S-P House Meeting April 4, 2006

Agenda May Officers’ Appreciation Brunch Wiki Demo Upcoming events Open Floor SPEC 2006-07 Election

May Officer’s Appreciation Brunch We will be hosting our Officer’s appreciation brunch on May 6, 2006 at 11am Time: 11-1pm Location: Marriott Hotel at Kendall Square Agenda: Officer transition, suggestions for new ideas, initiatives, and improvements

Thanks Pete! We will miss you

Upcoming Events Apr 7th, Friday Dhoom Party 8pm Apr 8th, Saturday Bruins Hockey Game 2pm Apr 10th, Monday (1st of 5 classes) RAD classes 7pm Apr 19th, Wednesday Date/service auction Coffee Hour 9pm

Upcoming Events Apr 21th, Friday Graduate Student Career Symposium 9am Apr 25th, Tuesday Healthy Eating Seminar 7pm Apr 30th, Sunday Spring Weekend Brunch 12 noon May 7th, Sunday First spring BBQ

Open Floor Hi, got a question? Ask away! (This is your second to last chance to ask us…)

SPEC 06-07 Election

SPEC 06-07 Election Elections Statements: Up to 5 minutes for remarks per candidate Q&A for all candidates – 20 mins max Voting: Voting for all 5 positions, simultaneously Full preferential method

Jane Kim Nominated Position: Sidney Pacific Chair of the Halls Present Position: 4-North Hall Councilor & Second Year Biology Graduate Student Past Events Thai Dinner and Book Exchange North End and Haymarket Outing Chocolate Fondue SP Dance Pre-Party Spring Break Dinner 461 Open House “Brain Freeze Friday” 466 Open House Future Goals Encourage hall events during orientation to set a sociable and friendly tone for the year Compile a list of successful hall events, good take out/delivery restaurants, free/inexpensive Boston activities as a resource for hall councilors Take responsibility for door name tags to ensure they are put up in a timely manner Provide incentives for multi-floor events Notify hall councilors of recent hall events via monthly update email

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 2 5 3 64 1 2 2 π 2 Alice____________ Bob_____________ Carl_____________ Alice____________ Bob_____________ Carl_____________ 2 5 3 64 Alice____________ Bob_____________ Carl_____________ 1 Alice____________ Bob_____________ Carl_____________ 2 2 π 2

Example Ballots 1 2 2 no yes 2 2 Alice____________ Bob_____________ Carl_____________ 1 Alice____________ Bob_____________ Carl_____________ 2 2 Alice____________ Bob_____________ Carl_____________ no Alice____________ Bob_____________ Carl_____________ yes 2 2

Example Ballots 4 2 yes Alice____________ Bob_____________ Carl_____________ Alice____________ 4 2 Alice____________ Alice____________ yes

Voting Instructions Order the candidates according to your preferences: “1”, “2”, etc. Mark only unique, positive integers! Any stray marks or words will invalidate your vote