[Gsc-hca-family] [Gsc-hca-all] [GSC HCA] April Meeting Minutes & Hightlights

[Nicholas Triantafillou]

Sorry to spam you, but I made a typo and I think getting names right is
important:

Nasir (Nas) Almasri was elected to be the next chair of the Diversity &
Inclusion Subcommittee (corrected below.)

Best,
Nicholas

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Nicholas Triantafillou
Co-chair for Housing and Community Affairs '17-'18
MIT Graduate Student Council

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 8:01 PM, Nicholas Triantafillou <gsc-hca at mit.edu>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here are some of the major events from the meeting and the minutes. My
> apologies for any typos or any important things I may have missed in the
> highlights.
>
> *Highlights/Lowlights:*
>
>    - Unfortunately, there were no candidates for either HCA chair
>    position. If any candidates come forward, we will schedule a special
>    election meeting. It would be ideal for GSC cohesiveness if new chairs were
>    elected before the GSC Leadership retreat on the 27th and 28th of April.
>
> If you or a friend think something about MIT is broken and are willing to
> make noise and do some work to get them fixed, let us know. Malvika and I
> will be happy to meet up to help you figure out how you/they can contribute
> most effectively to improving conditions for graduate students at MIT
> (maybe by being an HCA chair!) and to share some lessons learned that might
> help with whatever role you/they take on.
>
>    - In happier news, I'm very glad to report that Nasir Almasri was
>    elected to be the next chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittee. I'm
>    confident that DIS will be in good hands under his leadership.
>
>
>    - *To Subcommittee Chairs: *Remember to send us your budget proposals,
>    including both the request and how you plan to use it. We'll need this by
>    April 27th/28th. If you can give us some information about how important
>    each use is to you, that would be helpful. It would also be helpful to know
>    what non-GSC funding you anticipate, if applicable (sources and numbers).
>    Malvika and I would be happy to meet up to look over your budgets and to
>    make sure that we have all of the information we need to advocate on your
>    behalf.
>
>
>    - Several grad dorms seem to have trouble getting promised
>    repairs/upgrades to happen in a timely fashion. HCA chairs + GSC officers
>    will see if we can get things to happen more quickly, or otherwise increase
>    accountability for this sort of thing.
>
> *Minutes:*
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LQZp8rv-zAKppLOkLRLpbKXvOWr_
> WmANErec04Ub7V8/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
> All the best,
> Nicholas
>
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> Nicholas Triantafillou
> Co-chair for Housing and Community Affairs '17-'18
> MIT Graduate Student Council
>
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