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Star Market route added +* i3 Updates + * for i3, DC i3 chair election happening sooner + * revised i3 deadlines + * submitted by Apr + * videos published April 10th (before CPW) +* Treasurer Updates + * funding request + * new budget in sheet + * SGFC +* REX + * thanks everyone + * feedback form should have gone out, dorm REX chairs should fill out +* Pres Updates + * DormCon should be able to fund events + * post REX survey + * met with dining person, people should have received 25 for 25 + * grad student council and housing affairs, spoken with + * SFS board looking for new student rep +* Undergrad Updates + * Instagram posts +* Judcomm Updates + * dealing with election changes +* Advisors + +## Intros + +* Temkin he/him- president, 26, EC +* Farin she/her- VP, 26, Mccormick +* Daniel he/him- housing chair +* Haylea they/them \- housing chair +* Andrew he/they \- undergrad rep +* Eugenie she/her \- dining chair +* Jackson he/him \- dining chair, i3 chair +* Jaime she/her \- undergrad rep +* Gabriel he/him \- treasurer, CPW/REX +* Camila she/her \- tech chair +* Helena she/her \- Judcomm +* Michaela she/her \- Judcomm +* Paola she/her \- secretary +* Amanda she/her \- advisor, AD in Simmons +* Connor they/them \- advisor AD in New Vassar + +## GBM Agenda 9/11/2025 + +* Next Haunt funding request + * build a haunted house/escape room, open to whole MIT community + * asking for $1800 mostly for building materials, paint, flame retardant + * [Next Haunt Budget 2025](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uMqSqL_hM94-0eYVByAxeMiE-Lm95WZWeXulmhrF1Bw/edit?usp=sharing) + * increase from last year ($1750) + * vote passed unopposed +* REX/Orientation \+ Rooming discussion + * Post-REX Survey review + * should be submitted by tomorrow + * sent to 1-years when, unknown + * Simmons RAC \- internal rooming takes forever, done by hand + * way more squatters than other years (\~70)(62%) + * only 4 women to place (so left with partial doubles and triples of squatters) + * AD involvement in internal room process \+ squat communication + * cannot say students can’t squat +* Laundry Pilot in Simmons \+ future + * going to start a free laundry initiative to see how it impacts water bills + * going to see if other dorms want to try free laundry (include laundry in rent) + * for Simmons, would be \~$3 increase per resident + * dorms would have to fund pilot (for Simmons, $11k), and won’t get profit-share +* UG in grad housing representation + * some UG things: + * not allowed to have RACs, or resident rosters + * they have GRAs, Tang now has an undergrad lounge + * UGs involved in grad house exec, have been involved + * opening a spot for UG in Grad Housing Rep + * general approval for the idea +* Hopes and dreams (eg. what top-of-mind topics for the year) + +## Dorm Pres Updates \+ Hopes and Dreams + +### Simmons + +* Jackson \- Simmons + * more dorm events +* Eugenie \- Simmons + * no more food spilled +* food missing is less of an issue +* summer programs were misbehaved at Simmons, broke many things +* fines for room damage (lots of symbol problems, chalkboards, paint/chalk walls) + * never heard of fines or problems over chalk + * paint had to be approved by Bosco (HM) + * so this is new + * command strips have to be taken down +* terrace meeting with HRS soon + +### BC + +* Rishika \- BC + * more activities between floors + * excited for makerspace to open again +* new machines for makerspace +* successful flex (90% in top 3 choice, 70% in top 1\) +* B2 raised concern with apple picking on Saturday bc no chairs can go + * used to be Tuesday off, but it’s a school day for kids, so it’s hard to get buses + * also people want to lock in + * could survey about Sunday instead + * BC head of house sent an email that there was a day picked, but there isn’t… + * oh tentative date was sent to them, Oct 18th + * fire day good + * hopeful for more murals… + +### MacGregor + +* Gabriel \- MacGregor VP + * inter-entry stuff, and host 1 event that is open for other dorms +* 30% opted out of rooming process +* lot of vacancies +* high FYRE out rate? according to The Tech + +### Baker + +* Camila \- Baker + * more inter-dorm events (NV sports tailgate, penguin war) +* tentative apple picking weekend is Head of the Charles, plus swim meets and other sports stuff +* internal rooming finished in 1-2 hours, mostly deal with FYREs + +### Random + +* Henry \- Random + * hopes laundry machines continue to work for all semester (and maybe next) + * and get to use roofdeck +* 1 working laundry machine for whole last semester, now 3 are back +* roofdeck conversation +* establishing facilities chair position on exec + +### New Vassar + +* Michaela \- New Vassar + * get people involved to come to events, and Baker plans +* quick rooming process +* social events + +### Maseeh + +* Helena \- Maseeh + * quest to reignite Maseeh culture +* Maseeh-cre (murder mystery dinner party) +* historic pool table in basement \-\> tournament and winning floor gets the table +* new assistant dean transitioned into the building +* elections for floor reps + +### McCormick + +* McCormick Prez + * hope not to close down, freshmen involvement +* rooming was easy +* residents are asking about decorating spaces +* new AD + +### New House + +* Paola \- New House + * inter-house events, and inter-dorm events +* about \~50% squat +* internal events guidelines +* 50th anniversary event Sept 20th + +### EC + +* Chris \- EC treasurer + * hopes EC doesn’t have more troubles +* pumpkin drop and Fredfest happening +* rooming took a while, want to make changes for next year +* higher squats than usual, but not as many as other dorms +* unauthorized painting of walls and ceilings, started cod process +* 2 police visits to EC over messages posted in halls + * led to walkthroughs +* HRS cracking down on flag policies +* students are unhappy +* Temkin and Farin met with DSL + * mostly about EC + * they’re disappointed, want students in EC to take accountability + * Suzy’s door is open to students + * HRS is unhappy + * Helen is not mad, can talk to her + * certain policies might get stricter around EC, then applied across campus + * also policies from other dorms are being expressed in EC for the first time diff --git a/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-09-25.md b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-09-25.