1. Sidney Pacific April House Meeting Graduate Community
Good morning!
Thank you for getting up today.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

2. Agenda Event Review Upcoming Events Application/Election Schedule
Financial Overview
Proposed Bylaw Amendment
SPEC Election
Open Floor

3. Event Review Officer Appreciation Dinner 2/25 Oscar Night 2/24
Nominations Dinner 3/4
Music Outing to NEC Opera 3/7
Outing to Boston Flower Show 3/15
Special Coffee Hours
Dating Game 2/13
Korean 2/20
Dessert Competition
Persian 3/19
Successful Pantry Cleaning 3/19
Wii Smash Bros. Tournament 3/15
CoSI Lecture 3/20
Climbing Outing to Metro Rock

4. Outing to the Boston Flower Show
Nominations Dinner
Officer Appreciation Dinner

5. Korean Coffee Hour
Dessert Competition
Persian Coffee Hour
The Dating Game

6. New Initiatives Arts Board Purchase of New Piano
New Online Inventory Database

7. Upcoming Events Coffee Hours every Wednesday Brunches 4/13, 5/18
4/2 Meet the House Council Coffee Hour
4/9 SPTV Iron Chef
4/16 Housing Presentation
Brunches 4/13, 5/18
SP Residential Concert
Painless Networking 4/10
Volunteering at On the Rise 4/5
Volunteer Work at Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House
Theater Outing 5/2 “QED: An Evening with Richard Feynman”
Regalia Rental Service

8. Application/Election Schedule
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

9. Financial Overview: Summer House Budget 2007
transparent and detailed accounting
careful budget planning for optimal spending of SP House Funds
Overall Orientation Budget: total budget of $16,842 actual expenses $16,392

10. Financial Overview: Fall House Budget 2007/08
accurate as of April 1, 2008;
outstanding brunch reimbursements not included

11. Financial Overview (June 15, 2007 – April 1, 2008)
Income
$93,125
House Tax
$30,035
External Funds: Summer/Orientation
$13,986
External Funds: Fall/Spring (includes GSLG)
$32,645
Reserve Account
$ 5,591
Housemaster (CH, Events)
$10,868
Expenditures
($82,842)
Materials and Services
($ 10,574)
Food
($31,556)
Entertainment
($6,542)
Other Expenses
($9,620)
Committed Funds (approx)
($24,550)

12. 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.

13. SPEC Elections

14. Open Floor
Questions?
Comments?