DormCon 2.25.21

Exec updates: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n3ScpSCYzXXmrYekUZc8kY_WSvcGtHC9mP8HYOD4uCM/edit
House numbers for elections: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dTQcm66fljSlk6OOpD_w7wgpsWoZdQ8cNWv4o6SG028/edit#gid=0

Sarah E

• Exec updates/welcome
  • Sarah A: when are we talking about paying RACs? Today?
  • Sarah E: maybe today, pretty full agenda
• Any prezs who can’t regularly make the 7:30p thur time?
  • Seems good, let her know if there are issues
  • What it’d normally be if we were on campus
• Putting together a group to talk about improving the displacement process, will send out a when2meet for whoever wants to be involved. Specifically ec/bc would be great. Less formal invite to committees than normal.
• Officially voting new vassar into dorm con
  • One vote per
  • Vote passes - welcome new vassar!
• New vassar mailing list nv-sp21@mit.edu
• Covid hack idea for dorm olympics: presented by Ellie, Ashley, Yunbeen (hacking unicorns)
  • Hope to continue after covid era as well
  • Miss spontaneous social interaction of non-covid era
  • Want to have physical, engaging activity as pods & dorm. Building community
  • Four main components: outdoor, virtual, spectating, points
    • Outdoor: social distanced, abide by all guidelines. Field day like events (jump rope, tug of war, 3 legged race, etc.)
    • Virtual: not all MIT students on campus/in pods/comfy with events. Model like qweek challenge. 100% safe & remote, can be done in room
    • Spectating: view competition as it's happening or participate as spectator. Grand finale for outdoor events, livestream to ppl who aren’t present
    • Points: dorms their own team, pods are subteams. Announce winning dorm & pods at the end
  • Currently collecting interest & forming a team. Hope to kick off in Mar with scavenger event off campus
  • Hope to do events during 3 day weekends, when warm
  • May announce final winner
  • Interested dorm would run event for the dorm olympics
    • Choose an event & day to run, have list to choose from
    • Create event proposal & blurb. Advertise in dorms to encourage participation. Coordinate with the team for logistics. Optional: have prizes for top pods in the event
  • Dorms distribute scheduling sign up, make sure not too many pods in the same place. Get interested people to sign up for mailing list on events
  • Want dormcons help making templates, getting info out
  • Hope to make website to see events & ranking
• Is anyone running for cpw chair elections?
  • Nomination for zawad (declined)
  • Nomination for ellie (declined)
  • Nomination for shayna (declined)
  • Nomination for Wayne - accepted
  • Nomination for Denzel - accepted
  • Wayne rescinds
  • What does cpw/rex chair do?
    • You’re a member of exec, come to these weekly meetings & give opinion. Organize individual dorm cpw & rex chairs, work with admin. Don’t have to do any groundwork event organizing, but help dorms coordinate & get the word out.
  • Denzel speech: cpw why he came to MIT! Events were super fun, people/dorms very welcoming. Seems like a cool position. Get admin to listen to student voices
  • Denzel is elected!
• Gyms in dorms
  • Swapnil: current gym rules is one person only. 2 or a pod?
  • Gyms are in high demand!!!!

Attendance:
Sarah Edwards
Anna Bair (me)
Brendan (EC)
Emily Larson
Shayna Ahteck
Ret (Random)
Jordan Wilke
Emily Caragay
Shuli Jones
Albert Gerovitch
Adina Golden (McC)
Ashley Ke
Ellie Feng
Faraz Masroor
Hannah Kim
Zawad Chowdhury
Laura Rosado
Madison Wong
Meghana Vermulapalli (Next)
Octavio (Maseeh)
Shaida Nishat
Sarah Aaronson
Shruti Ravikumar (MacG)
Sunmee Choi
Wayne Zhao
Yunbeen Bae
Swapnil Garg
Alexandria Clyburn
Denzel S.