Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: Exec is Back! From: Yuchen Feng Date: 9/12/10 11:12 PM To: baker-minutes@mit.edu Motion to Start Matt and EJ. Announcements IM will happen this year, really. For real. Our gem (gym) is updated: new ellipticals, scales, dumbbells. Check it out. Allen Party. Friday, 5th Central, 10:00 pm, open to everyone. UA election forms due 5:00 pm tomorrow! ATOW IM athletics and Abi for REX! UATOW The rickety platforms for breaking. Introductions made. Come meet exec (including 6 people from New Jersey) at our weekly Sunday 10:00 pm meetings. REX, Abi Two really successful parties. BBQ too! Facilities, Plaz Printers displays correct time stamps. Bricks (6th floor) unlocked! IS&T funds toners and paper. Scanner in progress. Website/Lobby TV: will show shuttles and MBTA schedules. Social, Val, Chase, Kim Look for email from social, detailing calendar and $75 refunds. September preview: Allen, Meet the Exec Happy Hour next Fri/Sat, FREP election party next Tue/Wed ON ROOF. Athletics, Matt, EJ New ping-pong tables and pool tables. Dining, Cameron Starting 2011 Fall: 14 meals/week plan. This year: choose new caterer for MIT, if you are freshman join a House Dining subcommittee! Kitchen, Britni What do you want for the kitchen?! Community Service, Yuchen October 2: Diabetes Walk! Talk to our Baker communal GRT, Mark! Agenda for the semester: local cause with 1 large event and 1/2 smaller events. New Members Secretary: Taylor Rajack Motion to Adjourn Matt, EJ Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: The Sticky Purple Aftermath From: Taylor Rajack Date: 9/19/10 11:14 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Motion to Begin Matt and EJ Athletics We have tennis, badminton, and soccer IM teams. Register if you want to join! We are looking at creating a Baker Volleyball Team for a Pi Beta Phi Tournament so if you are interested contact Matt Falk AOTW Valerie and the rest of the social committee, Baker leaders for surviving their trip, and finally finishing the first week of the school! UAOTW Mark Sanchez and Rex Ryan Announcements Why was there a chair in the 5th floor bathroom? House Meeting at 10pm tomorrow! FREP speeches and budget voting will happen FREP voting starts Monday @ 10pm Business Dormcon Andy attended meeting last week Athletics Lots of new equipment (Ping pong table coming later this week, new elliptical, tennis & badminton racquets, ping pong paddles and balls) Facilities Scanner information is still to be determined TV Room is up and running. Come enjoy your favorite shows! Music Room update soon to come Social Meet the Exec party Saturday! FREP election party this Tuesday! Recycling Ideas for recycling? Try to keep a box for recycling in your room GRT recycling event Community Service October 2nd: Diabetes Walk! Talk to our Baker communal GRT, Mark! Anybody want to get involved and help out for the Diabetes Walk and are good with creative designs?! Spirit Interested in Baker sweatpants, pajama pants, or bottles? Dining Cameron will have an update on future Baker dining plans later in the week. If you have any suggestions contact Cameron Premature Motion to Adjourn Cameron Motion to Adjourn EJ and MattSubject: BAKER-MINUTES: House Meeting From: Taylor Rajack Date: 9/21/10 12:15 AM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker House Meeting 9/20/10 Announcements Meet the Exec Party Saturday! Budget passed with an unanimous vote. Great speeches from the FREP Candidates, Emily McDonald and JJ Zhao/Leo Zhou!!! Go to baker.mit.edu/vote to place your vote. The polls close at 8pm tomorrow! Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: 60 Minutes of Joy From: Taylor Rajack Date: 9/26/10 10:52 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting: 9/26/10 Motion to Begin Matt and EJ Athletics IM sports begin this week and there are some games this weekend! If you are playing an IM sport and have signed up for the team on Athleague.com then your captain should be getting in contact with you at some point! Contact Matt Falk for any details about IM sports AOTW Valerie for Happy Hour and John Nolan for the bike auction UAOTW Dunkin Donuts for the holiday packaging and Cameron for being unathletic Announcements Dining Meeting next Monday at 8pm in Baker Dining Business A Baker Alum founded Hudson River Trading so we are expecting great things from everybody here!!! Melissa our Resident Life Advisor dropped by tonight. Social Happy Hour went very well! Party in Room 611 this Friday! Birthday Party in Room 322 Saturday! Any ideas for Guys Night Columbus Day Weekend?! We are considering watching a football game! Contact Brian Luque or Valerie Chia with ideas. Facilities Cables to connect computers to the TV are in the TV room now! Dining Meeting next Monday in Baker Dining to discuss possible ideas. Come out if you want to add your input! Cameron brought the M&M cookies back and he is hoping to add an Ice Cream bar and more fruit! Information about next year's dining plan soon to come! Contact Cameron McAlpine for any dining details. Athletics We now have 6 tennis racquets, 8 ping pong paddles, and 8 Badminton racquets that can be checked out at the front desk! The ping pong table is here and it is soon to be built! Kitchen We have several options for the kitchen. We can upgrade the appliances but we are working on security and cleanliness! If you have any ideas contact Britni Ihle Cameron does not know how to use the kitchen utensils apparently! Motion to Adjourn Matt and John Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: 5th Week Flags soon to come... From: Taylor Rajack Date: 10/3/10 11:02 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting: 10/3/10 Motion to Begin Matt and EJ Athletics Play IM Sports!!! Badminton match got rescheduled! No fines thus far for IM sports! AOTW "Cute little freshmen" Bakerites who performed at SK Late Night UAOTW People who broke the 5th East Bathroom, Midterms, and 5th week flags Announcements Cameron is looking for an extra shelf Baker Dining meeting tomorrow 8pm in Baker Dining! Come if you want to voice your input on future Baker Dining plans!!! Waffle Night by our FREPs possibly soon to come! Business Rooftop Update: We are working hard to get the roof opened again for everyday use! Cameron and Noam had great times on the roof together and Cameron misses that! Social Guys Night scheduled for Saturday at 7pm! Come out for a guys themed night full of football and snacks! Stanford vs USC is the scheduled entertainment at this point! Ladies night is tentatively scheduled for November 5th! Facilities The scanner has still yet to arrive Dining RFP Meeting: Details have not been finalized but next year there will definitely be all-you-can-eat breakfast and dinner! We are currently looking for a contractor to run it next year. Athletics There is a bosu ball in the gym and a scale is soon to be put in there! New soccer balls, cones, and a pump to blow things up are at the desk! Ping Pong table is still yet to be built but it will be built soon The new pool table will be coming later in the year! Play IM sports! Recycle There are plans to maybe put together a contest for recycling on each floor! People should use the green boxes for food! Spirit Baker Sweatpants are being sold right now! If you have any ideas for Spirit Wear contact Annabeth Gellman Community Service Possible Services/Day Auction! Motion to Adjourn Matt and EJSubject: BAKER-MINUTES: Crimefighter Christina will find you... From: Taylor Rajack Date: 10/11/10 11:06 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting: 10/11/10 Premature Motion to Approve Last Week's Minutes Matt Motion to Begin Matt and EJ Athletics IM Sports did well this week! AOTW Badminton and Soccer teams for winning; Matt Falk; our IM captains, Easeen Zaman and Fernando Rivera; and Crimefighter Christina UAOTW Person who broke the ping pong table, Baker Dining, the weather Announcements We are getting waffle makers soon! Dormcon is looking for a treasurer! E-mail Andy Wu for details Parents Weekend is this weekend! Athletics We now have a ping pong table!!! Matt is angry about the broken net New Pool table is being discussed Dormcon meeting