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..652dbf21 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-09-25.md @@ -0,0 +1,202 @@ +--- +sidebar_label: September 25, 2025 +--- + +# Dormcon GBM 9/25 Meeting Minutes + +## Exec Updates + +### P/VP (Temkin/Farin) + +* Contact: [dormcon-execest@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-execest@mit.edu) +* Apple Picking coming up, dates in the group chat so get HYPED +* Dining consultants meetings today + * Hour long meetings, they seem nice and care about MIT culture (a win\!) + * PLEASE fill out dining form +* Post-Rex Survey, can’t ask about orientation? + * Cc’ing Elizabeth Young\!\! + * Can’t ask first years why they aren’t going to orientation events + * Potentially they are running their own survey, will have to beg for data + * Tell frosh to fill them out\!\!\! + * Now would be the time to discuss changing blackout times (no hurt in emailing to ask +* We are HOSED (me too, help) + +### Treasurer (Gabriel) + +* Contact: [dormcon-treasurer@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-treasurer@mit.edu) +* Two funding requests: + * ABC + * Pumpkin Drop +* House tax will be coming up soon + +### Secretary (~~Paola~~ Camila\!) + +* Contact: [dormcon-secretary@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-secretary@mit.edu) +* \[updates\] + +### CPW/REX (Gabriel) + +* Contact: [dormcon-cpw-chairs@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-cpw-chairs@mit.edu) +* Dorms have not received the $1500, but told us they were working on it + +### Housing (Haylea/Daniel) + +* Contact: [dormcon-housing-chair@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-housing-chair@mit.edu) +* Fire Day WILL happened next year (maybe) + * If it did, would be next fall + * Official reason, fire trailer isn’t available on the date + * “No possibility of this happening this year, you should loop in underclassmen for continuity though” +* AD/Housing Managers will be doing walk-throughs of dorms \[PSA\] + * Mainly looking for: + * Flags + * Specific flags + * Fire code violations + * Holes in the wall from nails, etc + * ‘Allegedly already informed’, concerned about mailing list issues + * Presidents: talk to AD/HMs, potentially notify residents + * EC: AD emailed out to halls, maybe didn’t get the point across because of sheer volume of emails from AD + * Students have already been notified officially, no reason to not tell them again, ADs *will* be sending out emails +* Meeting with RCL tomorrow to get more sense of what they’re looking for, and what exceptions exist (policies before have been very am + +### Judcomm (Helena/Michaela) + +* Contact: [dormcon-judcomm-chair@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-judcomm-chair@mit.edu) +* We’re going to have elections at the November 6th GBM at Next House +* Positions: UC Rep, i3 Chair, 2xCPW/REX + +### Underclassmen Rep (Jamie) + +* Contact: [dormcon-uc-rep@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-uc-rep@mit.edu) +* Went to Dining meeting + +### Dining (Eugenie/Jackson) + +* Contact: [dormcon-dining-chair@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-dining-chair@mit.edu) +* Had meeting with new (other one) Andrew + * Meetings changed to every other week + * Want to focus more on a couple specific projects as opposed to broad feedback, e.i. Dining survey +* Please tell residents to fill out dining survey, will be very important for //exciting// things to come +* Trying to schedule another meeting with Concord + +### i3/RAC () + +* Contact: [dormcon-i3-rac-chair@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-i3-rac-chair@mit.edu) +* \[updates\] + +### Tech (Camila) + +* Contact: [dormcon-tech-chair@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-tech-chair@mit.edu) +* No updates + +### Advisor (Conor) + +* Contact: [dormcon-advisor@mit.edu](mailto:dormcon-advisor@mit.edu) +* Have already talked about walkthroughs, so no major updates + +\[Cue playing Star Wars music\] + +## Funding Requests\!