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