this Thursday! Social Happy Hour for Halloween! Don't puke on the carpet! Dining The meeting was successful! Lots of ideas were discussed for future improvements! Comment Box outside of Baker Dining! Tell us your opinions and concerns UA Dining: Doodle Sucks! Lots of discussion is occurring about the future changes in Dining! FREP Waffle Makers are coming for the Waffle Night! Kitchen Apple picking weekend coming up! Look out for e-mails about this! Spirit Possible Baker travel mugs! Sweatpants are almost all sold! XS still left! Community Service Possible Talent Show for Community Service! Recycling Decorate your own recycling box event October 28th at 10pm! Motion to Adjourn Matt and EJSubject: BAKER-MINUTES: All Stocked up after Parents Weekend From: Taylor Rajack Date: 10/17/10 10:49 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting: 10/17/10 Motion to Begin Matt and EJ Athletics Our Badminton team won again last week against ZBT thanks to Kevin, Claire, and Anand! AOTW New England Patriots, Betsy Soukup, Baker Exec UAOTW People who are late to exec meetings, Matt's haircut, East Campus Announcements Michael Plasmeier has an opinion article in The Tech HDAG Meeting Thursday Social Events coming up Business Social Ladies Night November 5th- Manicures and Pedicures Happy Hour October 30th from 9 to 10pm Facilities Scanner is still coming! Community Service Possible Talent Show in the Spring! Volunteer Opportunities coming up! Possible Relay for Life, Food Drive, and/or Caroling coming up! Recycling We are collecting boxes to make your own recycling box Spirit Baker travel mugs soon to come! EJ claims it is possible to get 100 singles from the bank Judcom Milk and Cookies coming up! FREP Waffle Night soon to come! Dining Last week there was an emergency Senate Meeting: Lots of people were upset with the new dining plan RFP evaluation meeting tomorrow to evaluate the new dining plan Baker still seems against the new plan If you have any ideas about the new dining plan e-mail Andy Wu or Cameron McAlpine Motion to Adjourn Matt and EJSubject: BAKER-MINUTES: 10/24/2010 From: Michael E Plasmeier Date: 10/24/10 10:39 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Minutes as a PDF today. -Michael Plasmeier W7-512 Attachments: 2010-01-24 Baker Exec Minutes.pdf 564 KBSubject: BAKER-MINUTES: Happy Halloween!!! From: Taylor Rajack Date: 10/31/10 10:22 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting: 10/31/10 Motion to Begin Matt and EJ Athletics Baker IM Soccer made it to the playoffs! We are undefeated! Our 6 person team beat another 15 person team Play IM sports! AOTW Baker Exec for Happy hour, Paula Trepman UAOTW The weather, dining, fire alarms at 7 am Announcements Waffle Night is tomorrow at 10pm Business Social Happy hour was a success!! Progressive is on the 6th Floor on November 20th Ladies Night is on November 11th Tower Party is coming up We are hoping to have Formal on December 3rd Spirit If you are interested in Baker travel mugs contact Annabeth Judcomm The cookies and milk were a success Recycling The pumpkin carving went well! Make your own recycling bin is still going on Community Service Possibilities of community service opportunities coming up Maybe caroling Possibility of a talent show next semester Motion to Adjourn Matt and EJ Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: Only 5 Weeks left!!! From: Taylor Rajack Date: 11/7/10 10:40 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting: 11/7/10 Motion to Begin Lucy and Jason Athletics We lost in IM soccer in the playoffs There is an inversion table in the Baker Gym! IM Badminton is in the playoffs! AOTW FREPs for waffle night, upcoming premier of Harry Potter, Scanner coming soon, daylight saving time, Britney's kitchen efforts UAOTW It's getting dark too early, daylight saving time Announcements Progressive Party on November 20th! Ladies night is postponed Baker Formal is on December 3rd! Possible Wednesday Night Bhangra Party on the 5th Floor! Business Facilities Scanner is still on its way! Dining UA President and Vice President have been meeting with