IHC Minutes: May 25, 2005
meeting called to order in Fleming
- Student parking next year
- Arturo reports that his damage rep asked about getting student
parking spots in Holliston next year, and the rep was told to take it
to the IHC.
- We still have not spoken with the administration about this issue.
- Mike Conry reports that some of the modular houses have been
put down in the wrong orientation. We should check that the split
Dabney mods are oriented properly, so that Dabney gets triples and
the other houses get singles and doubles.
- Propaganda Sheets
- Some parents complained this past year about Rickett's propaganda
sheets.
- We discuss handing out propaganda sheets at the beginning of
rotation or at frosh camp, so that students will have them closer to
rotation and so that parents will not see them.
- Rotation for next year
- How do we add additional meals to the rotation schedule?
- How do we get people together for lunches in the South Houses?
- We decide that lengthening rotation by a day or by a week is not
tenable. We will probably propose that rotation start with a dinner
on Saturday night, and then there will be a house lunch and a house
dinner on Sunday. (This will necessitate coordinating with the
Caltech Y, because they hold events on Saturday.)
- All of the houses should check how much they spend on rotation and
e-mail that to Jacob and Peter.
- Peter reports that there are some complications with the fencing and
the water main for the mods. (Specifically, Caltech wants a 6-foot
fence, which Pasadena approved earlier but is now saying that only a
4-foot fence is acceptable, and Caltech got approval for a 6-inch
water main, but now is trying to get a 8-inch water main approved.)
This may push back the move-in date for the mods by a couple of weeks.
- Peter suggests that we push back the date for giving away
everything in the trunk room until the mod move-in date is finalized.
- We need to ask Tim what house presidents need to do in order to
work for Housing this summer.
- Website, resolution, and definition changes still need to happen.
Jacob can make all the necessary website changes, but the IHC needs to
vote on resolution changes (which still need to be drafted) and
definition changes (which also need to be drafted) need to go out to
the house executive committees.
- Peter shows us a slightly-revised mural policy. There is some
question as to whether the houses are giving up too much autonomy in
the dealing with of "isolated incidents requiring immediate
attention."
- Everyone on the IHC needs to be back at Caltech on Tuesday,
September 13. The IHC retreat will be Wednesday and Thursday nights,
or Thursday and Friday nights. This way, house presidents will be
back for all of Sunday and all or most of Saturday for when the
freshman move in.