\! + +### ABC + +* Anything but clothes, BC Porter, open to all MIT students +* Making their own outfit from anything but fabric (cups, tape, etc.) +* Party has been run for 10+ years, requesting $1000 in funding. +* More than requested in past, new funding system (no LEF, sad) +* Usually get $1500, only got $50 from SGFC +* BC requested $800 from DC last year +* On 9/18 + +PASSED + +### Pumpkin Drop + +* Run for many decades, originated on Stickman +* Drop 100+ pumpkins from Tang Hall +* Requesting $2000 because also nuked from LEF +* Asking for more money this year (DeFlores got mad at them last year for asking for too much money) +* EC also funding FredFest, joined with reopening, will be getting HRS funding for that, don’t know specifics yet + +PASSED + +### Gabriel + +* Getting pretty close to budgeting for dorm specific events, so recommend not approving any more until we get something in writing from RCL +* Do NOT have infinite money yet (NEED something in writing) +* We have approved a majority of the historical events funding already, so should be okay generally but still good to be cautious +* Historically, final ones are C2 and B1, don’t need money and B1 is not happening this year, so perchance will not need to worry about that +* **Errmmmm** do we need this in writing? + +Anyways\! + +## President Updates + +\[Side bar\] No dorm urgently needs REX meal money yet. + +### Macgregor (Daniel) + +* Sent out some paperwork for legally-not Makerspace to EHS + +### EC (Josh) + +* Things have calmed down a bit, trying to keep a low profile +* Still not in a good place with HRS but appreciate the effort +* Trying to create policy +* Issue with ceiling panels being painted a few days ago + +### BC (Rishika) + +* Budget, ordering supplies for makerspace, gym, and other spaces +* B3, C1, C2 (?) +* Hoping to stay under the radar enough so BC doesn’t turn into EC +* As long as HM continues to not care, should be chill, trying to sus out violations +* \[Temkin\] David saw Skateboard + +### Baker (Pauline) + +* Baker’s doing great\!\!\! +* Baker House, Baker Home +* Baker.EXE went well +* New elections, first few meetings went well + +### Simmons (Eugenie) + +* Meeting with HRS went well +* Associate Head of House (Bryan) strongly opinionated on terraces being open (makes sense, lives next to terrace) +* Talks about different possible solutions, will touch base again later and see how things work out +* Want to change the hours from 12-6 to 2-6 or something (clarification, am not pm) +* Someone suggested cameras, will ask Simmons residents how they feel about that +* Generally want less cameras in doors +* LASERS?\!?\! +* \[Insert diverting conversation about Mission-Impossible levels of avoiding lasers\] +* HRS pro laser? +* Quiet hours and freshmen being loud, pretty standard + +### Random (Henry) + +* No laser-related updates (unfortunate) +* Added facilities chair position to government, will be elected soon/eventually + +### New Vassar (Michaela) + +* Had elections\!\!\! + +### Maseeh (Helena) + +* Things going well, approved budget +* Planning Maseeh formal +* Trying to turn desk into a checkout system +* Figgis: Is this through starrez? +* Rishika: Leave something you care about behind at desk, usually an id card. +* Works fairly well, except for carts (stack of ids of cart-thieves) +* Potential Maseeh fine for breaking or stealing + +### McCormick (Noura/Sandra) + +* House gov retreat, gave everyone their money +* Terraces are happening +* Windows in penthouses don’t slide they way that they used to? +* Couple study breaks, house meetings, things in McCormick generally pretty chill +* Trying to schedule with HRS, will update sometime in the next three weeks + +Thanks everyone for coming\!\!\!x diff --git a/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-10-09.md b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-10-09.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5eda6457 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-10-09.md @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +--- +sidebar_label: October 9, 2025 +--- + +# Dormcon GBM 10/9 Meeting Minutes + +## Exec Updates + +1. fire drill +2. 7:25 +3. Housing + 1. had meetings with HRS and RCL about walkthroughs + 1. some have happened already + 2. want feedback about how it went in the dorms + 2. Helen excited to restart NOMS + 3. clarification on flag policy + 1. not interested in enforcing strict, blanket, no tolerance flag policy + 2. mostly looking for broadly offensive content + 3. use judgment +4. Judcomm + 1. Temkin reached out to GSC about undergrad rep + 1. they said no +5. i3 Chair + 1. sent out a form asking for feedback about i3 deadlines + 1. no real pushback from dorms, 3 responded + 2. Monday March 16 for preliminary + 3. Monday April 6 for final +6. Dining + 1. dining roadmap survey closing today + 2. please fill out the survey + 3. met with Amanda, dining communications, and talked about standing dining survey + 1. wasn’t getting notifications, helped fix that + 2. helped change flyer + 4. scheduled Concord Market meeting for October 21st + 1. decided would have semesterly meeting for feedback and updates +7. Undergrad + 1. no updates + 2. reposted gbm + 3. if you have something you want posted, you know where to send it + 4. cooking up a survey +8. Treasurer + 1. in process of writing report for admin + 2. presidents should expect form about budget cuts and expenses +9. P/VP + 1. Simmons free laundry pilot has started + 1. building being charged $3.62 per resident per month for free laundry for everyone + 2. CSC Go open to other dorms launching pilots, + 3. fee will get added into rent + 4. will be something to talk to HRS about, but won’t go into effect until FA27 because rents already been decided until then + 2. Suzy worried about rooftops discussions + 1. what is The Vibe + 2. want to see the emotional state of presidents involved in discussions + 3. if anyone is having rooftop thoughts, let P/VP know + 3. is McCormick going to close + 1. don’t know + 2. will get back to us by December + 4. SGFC + 1. deciding how funding for DC will work + 2. reserves are being weighed in funding decisions + 1. if you have reserves 2x what you’re requesting, then funding request is less likely to get approved / as much as requested + 3. DC will get allocated funds separately to distribute to dorms + 1. why we need to