IHC Minutes: January 10, 2006

meeting called to order in Ruddock

absent: Peter Foley

  1. The Student Housing Committee is meeting tomorrow. They want to discuss the mural policy and seven-day board. Arturo will be there.
  2. Jacob Burnim will ask Tom Mannion who to contact about the audit/investigation of Caltech Dining Services that is currently occurring.
  3. Jacob Burnim will put together a list of recent changes that alums might be interested in, so that Mike Chang can expand it and look into communicating it to alums.
  4. Peter Foley will speak with the Alumni Associate about getting contact info for alums from different Houses for House funding raising events and to facilitate Houses keeping in touch with their alums.
  5. Some members of the IHC have heard that House items stored at St. Luke's may not have been properly cataloged, and thus it may be very difficult to retrieve them once the South House renovations are complete.
  6. It is resolved that Arturo should run for BoC Chair.
  7. Matt Walker will check with Tom Mannion to see if the financial aid statistics the IHC wants are available -- specifically, how many undergraduates receive full financial aid from Caltech.
  8. The IHC continues to discuss the administration's proposal for a 7-day board plan and possible means by which it could be prevented.
    • The IHC believes that the current 7-day board plan will require residents of Marks and Braun to be on board, but not off-campus alleys and Chester. This needs to be double checked.
    • The IHC is concerned with the e-mail Margo Marshak sent out right at the beginning of winter break about meal plan changes.
    • The IHC will continue to work with Tom Mannion and Margo Marshak to have the money 7-day board is supposed to make come from other sources.
    • The IHC will also speak with the Scholarships and Financial Aid Committee, the Student Housing Committee, and possibly the Ombuds office.