May 16 2021

ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting

Minutes for May 16, 2021. Taken by Nicole Heflin.

Officers Present: Ayooluwa Odemuyiwa, Mohini Misra, Katherine Chang, Aditi Venkatesh, Matthew Hajjar, Kavya Rajagopalan

Guests: Allessandra Mondello, Ashmia Agarwal, Tom Mannion

Call to Order: 8:32 pm

President’s Report (Ayooluwa):

Student Survey Responses

  • Concern: Making ASCIT secretary an elected position

  • Note: In 2009, there was a decision to remove the elected Secretary position from the BoD and create an appointed ASCIT Secretary position, which is not a member of the BoD and holds no voting power. 2009 Tech issue detailing this change: Tech Issue 01/20/09

  • Response: Changing the ASCIT secretary position to an appointed position falls under Revcomm and if any student feels strongly about this issue, please bring this up with the Review Committee

  • Concern: Making Newsletter Single Emails

  • Note: A previous survey concerning the ASCIT newsletter showed that a majority of students liked the newsletter format as opposed to individual emails

  • Response: We will continue to publish the ASCIT newsletter, as usual, for the remainder of term. Next year, we will send out another survey to gauge students’ opinions and see if any changes should be made.

  • Concern: BoD Meeting Reminders

  • Note: BoD meetings are every Sunday at 7:30pm PST (unless otherwise stated) at the same zoom link.

  • Response: We will include BoD meeting reminders in the newsletter, which is sent out on Saturdays at 4pm PST.

Officer’s Reports:

V.P. of Academic Affairs (Mohini):

  • Appointments
  • SFL on 5/14 was a success!
  • Nominations for Teaching Awards close on 5/21
  • BOC Collaboration Guide for incoming frosh/smores

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

  • RA hiring
  • Partying in Pasadena is a concern, please stay safe
  • Title IX support talks for frosh
  • Committee appointments

Director of Operations (Aditi):

  • Nothing to Report

Treasurer (Matthew):

  • Budget Review

Social Director (Kavya):

  • 2 remaining events for the term !

Secretary (Nicole):

  • Nothing to report

Guests:

Allessandra & Ashima:

  • Ditch Day funding logistics

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: 9:42 pm