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

From: Emily I Caragay <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:36:51 -0400

Howdy 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 the Pods Program, CPW & REX, S’more Welcome, or SYRE!

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!

RESOURCES

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

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. It’s not always easy to find up-to-date
   dorm information; we hope this Piazza can be a central resource for info.
   We’ll do our best to help you out, whether by providing the answer,
   directing you to a specific website, reaching out to an MIT admin on your
   behalf, or whatever 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 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

October 14, 2021

Baker

October 28, 2021

Next

November 18, 2021

McCormick

December 2, 2021

Random

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   Email: Feel free to send any questions to [email-masked] to reach
   all of DormCon exec, or go here <https://dormcon.mit.edu/about/officers>
   to find the email for the officer that can help with your specific issue.

CONNECT WITH US

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   Mailing list: Stay updated on the latest DormCon news by adding yourself
   to [email-masked]
   <https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/dormcon-announce>. We email
   dormcon-announce@ once every two weeks to announce the next meeting,
   give directions to its location, and send minutes.
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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!
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   Getting involved: Come to GBMs to meet exec and be involved! If you’d
   like a greater commitment, we hold exec elections near the end of each
   semester. Details will be sent out to our mailing list closer to election
   time.

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,

Emily Caragay 🦈

President

Shuli Jones 🦈

Vice President