Meeting Minutes | November 16, 2017
AHEC Meeting Minutes
Monday, November 13, 2017, 8:45pm @ Crafts Lounge
Attendees: Nicole, Xueying, Vishal, Eric, Sophie, Meicen, Katherine, Deirdre
**Presided by Nicole Moody, Minutes by Sophie Liao **
- Agenda
- [Vote] - Approval of Meeting Minutes
- [Update] - Graduate Program Events
- [Update] - Thanksgiving Dinner
- [Discussion] - Amazon Purchase Taxes
- [Discussion] - Sustainability Officer
- Open Floor
- Approval of Meeting Minutes
- [Update] - Graduate Program Events
- Event Planning: Mental Health and Woman Health
- Waiting for the confirmation
- [Update] - Thanksgiving Dinner
- Tonight is the deadline for dinner registration; confirmed about the attendance
- [Discussion] - Amazon Purchase Taxes
- The operation committee cannot reimburse tax If you purchased 3rd parties goods from Amazon since there will be purchase tax included. One possible solution is the committee will reimburse with cash.
- [Discussion] - Sustainability Officer
- Should sustainability duty include in the operation chair or should we create new chair?
- What area should be included for sustainability officer? One focus is to reduce the volume of compost in common area or propose a recycle program to come out with solution
- Fire alarm issue: The issue of people opening the window during the heater is on; Another issue is people did not come out during the fire alarm
- Penalty: Residents could lose housing if they don't take the incident seriously
- [Discussion] - Cambridge School Volunteers Tutoring Recruitment
- An invitation from Cambridge School for MIT to come for a lunch and have a talk
- Open Floor
- TV Room: New replacement for TV wire
- Stolen Laundry basket
Meeting adjourned.