write up financial report, to judge how much money DC should get + 2. presidents should let DC about all potential expenses (re: Gabriel’s form) + 3. will not impact club funding + 4. DC can be replacement for LEF instead of SGFC + 4. post-rex reports sent out + 1. ask first-years to respond + 2. housing \- should be talking about new REX schedules with REX chairs and Tasha, but REX chairs will get re-elected soon anyway. so we should get that going post-elections with new chairs + 3. DC will get results + 5. apple-picking [Apple Picking Logistics 2025\!](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zVsbFaYeBDepZYblYolcnJFjCNoV4s1XU-QJC5YvdDs/edit?usp=sharing) + 1. thanks for submitting totals \- needed for buying bushel bags + 2. will need to pick point people as well \- sheet + 3. fill in attendees on sheet to take day-of attendance + 4. more info will be sent closer to day (where to meet, etc) + 5. waivers will be sent out that attendees need to sign \- DC will also bring some in case + 6. note: try to make sure people check in on campus and at orchard at the same bus + 7. will be 8-10 buses + 6. funding request [\[Fall 2025\] "Maseeh"cre Funding Request](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FskiCwpD_Mk590_sqfRCUJ4p-X7wzWgsqoV3oDcuGBk/edit?usp=sharing) + 1. Budget: [(PUBLIC) \[DormCon\] 2025-2026 Budget](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UPuOOGkemUujGznduOHi4RSK1Wza2Hxgu3fIhYua50Q/) + 2. vampire-themed, murder mystery + 3. either Tues Oct 28 or Mon Nov 2 + 4. in the past, only open to Maseeh so used Maseeh funds; but now is open for all campus, so requesting DC funds (need to buy new supplies since has been out of commission for a while) + 5. Helena trying to revive old event + 6. if there is more interest than expected, might do a lottery + 7. passed unanimously\! + 7. FredFest, Oct. 17th + 1. take a flyer + 8. GSU open letter about compact + 1. does DormCon want to sign + 2. if so, is DormCon signing as DC Exec or representing all dorms + 1. might be better as just DCExec because there hasn’t been enough time to discuss with whole dorms + 5. Advisor updates + 1. vote for Connor’s dog’s name: https://forms.gle/y6Z85frEE1TudqEF7 + +## Dorm Prez Updates + +* New House + * 50th anniversary\! + * Went well with alumni + * Paola made a cake in the shape of New House\!\!\!\!\! + * Now knows who to call to get money, moolah, cash for storage… + * Walkthroughs + * Not many issues, yayy + * Thinking about a formal in the spring + * If anyone is interested in partnering let New know… +* BC + * excited about Apple Picking + * and Apple Bake + * ABC also Oct 18 + * pull up + * planning formal for November/December + * sent out FLEX survey + * hard to get responses + * but people didn’t mind having events later in the day +* New Vassar + * will probably apply for inter-dorm funding for tailgate with Baker +* Simmons + * no big news + * terrace meeting + * floated times for tap access to start (1-2am) + * suggestions for alternatives to buddy system + * lasers (as mentioned at Suzy meeting) + * “so creative” + * likely resolution is buddy system with 1am start time + * chalk policy meeting at 8am + * planning Simmons faculty dinner +* Maseeh + * formal scheduled for end of November + * Maseeh-cre + * gym getting renovated +* Next + * just had gym renovated + * starting Next Bake + * holding bike auction \- will likely happen mid-November + * AD will be out for next month or so, Amanda covering +* MacGregor + * AD taking people to Salem this weekend through RPMs + * 10$ commuter rail + * bake after apple-picking + * house team doing a fall fest + * no petting zoo :( + * had a lot of fire alarms + * but not because of residents; faulty fire alarms? +* Random + * had a walkthrough, was fine + * holding vote on whether to sign open letter as a dorm + * gym equipment + * 2 fire alarms today + * one was a drill + * but washing machines still work + * gotta look on the bright side +* McCormick + * had terrace meeting + * hoping to put tap readers next week + * issues with sliding doors and windows, will have some solution for locking them at night through security + * timeline for all of this to be running by Spring + * will survey residents again about Rooftop Thoughts + * talked about buddy system + * some people worried about surveillance on roofs now + * had listen party for TS album + * 8.01 boba diff --git a/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-10-23.md b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-10-23.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..df2bac68 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-10-23.md @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +--- +sidebar_label: October 23, 2025 +--- + +# Dormcon GBM 10/23 Meeting Minutes + +- Anna’s Taqueria + +## Exec Updates + +1. Judcomm + 1. made posters for elections + 1. i3 chair, cpw chair, + 2. made form for intent to run, can people take a look +2. Housing + 1. meeting with HRS + 1. switch lottery just closed + 2. increasing issue with people not filling out forms for cancellations + 1. some people apparently game the system (cheaper to stay for a bit longer and dip on dorm) which causes issues for assigning people to dorms + 2. EC issue with people having approved gap years/graduating early but not cancelling housing + 3. might also be result of people not wanting to cancel until absolutely sure + 4. might try to increase fines for cancelling late / not declaring cancellation + 3. gym chair meetings still ongoing + 1. want to talk to all the dorms about the gym overhaul process + 4. McCormick