Undergraduate BE Board:Minutes - 2/16/11 Minutes

BE UG Board Meeting 2-16-11 BE UG Lounge (56-046) 9pm


 * 1) Associate Advising
 * 2) *Yuan – contact Cathy and will match up people
 * 3) Painting the logo in lounge
 * 4) Sweatpants? More popular than t-shirts
 * 5) Consulting Career Event
 * 6) *There is interest among undergrads
 * 7) *Possible Dates: March 7/8/9/14/28/30/15/16
 * 8) *More Exams directly before/after spring break
 * 9) **Shoot for March 7-9 → Monday March 7
 * 10) *Dan will be responsible for setting it up
 * 11) Yuan: Meeting with BE-BMES in two weeks
 * 12) Official Meeting Time: Tuesdays@8:00pm every two weeks
 * 13) Updating the lounge
 * 14) *Putting in a bed/futon or a hammock?
 * 15) *Printer? Too expensive/maybe out of budget?
 * 16) *Clean out fridge!
 * 17) Add lounge access to freshman and new sophomores
 * 18) Budget
 * 19) *Study Break budget:
 * 20) **Don’t overspend on food → can get ~$200 of food
 * 21) *Don’t decrease budget for Associate Advising
 * 22) FPOP
 * 23) *Too many lectures → shouldn’t get rid of all of the lectures, but should decrease the amount
 * 24) **Try to get more charismatic speakers
 * 25) *Touring InkoBioworks was successful
 * 26) *Need to get agenda from Siv
 * 27) *Need to e-mail Elisabeth
 * 28) *More hands on lab experiences – but need to work out safety training
 * 29) *Save money for food, make FPOPers cook (eg. BBQ pits)
 * 30) **BE twist?
 * 31) **Food chemistry?
 * 32) *Bonding time! (eg. taboo/apples-to-apples)
 * 33) *Last year schedule: 8:00am-6:00pm → long schedule
 * 34) *Museum of Science
 * 35) *8 counselors last year, but not all of them showed up everyday
 * 36) **~2/3 FPOP alums from last year
 * 37) **Decrease the amount of counselors and make attendance everyday mandatory
 * 38) **Send out Counselor Application today – will be due March 4 (interviews before Spring Break)
 * 39) *Look up the number of students we are allowed to have in the FPOP
 * 40) Dates for study breaks
 * 41) *3 study breaks/semester (could do more?)
 * 42) *After 20.109 first lab report? – for sophomores – march 31
 * 43) *After 20.310 first exam? – for Juniors – march 7
 * 44) *After 20.380 – for seniors – mid April (ask Kevin)