AHEC Meeting Minutes | March 3, 2016
AHEC Meeting Minutes
Thursday, March 3, 2016, 7:30pm @ Crafts lounge
Attendees: Chris, Drew, Calvin, Govind (proxying for Orpheus), Malvika
(proxying for Lisa), Seamus, German, Rio, Adam, Katie, Cody
Presided by Chris, Minutes by Cody
- Agenda
- [Vote] - Approval of Meeting Minutes
- [Update/Discussion] - Officer Recruitment
- [Update/Discussion] - Continuing Status
- [Upcoming] - AHEC Retreat
- Open Floor
- Approval of Meeting Minutes
- New AHEC Officer Titles
- Malvika Verma - Chair
- Seamus Bann - Vice Chair
- German Parada - Treasurer
- Rio LaVigne - Officer Coordinator
- Govind Ramnarayan - Secretary
- Officer Recruitment
- Applications are open
- About 55 total positions, looking for ~70 applicants
- Total of 20 applications thus far
- Most current applicants are current officers
- Deadline could be extended if needed to get larger pool
- Need chair recommendations for coming year
- Continuing Status
- Granted by Housemasters
- Typically reserved for officers who have served 2 years with good records
- Always some tension with housing
- Housemaster panel will convene to ensure fair method
- Good service will become much more stressed in the future
- In line with policy regarding officer ranking scale
- AHEC should be more forceful when grading officers
- Currently no one in the dorm who has served 2 years and not gotten continuing status
- AHEC Retreat
- March 20th
- 8:30-4 ish
- Dinner at 7:30 that night
- Lisa and Malvika have a plan
- Open Floor
- Thirsty Ear Representative in new Officer Structure
- Had previously occupied by Drew
- Would be for planning events in Thirsty Ear
- Possibly on Tuesday Nights
- However, currently at officer cap
- Could bump the cap up with any officer with continuing status
- Duties: Attend TEC meetings, handle pool table, emails and posters
- Will be taken under consideration by new AHEC
- Computer Lounge
- Currently not a good space, so AHEC would like to make it better
- Facilities is attempting to find the source of the noise
- Get new VP for Student Life to Ashdown
- Barbecue, or 4th of July etc...
- Ashdown Officer Dinner
- Done last year, possible for this year
- Could also just be outdoor hang out
- Laundry Room
- Something very wrong, Denise working on it