Attendance: Keqi Ren, Miah Manning, Natalie Hummel, Paige Pfenninger, Rilee Thomas, Bailey Fluegel, Jennifer Necker, Hiroki Nagao, Lilli Enders
- Czar updates? – Miah (vote post meeting merch czar)
- Czar positions are filled! Need to vote on merch czar. [miah]
- Website updates – Hiroki
- Website is still not working. Hiroki contacted Scott, no response yet. [hiroki]
- Talked with Tricia, no solution. Google form in the google drive [Lillie]
- Funding Requests?
- None, but a request for the form in the chat [Rilee]
- Steinbach Scholars updates?
- We need nomination by January [keqi]
- Maybe 2 or 3 scholars, depending on if we get an at-large (haven’t been an at-large since 2018). ]Keqi]
- Student center needs – Natalie (update photoboard?) [natalie]
- Decent number of responses.
- Couple people requested more lights
- Sponges, drinks, organized kitchen parties, fridge clean out.
- Bailey and Natalie are working on photoboard
- Vegan option for buffins
- Healthy snacks + fruits
- More reusable cutlery
- Decorative map to show where people are from
- A light box (unsure what they mean…)
- More tables to work on in the back.
General themes: clean up! Lights and photo board.
General cutlery?
- Well people need to clean and store it and maintain the area [Jenn]
- Can get some from Walmart [Paige]
- Maye we need to take stock [Natalie]
Money is coming from APO, JP Reps send a request for budget [Keqi]
- Keqi will get back on what a regular cleaning will look like/ what currently exists.
Natalie will sent a poll to vote on the prices and updates for the student center [Natalie]
- Winter retreat – assign roles, brainstorm ideas
- We need at least 2 people to organize
- Rilee will volunteer as 1 organizer.
- Will we keep the retreat the same or change it up?
- Extend a question to students on are they interested in it? [Jenn]
- Are you willing to put more money into it? (we have less funding for it)
- If not a lot of “yes”s then, suggest a different activity. [Lilli]
- Rilee will send that google form out [Rilee]
- Start looking for Open House committee?
- Wait until after the break to find people to help with organizing Open House [Paige]
- Email was sent out mid-January
- One organizing committee (for MIT and WHOI). 11th of March at MIT
For the next three meetings, Rilee will not be here. [Rilee]
Lilli will take over.
Riliee will keep us updated on the results of the winter retreat!