November 7 2021

ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting

Minutes for November 7, 2021. Taken by Nicole Heflin.

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

Guests: Abigail Jiang, Jen Yu

Call to Order: 9:03 pm PST

President’s Report (Ayooluwa):

  • Student Experiences Committee (SEC) Meeting Update → improving Caltech's rankings, trying to make Caltech more inclusive, ASCIT wants to generate list of big ideas that could improve student experiences on campus which could be funded by SEC
  • Survey Responses:

Olive Walk decorations? - Working with Tom to organize decorations for the holidays

What is BoD? - See Articles III & IV - ASCIT Bylaws

Officer’s Reports:

V.P. of Academic Affairs (Mohini):

  • ARC instagram created
  • Need to update Donut with Winter term course info
  • School-wide Option Advising event next Sunday

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

  • Trying to improve rotation algorithm
  • Trying to get admin to help with Orange Watch and Title IX
  • Scheduling for events → interhouses, ASCIT formal, etc.

Director of Operations (Aditi):

  • SAC renovations → clearing out old/unused club stuff
  • Club funding sent out

Treasurer (Matthew):

  • Budget Review

Social Director (Kavya):

  • Setting date for ASCIT formal

Secretary (Nicole):

  • Nothing to Report

Guests:

Abigail Jiang:

  • Potentially compile list of faculty that provide accommodations for students → doesn’t necessarily solve the problem that classes are not accommodating; want to work with ARC to find better solution
  • Title IX concerns during rotation were not addressed well
  • Problems with setting up orange watch trainings → potential monetary incentives

Jen Yu:

  • Student Athlete Advisory Committee wants to organize an athlete event (ex. Field Day) during Spring term with the help of ASCIT

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: 10:15 pm PST