meeting + 1. need to create space for residents with reno going through +3. Advisors + 1. nothin + 2. Guava won +4. Dining + 1. no updates + 2. nvm, Grab and Go expanded so all dorms can go to pick up a lunch during breakfast + 1. encourage everyone to go try it out +5. Tech + 1. nothin +6. Underclassmen + 1. refined survey based on comments + 1. want to raffle TechCash +7. P/VP + 1. laundry pilot + 1. Baker attempting to join laundry pilot, meeting with HRS + 2. HRS concerned about vendor, so want to wait before adding other dorms + 3. also waiting for results of first month for Simmons + 4. will vote soonish, in the future, eventually or maybe just start discussing to add laundry cost to rent (current rent locked in until 2029\) + 5. apparently also thinking of buying out laundry machines and nixing CSCGo + 6. also thinking of distributing laundry money like the print allowance (set amount at start of year) + 2. dining + 1. stakeholder yaps and facilities surveys + 2. apparently students here are overly reliant on free food + 1. but counterargument, it’s not about reliance but availability + 2. anyway, proposal to discount Stud vendors by $2 on Mondays + 3. need another undergrad for dining committee thing + 1. looking for tall, tan, ‘28/’27 EC resident who likes long walks on the beach and not EC + 3. they also want to attend GBM + 4. might change DC funding guidelines soon, have to look at it + 5. tell first-years to go to PEA (campus wide RPM basically) event + 1. fall event, October 30 7:30pm + 2. DC has a booth +8. Funding Request + 1. joint New Vassar / Baker tailgate + 1. [\[Fall 2025\] Women's Soccer Tailgate Funding Request](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N347aHBA1xvuR2UbTH3CBQJ9HORY1h0HIDDyG7yKA54/edit?usp=sharing) + 2. $175 to buy Dunkin and other stuff + 3. to support women’s soccer team + 4. from $2000 budget for inter-dorm events + 5. unanimous pass + +## President Updates + +1. McCormick + 1. begun construction on roof terrace tap access + 2. renovation + 1. talking to HRS about how people will get distributed next year + 3. having Halloween party +2. New Vassar + 1. events +3. Maseeh + 1. quiet + 2. like the new AD + 3. Maseehcre this weekend + 4. formal in the works + 5. new gym stuff moved in +4. BC + 1. formal in December + 2. internal dorm events + 3. looking to buy new makerspace items + 4. ABC happened + 5. tea party going to happen +5. Random + 1. have not had terrace conversation + 2. a dryer was briefly out of commish + 3. new squat rack too tall for gym so + 1. installing cage over sprinkler head to make it work +6. Next + 1. gym renovated + 1. not the vibe + 2. mostly ok, but pull-up bar is not liked + 2. Next Haunt starting tomorrow +7. Simmons + 1. elevators breaking down + 2. trying to organize Simmons student/faculty event + 3. no real updates on terrace + 1. Helen Wang was very opposed to 2am hours + 2. “I do not want students out on the terrace at 2am” or “students out on the terrace at 2am scares me” or something + 3. but trying to argue for 1am + 4. trying to talk with HoHs about chalk policy before following up with HRS + 5. got new gym equipment + 1. some sadness bc some beloved gym equipment was taken away + 2. looking to buy some from vendors + 3. apparently there’s an approved vendor for gym equipment, bc HRS doesn’t want dorms buying equipment from Amazon + 6. Bosco looking for telephone box + 7. but other than that, nothing +8. EC + 1. because of previous incidents, most halls have some fines charged + 1. halls do not want to pay them + 2. to pay it off, they’re able to volunteer for EC community (at events and such) + 2. another incident + 1. people are not able to dim lights, and brightness was bothersome / causing migraines + 2. so some people found alternative solutions + 3. was an issue, but got a warning, no fine this time + 4. HRS will look into adjusting light levels in halls + 3. a lot of halls have had social bans, but they have been lifted + 4. EC exec having meetings with Helen, David, etc etc + 5. and re-opening committee having meetings with HRS until end of semester + 1. so now is the time to suggest policy changes to HRS + 2. like roaming cat policy + 6. come to pumpkin drop + 7. Fred Fest went well +9. New House + 1. new social chair coming + 2. also merch chair +10. MacGregor + 1. halloween event + 2. redesigning internal move process + 3. new makerspace stuff +11. Baker + 1. UA study break happening at Baker rn + 2. trying to get in laundry pilot + 3. piano drop WILL happen + 4. want more rooftop events diff --git a/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-11-06.md b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-11-06.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0c583dc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-11-06.md @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ +--- +sidebar_label: November 6, 2025 +--- + +# Dormcon GBM 11/6 Meeting Minutes + +## Elections + +1. I3 chair + 1. Shelly (shellyy), EC, 2029 + 2. Did a lot of things, proxy made a great speech + 3. Elected unanimously\! +2. Underclassmen rep + 1. Ericcson (ericsson), Chocolate City, 2029 + 2. Proxy also did a great job + 3. Elected \>:D +3. CPW/REX + 1. Gabe (gabgomez), MacG, 2027 + 1. Running again + 2. Elected unanimously + 2. 