ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for 3 November 2018. Taken by Rachel Sun.
Officers Present: Sakthi Vetrivel, Erika Salzman, Sarah Crucilla, Varun Shanker, Dana He, Alice Zhai, Rachel Sun
Guests: None.
Call to Order: 11:49 AM
President’s Report (Sakthi):
• We had an ACRL meeting and talked about the residency requirement.
• ASCIT met with Felicia (VP of Student Affairs) and discussed security, the alcohol policy, and the party planning/event registration process.
Officer’s Reports:
V.P. of Academic Affairs (Erika):
• Next student faculty lunch will be on 11/28 or 11/29 or both dates.
• We will be choosing option committee chairs by the end of the week.
• SFC will happen on March 8.
• ARC retreat is happening on 11/16-11/18.
V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (Sarah):
• IHC met with Felicia and discussed:
o Jack, Emily, and the social chair’s work on revamping orange watch.
o Working to make Rotation less stressful during the academic year. Though the ACRL will not be touching the length or timing of Rotation, they still do want to make sure it is reasonable for everyone involved.
o Working to make sure rubrics are created for Rotation-specific events (specifically guidelines for creating house videos and prop sheets).
o PA program and its effectiveness in each house. IHC is also planning to work with Felicia to request to continue ally-specific/frosh-specific activities in each house formally run by UCCs.
o Construction and retreat funding approval process changes.
o Meeting with security in the future to discuss various issues houses have been having.
• IHC discussed the 4 year residency requirement as well as how to use poll data from the end of last summer regarding the requirement.
• IHC is now publishing minutes in the Tech; see their minutes for more details.
Director of Operations (Varun):
• We have ASCIT club funding today.
Treasurer (Dana):
• Budget meeting happened this past Sunday (10/28). An article will be published in the Tech.
• Interim treasurer interviews happened this past Sunday (10/28). We are waiting on RevComm to approve everything.
Social Director (Alice):
• Found tickets to see a play in Glendale on November 9 at 8 PM. Emails will be sent tomorrow. 50 tickets are available through group lottery.
• ASCIT Movie Night on November 16, at 10:05 PM to see the new Fantastic Beasts movie.
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: 1:29 PM