February House Meeting Sidney Pacific Graduate Community February House Meeting Good morning! Thank you for getting up today. Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Agenda Event Review Awards Budget Vote Proposed Bylaw Amendment Announcements Open Floor

Event Review Bonsai Trimming

Event Review IAP Movie Screening: Ratatouille

Winter Retreat

Service Awards Leslie Rogers Emily Shen Matthew Walker Hila Hashemi Dan Weller Adrienne Li

Spring Budget Feb 15 – June 15, 2008 Quorum is 50% of the voting House Council + 1 (23 officers) Only Committee Chairs an Hall Councilors vote Hall Councilor votes count twice Legislation is passed by a majority vote of the House Council present

Wednesday, February 20th 11:59PM Fall Reimbursements Submit all outstanding reimbursement requests: Deadline Wednesday, February 20th 11:59PM

Proposed Bylaw Amendment Presented at the February 2008 House Meeting Voted on at the April 2008 House Meeting April 1st, 2008 10) In the Offices of the House Council section, President subsection: 1. Deletion of the Housefellows Liaison Committee 2. Modification of the description of the Committee for Scholarly Interactions - Charged with the promotion and facilitation of scholarly, cross-departmental, and intellectual interactions among Members as well as the establishment of connections and promotion and facilitation of interactions between Members and MIT faculty.

Upcoming Events Coffee Hours every Wednesday 9PM 2/13 Dating Game 2/20 Korean Coffee Hour 3/19 Persian Coffee Hour (& Pantry Cleaning) Artists Reception (Lucy Wong) 2/16 Nominations Dinner 3/4 Yoga Classes Tuesdays Brunches 3/16, 4/13, 5/11 Mystery Dinner (tentative) Cocktail Etiquette 4/10 Housefellows Talk 2/19

Nominations/Election Schedule 3/4 Nominations Dinner (SPEC elections open) 3/11 SPEC dessert event 3/18 SPEC nominations close 3/19 Officer Applications Open 4/1 House Meeting (SPEC Election) 4/1 Hall Councilor nominations open 4/6-4/9 Meet the Hall Councilor Candidates 4/15 Hall Councilor nominations close 4/18 Hall Councilor voting closes 5/6 New House Council takes office

Open Floor Questions? Comments?