May 12, 2019

ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for May 12, 2019. Taken by LC Chen.
Officers Present: Sakthi Vetrivel, Erika Salzman, Sarah Crucilla, Varun Shanker, Dana He, Rachel Sun
Guests: Arushi Gupta, LC Chen, Yuying Lin, Irene Chang, Alejandro Lopez
Call to Order: 8:07

President’s Report (Sakthi):

  • New BoD takes over on Monday.
  • If you know someone who would make a good FCC, apply! If you think you would make a good FCC, apply!

(Varun)

  • Ways to engage students in events held in Beckman (e.g. Watson lecture series) Committee nominations to go up sometime this week

Officer’s Reports:
V.P. of Academic Affairs (Arushi):

  • New at large reps getting involved in programs
  • SFC survey is out!
  • Student Faculty Lunch on May 22nd
  • Deans meeting on Tuesday – appoint faculty board committees next weekend
  • Winners of ASCIT Teaching Awards (6/7) send out

V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (Sarah):

  • IHC finished appointments
  • IHC meeting with the Student Defense Initiative on Saturday (made up of alums)
  • VPSA meeting this past week
  • Bechtel survey for current Bechtel residents – meeting with Felicia and current students, Ras, etc. to make the survey
  • Meeting with Bechtel frosh next week
  • Discussions about ACRL
  • FCC Nomination process is released – House presidents can make recommendations and Dean Weyman will take them seriously

Director of Operations (Rachel):

  • Follow up meeting with Yuying, Varun, Tech Editors

Treasurer (Yuying):

  • ASCIT has memorandum of understanding with Caltech
  • Currently no way to drop ASCIT membership

Social Director (Irene):

  • Yesterday’s alternate event had pretty low attendance (~200 people) likely due to beach trips
  • Cupcake Event: ~100 people (Geo field trip and people tired from beach trip)

Secretary (LC):

  • Post new sign ups in Bechtel/Avery and RF arches

Guests (Nicole, Kriti & Grace):

  • UGCS club space for AR/VR equipment
  • BDR party

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: 8:56

Respectfully submitted,
ASCIT Secretary