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

2. Agenda
Summer Events and Initiatives
Orientation

3. 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!

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. Resources
Drum set
Xbox 360
New computers

10. Orientation 2006: Sun, Aug 27 – Sun, Sept 17
We need volunteers !!!
Sign-up sheet
Leaders
Large events
Small events
Helpers
Publicity
Free T-shirt for all organizers/volunteers!

11. 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

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

13. 2005 T-Shirt Design

14. 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!

15. Open floor