IHC Minutes: March 2, 2005

meeting called to order in Fleming

guests: Peter Foley, Erik Dreyer

  1. Chandler closing - got email saying what will be open instead, also N. House kitchens
    • will find out price of meals later today
    • we still haven't heard back about how many meals will be prepaid, when declining balance will turn over, etc.
  2. reminders
    • vote on resolutions by next term hopefully
    • find out who NRFAs are, who houses want to ask to be NRFAs
  3. prefrosh weekend
    • expecting about 250 prefrosh
    • committee is meeting on Friday, need to tell reps what activities each house will be doing
    • prefrosh in Avery - eat dinner there?
      • probably easier than having separate meal there
      • encourage Avery residents to eat in dining room around same time
      • dinner Thursday and Friday
  4. lots of housing stuff
    • storage
      • trunk room will be gone - maybe have trunk-room-cleaning party
      • S Houses need to figure out what will need to be stored, make inventory by May 1
      • stuff will be moved by June 1
      • what about accessible storage space? will there be any? - not sure yet, maybe in extra trailer (where Tech and Big T will be)
    • multipurpose rooms
      • houses need to decide what they want to put in there - TVs, couches, etc
    • everybody NEEDS to be out of S Houses by noon on June 11 (day after graduation)
    • mods will open June 1, gives ppl 10 days to move
    • pets - ok if live in cages (fish, etc) but no other pets (no cats!)
    • decking between mods will be wood, courtyard furniture will be provided
    • summer housing
      • need to figure out numbers by April 15
      • non-Techers living in mods - how many trailers to set aside? which ones?
      • will be ~175 extra summer students
      • try to figure out between April 1 and April 15 (wait until ppl hear if they got SURFs so we can gauge how many are staying in each house)
      • also can give them off-campus houses
    • cards for off-campus housing lottery will be distributed by beginning of next term
    • options for extra housing for S Houses
      • choice btw Chester (4 triples - up to 2 houses), Braun (10 rooms - up to 2 houses), or off-campus house
      • only 4 houses for undergrads next year so can't just give one to each S House
      • need to decide by Wednesday
    • internal house lotteries - Avery needs to set theirs up (asked for advice)