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Hey everyone,<br><br>
I hope you all had a fantastic IAP! The Habitat workday in January went
off very well, with only minor transportation headaches. =) We also have
a new webmaster, Matt Zedler... Everyone say "Yay Matt!" He's
put the pics up on the site, and updated a lot of the information.
Check it out at
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/habitat/www/" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/habitat/www/</a>.
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Also, I propose that we have the first meeting of this term next week,<b>
Thursday February 12th, at 8pm</b>. As usual, it will be on the <b>third
floor Student Center</b> Mezzanine lounge. Let me know if you can't make
it. It's scheduled for that day because it's the only day both Sid and I
can make. However, if enough people can't make it, we will
reschedule.<br><br>
And finally, the major items on the agenda for next week:<br><br>
As most of you are probably aware, Matt Debergalis emailed regarding the
old Habitat tools. I'm going to try and pick them up from him this
weekend. However, storage is *still* an issue. If anyone has space to
store the tools, let me know. Otherwise, I'll keep them somewhere in Next
House, but it may not be very secure... =/<br><br>
I also ran into Amber Jaycocks, the previous workday coordinator, and she
is back on campus after a 1 semester break. She's interested in helping
with the Campus Build, so I think it would be really awesome if we
started planning that and got in touch with her. Neha, Anne, if she
hasn't gotten in touch with you already, her email is arj@mit.edu. We
have lots of money allocated by finboard for this event, so it would be
*really* good if we could actually do it this term.<br><br>
Also, I need to know if there is still interest in planning the kids
5K... If so, we will have to come up with a plan of action, start writing
grants to get financial support, get in touch with local schools, and
talk to the City about getting space. I think it would be a particularly
good idea, because Neha is the Youth United educational outreach
person... We could even try and get the other YU chapters involved, if
there was interest. Something to think about...<br><br>
Also, I think I sent you all the email about HabiFest (if you don't have
it, let me know and I'll send it again). The question is, do we want to
get involved? It's a great chance to promote Awareness... and it might
provide a good context for Campus Build. But it's also a potentially
time-consuming event, and might not be well suited to the apathetic MIT
lifestyle.<br><br>
And finally, we'll have to talk about the potential fall concert
fundraiser for next year. Sid's done a lot of work looking into that, so
we should discuss whether it's something we can and want to do.
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I'm sorry this was so long. Kudos to anyone who read it all. Everyone
else, I'll talk about it all again on Thursday... =)<br><br>
-Radhika, your verbose co-prez...<br><br>
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