Subject: DormCon Resources (Underclassmen Rep Elections, General Body Meetings, Piazza, and more!)

From: Zawad Chowdhury <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:05:17 -0400

tl;dr:

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   Come to the first DormCon GBM at Burton-Conner, this Thursday 9/15 at
   7pm (that's tomorrow!). Free food (and dorm gossip) provided at all GBMs!!
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   Join dormcon-announce@ to get notified of future GBMs!
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   If you’re a ‘25/’26 interested in student government, run for DormCon
   underclassmen Rep!
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   Read on for ways DormCon can help you as a dorm resident.

Heyyo beloved dorm resident,

We hope you’ve been having a great first few weeks of the semester! We want
to make sure you know all about 🦈 DormCon 🦈 and the resources we provide
as your friendly neighborhood student government.

WHAT IS 🦈 DORMCON 🦈?

Dormitory Council, lovingly called 🦈 DormCon 🦈, is a student government
that presides over the 11 undergraduate residence halls at MIT. We deal
with issues pertaining to student life in dorms and we strive to elevate
student concerns or ideas to administration. You’ve probably seen us in
action through CPW & REX, the Murals Pilot, funding events like Bad Ideas
and DTYD, and the Pods Program during COVID!

And importantly, DormCon is here to help you! We can assist with issues
including, but not limited to:

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   Questions about the housing process
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   Dining feedback
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   Event funding (e.g. campus-wide parties and formals, Next Haunt, Bad
   Ideas Weekend)
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   Challenges getting your specific issues resolved with admin
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   Advocacy for broader policy changes which benefit your community

You’re getting this email through dorms@, a mailing list for all dorm
residents that only DormCon can use. We promise to keep this list
low-traffic and focused on important updates -- so please read our emails!

🦈 GET INVOLVED🦈  UNDERCLASSMEN REP ELECTIONS!

We’re looking for ‘25s and ‘26s excited about dorm life to run for
Underclassmen Representative, DormCon’s newest exec position! The
Underclassmen Rep will work on DormCon projects of their choice, like one
of:

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   Implementing the mural pilot in New House and Next House
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   Helping form a renovations support group to document history and
   resources around dorm renovations/closure
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   Increasing DormCon’s social media presence
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   Helping organize a forum for people to give feedback on MIT’s Dining
   plans

Come to the next GBM at Burton-Conner to learn more, or to the 9/29 GBM at
Maseeh to run!

RESOURCES

Our resources include:

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   Website: See our previous meeting minutes and other relevant information
   at dormcon.mit.edu!
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   Piazza: Wish you had one place to go to ask questions about housing,
   dining, or dorm event funding? Well, now you do! Join the DormCon Piazza at
   piazza.com/mit/fall2021/dormcon. We’ll do our best to provide you with
   the most up-to-date info by directing you to a specific website, reaching
   out to an MIT admin on your behalf, or anything else!
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   DormCon General Body Meetings (GBMs): The most direct way to stay
   updated on the latest DormCon issues (and participate in discussion dorm
   gossip) is our biweekly general body meeting. DormCon GBMs are open to all
   dorm residents and happen on alternate Thursdays 7:00-8:30 PM (see
   schedule below for dates and locations for the rest of the semester). These
   meetings are where residents propose policies and programs that affect and
   benefit the entire dormitory system. And you get free dinner!

Add yourself to the [email-masked]
<https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/dormcon-announce> mailing list for
agenda, details on location, reminders, and updates! If you’re not familiar
with mailing lists, you can also email [email-masked] for help.

Date

Hosting Dorm

September 15, 2022

(This Thursday!)

Burton Connor

September 29, 2022

Maseeh

October 13, 2022

New

October 27, 2022

East Campus

November 10, 2022

Next

December 1, 2022

New Vassar

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   Email: Feel free to send any questions to [email-masked] to reach
   all of DormCon exec, or go to this page
   <https://dormcon.mit.edu/about/officers> to find the email for the
   officer that can help with your specific issue.
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   Social media: Follow us on Instagram (@mit_dormcon
   <https://www.instagram.com/mit_dormcon/>) or Twitter (@MITDormCon
   <https://twitter.com/mitdormcon>), and watch out for giveaways!

We hope you’ll take advantage of these resources and be engaged in dorm
life conversations! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to
[email-masked] or on Piazza <http://piazza.com/mit/fall2021/dormcon>
if you have any questions, concerns, or comments.

With love from DormCon,

Zawad Chowdhury 🦈

President

Alan Zhu 🦈

Vice President