DormCon Elections, April 21st!

[Yo Shavit]

Dear y'all,

This is a reminder that the DormCon elections are this Thursday, 7:30 PM,
in the Student Center (PDRs 1 and 2)!

Please do consider getting involved, even if you aren't familiar with
student government.
If there's something about your residence that you think is wrong or dumb
or not as good as it could be, one of these positions can likely change
that thing. As a reminder, every policy at MIT exists that way because
someone put in the work to make it that way. A few individuals last year
got MIT to begin offering gender-inclusive housing; a few individuals this
year helped dormitories get a record number of early student return slots
for REX; a few individuals this month convinced MIT to provide soap in all
dormitory bathrooms starting next year.
If there's something wrong with the system and you want to change it, then
I hope I see you Thursday night.

If you have any questions about the positions, please ask me at
dormcon-execer at mit.edu.

As a reminder, if you'd like to have a platform sent out before the
meeting, make sure to email it to dormcon-execer at mit.edu by Tuesday at 8 PM.

S'il vous plaît dormz avec moi,
Yo

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 1:58 AM, Yo Shavit <yonadav at mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> *TL;DR DormCon elections are happening, join us and help improve dormitory
> life!*
>
> The 2016-2017 DormCon elections will be held on Thursday, April 21st, at
> 7:30 PM in W20 PDRs 1&2 (on the 3rd floor).
>
> 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 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,
> helping design a *new* *dorm*, modifying dormitory* security* policy,
> improving the *party registration *process, rebuilding a dormitory *judicial
> system*, and ensuring a smooth transition for the new Vice President for
> Student Life.
>
> *Descriptions* of each position's duties *are at the bottom* of this
> email, (even more official descriptions can be found in Article IV
> <http://web.mit.edu/dormcon/docs/constitution.pdf>). *All dormitory
> residents* (freshmen, sophomores, and juniors) 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.
>
> In order to have your candidacy announced before the meeting, you must *email
> your platform to the DormCon Secretary* (dormcon-execer at mit.edu
> <dormcon-secretary at mit.edu>) no later than *8 PM Tuesday, April 19th*.
>
> If you have any questions about any of these positions, please shoot me an
> email or email dormcon-execer at mit.edu.
>
> Together, with your help, we're going to Make the Dormitories Great Again!
> Yours, Yonadav Shavit
> DormCon President
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *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*, *gender inclusive housing, 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
> non-dining dorms in discussions related to both house and retail dining.
> This coming year, they will be the students *in charge of renegotiating
> the dining plan*. 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.
>



-- 
Yonadav Shavit
MIT Class of 2016
Department of Electrical Engineering and Compooter Science
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