Subject: Dormitory Council Elections

From: Kate Farris <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:51:13 -0400

Hi everyone!

*tl;dr: Dormitory Council (DormCon) elections are happening, join us and
help improve dormitory life!*

The 2017-2018 DormCon elections will be held on *Thursday, May 4th, at 7:30
PM* in W20 PDRs 1&2 (on the 3rd floor). In order to have your candidacy
announced before the meeting, you must *email your platform to the DormCon
Secretary* ([email-masked] <[email-masked]>) no later
than *8 PM Tuesday, May 2nd*.

We're electing the following positions:

President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Housing Chair(s)
Dining Chair(s)
Risk Management Chair(s)
Judicial Committee Chair(s)

For the unfamiliar, DormCon is the governing body of all dormitory
residents. We on DormCon exec spend our time meeting with administrators,
representing students' concerns and desires, and developing policies that
improve student life at the institute. A few of the issues we'll be
addressing this coming year: renegotiating the dining plan contract,
instituting house team feedback, modifying dormitory security policy,
following up on the new dorm design, and more!

Descriptions of each position's duties are at the bottom of this email. All
dormitory residents are eligible to run for all positions, with the
exception of current officers of the UA, IFC, Panhel, and LGC. For many
positions, *no prior experience is required* in student government.

I encourage you to come and run for something. This is a tremendous
opportunity to affect the lives of those around you and the future of MIT
student life. It's also a lot of fun: the people are great, the problems
are interesting while also close to home, and you'll learn a lot about how
MIT works.

If you have any questions about any of these positions, please feel free to
email me or [email-masked].

DormCon-ily yours,
Kate Farris, DormCon President
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*Position descriptions:*

*Note*: all positions are held for a term of 1 year, starting and ending on
June 1st.
Also, all positions are a part of DormCon exec, and thus have an impact on
all DormCon issues, regardless of whether they are part of their position's
description.

*President*
The DormCon President is responsible for carrying out the DormCon
Constitution and overseeing all decisions of DormCon. The president is also
responsible for presiding over all DormCon meetings. Lastly, the president
is DormCon's chief representative to all external bodies, MIT or otherwise.

*Vice President*
The DormCon Vice President is officially charged with assisting and
supplementing the DormCon president, and de facto has many of the same
powers and requirements as the president. In addition, the Vice President
directs many of the large projects of DormCon.

*Treasurer*
The DormCon Treasurer keeps track of all things monetary. They are
responsible for creating a budget for the semester and updating it
throughout the term.

*Secretary*
The DormCon Secretary maintains all the official records of DormCon. This
includes taking minutes at meetings. This also involves publicizing DormCon
events, including sending out reminder emails about meetings. They are also
in charge of DormCon's online presence, include its website, its shiny new
wiki, and its Twitter account.

*Housing Chair(s)*
The Dormcon Housing Chair position is responsible for all things housing!
In recent years, the chairs have been in charge of issues like dorm
security, changes to facilities, and dorm storage. We elect up to 2.

*Dining Chair(s)*
The DormCon Dining Chairs are DormCon’s main advocate on food and dining
related issues. They are responsible for representing both dining- and
cook-for-yourself dorms in discussions related to both house and retail
dining. We elect up to 2.

*Risk Management Chair(s)*
The DormCon Risk Managers oversee all aspects of safety in dorms and in
dorm life, especially on matters of policy surrounding alcohol, drugs,
party-registration, party-safe training, bystander intervention, and the
institute's Good Samaritan policies. This position allows you to influence
the Institute's approach to risk management, and to make it easier for
students to do fun things, while also being safe and responsible. We elect
up to 2.

*Judicial Committee Chair(s)*
The DormCon Judcomm chairs interpret the Constitution and run elections.
They also chair DormCon's judicial committee. We elect up to 2.

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From: Kate Farris <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 16:26:51 -0400

Reminder that *platforms are due in 3 hours *by email to
[email-masked]!

Even if you don't submit a platform, you are welcome to attend our *elections
meeting this Thursday 5/4 at 7:30 pm in W20 PDRs 1&2* to hear the
candidates speak or to declare your candidacy then.

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Kate Farris <[email-masked]> wrote:

> The 2017-2018 DormCon elections will be held on *Thursday, May 4th, at
> 7:30 PM* in W20 PDRs 1&2 (on the 3rd floor). In order to have your
> candidacy announced before the meeting, you must *email your platform to
> the DormCon Secretary* ([email-masked] <[email-masked]>)
> no later than *8 PM Tuesday, May 2nd*.
>
> Descriptions of each position's duties are at the bottom of this
> email. All dormitory residents are eligible to run for all positions, with
> the exception of current officers of the UA, IFC, Panhel, and LGC. For many
> If you have any questions about any of these positions, please feel free
> to email me or [email-masked].
>
> DormCon-ily yours,
> *Note*: all positions are held for a term of 1 year, starting and ending
> on June 1st.