1. S-P House Meeting
April 4, 2006

2. Agenda May Officers’ Appreciation Brunch Wiki Demo Upcoming events
Open Floor
SPEC Election

3. 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

4. Thanks Pete!
We will miss you

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. SPEC Election

9. 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

10. 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” 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

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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

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

15. 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