Baker dining chair and president to discuss alternatives to HDAG dining plan Spirit Baker travel mugs are coming soon Community Service Yuchen will be in contact about the opportunity to volunteer at the food pantry! Kitchen The kitchen has a lot of new equipment (pots, pans, measuring cups, cleaning items, etc.) There is now a toaster for EJ! Institute Relations Dinners throughout campus at the different dorms with guest speakers soon to come! Which professor would you like to see come? Contact Lucy Lin Motion to Adjourn Yuchen and Cameron Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: To drop or not to drop... From: Taylor Rajack Date: 11/14/10 11:27 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting: 11/14/10 Motion to Begin Matt and EJ Athletics IM sports are done Badminton made it to the second round of the playoffs Soccer made it to the first round of the playoffs AOTW Cameron for his work on the dining plan, Jon Wang for tutoring Annabeth, Britni for her work on the kitchen, Plaz for the scanner UAOTW Kitchen outlets, student activities office, it getting dark too early Announcements Progressive is this Saturday on the 6th Floor! Business Social Holiday Formal is Friday, December 3rd! This year's glassware is the double-shot glass. "You can't get drunk off glass" -EJ Facilities The scanner is finally here! Amazon is the preferred vendor for Baker from now on Institute Relations Does anybody have any ideas for a guest speaker for the Baker dinner? Contact Lucy Lin Community Service Possible opportunity to volunteer at a hospital or retirement home coming up Ski Trip Baker ski trip coming up at the next beginning of next semester! Details to come later Motion to Adjourn Matt and EJSubject: BAKER-MINUTES: Taking out the trash From: Taylor Rajack Date: 11/21/10 10:43 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting: 11/21/10 Motion to Begin Jonathan and Plaz We are in the Gym Right now Currently people are sitting on the exercise ball, inversion table, punching bag and workout bench but curiously not the chair. Flor intends on using the inversion table a lot to attempt to grow to 5 feet tall. Athletics We only had $175 in fines for IM sports! AOTW Valerie for the party, Brian for short term management, Matt, Mike Glombicki, and Tyler for taking out the trash, all the people who served especially Gary and Kelly Schulte, and Officer Maria UAOTW (start of the Baker Blacklist) Puking in general, Puking Korean kid, Aaron with the fro, Harry Potter 7, Plaz for breaking Andy's Couch Announcements Baker formal is December 3rd! RSVP form will be coming soon for the Baker Formal! Information on the Freshman gifts will be coming soon Business Social Progressive was a success! Matt wasn't intimidated by Aaron's lack of abs "Is it common practice for you to remove it while going up the stairs?"-Andy Spirit The Baker travel mugs have been ordered Institute Relations The Baker dinner with a professor will probably be moved to next semester Everybody should nominate a professor to dine with Community Service Coin wars will begin soon Motion to Adjourn Julia and JonathanSubject: BAKER-MINUTES: Get Money, Get Paid... From: Taylor Rajack Date: 12/5/10 10:53 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting: 12/5/10 Motion to Begin Matt and EJ The meeting was in the elevator It was extremely cramped and we were one person away from the weight limit Athletics We are done AOTW Santa UATOW Brian and Sam AOTT Andy Wu, Michael Plaz, Lucy Lin, Abi Jain, Jon Wang, Taylor Rajack, Valerie Chia, Brian Luque, Chase Anderson, Matt Falk, EJ E, Yuchen, Annabeth, Corinne, Jason Lee, Flor, Leo Z, JJ Z, Cameron McAlpine, Paula, Catherine Announcements Baker Dining meeting with the Housemasters on Tuesday Brian Luque and Taylor Rajack are now Course 15 and happy! Business Social Winter Formal was a success! Brian Luque successfully narrates the first 30 minutes of the event he could remember Spirit "Oh S&%$ I was gonna F&%$" Baker Mugs are in! Dining Nothing has changed. Plaz sends HDAG an angry e-mail Institute Relations Many nominations for professor award