ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting: VPSA
Minutes for May 23, 2018. Taken by Rachel Sun.
Officers Present: Sakthi Vetrivel, Erika Salzman, Sarah Crucilla, Dana He, Alice Zhai, Rachel Sun
Guests: Kavya Sreedhar, Tom Mannion, Joe Shepherd
Call to Order: 12:15 PM
President’s Report (Sakthi):
• ASCIT elections happened.
• ASCIT Amendments: changed bylaws to be gender-neutral; bylaws can be found on Donut. Some committee positions were moved from IHC to ASCIT. Changing RevComm’s meeting requirement did not pass.
• Would like to introduce compost bins to campus. Joe suggested that this be brought up to the Sustainability Council.
• Fleming Interhouse is on May 26, Techstock is on May 28, and Ditch Day is Tomorrow. ** Officer’s Reports:**
V.P. of Academic Affairs (Erika):
• Erika is the new ARC Chair.
• The student-faculty lunch on 5/21 was quite successful; students, faculty, and Dean Green attended. Everyone who applied got a spot.
• Research list for 2017-18 has been compiled and updated. The research list is for students to see which professors are interested in having students to do research during the school year.
• ASCIT Teaching Awards have been decided and announced. There will be a dinner at the Athenaeum to present these awards.
• The option fair in winter term was held to help undergrads decide which option to choose. There will be a reception to thank the undergrads and professors who helped with this event.
• There will be appointments for Secretary and At-Large Representatives. New people will be appointed to the Academic Faculty Board Committees.
V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (Sarah):
• IHC has focused on the alcohol policy and reckless drinking. Spreadsheets recording drinking have been shut down. There will be meetings with Joe Shepherd and Kevin Gilmartin to plan bonding activities for seniors to replace these drinking activities. IHC will be working with the Title IX subcommittee to improve safety regarding alcohol at parties. In particular, an expanded list of all the houses’ safety squads was sent out at Blacker Interhouse; IHC is looking to do the same thing for Fleming Interhouse and other future parties.
• IHC has appointed Alex Reeves as RevComm chair, Ben Cassese as Stewcomm Chair, Jules Oppenheim as Foodcom Chair, and Max Shen Molesky as Interhouse Athletics Manager. We are hoping that the new Interhouse Athletics Manager will increase overall involvement in interhouse athletics with new plans.
• IHC is trying to improve relations between houses. Part of this involves making sure activities are more open to more houses.
• Would like to hold Big I. Presidents of each house sent out a survey to gauge interest in Big I. However, there are issues with security, construction, and logistics.
Director of Operations (Varun):
• Not present.
Treasurer (Dana):
• Nothing to report.
Social Director (Alice):
• ASCIT held a Huntington Gardens event on May 12. 70 tickets were distributed.
Secretary (Rachel):
• Nothing to report.
If anyone has any questions or concerns about a section of the minutes please email the appropriate officer. We are happy to answer any questions.
Meeting Adjourned: 1:05 PM