Sidney Pacific July House Meeting Graduate Community Good morning! Thank you for getting up today. Thursday, July 6th, 2006

Agenda Summer Events and Initiatives Orientation

SP LAN Party – 7/23 Classic PC games Networked Halo Please donate: Starcraft Worms Armageddon Quake 2 Networked Halo Please donate: 4 TVs 2 Xboxes 11 Xbox Controllers 2 copies of Halo Suggestions welcome!

July 22nd 2006: Graduate Summer Picnic (Mihir Mehta) Collaborative effort with Edgerton, Ashdown, Eastgate, Westgate Live band Catered food Sports Children Call for volunteers Contact sp-social-chair@mit.edu

S-P Outings (Jessica Edmonds) July 15, 9 AM: Singing Beach Trip July 20, 5 PM: Taste of Cambridge July 29, 7 PM: Shakespeare in the Park August 5-6 (tentative): GSC White Water Rafting Trip August 18-20: White Mountains Camping Trip PLEASE SEE OUTING COMMITTEE WEBPAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Shuttle Update (Natalija Jovanovic) NW Shuttle afternoon service – will not be cancelled NW Shuttle will run through 6:35pm NEW: NW Morning service: – during the regular school-year – 10-minute intervals – approximately 7:30am-9:30am

Rents (Rob Wang) Off-campus market Cost of Living Comparison to other schools Stanford Berkeley Carnegie-Mellon Princeton Caltech Lower our rents, contact: sp-president@mit.edu, dna@mit.edu

Outreach: August 5th BBQ (Bryce) MIT Club of Boston BBQ Alumni Prefrosh S-P residents Need help with BBQ, mixers, S-P tours Call for volunteers Contact sp-outreach-chair@mit.edu

Resources Drum set Xbox 360 New computers

Orientation 2006: Sun, Aug 27 – Sun, Sept 17 We need volunteers !!! Sign-up sheet e-mail sp-orientation-chair@mit.edu Leaders Large events Small events Helpers Publicity Free T-shirt for all organizers/volunteers!

Orientation 2006 Preliminary Schedule Event Date Time Location Organizer (s) Volunteers Needed? Information Booth Sat, 26 Aug- Mon, 28 Aug 10am-3pm S-P Lobby Jesse Edgerton, Alison Kremer yes Orientation Brunch Sun, 27 Aug 12-2pm MP room Daniel Klein, Kerwin Johnson Orientation Guide Print by Aug 1 Mailbox Distro by Aug 8 N/A Hall Dining Outs + Post-Dinner Dessert/Intros 6pm-10pm Jane Kim S-P Rock‘n Roll BBQ Tues, 29 Aug 5pm-8pm S-P Courtyard Plan B: MP room Prudential Skywalk Wed, Aug 30 7pm-10pm Meet in S-P lobby Carmen Sandiego Dance Party Sat, 2 Sept 9pm-1am S-P GSC Carnival Sat, 9 Sept 12pm-6pm Swati Mohan Volunteer t-Shirts Mon, July 17 no

“Pre-Orientation” Small Events Sun, 20 Aug -- Mon, 3 Sep

2005 T-Shirt Design

2006 T-Shirt Design Contest Have an idea for the 2006 Orientation slogan and design? Send it in by Wednesday, July 12! If yours is selected, you receive a $25 prize!

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