Treasurer We've met all budget targets! Motion to Adjourn Matt and EJSubject: BAKER-MINUTES: Out with the old, In with the new From: Taylor Rajack Date: 2/13/11 10:39 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting 2/13/11 Motion to Begin Matt and EJ Ben Frank went to the athletics meeting AOTW Class of 2013 Ring, REX, first Asian intrasorority UAOTW Elevator, snow, FREP Announcements Welcome new exec members! New whiteboard on the 1st floor We win! Business We are passing the torch on to the new exec members The president's gavel was passed on to Brian Luque Andy signed the biography of Everette Moore Baker as every Baker president has since the 70's John Wang is still the Treasurer of Baker Paula and Catherine are still the Recycling Chairs We need a Secretary and Community Service Chair so if you are interested contact President Brian Luque Ben has to fill EJ's size 13 shoes as Athletic Chair If anyone would like to be on the Social Committee contact me or Abi Jain i3 Video Meeting after this meeting on 5th central. Come now if interested! FREP is AWOL Ski trip is happening this weekend. Meet on Friday around 6 if you have paid and are going Motion to Adjourn Ben and John Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: Wang vs. Pine Trees From: Taylor Rajack Date: 2/21/11 10:37 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting 2/21/11 Motion to Begin Julia and Jon Announcements Meet the Exec Happy Hour this Friday from 9 to 10:30! Brian told a lame Chuck Norris joke Chuck Norris jokes will now be Jon Nolan jokes Flor De La Cruz is the new Baker Secretary AOTW Jon Wang(for the skiing into trees to avoid a cliff), Law and Order SVU, Indoor Track, Swimming, and Genzyme UAOTW Baby pine trees, weather Athletics Ben did not receive many e-mails about intramurals Please e-mail Ben Frank if you want to play intramural sports this Spring Business REX/CPW Possible brunch on each floor during CPW We need people to give Baker tours during CPW. If you are interested contact Kim Aziz Any ideas for Rex? Contact Kim Aziz Community Service If you are interested in being community service chair contact Brian Luque Recycling We are working with the UA and our community GRT Mark to continue Baker's recycling efforts i3 Video If you are interested in working on the i3 video contact Christina Qi as soon as possible Judcomm If you are interested in being on Judcomm contact Julia Titarelli or Brian Luque Facilities IS&T is now providing Baker and all other dorm's paper We will be enforcing fines for not returning movies Baker Leadership Program Baker Beautification will soon begin. Plants will be put around Baker to make Baker more pleasant Motion to Adjourn Ben and KimSubject: BAKER-MINUTES: Contact Andy Wu if you need to pass your swim test From: Flor De La Cruz Date: 2/27/11 11:26 PM To: baker-minutes@mit.edu Baker Exec Meeting 2/27/11 Motion to Begin Ben and Abi Announcements We will now begin the meetings with Yo mama jokes!! Meet the housemaster dinner was a success, lots of great ideas! Monitor next to the elevator is boring, we will try to switch it up by adding next bus predictions and announcements Baker speed dating tomorrow. Please come to chose new GRT’s! Thinking of installing a permanent sound system in Baker D AOTW Baker Happy Hour!! UAOTW Former president Andy Wu for swimming on the carpet Wesley girl who stole Andy’s Money Slanted table Athletics Emails will be sent out regarding inter-murals Will install a pull up machine and bring in some jumpropes and more yoga mats Social Happy Hour was a great success We will have another happy hour instead of tower parties REX/CPW Possibly have spotlights for Horizon Will have a question and answer panel for parents Tours all day Friday and saturday We will only hand out T-shirts to baker exec Breakfast for pre-frosh on saturday morning VPIR networking events for baker alumni visits Dining Chair New ice cream bar is a great success! Jesse (stir fry guy) quit to go back school so he quit Baker nutrition/beautification program Thinking of adding plants around baker D to make it more pleasing