2nd CPW/REX chair punted to next GBM (since this one is during the 8.01 exam rip) + +## Exec Updates + +1. JucComm + 1. Elections happened\! + 2. Funding changes in the works, categories would be: + 1. Individual dorm events + 2. Inter-dorm events + 3. Resident events + 4. Non-event funding +2. Treasurer: + 1. No big updates, sending out dormspam about grab & go and dates +3. Housing + 1. Gym committee is convening, chairs should have received when2meet, please fill it out + 2. NOMS with Helen on Thursday, norms of MIT solitude + 3. RCL meeting discussing the concept of how it might be good for different dorm govs to talk to each other, Helen suggested a retreat, or an event once a semester where the full set of dorm gov can talk to other governments about ideas. + 1. Q. Could DSL fund an endicott retreat? + 1. In the past have had chats for all of the CPW chairs, etc etc. + 2. + 4. Once a semester (for dorm-wide gov retreat) with communication in between might be best + 5. Workshop? Or just a forum for people to talk to each other, or a mixer? +4. Treasurer + 1. Funding request for HispaniFAC @EC: link is in the updates + 1. Covers the food costs for the event + 2. How many people showed up? Usually a lot of people, food ran out pretty quick last year +5. P/VP + 1. Funding is happening, will have 12k/semester + 1. Guidelines will be updated soon + 2. Piano repair discussion/alumni networking? + 2. Orientation/REX + 3. Apple picking pictures + 4. Peter Cummings and Andrew Mankus will be at next dormcon meeting + +## President Updates + +1. New House + 1. HoH is trying to do Thanksgiving and getting a turkey + 1. Potluck? + 2. Scheduling a formal in the spring + 3. Meet the exec + 4. Laundry + 1. Want to hop into the pilot + 2. New, Next also interested in free laundry +2. New Vassar + 1. Did tailgate with Baker\! + 1. Football, field hockey, soccer + 2. Make banger posters + 2. Starting a tutoring program, paying upperclassmen + 3. Guava is home\! +3. Simmons + 1. No updated on terrace + 2. Artwork policy + 1. HRS wants changes to policy, including restricting locations + 3. Small scale events happening, smores event +4. EC + 1. Many events, all went well + 2. OSCCS stuff is better. Still lingering tho + 3. Floors getting fined. Some is getting paid by floor, other by volunteer hours, others getting spread to residents :/ +5. Next + 1. Choco house monday\! It was good + 2. Next Haunt wrapped up, good success. Running til 2am like every night, many hours and deserves to be recognized + 3. Bike auction in progress of being prepared for, getting bikes tomorrow and will be moving them. Will be happening before Thanksgiving + 1. If dorms want to give Next some bikes, go for it 👀:D + 2. Having a student run bike auction would be good compared to MIT PD +6. Baker + 1. Free laundry meeting, went well + 1. Waiting to get cost + 2. Alumni dinner happening on the 18th + 3. Thinking of doing a thanksgiving thing for residents. Will be chill and lowkey +7. BC + 1. Internal dorm events, coordinators are locked tf in + 2. Foodball tournament, muralling event, and more\! + 3. Formalizing norms in constitution and bylaws for FLEX + 4. Renamed RACs to RATs + 5. Started getting approval for makerspace items + 6. Request from GRA to buy secondhand gym equipment + 7. Campus-wide party, tea party coming up Nov 22nd\! + 8. Started restricting access to music room, residents have to fill out a form because it got trashed :( + 9. Trying to encourage gym etiquette + 1. Apparently music so loud that ppl with noise cancelling headphone can hear it over their music? + 2. Throwing equipment + 3. Non-BC residents will try to bound on glass to get into gym???? + 4. Ideas + 1. Threaten to revoke gym access + 2. Tell ADs who will then tell GRAs? + 3. Calling them out + 4. Have gym chair check regularly + 5. Make the gym glass frosted +8. Random + 1. Held elections + 1. Have an i3 chair, facilities chair (new\!) + 2. Frosh are very excited for gov stuff + 2. Roofdeck meeting + 1. Very set on buddy system + 2. Unlikely to push hours past 2am + 3. Asking to get data pulled from tap pads on when ppl are using the roofs + 4. HRS seems set on what they want, don’t foresee getting it change +9. MacGregor + 1. Made it through October… 🫠 + 2. Halloween trick or treating event + 3. Some sort of thanksgiving event + 4. MacGrager in the spring +10. McCormick + 1. Trick or treating, halloween party + 2. Thanksgiving dinner for folks that don’t travel home + 3. Rooftop access installations underway + 4. McCormick renovation meeting with HRS +11. Maseeh + 1. Prez had to leave before updates :( diff --git a/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-11-20.md b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-11-20.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0087311a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-11-20.md @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ +--- +sidebar_label: November 20, 2025 +--- + +# Dormcon GBM 11/20 Meeting Minutes + +## Andrew + +1. dining guy +2. Dining Roadmap + 1. wants to tackle dining dissatisfaction + 2. currently dining is going over how we got to this point and stirring interest in plans for the future + 3. main issues + 1. geography \- unlike many other campuses + 1. east/west split + 2. facilities do not match needs of community + 3. distribution of students (geographically) compared to food options is a big factor + 2. dining program operations + 1. some goals in conflict, and students have to weigh their dining priorities + 2. MIT wants to make decisions based on data (from surveys and whatnot) + 3. some priorities: high quality, affordability, convenience/availability, community-building, dietary needs, accessibility — all have associated costs + 3. stress + 1. eating should be fun, not a source of stress or difficult + 2. time is a big reason students don’t eat (impacted by geography, schedules or dining hall