August 5 2020

Wed 08/05/2020

At MIT:    

Remote: Rui, Adrian, Emman, Kalina, Marissa, Victoria, Lauren, Veevee

At WHOI: 

9:00 Aug 5 2020

MIT-WHOI Zoom: 

https://mit.zoom.us/j/97064226358

Agenda

  • JP Gear Budget approval
  • JP Town Hall
    • Follow up email with action items taken by reps
    • Role of Reps that can attend, which rooms would they like to be in?
      • Check to make sure can write down ideas
    • Breakout room practice

Notes

  • JP Gear Budget
    • Approved
    • Make sure to take pictures! Maybe a virtual swag party?
    • Stickers to be ordered right away, and shirts to be ordered soon pending final tally.
  • JP Town Hall (JP students + post-docs)
    • Information here: DEI Google Drive Folder
    • First half to be short presentations on topics that will be breakout rooms or about current efforts
    • Second half will be breakout rooms (6) that attendees will be sorted into (elective sorting)
    • Ideally one Rep per breakout room to take notes (looks like we’ll have enough)
      • Make sure that notes are anonymized, but otherwise taking minutes and recording action items
      • One document for all of the groups
      • Reps signed up to take notes for different groups
    • Reps practiced breakout room assignments
    • https://mit.zoom.us/j/98948493774 
  • JP Card/Treasurer Update
    • Kevin still has it—just keep that in mind!
    • Adrian can still field requests moving forward, but Rui can also help out
  • Start Thinking About Reps Changeover…
    • Ask for self-nominations and advertise to all students
    • We need to write the OGE letter and summarizing the budget
    • By next meeting (September) have the draft of the letter and have all materials ready to go for the election cycle; have already sent out open nominations
  • Next Meeting: September 2, 9AM