Freps Will organize an event for saint pats day possibly a baker wide study break Motion to Adjourn Rajack and J.J Attachments: Baker_Minutes.pdf 41.0 KBSubject: BAKER-MINUTES: BAKER MINUTES: "This is where Einstein created light" From: Flor L De La Cruz Date: 3/6/11 11:32 PM To: "baker-minutes@mit.edu" Baker Exec Meeting 3/6/11 Motion to Begin John and Julia Announcements Speed Dating went well, narrowed it down to 3 candidates Goal to shift in social event Alcohol Awareness Program Possible non alcoholic events, brunch Need new community Service Chair!! Need to make a better I3 video! We need more social Ideas Baker Beach Barbeque Or baker Formal on a cruise!! Baker Projector Play Music first warm weekend AOTW “This is where Einstein created light” Jordan (5th Floor GRT) Women (now 65% of college students) The weather UAOTW Brian for thinking March Madness involves Football Men Athletics Soccer IM went downhill when no one signed up, so no IM sports this semester New jump ropes and pull up machine!! Yoga Mats are coming! Social Happy Hour was a great success We will have another happy hour instead of tower parties REX/CPW Party on thursday in Baker D Parent Q&A 8-9pm (tours for parent) Saturday Baker tours with Fro-Yo!! Sign Up to give tours! VPSF Social Closet Switch Mortar continues to break down Jordan Revamp what it means to be social need new creative ways to get bakerites to come to events Floor Competitions will come soon and a trophy will be held on the wining floor “I will not be at every social event because I have a life” Dining Chair Will sent out and Ice Cream Survey! Freps Will organize an event for saint pats day possibly tuesday or wednesday week of saint pats day Motion to Adjourn Cameron and John Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: BAKER MINUTES: Baker is getting pumped up for new speakers! From: Flor De La Cruz Date: 3/13/11 11:35 PM To: baker-minutes@MIT.EDU Baker Exec Meeting 3/13/11 Motion to Begin Julia and John Announcements No meeting next week because of spring break! Have fun and enjoy the break! Dorm fundraising event for the Japan tsunamis/earthquake/volcano victims potentially join forces with another organization on campus! Any ideas!!! Improve Baker Exec transparency! We are thinking of having floor captains to represent each floor at our meetings Chancellor Grimson will be at the next DormCon meeting so if anyone wants us to tell them anything let us know! RECYCLE MANIA has begun!! Recycle as much as you can and if we win we will throw a Baker pizza party!! If you want to nominate any of your fellow Bakerites as athletes of the week (AOTW) come to our meeting and nominate them so they can be added to the minutes! (ex. receiving award, scholarship, etc.) AOTW THE WEATHER!! Relay for life!! Abi and investment banking! Japanese Engineers!! UAOTW The wind Midterms tsunami/earthquake/volcano erupting/nuclear plant explosion in Japan Nuclear Plant that exploded in Northfield Massachusetts Athletics Yoga Mats are in! Social Chairs Alcohol Awareness event in planing progress!! VPRO All planned events are well underway!! VPSF New flat screen T.V. for the gym and possibly a DVD player!! Also new speakers for baker dining and gym! Recycling Chairs Recycle Mania has begun, recycle!! Dining Chair Will send out an Ice Cream Survey! Freps Study Break this Tuesday (3/15 from 9-10PM), please come and enjoy cheesecake, fro-yo and make your own smoothies!! Motion to Adjourn Cameron and Julia Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: BAKER MINUTES: Sign up to give baker tours during CPW!!! From: Flor De La Cruz Date: 3/27/11 11:15 PM To: baker-minutes@MIT.EDU Baker Exec Meeting 3/27/11 Motion to Begin Julia and Christina Announcements We want to start something for Japan, potentially collect funds for victims. Does anyone want to help out?!!! Baker piano drop coming soon!! Exec members got party safe trained! Housemaster dinner on tuesday!! Floor wars or dorm wars, new exciting social event that will be coming soon!!! AOTW SPRING BREAK!!! Day and night nurse Kim for showing up for food UAOTW the end of spring