operations) + 3. affordability + 4. food seeking \- community vs convenience + 4. financial sustainability \- “break-even” dining program, where revenue goes back into improving program + 1. when things like participation or costs change, affects all “cogs in the wheel” + 5. Happening Now + 1. dining dollars promotions + 1. cook for yourself residents who upgraded got $50 extra + 2. cultural events + 1. tighten up some of the authenticity + 3. Grab n Go + 4. Dining Ambassadors + 1. paid students who go to dining and scout for Dining + 5. combo deals and discounts + 6. questions + 1. what is The Exchange? + 1. using meal swipes at other vendors on campus (like Forbes) + 2. how are they trying to incentivize meal plans (improving quality, addressing current issues, etc)? + 1. trying everything in their power + 2. raising quality, finding alternative forms of meal plans, making Dining as accessible as possible + 3. getting feedback of what students want (and looking from health and wellness standpoint) and seeing how to implement it + 4. “everything is on the table” + 3. what is MIT doing to address food insecurity on campus? + 1. “no student goes hungry” — so many avenues for finding food support + 2. in the future, dining might look very different, so it’s hard to say the gameplan for then + 4. cultural food pilots + 1. food has to be good and authentic + 2. wants to get super special chef to come train dining staffs or have demonstration in CFY dorm + 5. dining dollars + 1. have not been leveraged properly + 2. exploring meal plans with more dining dollars and fewer swipes — would give CFY people potentially more valuable options + 6. ddollars vs swipes + 1. value equation, swipes are technically worth more (partially subsidized) but not “worth it” bc of real value + 7. student agency + 1. weighing agency versus student welfare (57% of students say they don’t eat enough) + 8. money matters + 1. dining is subsidized $8.4mil right now + 7. can talk to Diego (Temkin) or Andrew if interested in dining + +## Exec Updates + +1. Tech + 1. nothing +2. Secretary + 1. nothing +3. Underclassmen rep + 1. new rep wooo welcome + 1. Conner has something for him + 2. Andrew was analyzing survey results and needs to distribute TechCash +4. Treasurer + 1. should have guidelines for spring to discuss by next GBM +5. Dining + 1. exploring soups for breakfast + 1. survey went out + 2. 120 responses + 3. 65% said they’d consider going if it appeared at their preferred dining hall but only 45% would if it was only at Maseeh +6. Housing + 1. RCL meeting happened Monday + 1. language around McCormick reno + 1. hoping to have staple groups of 8 each move into other dorms, with possibility of 2 staple groups (so 16\) per dorm + 2. also possibility of single-gender restrooms + 2. HRS meeting will happen soon +7. P/VP + 1. post-REX + 1. a google drive to add additional survey results + 2. also 360s/photos of dorm interiors + +## Dorm Updates + +1. Baker + 1. had a breakfast? thing? + 2. piano will be dropped + 1. ramp built + 3. Baker friendsgiving happened +2. Next + 1. Next House auction happened + 1. sold 10ish bikes + 2. Ricardo now knows the process of bike auctions, so if you need info about bike auctions, he’s your guy + 2. dinner in the works +3. McCormick + 1. had a meeting with HRS about shutdown + 1. had a town hall with residents + 1. negative responses + 2. HRS will be visiting soon + 3. will be in touch with dorms about accommodating + 2. had karaoke with heads of house + 3. and will have Thanksgiving +4. New Vassar + 1. had some social events + 2. will be doing stuff for Thanksgiving and winter +5. MacGregor + 1. will have a Thanksgiving event for weekend after +6. Random + 1. third dryer from the left is acting up + 2. Temkin \- Helen brought up roofs + 1. has strong thoughts about student safety + 2. HRS & Reslife things… happening +7. Simmons + 1. meeting with heads of house to discuss policies (like chalk) + 1. no paint in rooms allowed anymore (HRS firm on it) + 2. but hoh supportive on chalk +8. East Campus + 1. social events are happening + 1. Thanksgiving and Christmas + 2. OSCCS stuff + 1. a problem + 2. maybe one new potential case since last time + 3. now being asked to do paperwork for volunteer hours (to satisfy their punishment) + 4. choosing to pay the fines with EC funds to clear the community service + 5. OSCCS still planning event with MITPD to build better relationships between EC and MIT police +9. New House + 1. HoH will be buying 3-4 turkeys for Thanksgiving + 2. Looking into doing a mixer, will contact other social chairs + 3. Elections end of this semester or next semester +10. BC + 1. Whole house meeting happened and went well\! + 2. Elections platforms are open + 3. House team are collabing with someone in RCL/HRS to develop an alc training for RPMs and floor/wing reps. Goal is to inform on alcohol training basics. Will be revising and giving back for more feedback, has been in the works for a couple of years + +- also have a new CPW/REX chair + - Miranda diff --git a/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-12-04.md b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-12-04.