BE Board:Meeting minutes/8/03/2005

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Date: 08/03/2005 Time: 6:00pm Place: 56-302

Attendees
Kathryn Armstrong, Ricardo Brau, Diana Chai, Ben Cosgrove, Jordan Green, Maxine Jonas, Megan McBee, Hyungdo Kim, Nate Tedford.

Elections of the 2005-2006 BE Board
information will be sent prior to elections).
 * Nominations for the offices of the 2005-2006 Biological Engineering Graduate Student Board are now open.
 * Students can nominate either themselves or others to one or more positions on the BE Board by emailing HD: hyungdo@mit.edu
 * Nominations will be open until August 10, 2005 at 11:59 pm. Elections will be held the following day via online balloting (more
 * A short paragraph explaining the candidates’ motivations and qualifications may be asked for.

Social Events (Kathryn, Megan & Nate)

 * A BE/ChemE BBQ (co-sponsored by the BE Division) will take place on Friday, August 12, 2005.
 * The theme of this event will be American Gladiators, and the food will be catered from Red Bones.

End of the Year Survey (Ben & Nick)

 * An end-of-the-year survey will be distributed online this August with the help of Aran Parillo.

Community Service (Diana & Bree)
opportunities they provide for graduate students and to solicit our feedback on what additional services they should provide and what possible cooperative initiatives could be envisioned.
 * The MIT Public Service Center would like to introduce this group to the BE Board, to present us the wide range of services and
 * The 2005-2006 BE Board will promptly contact them to organize a meeting.

Mediation Committee (Samantha & Charles)

 * Since no more official formation program is offered for mediators, the BE Division will not pursue its own mediation committee but rather rely on MIT’s Institute-wide one.
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