break snow during spring break midterms/psets Athletics New Scale for the gym! Since last one got stolen again =/ Social Chairs Social Chair from the Phoenix group emailed us, they want to have a mixer with Baker, so that will be coming soon!!! Alcohol Awareness event in progress!! VPRO All CPW gear has been ordered!! We still need volunteers to give tours during CPW!! Email back to sign up!!! VPSF New flat screen T.V. for the gym and possibly a dvd player!! Also new speakers for baker dining and gym! Recycling Chairs Recycle Mania has begun, recycle! Dining Chair Ice Cream flavors have been chosen!!! =D Motion to Adjourn Ben Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: BAKER MINUTES: From: Flor De La Cruz Date: 4/4/11 12:17 AM To: baker-minutes@MIT.EDU Baker Exec Meeting 4/3/11 Motion to Begin Flor and Julia Announcements Representatives from phoenix group came to the meeting and want to have a mixer with baker, potentially an ice cream social before the end of this semester. Housemasters: Piano drop is on the 30th of April, which is the day of MIT’s open house, we will be the last event for the open house so well have a barbecue to celebrate!! Preparation for the piano drop will occur at a study break (well spray paint the piano) Well have an exploration symposium on the 26th and 27th which is very important because lots of Baker alums are coming, we will also have an art gallery in Baker. AOTW Andy Wu for getting in to Wharton’s economics PhD program UAOTW Weather Athletics We have 4 new yoga mats in the gym!! Social Chairs Alcohol Awareness event in progress!! VPRO Thursday night is our big party!! so well be setting up all day so if anyone can help, come to baker D any time during the day!! Youll also get free dinner and a t-shirt!! Friday Night(8-9pm) is a parents only Baker info session, well have deserts from cheesecake factory. Saturday 1-5pm well have Ice cream, froyo and baker tours!! Well send out a document that will describe how the tours will be run for those interested. VPSF We got a portable P.A. system. We ordered the new flat screen T.V. for the gym and a new shelf to hol our expanding DVD collection. Dining Chair Will have another meeting with Marietta , this will be a baker dinnning/ bon apetit meeting to talk about the having nutrition facts posted for meals served at baker D. Also fro-yo coming to bakr D soon!! Motion to Adjourn Julia and John Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: BAKER MINUTES: MIT's weather machine FAILED it STILL rained in Baker!! From: Flor De La Cruz Date: 4/10/11 11:54 PM To: baker-minutes@MIT.EDU Baker Exec Meeting 4/10/11 Motion to Begin Taylor and Kim Announcements Elevator will be down for the next couple of days. Great job to everyone in making this an awesome CPW. We also want to Congratulate Jordan (5th floor GRT) for his recent engagement. We are thinking of renovating either the game room or the music room, so we will send out a survey to see which room people prefer to be renovated. AOTW Kim and Corinne for an awesome CPW!!! Everyone who helped out during CPW! UAOTW Broken elevator Athletics March Madness went well Taylor Rajack won!! New scale for the gym on the way, this one will be steal proof. Social Chairs Ice cream and cheesecake mixer with Phoenix group on April 27. VPSF The new flat screen T.V. for the gym (which has a dvd player) has arrived and should be set up soon. Motion to Adjourn Taylor and John Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: BAKER MINUTES:And thats why the box wasn't empty.... From: Flor De La Cruz Date: 4/19/11 11:44 PM To: baker-minutes@MIT.EDU Baker Exec Meeting 4/19/11 Motion to Begin Julia and Kim Announcements Brunch was a success! Thanks to all the bakerites who attended! We have an upcoming brunch hosted by the house masters in May!! We have a piano for our piano drop!! Thanks to Babson University for donating it! Piano drop is on the 30th of April at 4pm!! The piano drop will be advertised on dome view! We will have hot dogs during the piano drop Dormcon elections are April 28 at 5:30! Bon Apetit was chosen for the new dining