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3fedaead --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/2025-12-04.md @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +--- +sidebar_label: December 4, 2025 +--- + +# Dormcon GBM 12/4 Meeting Minutes + +## Exec Updates + +1. Housing + 1. RCL meeting + 1. talked about having RCL resource guide flow chart with FAQs + 2. going to send out dormspam to get questions to send to RCL + 3. talked about first year GRA meeting to get some of these FAQs answered at the beginning + 4. also how to get help from house team with interpersonal issues +2. CPW/REX + 1. got elected + 2. emailed out about dorms needing new chairs by Dec 31st +3. Dining + 1. sent breakfast soup survey + 1. people won techcash + 2. had a dining meeting last week + 1. talked about breakfast soups + 2. pilot in december + 3. iap meal plan \- dining hall is now new vassar but athletes only get 8 swipes a week + 4. talked about food mislabelling + 3. will have a dining meeting next week + 4. apparently Concord sold something moldy + 1. the students got an apology and compensation + 5. 2 other pilots for sometime next semester + 1. pop up restaurants in building 4 (where the vending machines are) with $10 combos that you can use dining dollars at + 2. meal exchange pilot, at places (ex. Stata) and you can exchange swipe for a specific combo of food + 1. wouldn’t be able to use value of swipe, but get pre-selected meal + 2. want to test if Stata can handle the capacity and using meal swipes + 6. winter break bridge plan has sent out form + 1. upped amount to $30 + 7. Peter Cummings + 1. said he was talking to IFC and Panhel about dining + 8. is It still on the table +4. Secretary + 1. please update me as dorm presidents are elected +5. Underclassmen Rep + 1. the 29s did not get aquarium trip + 1. did not think Silent Disco was very engaging and thinks first years should do something else next year + 2. wants to plan event for 2030s where they get a Charlie Card and “find their way” to the Harvard Arboretum + 3. still in the beginning stages + 4. also can still have space that Silent Disco was in and do something else instead + 2. Andrew shuttle update + 1. going to add static times to passiogo so there is an idea of the schedule + 2. a lot of concerns with passiogo is people don’t know how to use it + 3. pilot of Saturday tech shuttle / Boston daytime service and are going to keep it + 1. but not enough money for a Sunday service + 4. approached by Longwood shuttle, but don’t have enough money to join M2 program + 1. there is a discount though + 5. Boston daytime route has built in problems that can’t be fixed + 1. cannot go east of Mass Ave bc of neighborhood committees + 6. there is a phantom stop somewhere in Boston + 1. request-only stop that isn’t where the app says it is +6. Judcomm + 1. nothing +7. Techchair + 1. cranberry sauce +8. P/VP + 1. REX + 1. uploaded results to a folder + 2. people seemed to like REX + 3. seemed like many firstyear squatters did so out of apathy so want to address that + 4. will be discussed + 2. funding request + 1. EC garden in Talbot lounge + 1. setting up garden in EC with sustainable garden (lights, watering), in support of MIT Farm + 2. received $400 from EC for setting up, want $200 from DC specifically for kickoff event + 3. [\[Fall 2025\] EC Garden Kickoff Funding Request](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g9jbwP1xtSMA9_3fPDOteP0MneUX6D1ebrr3uYSajvQ/edit?tab=t.0) + 4. [(PUBLIC) \[DormCon\] 2025-2026 Budget](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UPuOOGkemUujGznduOHi4RSK1Wza2Hxgu3fIhYua50Q/edit?gid=0#gid=0) + 3. will be getting 12k from DSL to fund events + 1. coming from Event Spaces fund + 4. DC paying for Apple Picking next year\!\!\! confetti + +## President Updates + +1. Simmons + 1. chalking/painting being discussed with head of house / HRS + 1. inside room chalking is contentious + 2. had elections, all uncontested +2. EC + 1. social events + 2. had contested elections +3. New House + 1. had Thanksgiving +4. New Vassar + 1. elections ongoing + 2. study breaks for finals +5. Baker + 1. good social events + 1. ice skating + 2. Great Baker Dining Thanksgiving + 3. and Camila did Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving +6. BC + 1. elections ongoing + 1. very contested + 2. BC formal this weekend + 3. Head of House and GRA run Thanksgiving +7. Random + 1. elections ongoing +8. McCormick + 1. had meeting about renovations + 1. HRS unclear about things, so people are unsettled + 2. other dorms shared what they could do to accommodate Mcc residents, but info hasnt been shared with McCormick + 3. want to make a gc with all dorm RACs and Mcc exec + 2. elections coming up + 1. lots of co-chairs + 3. Next + 1. Thanksgiving dinner + 2. elections + 1. nominations were due tonight and voting tomorrow + 2. treasurer-less +9. Advisor + 1. ricotta pie + +Last GBM of the semester\!\! bye everyone diff --git a/docs/minutes/fall-2025/_category_.yml b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/_category_.yml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d158a707 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/minutes/fall-2025/_category_.yml @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +label: Fall 2025 From 31668b89b20f2ab48396742ad7f67648a8b5b9bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Diego Temkin <65834932+dtemkin1@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 07:58:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 02/16] change components --- components/MeetingsComponent.tsx | 5 +++-- data/meetings.ts | 26 ++++++++++++++++---------- sidebars.ts | 6 ++++++ 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/components/MeetingsComponent.tsx b/components/MeetingsComponent.tsx index ae9762f2..09acb19c 100644 --- a/components/MeetingsComponent.tsx +++ b/components/MeetingsComponent.tsx @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export default function MeetingsComponent(props: { meetings: Meeting[] }) {