions, simultaneously Full preferential method
SPEC 2011-12 Candidates President VP of Info VP of Reslife George Lan George Tucker Ahmed Helal VP of Resources Chair of the Halls Holly Johnsen Brian Spatocco
About Ballot A valid ballot (for a given race) is one whose only marks are unique positive integers. An invalid ballot counts as an abstention. Quorum may not be met A blank is OK ballot counts as an abstention for the unranked candidate(s)
Example Ballots 1 Alice 2 Bob Carl Alice 5 Bob 64 2 3 Carl 1 Alice 2 Bob π Carl Alice 2 Bob 2 Carl
Example Ballots 0 Alice 2 Bob Carl Alice 2 Bob Carl no Alice 2 Bob Carl yes Alice 2 Bob Carl
Voting Instructions Order the candidates according to your preference if multiple candidates for one position: 1, 2, etc. Mark only unique, positive integers! Any stray marks or words will invalidate your vote
Welcome New Officer!
Welcome New Officer! Social Co-Chair Rebecca Asher
Service Awards
Service Award Katie Quinn Dedicated Cultural Chair Maestro-ed a great Cultural Festival Key in funding her event (cultural festival and coffee hours) Enthusiastic volunteer at almost every S-P event.
Armen Mkrtchyan Service Award Initiated Athletic Afternoons/weekends. Hosted World cup matches/yoga Great Gym Maintenance (machines/equipments/posters) Dedicated volunteer and participant in SP events Good Image of an SP officer
Service Award Pam DeAmicis Spiced the SPICE chair with nice attitude, leadership, enthusiasm, and energy SPICE group guidebook Formed 14 SPICE groups efficiently Feedback/appreciation SPICE events Ownership toward all the SP events
Service Award William Li SPTV Co-Chair Proposed and helped to organize successful HDTV transition with Vishnu Actively films at many SP events Eager volunteer and ready to help out with SPTV or otherwise at any time.
Service Award B Erkmen 1 st Floor Hall Councilor Cultivates tight-knit 1 st floor community Makes personal connections with residents Volunteers at many SP events
Upcoming Events Wednesday, April 6: CoSI Lecture Joshua Winn Saturday, April 9: GSC Trip to Foxwoods Sunday, April 10: Environmental Movie Screening Monday, April 11: MIT SAAW Dinner & Movie Screening Tuesday, April 12 Thursday April 14: Meet the Hall Councilor Events Wednesday, April 13, 20, 27: Special Coffee Hours Friday, April 15: Waffle Night Saturday, April 22: Greening the NW Campus Saturday, April 24: Dumplings of the World Friday, April 29: MIT/Harvard Party
Transition Events May 3 rd : House Meeting May 7 th : Transition Brunch
House Council Renewal
Renewal Officer Wiki Document your office on the officers wiki. Found under My Account
Renewal Continuing Housing How does continuing status work? Each term you serve satisfactorily as a house council member gives you one housing point. You can be awarded an additional point for outstanding service. When you accumulate 5 housing points, continuing status is recommended to housing.
Officer Applications Apply Online Applications open till April 14 All MIT students (even nonresidents) eligible Interviews 2010-2011 SPEC (newly elected) will invite applicants for interviews in 2 nd half of April Appointments 2011-2012 SPEC will determine new committee chairs at end of April New Cabinet take office at the May House Council Meeting
Hall Councilor Elections File your candidacy Register online between April 5-19 Any current resident is eligible to run Meet your residents Hall meetings held between April 12-14 Vote The residents of each Hall vote to select their Hall Councilor for 2011-2012 Online voting takes place from April 12-22 Winners take office at May House Council meeting
VP Resources Nominations Nominations open tonight and will remain open until April 19 th. E-mail nominations to: sp-nominations@mit.edu Special House Meeting on April 19 th for VP Resources Election
Open Floor
Open Floor Questions? Comments?
Food