plan! Get excited for Baker Spring formal which is on the 6th of May on the Odyssey one of Spirit of Boston cruises!! So keep an eye out for an email with further details!! AOTW Stacey Allen and all marathon participants!! MIT gymnastic team!! Congrats! UAOTW IAAF For not adding the new counting the new marathon record. Corinne for taking full advantage of marathon Monday! Athletics We have a new scale in the gym! Social Chairs We will have a TNK study break with a root beer keg and pizza on April 28th to prepare for the piano drop! Bakerites will have an opportunity to sign the piano and spray paint names of classes they dropped or don’t enjoy! More detail coming soon! VPSF We have a new Shelf for dvd’s. The flat screen t.v. for the gym is in, we ordered the t.v. mount so it should arrive soon. Motion to Adjourn Julia and Paula Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: BAKER MINUTES: Piano Drop!! From: Flor De La Cruz Date: 4/24/11 10:56 PM To: baker-minutes@MIT.EDU Baker Exec Meeting 4/24/11 Motion to Begin Flor and John Announcements “THURSDAY NIGHT KEGGER!!” TNK this Thursday April 28 at 10pm in Baker D!!! Come release your anger on the piano, hammers will be provided!! Well also have a root beer KEG, Ice Cream and Pizza!! Piano Drop this Saturday at 4pm!! Come down for this legendary event and enjoy hot dogs! Spring Formal on May 6th at 7pm in Baker D!! AOTW Andy Wu and John Wang for successfully preparing the piano for the drop Saturday! Ben Frank for the Piano Drop post on dome view!! UAOTW Bed room intruder for getting arrested for not hiding his drugs Brian for being dumb. Social Chairs Ice Cream Mixer with the Phoenix group on May 4!! VPSF Replacement part for the DVD shelf came in! Bon Apetit will hold a Q&A regarding next years dinning service at 8:30pm in Baker D!! Food will be provided so please come down and share your ideas!! Motion to Adjourn Cameron and Julia Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: BAKER MINUTES; PIANO DROP WAS A SUCCESS From: Flor De La Cruz Date: 5/1/11 11:20 PM To: baker-minutes@MIT.EDU Baker Exec Meeting 5/1/11 Motion to Begin Julia and John Announcements Spring Formal this Friday at 7pm in Baker D!! AOTW Andy Wu for organizing a successful piano drop!! John Nohlan and his crew for helping out with piano drop set up and during the piano drop!! Bon Apetit for providing an awesome hot dog service during piano drop!! Everyone who participated in the flashmob! Weather Social Chairs Ice Cream from Baskin Robbins Social with the phoenix group at 9pm on Wednesday VPSF We ordered toner and paper for the printer The flat screen t.v is installed in the gym!! Motion to Adjourn Rajack and John Subject: BAKER-MINUTES: Last Exec Meeting of the Semester! From: Paula C Gonzalez Date: 5/8/11 11:01 PM To: baker-minutes Baker Minutes Sunday May 8th, 2011 Motion to Approve Last Week’s Minutes Julia Titarelli Seconded by Kim Aziz Business: Thanks everyone who came to Spring Formal! It was a great success for Baker, with about 170 people in attendance! Athlete of the Week Andy Wu This is Andy’s last Baker Exec Meeting! Brian Luque presented him with an official Baker gavel to thank him for his years of service to the Baker community. Britni Ihle is also a former Baker President and she is also graduating. Andy presented Britni with another gavel. Un-Athlete of the Week The vandal who pulled the fire alarm at 2:38AM last night. Formal Special thanks to Rebecca for the chocolate fountain!<<<<<<< Announcements: How can we better improve the Baker experience? Exec is brainstorming better policies in order to make Baker a safer place for our residents. Over the summer, members of Exec will be planning a huge dorm-wide event for early next fall regarding alcohol awareness and security policies for the entirety of Baker House. We’re looking at our current policies and thinking of ways to improve everyone’s experience in the future. Motion to Adjourn EJ Seconded by Julia ______________________________________ Paula Gonzalez Massachusetts Institute of Technology '14 Baker House Room 546 paulagon@mit.edu ~ 201-674-3281